We will conduct interviews by remote video connection (e.g., Zoom). We understand that there may be internet or other technical issues outside of your control. We promise that we can adapt to your circumstances and conduct your interview using a different video conference system or by telephone if needed.

On the Monday before your interview day, we will hold an information session during which you will learn about our program and our current residents. This is an opportunity to interact with our chair, Frances Jensen; program director, Laura Stein; associate program directors, Geoffrey Aguirre, Kelley Humbert, Rohini Samudralwar, and Denise Xu; and our program coordinators, Vanna Hing and Rachel Mroz.

We will spend about 90 minutes describing our health system and department, the preliminary year and residency, diversity and inclusion, and career development. Following a break, there will be another 75 minutes for you to interact with our residents and the other applicants that week.

This is a casual session, so no need to dress up.

Each of our interview sessions is about 4 hours. We have morning sessions beginning at 9:15 AM ET and ending at 1:30 PM ET, and mid-day sessions beginning at 11:45 AM ET and ending at 4:00 PM ET. During your interview session, you will attend our noon educational conference, have time set aside to meet more of our residents, and interview with the program leadership. You will meet with our program director, Laura Stein, and a set of three other interviewers drawn from our associate program directors (Geoffrey Aguirre, Rohini Samudralwar, or Denise Xu) and additional education faculty, including Ray Price, our previous Program Director and Chief of Neurology at Pennsylvania Hospital, Amy Pruitt, our clerkship director and Vice Chair of Education, and Sashank Prasad, Chief of Neurology at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center.

We don’t wear formal business attire at work, so no need for you to do so in the interview. We recommend that you dress as you would when seeing patients in the clinic. For example, a collared shirt instead of a suit coat and tie.

Based on your background and interests, we can arrange additional virtual meetings with other members of the neurology department, as well as Penn faculty from across the University at a mutually convenient time that does not need to be during your chosen interview day.

On the day of the second look, applicants will attend noon conference and take a guided tour of the hospital. There will also be an opportunity to interact with current residents in a social setting. This experience is solely for the benefit of the applicant to help them make their ranking decision. Program rank lists are submitted prior to second look dates.

Second Look Dates

Friday, February 20, 2026

Friday, February 27, 2026

Times to be announced. 

We use a shared email address for the application process:

NeuroMatch@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Please use this email for application questions, to contact members of the program leadership, or to arrange for a Second Look visit.