Child Neurology Residency

The Child Neurology Program at Baylor College of Medicine is a fully accredited program that provides exceptional opportunities to study neurological diseases of children from infancy through adolescence. Baylor College of Medicine has full-time faculty in the Division of Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neuroscience including 35 clinical teaching faculty actively involved in resident education. Our teaching faculty offer tremendous educational experiences in general child neurology as well as expertise in many pediatric neurology subspecialties including epilepsy, headaches, movement disorders, neuromuscular disease, sleep medicine, stroke, autism, multiple sclerosis, and autoimmune & infectious encephalitides.

Opened in 1954, Texas Children's Hospital is the nation’s largest children’s hospital and the primary pediatric teaching hospital for Baylor College of Medicine. Texas Children's serves as both a primary community hospital and a tertiary referral center. All medical, laboratory and nursing services are geared to the unique requirements of the child and adolescent. With its complex diagnostic and therapeutic equipment including its own operating rooms, MRI unit, CT scanners, interventional radiology unit, EEG and EMG laboratory, nuclear medicine unit, and cardiac catheterization laboratory, the hospital is recognized for its leading-edge technology. Baylor College of Medicine professors serve as service chiefs and staff physicians of Texas Children's more than 40 healthcare centers and clinics.

Texas Children’s provides extensive training in treating the special and demanding needs of infants, children and adolescents, including those with the most complex diagnostic and treatment conditions. Given the diverse patient population at the hospital, Child Neurology residents have opportunities to see a variety of conditions to include both primary neurological conditions as well as neurological complications of other pediatric diseases.

The Child Neurology Residency Program is a categorical training program inclusive of all five years of residency training. It offers different tracks to best meet the career goals of the individual resident.

The Foundational Child Neurology Track is designed for residents not seeking American Board of Pediatrics (ABP) certification in General Pediatrics. The curriculum for PGY1 is the same as the Dual Board Eligibility Track, but during the PGY2, residents in this pathway have foundational experiences in child neurology to include EEG, neuroimaging, neurogenetics, as well as clinical rotations in child neurology. Residents in this pathway begin their child neurology continuity clinic during their PGY1. The pathway increases opportunities for elective experiences earlier in residency. Graduates of this track are eligible to take the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) certification in Neurology with Special Certification in Child Neurology.

The Dual Board Eligibility Child Neurology Track includes a pediatrics training curriculum during PGY1 and PGY2 that allows graduates to be eligible for both the ABP certification exam and the ABPN certification exam.

The Basic Neuroscience Child Neurology Track is designed for residents wishing to pursue a career in basic neuroscience. Applicants have dual M.D., Ph.D. degrees and experience in lab science. The curriculum for PGY1 is the same as the Dual Board Eligibility Track. Basic Neuroscience residents begin their three years of child neurology training in PGY2 and follow the same curriculum for child neurology training as the Dual Board Eligibility Track. The PGY5 is dedicated to an ABPN-approved basic neuroscience project under the mentorship of notable faculty. Graduates of this pathway are eligible for the ABPN certification exam.

In some years, the Program may offer a Reserved Child Neurology Position. Applicants matching into a Reserved Child Neurology Residency position follow the Dual Board Eligibility Track curriculum for child neurology training, as they have already completed at least two years of pre-requisite training.

The Neurodevelopmental Disabilities Residency Program is a categorical program inclusive of all six years of training.

Many aspects of your experience will be shared with other residents in your class, regardless of which track you choose. You will also have extensive opportunities to interact with and learn from residents, fellows and faculty in all our training programs.