In 2019 so far, FREIDA™ users have tallied more than 10,000 views of neurological surgery residency programs. In this list, we pare the list of 115 neurological surgery residencies down to the 10 programs that rose to the top for user interest.

Rankings are based on identified medical student activity on FREIDA™, the AMA Residency & Fellowship Database®, from Jan. 1, 2019 through Aug. 31, 2019. FREIDA allows medical students to search for a residency or fellowship from more than 11,000 programs—all accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education.

Specialty description

Neurosurgery is a discipline that focuses on the diagnosis and medical/surgical treatment of disorders of the nervous system. Because the nervous system includes the central, peripheral and autonomic systems, a neurosurgeon may operate on the brain, spine or extremities in a given day or week. Neurosurgeons operate on patients of all ages, treating diseases ranging from congenital anomalies of the newborn to degenerative disorders of the brain/spine in the aging. Spine, tumors, vascular lesions and infectious pathologies are other frequently encountered pathologies. A neurosurgeon is an expert in the diagnosis of neurological disease, is capable of interpreting a variety of radiological studies, and is able to offer surgical and nonsurgical treatment options.

The 10-most viewed neurological surgery programs

1. Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine Program

2. Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Program

3. Massachusetts General Hospital Program

4. University at Buffalo Program

5. McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Program

6. Yale-New Haven Medical Center Program

7. University of Florida Program

8. University of Texas Southwestern Medical School Program

9. Jackson Memorial Hospital/Jackson Health System Program

10. Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science (Jacksonville) Program