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McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University Neurological Surgery

Residency · Chicago, IL

Sponsored by McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University · Director Matthew Potts

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Class size
3
Visas
J-1, H-1BH-1B for some
PGY-1 salary
$81k2027 to 2028

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  • Fills every seat. Every seat filled in each of the last 5 Matches.
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Getting in

Who started, by class

Started 20264 on record of 3 seats · 3 US MD · 2 published before starting
  • Aman SinghUniversity of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry16 papers · 2 first author · 4 case reports · 2 reviews
  • Austin HilvertVanderbilt University School of Medicine3 papers · 2 first author
  • Kerrie GreeneYale School of Medicine
  • Ron Zaidman
Started 20253 on record of 3 seats · 2 US MD, 1 international · 2 published before starting
  • Karl HabashyAmerican University of Beirut Faculty of Medicine24 papers · 5 first author · 6 reviews
  • Sachin GovindFeinberg School of Medicine1 paper
  • Zhishuo WeiUniversity of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Started 20243 on record of 3 seats · 2 US MD, 1 international · 3 published before starting
  • Sharbel RomanosPritzker School of Medicine18 papers · 1 first author · 2 reviews
  • Daniel ZhangRush Medical College16 papers · 4 first author
  • Edgar PetrosyanFirst Moscow State Medical Univ Named After I M Sechenov8 papers · 3 first author · 4 reviews

Training

3 training sites. Graduates on record most often went on to fellowship.

Months at each site

  • Northwestern Memorial Hospital76 mo
  • Ann & Robert H Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago8 mo

Where graduates went next

  • Fellowship10
  • Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine Fellowship3
  • Neuroendovascular Intervention Fellowship2
  • Neurological Surgery Fellowship2
  • Abdominal Transplant Surgery Fellowship1
  • Anesthesiology Residency1

Where graduates work now

  • McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University9
  • Colorado Permanente Medical Group PC2
  • Mass General Brigham2
  • New York Presbyterian Hospital2
  • Oregon Health & Science University2
  • ProHealth Waukesha Memorial Hospital2

Research

81% of current residents have a paper since 2023

17 of 21, 214 papers between them

  • Glioma Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
  • Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications
  • Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
  • Meningioma and schwannoma management

People

Leadership

  • Matthew PottsProgram Director
  • Najib El TecleAssistant Program Director

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Faculty, residents, graduates and the people residents publish with.

Place

Summers reach 85°, winters fall to 20°. About 39 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

2.3M people live within 20 minutes of Northwestern Memorial Hospital by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,770 a month within 10 miles of Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Hazards

  • Cold waves
  • Tornadoes
  • Winter storms
  • River flooding

Publishes with residents

  • Maciej LesniakNeurological Surgery, 11 residents
  • Adam WorthalterNeurological Surgery, 10 residents
  • Amy HeimbergerNeurological Surgery, 10 residents
  • Nader DahdalehNeurological Surgery, 9 residents