Curriculum

Protected academic time
- 5.5 hours per week of protected time
Structured clinical research training
- Methodology teaching conference and journal club
Protected research rotation
- 6 months in PGY-4 with the option of additional elective research rotation
Structured curriculum
- Compliant with American Board of Neurological Surgeons (ABNS) requirements
- Compliant with the ACGME Milestones requirement
- Guided by the Society of Neurological Surgeons (SNS) through neurosurgeryportal.org
- Systematic Conference schedule
Multidisciplinary quality improvement (QI) activities
- Fully integrated with administration, clinical services, and scholarly activity

Program Year	Quarter	Quarter	Quarter	Quarter
1	Neurocritical care	Neurology	Trauma/Vascular/ Neuroradiology	Neurosurgery
2	Neuropathology	Neurosurgery	Pain medicine	Neurosurgery
3	Endovascular surgery	Pediatric neurosurgery	Neurosurgery	Neurosurgery
4	Research	Research	Neurosurgery	Neurosurgery
5	Radiosurgery	Pediatric Neurosurgery	Neurosurgery	Neurosurgery
6	Elective	Elective	Neurosurgery	Endovascular surgery
7	Neurosurgery chief	Neurosurgery chief	Neurosurgery chief	Neurosurgery chief

Frequency	Activities
Weekly	Didactics Case Presentation Board Review
Monthly	Clinical Research Methodology Conference Journal Club Skull Base Conference Mortality and Morbidity Meeting Tumor Board Spine Conference Grand Rounds
Quarterly	Spine Cadaver Lab Endovascular Skills Lab Cranial Cadaver Lab Skull Base Cadaver Lab Endoscopic Cadaver Lab Quality Improvement Committee Meeting
Semiannual	Visiting Professor