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Child Neurology Residency

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CHLA Child Neurology Residents 2023-2024

The Child Neurology Residency Program is the heart of the Neurological Institute at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles. Officially established in 1989, our accredited categorical residency provides a dynamic and energetic environment for training future child neurologists. Over the past several decades, groundbreaking innovations have helped us achieve that goal.

The size of our faculty and our residency program, as well as our relationships with other departments, provide trainees with a rich community of colleagues that supports and enriches the learning experience with various career models and perspectives. The program has 20 child neurologists and includes collaboration with:

Why Choose CHLA for Child Neurology Residency?

We choose our child neurology residents carefully — not just based on their academic credentials, but also on their human qualities. We pride ourselves in building residents who are team players who form lasting friendships with their colleagues in the residency program and beyond.

Child neurology residents at CHLA benefit from:

  • Training at a large, nationally ranked program and hospital: Children’s Hospital Los Angeles is consistently ranked among the top pediatric neurology and neurosurgery programs in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. We are a busy urban teaching hospital with a diverse patient population. 
  • Rotating through a wide range of neurology subspecialties: We have a very active outpatient neurology clinic with subspecialty programs in neuromuscular disorders (to include a Muscular Dystrophy Association multispecialty clinic), epilepsy (including epilepsy surgery, VNS, RNS and ketogenic diet), movement disorders (including deep brain stimulation and baclofen pump), neurocritical care, pediatric stroke, neurocutaneous disorders and demyelinating disorders. Our faculty currently provide outpatient clinical services at CHLA and five satellite clinic locations within the greater Los Angeles area.
  • Learning how to provide patient-centered care: The goal of the Neurological Institute is to offer comprehensive and integrated neurologic services in a patient-centered environment. We are proud to serve a broad and diverse patient population that comes to us for solutions they cannot find elsewhere.
  • Gaining experience in adult neurology: Our program collaborates with the neurology residency of Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California to meet adult neurology training requirements. We currently accept three child neurology residents per year who divide their time between the two programs.
  • Research opportunities: The Neurological Institute is undergoing rapid expansion with the development of comprehensive clinical general and subspecialty child neurology programs, as well as enhancement of its research portfolio. There is ongoing clinical research within our general child neurology and subspecialty programs.

Learn more about our child neurology residency training and curriculum, about life in LA and meet our child neurology residency team.

Our Child Neurology Graduates

Our past trainees have gone on to prestigious fellowships, academic general neurology, academic neuroscience and private practice. Recent graduates’ fellowship placements have included:

  • Clinical Neurophysiology
    • University of Southern California
    • Children’s Hospital of Orange County
    • Miami Children’s Hospital
  • Pediatric Epilepsy
    • Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
    • University of Southern California
    • Miami Children’s Hospital
  • Neuromuscular Medicine
    • University of California Los Angeles
  • Multiple Sclerosis / Neuroimmunology
    • University of California San Francisco
    • University of Southern California
  • Movement Disorders
    • Children’s Hospital Los Angeles / USC
  • Headache Fellowship
    • University of Southern California
    • Stanford University

Over the last 10 years, we have had 13 of 14 graduating residents pass their child neurology boards, all on the first try.

Child Neurology Residency Program Fast Facts

  • ACGME Accredited: Yes
  • NRMP code: 1031185C0
  • Positions per year: 3
  • Program type: Categorical
  • Duration: 5 years
  • 2 years of general pediatrics training in the CHLA Pediatric Residency
  • 3 years of neurology training in the CHLA Child Neurology Residency
  • U.S. Citizenship Required: No (J-1 and F-1 visas accepted)

Salary minimums (2024-2025)

  • Post Graduate Year 3: $80,808.00
  • Post Graduate Year 4: $84,073.60
  • Post Graduate Year 5: $87,401.60
  • Post Graduate Year 6: $90,667.20
  • Annual Housing Stipend: $10,000 PGY-3 and $8,000 PGY4 and PGY5

Benefits

Benefits for our child neurology residents include:

  • Health and dental insurance
  • 14 days paid vacation + 6 protected sick days
  • 7 federal holidays (President’s Day and Juneteenth excluded)
  • $1,000 Annual Education and CME Stipend
  • $1,200 Semi-annual meal stipend
  • 401(k) matching up to 3%
  • Pay for AAN & CNS memberships
  • Reimbursement of licensing fee

For more information on benefits and life in Los Angeles please visit our Graduate Medical Education page.

How to Apply

Learn more about the application process on the child neurology residency application page.