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TJUH Neurological Surgery

Residency · Philadelphia, PA

Sponsored by SIDNEY KIMMEL MEDICAL COLLEGE AT THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY

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· Director Christopher Farrell

TJUH Neurological Surgery Residency, Philadelphia, PA | Carlo Med

Class size: 3
Visas: J-1, H-1BH-1B for some
PGY-1 salary: $72k2026 to 2027

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

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Who started, by class

Started 20264 on record of 3 seats · 4 US MD · 3 published before starting

Jean FiloHarvard Medical School30 papers · 4 first author · 3 case reports · 3 reviews
India ShelleySidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University8 papers · 2 first author
Jenna LangbeinVirginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine8 papers · 2 first author · 1 case report · 3 reviews
Sai SriramUniversity of Florida College of Medicine

Started 20255 on record of 4 seats · 3 US MD · 5 published before starting

Training

4 training sites. Most graduates on record went on to fellowship.

Months at each site

Thomas Jefferson University Hospital76 mo
Children's Hospital of Philadelphia4 mo
Abington Memorial Hospital4 mo

Where graduates went next

Fellowship24
Neurological Surgery Fellowship2
Orthopaedic Surgery Of The Spine Fellowship

People

Leadership

Christopher FarrellResidency Program Director
Kevin HinesAssociate Director, Neurological Surgery Residency Program
Chengyuan WuChief of the Division of Epilepsy and Neuromodulation Neurosurgery
David AndrewsDivision Chief, NeuroOncology, Neurological Surgery

Rui FengIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai65 papers · 14 first author · 6 case reports · 5 reviews
Anish SatheSKMC University17 papers · 4 first author · 1 case report · 3 reviews
Robert Ziechmann14 papers · 4 first author · 5 case reports · 1 review
Marissa TucciTulane University School of Medicine3 papers · 2 first author · 1 case report
Chitra KumarUniversity of Cincinnati College of Medicine2 papers · 1 review

Started 20245 on record of 3 seats · 4 US MD, 1 DO · 5 published before starting

Debanjan HaldarPerelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania17 papers · 5 first author · 3 reviews
Keenan PiperSidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University15 papers · 6 first author · 4 case reports · 3 reviews
Jacob JasinskiMichigan State Univ Coll Osteo Med9 papers · 3 first author · 3 case reports
Logan MassmanMedical College of Wisconsin6 papers · 2 first author · 1 case report · 1 review
Caitlin RitzUniversity of Colorado School of Medicine2 papers · 2 first author

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Vascular Neurology Fellowship2

Diagnostic Radiology Residency1

Epilepsy & Functional Neurosurgery Fellowship1

Where graduates work now

Sidney Kimmel Medical College at Thomas Jefferson University9
Jefferson Health5
Drexel University2
Abington Memorial Hospital1
Adventist Hinsdale Hospital1
Advocate Health Care1

Research

4,625 papers by its people, 139,629 citations

Intracranial Aneurysms: Treatment and Complications
Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
Spine and Intervertebral Disc Pathology
Spinal Fractures and Fixation Techniques
Vascular Malformations Diagnosis and Treatment

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

Place

Summers reach 88°, winters fall to 27°. About 22 inches of snow a year.

Weather by month

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Commute

1.7M people live within 20 minutes of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital by car with no traffic.

Cost of living

A one bedroom rents for about $1,370 a month within 10 miles of Thomas Jefferson University Hospital.

Hazards

Heat waves
Cold waves
Winter storms
River flooding

96% of current residents have a paper since 2023

26 of 27, 402 papers between them

Publishes with residents

Pascal JabbourGeneral Acute Care Hospital, 20 residents
Reid GoochNeurological Surgery, 20 residents
Stavropoula TjoumakarisNeurological Surgery, 19 residents
Robert RosenwasserNeurological Surgery, 19 residents