Planning Your Interview Visit
We will hold interviews beginning in November and continuing through January. All interviews will be conducted virtually.
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.
Information session and Resident meet-and-greet
On the Monday prior to your interview day we will hold an information session during which you will learn about our program and our current residents. This is a chance to interact with our chair, Frances Jensen, program director, Raymond Price, associate program directors, Geoffrey Aguirre, Laura Stein, Kelley Humbert, Rohini Samudralwar, and Denise Xu and our program coordinator, Vanna Hing.
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.
Interview day
Each of our interview sessions is about 4 hours. We have morning sessions beginning at 9:30 AM ET and ending at 1:35 PM ET, and mid-day sessions beginning at 11:45 AM ET and ending at 3:45 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, Raymond Price, and a set of three other interviewers drawn from our associate program directors (Geoffrey Aguirre, Laura Stein, Kelley Humbert, Rohini Samudralwar, or Denise Xu) and Amy Pruitt, our clerkship director and vice chair of education.
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.
Optional Mentor Meetings
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.
Optional In-Person Second Look, February 16 and 23
We will host optional, in-person second-look visits on Friday, February 16 2024, and Friday, February 23 2024. 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. There will not be an opportunity for applicants coming for a second look to have additional meetings with programmatic leadership. Our program will not consider whether an applicant attended a second look visit when making our rank list.
Staying in touch
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.
Progam leadership
Raymond S. Price, MD
Professor of Clinical Neurology, Program Director, Neurology Residency
Laura Stein, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, Associate Program Director, Neurology Residency
Kelley Anne Humbert, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology, Associate Program Director, Neurology Residency
Geoffrey K. Aguirre, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurology, Associate Program Director, Neurology Residency
Rohini Samudralwar, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Associate Program Director, Neurology Residency
Denise Xu, MD
Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Associate Program Director, Neurology Residency