Welcome to the Adult Neurology Residency Program at Baylor College of Medicine
At Baylor College of Medicine, our Adult Neurology Residency Program offers a dynamic and comprehensive training experience rooted in clinical excellence, innovation, and compassionate care. Our residents train in diverse, high-acuity clinical settings and benefit from exposure to a wide spectrum of neurologic conditions—ranging from the most common to the rarest and most complex.
With approximately 40 residents and a dedicated team of nationally recognized faculty, our department fosters a collaborative and intellectually stimulating environment. We are deeply committed to developing future leaders in neurology—physicians who are not only highly skilled clinicians, but also critical thinkers, lifelong learners, and empathetic caregivers.
Why Choose Baylor for Your Neurology Residency?
Residents rotate through top-tier institutions in the Texas Medical Center, including Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center, Ben Taub Hospital, and the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, gaining hands-on experience in a wide range of neurologic conditions and care settings.
Learn directly from world-class neurologists and researchers dedicated to resident education and career development. Whether your path leads to fellowship, academic medicine, or clinical practice, our faculty is here to support your journey.
Baylor is a national leader in neuroscience research. Residents are encouraged and supported in conducting meaningful research, participating in clinical trials, and presenting at regional and national conferences.
We prioritize wellness and a team-based approach to medicine. Our residents thrive in a culture of respect, support and shared purpose.
Houston is a vibrant and affordable city with world-class food, arts, and culture. As home to the largest medical center in the world, it’s the perfect place to launch your career in neurology.
View Houston through the eyes of our residents
Ready to Take the Next Step?
Join a program that combines top-tier clinical training, exceptional mentorship, and a supportive learning environment. Discover how Baylor Neurology can help you grow into the neurologist you aspire to be.
Admissions and Benefits
All applications for the Baylor College of Medicine Adult Neurology Residency Program should be made using the Electronic Residency Application Service.
The Neurology match uses the National Residency Matching Program. You can access the NRMP website or call 202-826-0676.
The Baylor College of Medicine neurology residency has 10 positions available each year for a categorical four-year neurology program (which includes a PGY1 year devoted heavily to internal medicine training and fulfills the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology requirements for neurology board certification). Applicants do not need to apply separately to the Baylor College of Medicine Preliminary/Internal Medicine program.
We do not have any advanced positions for those who have already completed a PGY1 year elsewhere.
The Department of Neurology will extend invitations to candidates for a virtual meeting with the faculty.
All applications should be sent through ERAS. The program will sponsor J-1 visas.
Evidence of clinic experience in the United States (e.g., observerships) is preferred. IMG candidates must be ECFMG certified. Applicants invited for interviews have passed all their USMLE Steps (including the Clinical Skills examination) on the first try and have very high three-digit scores on all USMLE steps. However, there are no absolute USMLE score cut-offs. For all applicants, we made interview decisions based on a combination of factors, including USMLE scores, recommendation letters, clinical experience, and other factors such as research, community service, etc.
For further information about the neurology training program, please contact: Lori Adams at lowens@bcm.edu
Information about stipends and benefits is available on the Graduate Medical Education website.
Maintaining your physical and emotional wellness is a prerequisite to professional success. Our residents have access to a number of programs to support their well-being. View wellness resources.
Memberships
Paid memberships to AAN and TNS (Texas Neurologic Society) are offered to encourage everyone to keep up with the latest news in the field as well as promote professional development and networking. This includes a subscription to Continuum, an AAN Neurology review journal.
Additional Benefits
- The Neurology Residency Program additionally supports:
- Textbooks PGY2 and PGY3 year
- $2500 CME for PGY-4 residents
- Lunch with didactics
Message From the Program Director
Thank you for your interest in Baylor College of Medicine Neurology Residency Program! Now is a very exciting time in neurology and we appreciate your interest in our program. Our goal is to train compassionate, intellectually curious, and critically thinking neurologists to provide expert care for patients suffering from the most common to the rarest of neurologic conditions. Baylor Neurology Residency program is uniquely suited to fulfill this goal.
Thanks to the resources of the Texas Medical Center and Baylor, our residents see a great number of patients in diverse clinical settings. Our residents train at a number of different hospitals and clinical sites, ensuring that they have a broad exposure to the very large and complex field that is neurology. Baylor St. Luke's Medical Center, our primary affiliate, is a 900 bed hospital with a comprehensive stroke center, a 20 bed NICU, and a four bed EMU. Ben Taub Hospital, the flagship county hospital in the fourth largest and most ethnically diverse city in the United States, is a level 1 trauma center and comprehensive stroke center, allowing the opportunity to see immigrants from all over the world with an abundance of rare diseases. The Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, one of the largest VA hospitals in the country serving Harris County and 27 surrounding counties, has a primary stroke certification and also boasts only one of six national Parkinson's Disease Research, Education, and Clinical Centers as well as a Comprehensive Epilepsy Center of Excellence. University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, where our residents rotate for neuro-oncology, is consistently rated one of the top two oncology hospitals in the country. Texas Children's Hospital is one of the top five children's hospitals in the country. You can read about diseases in a textbook or you can come to Baylor and care for patients with those rare diseases.
The neurology faculty is led by many experts in their field, active in patient care as well as continual clinical and neuroscience research projects. They are dedicated to sharing their expertise and mentoring residents. Whatever your current or future interest in neurology, we have expert faculty in that area. We have an outstanding series of daily conferences and journal clubs that provide the basic science and clinical background necessary to understand neurological disease.
We are one of the largest neurology residency programs in the country, which enables great flexibility and freedom in electives and pursuing ones' own interests. Despite our large size, there is an atmosphere of friendship, cooperation, integrity and personal camaraderie. Some of your best friends will be made during residency while you each grow into confident and competent neurologists. Most of our graduates pursue fellowship training in well-known programs and move on to productive academic or private practice careers.
Good luck in your journey in neurology!
Best wishes,
Corey Elam Goldsmith, M.D.