Jackson Health System
The Jackson Health System's integrated healthcare delivery system consists of 12 primary care centers; two long-term care nursing facilities; one community hospital; one community diagnostic center; nine school-based programs; seven clinics in the county's corrections facilities and its centerpiece, Jackson Memorial Hospital (JMH).

The Public Health Trust, a dedicated volunteer citizens board, governs the Jackson Health System. All segments of the Jackson Health System are dedicated to providing residents of Miami-Dade County access to a consistent, high standard of care regardless of their ability to pay.

Residency in Neurology

The Mission and Vision:

Mission: The Neurology Residency Program at Jackson Memorial Hospital aims to provide outstanding training in clinical care, neuroscience research, and medical education to the next generation of practitioners and academic neurologists.

Vision: The Jackson neurology service works continuously to excel in neurological care of patients and their families, striving to create new methods for evaluation and management of the diseases of the nervous system, fostering strategic alliances with allied clinical disciplines, competing for cutting-edge clinical and basic neuroscience research funding, and preparing its trainees for life-long medical teaching and learning.

Service and Program Overview:

The Jackson Memorial Hospital and the Miami Veterans Affairs Medical Center, both located at the University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, provide over 2300 hospital beds, making UM/Jackson the largest hospital facility in the southeast United States. Jackson is the main referral hospital for communities in South Florida and in Central and South America. Thirty full-time clinical attendings and 17 research faculty of the UM School of Medicine's Department of Neurology serve as attending physicians in Jackson's residency training program in neurology and provide the latest knowledge and experience in clinical neurology and neuroscience research. Every subspecialty area of neurology is represented in our staff, and active recruitment is always under way to broaden the program.

Areas of particular strength in patient care, research and teaching within the neurology service include: cerebrovascular diseases, neuromuscular disorders, movement disorders, epilepsy and EEG, multiple sclerosis and neuroimmunology, behavioral neuroscience and cognitive disorders, neuro-oncology, neurovirology, and sleep medicine. There also are well-funded basic research programs in cerebrovascular disease, cerebral metabolism, neurotrauma, cell biology and molecular genetics, mitochondrial biology, neurovirology, neuroimmunology, and several other research fields. The School of Medicine's Center for Research in Medical Education provides innovative neurological clinical teaching at undergraduate and graduate levels.

Neurology Residency Training Program:

Jackson is home to one of the largest neurology residency training programs in the United States. The Board-Approved program offers training for both adult and pediatric neurology. The program provides intensive clinical training on the neurology services of two large general hospitals, detailed instruction in basic and related clinical neurosciences, exposure to investigative laboratory science, and a variety of conferences and specialized neurological clinics. The residency training schedule is designed for flexibility. After the first year of basic clinical neurology training, every effort is made to accommodate the request of each resident for elective rotations that are chosen in concert with individualized career goals. For hands-on experience in clinical or bench research, each resident is assigned to a mentor under whose guidance the residents pursue scholarly research projects during the period of their residency. Substantial elective time is provided in the final years of training. The program emphasizes excellence in clinical neurology and has produced academic neurologists, practitioners of neurology, researchers, and teachers of national and international repute.

Goals and Objectives:

The primary goals of the training program are to provide:

* Excellent clinical training in the practice of neurology
* Opportunities to take part in clinical research
* Opportunities to develop and pursue an investigative career in basic neuroscience
* Foundation of knowledge from which future educational activities can grow

Program Strengths:

* The breadth and depth of attending physicians, including many nationally and internationally recognized clinician-teachers and clinician-researchers.
* Wide spectrum of neurological disorders are treated, including tropical neurological disorders and at large tertiary care.
* Significant outpatient and ambulatory neurology experience in the context of changing market forces and community needs.
* Mentorship for each resident to pursue scholarly research project.
* A unique resident clinician researcher program for career in research-oriented academic neurology.
* A close-knit atmosphere among attendings and residents.
* An optional four-year categorical neurology residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital.
* A large amount of elective time in senior years allowing residents to develop individualized educational programs.
* A reasonable hospital 'night call' schedule for residents.
* Affordable and high quality lifestyle in the truly exceptional South Florida area.

Residency: Neurology

This article is reposted with thanks to Jackson Health System.