The Department of Neurology also provides care through the VA Medical Center of Lexington, KY at the Cooper Drive division. The UK Medical Center has the additional facilities of the Neuroscience Intensive Care Unit through which the resident gains experience in the care and management of advanced neurologic critical care. The unit also provides presurgical monitoring for localization of epileptic foci prior to surgical removal. In addition to ward rotations, the residents spend time on rotations in electromyography, electroencephalography, and neuropathology. Regularly scheduled teaching conferences allow the resident to participate in the process of assessing and diagnosing neurological illnesses.
Monthly conferences discuss topics in epilepsy, cerebrovascular disease and neuromuscular disease.
The department of neurology will provide funds yearly for each resident for one national meeting at which the resident presents an abstract, poster or scientific paper. Residents can get student tickets for the University of Kentucky Wildcats basketball and football games. This may be done in an internal medicine or transitional internship. We encourage PGY-1 residents to take all 12 months in internal medicine, especially in intensive care or cardiological rotations. Information concerning this program may be obtained at the address below.