Applicants

The Neurological Surgery Residency at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center accepts 3 categorical residents per year and participates in the National Residency Matching Program (NRMP). All seven years are completed in the Neurosurgery department. 
Our residents are afforded the opportunity to learn all aspects of general neurosurgery in our high-volume teaching hospitals, as well as most subspecialty areas of neurosurgery. They enjoy a very high early success rate on the American Board of Neurological Surgery written board examination while still in training. A variety of research opportunities are also available to our residents on campus.

Our Department has a reputation for training outstanding surgical residents. Because of their clinical excellence, our residents are highly regarded for fellowship training in all areas of neurosurgery.

We accept visiting medical students June through October for Sub-I rotations. Applications are accepted only through VSLO. Rotation information can be found on the VSLO website. Please contact Alexis Duncan if you have any further questions.