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Offices of Medical Student Education

Neurology

Department Website

med.unc.edu/neurology

Important Contacts

Adult Neurology

Michael Wang
Clinical Associate Professor
wangm@neurology.unc.edu

Ana Felix
Associate Professor
anafelix@med.unc.edu

Pediatric Neurology

Diana Cejas
Assistant Professor
Diana.Cejas@cidd.unc.edu

Advisory College Videos

Application Phase Career Day Career Opportunity Services Session

FAQs/Course Recommendations/Additional Info

Any student who is interested in neurology can reach out to any of the three career goal advisors in Neurology, and we become the student’s career goal advisor.
Schedule one Neurology AI relatively early on in Individualization Phase (i.e. before August).  Additional Neurology rotations are optional.

Recommended Courses:

AI/Acting Internship
NEUR 412 (if interested in adult neurology); NEUR 410 (if interested in pediatric neurology)

CC/Critical Care
NEUR 408

Electives
NEUR 410 (if interested in pediatric neurology); NEUR 404 (if interested in outpatient neurology)

No
Up to you.  If you want to get into a specific Neurology residency program, it might help.  But it is no required by any means.
It would be ideal to do a Neurology AI, which is only offered at UNC.
Ideally, you would meet with your career goal advisor late in Application Phase or early in Individualization Phase to make sure that we have a good game plan for the residency application process.
Typically, three letters total.  One will likely be from the Neurology AI course director.  Another should be from a Neurology attending that you worked with.  The last letter can be from anyone.
Ideally, you should ask for a letter soon after you worked with the letter writer.  You should be prepared to give a copy of your CV and a rough draft of a personal statement.
Talk to your career goal advisor.  Talk to Neurology attendings that you work with.  Talk to the Neurology residents that you work with.
It does not usually make a difference with most programs.
That is okay, just get everything else uploaded into ERAS as soon as it opens.  And then a gentle reminder to your letter writers that you need those letters ASAP.
You could try to e-mail the program director directly and convey why you are interested in that particular program.
Probably won’t make much of a difference.
You can, but it doesn’t really make any difference.
You can, but it doesn’t really make any difference.
Be polite but take it all with a grain of salt.  Don’t let it influence your overall decision.

Competitive applicants will have at least 2 or more of the following components:

  • USMLE Step 2 CK: ≥220
  • At least 2 letters of recommendation from neurologists supporting a residency in neurology
  • High Pass or Honors grades in the Adult Neurology acting internship course (NEUR 412)
  • Demonstrated passion for neurology in neurology-related volunteer, research, or work projects