Second year residents rotate briefly through the Rehabilitation Service at Lutheran General while third year residents have a more extended rotation. Third year residents also spend time on the Neurology Service at the University of Chicago as the senior resident, during which time the trainee functions as the deputy of the Chief of Service. Other third year rotations include Neuropathology and elective time. Elective time can be spent either in basic research laboratories or on clinical services such as Neuroradiology , Neurosurgery , Neuro-ophthalmology, and Psychiatry. Additional training in Neuropathology, Neurophysiology or clinical electives in Neurology are also offered.
Residents take four weeks of vacation each year.
The Pediatric Neurology training program is also a 3-year program. The first-year rotations are identical to the adult program. In the second year, the pediatric resident has clinical rotations at the University of Chicago Children's Hospital. Rotations in the third year include Neuropathology, Neurophysiology and elective time in the lab or on other clinical services. Resident rotation through the NeuroIntensive Care Service represents an important component of the Neurology Residency Training Program.