Founded in 1874 as the first University Hospital established in the United States, HUP is the primary teaching hospital for the Neurosurgery resident training program. It is located on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania at 34th and Spruce Streets in Philadelphia. The Medical School of the University of Pennsylvania is the oldest medical school in this country, having been established in 1765. Two dedicated neurosurgical operating rooms are used each day. Residents rotate for a total of one year here as a junior resident and as a chief resident.
Residents gain subspecialty training in movement disorder and skull base surgery.
The neurosurgical patients all reside in a 38-bed ICU which is fully covered by pediatric intensivists. CHOP is world renowned for neurosurgical innovation, including fetal surgery for closure of myelomeningocele and research of pediatric traumatic brain injury. It is among the busiest children's neurosurgery practices. Three full-time faculty members provide leadership and there are over 700 cases performed annually. Residents rotate for 6 months on the neurosurgical service at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia as a senior resident.