Welcome to the UAB Neurology Residency Program! It’s nice to have you in Birmingham. Thank you for looking at UAB Neurology Residency for your postgraduate training. We know that interview season is a busy time, and we appreciate that you have taken the time to visit the UAB Neurology Residency website. We believe that UAB is a wonderful place to train, and we hope that you will agree if you choose to come to interview with us.

UAB Hospital is a state-of-the art facility with over 1157 patient care beds. It is the third largest public hospital in the U.S. UAB Hospital and has been ranked among the Best Hospitals for Neurology and Neurosurgery by U.S. News and World report. Our world-class clinical programs include a JACHO certified Comprehensive Stroke Center, Level IV Epilepsy Center and a Comprehensive MS Center of Excellence. We have specialists in every subspecialty of neurology providing outstanding clinical care, conducting innovative research and training the next generation of neurologists and neuroscientists.

 The greatest strength of our program is the neurology residents and fellows. Our residents are excited about learning neurology, and are enthusiastic about our program. Our department places great importance on clinical training as well as didactic lectures. Teaching is not only a vocation but also a passion for us. Our training program offers a good balance between clinical duties, time for study, and research activities. The clinical services are busy and offer trainees exposure to a wide variety of neurologic diseases ranging from bread-and-butter neurology to “zebras”. Residents also have the opportunity to be actively engaged in research activities with a majority of the residents presenting their research findings at national meetings and in publications. Our residents also have a variety of teaching opportunities to educate pre-clinical medical students, neurology clerkship students and students in healthcare related fields.

The UAB Department of Neurology believes that the neurology residency education must occur in the context of a learning and working environment that emphasizes the following principles:

excellence in the care rendered to patients by residents today

excellence in the care rendered to patients by today’s residents in their future independent practice

excellence in professionalism through faculty modeling of the effacement of self-interest in a humanistic environment that supports the professional development of physicians

inculcating the joy of curiosity, problem-solving, intellectual rigor, and discovery among physicians; and

commitment to the well-being of the students, residents, faculty members, and all members of the health care team.

We, at UAB, know that Birmingham is a wonderful place to live and work. Birmingham is unique in that it has a “small town feel” with big city amenities. Birmingham is home to a newly built stadium for our minor league baseball team, the Birmingham Barons, the Birmingham Museum of Art, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, multiple microbreweries, as well as numerous food festivals, music festivals, and marathons throughout the year. Our city’s restaurant scene is quickly becoming nationally known (Zagat recently named Birmingham as America’s No. 1 Next Hot Food City), and we are home to multiple James Beard nominated chefs and restaurants as well as world-famous barbeque. If you prefer outdoor activities, we have multiple state parks and nature parks within close driving distance that are well suited for hikes and outdoor walks, two lakes within an hour drive of the city, and Alabama’s largest botanical gardens right inside the city. Many of us came to Birmingham to train at UAB or to “just start our careers” with plans to move somewhere “better”. Most of us are still here after many years because we fell in love with the city and what it offers to its residents.

So, check us out. We think you will agree that this is a great place to live and learn Neurology.

Sincerely,

                     

Khurram Bashir, MD, MPH

Professor and Vice-Chair for Education, Department of Neurology

Director, Neurology Residency Training Program

Director, Division of Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis

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