Applicants do not need to apply to the Pediatric Residency Program for the Child Neurology position.

Child Neurology applicants for the 2025 Match will submit their applications into ERAS in September 2024, and our program leadership will will start reviewing applications when ERAS opens for program review on September 25, 2024. We will holistically review applications and plan to start extending invitations on October 10, 2024. We will be conducting all of our interviews virtually this year. All of our anticipated interview dates will take place in November and December. Please check back closer to the recruitment season for more information about the interview day. We look forward to meeting applicants!

Applications are accepted through ERAS and reviewed by our team. We will be conducting our interviews virtually this year. We will host a one-day interview day where applicants will meet with program leadership, child neurology faculty, pediatric faculty and adult neurology faculty. When possible, applicants will be paired with faculty who specialize in similar areas of interest. 

Yes, UAB sponsors J-1 visas for clinical training programs. You must have a valid ECFMG certificate.

Yes, an applicant must meet Alabama Board of Medical Examiner requirements for State License. Must have completed USMLE steps 1-3 within 7 years of first attempt.

Our inpatient child neurology team is made up of a child neurology attending, child neurology PGY-3 or PGY-4 (or PGY-5 if pre-tending month), at least two UAB adult neurology residents, and at least one UAB pediatrics resident. We also have a nurse case manager who rounds with us and provides patient education if needed. We often also have 3rd and 4th year medical students on our team.

We operate as a consultation service and see on average 8-12 patients per day. We do not round on patients admitted to the pediatric epilepsy monitoring unit (seen by one of our epileptologists and EMU NPs). We round in the morning and afternoon to see all of our consult patients at least once (more if needed). We work closely with the pediatrics hospital medicine teams who admit our patients that are followed in our outpatient neurology clinics. We enjoy collaborating in the care of patients admitted to a variety of teams, and we are very visible in the ER, PICU, CVICU, and neonatal ICUs. Our trainees enjoy the opportunity to lead family-centered rounds, work closely with other residents on our team, and take opportunities to teach at the bedside as they themselves become more proficient in caring for patients with a wide array of neurologic disorders.

Scholarship and learning are essential to the development and maturation of a child neurologist during training. As such, conferences, case discussion, journal clubs, grand rounds, and basic science seminars are fundamental experiences for each trainee throughout the entire training period.

Conferences include:

• UAB Child Neurology Fellows Conference – Every Monday at 12 pm this didactic conference is given by faculty from inside and outside of our division and or guest speakers from other institutions. Periodically, our trainees present cases during this designated hour to other trainees and our faculty for discussion and feedback. The conference schedule is designed by our PGY5s each year in order to cover topics that will benefit our trainees in terms of board preparation and clinical practice.

• UAB Adult Neurology Residency Noon Conference – Our trainees have a goal of attending at least twice weekly (offered Mon-Fri 12pm-1pm at UAB Adult Neurology) and enjoy learning with their adult neurology peers and faculty.

• UAB Child Neurology Sign-Out and Case Review – On Fridays at 12:15pm, our inpatient attending/child neurology PGY-3-5s on the inpatient neurology consult team presents current consults and difficult cases to the divison faculty and other trainees.

• Pediatric Neuroradiology Conference – Imaging studies from specific cases are reviewed most Monday afternoons from 3:30-4:30pm (includes UAB pediatric neuro-oncology, neurosurgery, neuroradiology, and our division)

• UAB Child Neurology Journal Club – Led by one of our trainees with faculty oversight and meets every 4-6 months during a Fellows Conference

• UAB Child Neurology M&M Conference – Led by one of our trainees with faculty oversight and is held at least every 6 months during a Fellows Conference

• Pediatric EEG Conference - Every 2nd Tuesday from 12-1pm

• Pediatric Neurology Genetics Conference – Every 3rd Tuesday from 12-1pm, our neuro-geneticist reviews cases and a genetics currriculum to provide a fundamental review of genetics for our trainees and faculty

• Pediatric Neurology Medical Education Conference – Every other month, we have our program director and other UAB faculty speakers give medical education lectures which allow our trainees opportunities to discuss and to work on their teaching and team leadership skills

• UAB Pediatric Refractory Epilepsy Conference – Meets every Wednesday from 11:30am-1pm in multidisciplinary format

• UAB Adult Neurology Grand Rounds – Every Tuesday at 8am at UAB Hospital

• Children’s of Alabama Pediatric Grand Rounds – Every Thursday at 12pm at Children’s of Alabama

• UAB Pediatrics Morning Report - Monday-Friday at 8:00 am at Children’s of Alabama

During the PGY-3 year, child neurology residents will take overnight in-house adult neurology call at UAB with a PGY-2 adult neurology resident. PGY-3 residents take adult neurology call on average every 10 days during the course of the PGY-3 year. On their 3 months of child neurology rotations, they will participate in some home call/night float at Children's of Alabama. Our PGY-4s and PGY-5s (and adult neurology PGY-3 rotating with us and to a lesser degree our PGY-3s) have weekend home calls and night float (Mon-Fri) scattered throughout the year. Our EMR and EEG software are both available from home.

While on pediatric neurology call, our PGY-3-5s receive pages from providers both inside and outside of Children’s of Alabama. If on night float, they see new consults in the Emergency Department and on the hospital floor/ICUs. Caregivers of our patients may also call in with urgent questions. Our trainees also obtain valuable EEG experience while on call as they periodically check on long-term video EEGs for consult patients. On weekend home call, they provide phone consultations and occasionally drive into the hospital if neurologic emergencies arise. Pediatric residents are in-house as first-line for cross-cover concerns. If questions arise regarding patient care or EEGs, a backup child neurology attending and pediatric epileptologist are always available for the on-call pediatric neurology trainee, and communication is highly encouraged.

Upon successful completion of our program, our residents have become successful child neurologists in the Southeast as well as other locations across the U.S including: Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Florida, Minnesota, South Dakota, Arizona, South Carolina, Ohio, Utah, and Pennsylvania. Several graduates have chosen to practice general pediatric neurology in either a private practice setting or at an academic medical center. Others have gone forward and sub-specialized in areas such as neuromuscular diseases, demyelinating/neuro-inflammatory diseases, neuro-oncology, pediatric epilepsy, and sleep medicine. We are proud that our graduates are doing well on their board certification exams, are providing quality care for their patients, and we invite them to collaborate with us when the opportunities arise!