The SIU neurology program benefits from a well-balanced patient population and an academic faculty devoted to patient care, teaching and research. The faculty and residents work closely with referring physicians throughout central and southern Illinois. Most patients come to SIU with no prior neurologic evaluation, providing residents with exceptional learning opportunities in the inpatient and outpatient settings. Tertiary care clinics in stroke, dementia, epilepsy, movement disorders, multiple sclerosis, neuromuscular disease and neurorehabilitation afford residents with advanced training in the management of the more difficult and less common neurologic conditions.
Residents work with one or more faculty on a daily basis in the care of patients.
All residents complete a structured three-year program in the basic neurosciences, as well as required rotations in neuroradiology, neuropathology and clinical neurophysiology. All neurology faculty at SIU are actively involved in clinical and basic research. This academic environment provides residents with ample opportunity to become involved in a clinical or basic research project. Most of our residents have presented work at national meetings or have co-authored work in professional journals. Post-residency fellowships are offered in stroke, epilepsy, clinical neurophysiology and neurorehabilitation as outlined in the Fellowships section.