Dear Vascular Neurology Fellowship Applicant,
Thank you for your interest in the Vascular Neurology Fellowship Program at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School! It is an exciting time to be a Vascular neurologist with advancements made in acute management of strokes and rehabilitation of stroke patients. This year, recruitment will again be done virtually, with all interviews conducted over a video chat platform. We may offer an optional in-person “second look” in spring of 2025 if necessary.
The goal of the Vascular Neurology Fellowship Residency Program at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is to train outstanding Vascular neurologists who are astute in neuroscience, compassionate in care and resilient in adversity. We accomplish this through intensive, supervised exposure to inpatients and outpatients, weekly formal didactics and mentored scholarly activity. Our program prepares fellows for a career in academic medicine or private practice.
Our department has a division of Stroke and Neurocritical Care faculty with 7 faculty who are subspeciality trained in stroke and/or Neurocritical Care/ Endovascular Neurosurgery. They are dedicated to educating our fellow. Our faculty are regional and, in some cases, international experts in their subspecialty area. Our departmental teaching effort is complemented by outstanding clinical faculty in other departments including neuroradiology, neuropathology, neurosurgery, physical medicine and rehabilitation.
Robert Wood Johnson Medical School’s Neurology department has a strong tradition of excellence in research. We have two ongoing clinical trials currently in the division. Our fellow will have protected time for research and travel to national conferences to present their abstracts. Fellows also participate in scholarly activity through organizing our monthly journal club.
Our fellowship uses Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, New Jersey as our teaching. RWJUH is a 965-bed hospital and is part of the RWJ Barnabas Health system. It is a Joint Commission and New Jersey State designated Comprehensive Stroke Center and has Gold Honors designation from Get with the Guidelines. Fellows will work closely with Neurology Residents and medical students on our inpatient services. We strive to instruct our fellows on how to be effective teachers. Our hospital and medical school are in the commercial center of town, adjacent to the main campus of Rutgers University. New Brunswick is a vibrant college town and within a few blocks of the hospital are a wide range of housing options from new, luxury high-rises with doormen to townhouses to trim clapboard houses; an array of entertainment offerings from a comedy club and brew pubs to symphonic music and Broadway Road shows; and a full spectrum of restaurants from inexpensive undergraduate haunts to several among the top in the state. The train station is adjacent to the hospital, with access to New York City in under an hour.
We are looking forward to meeting our applicants this year. Thank you for your interest in our program.
For additional questions, see the FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) section of the website.
We look forward to hearing from you as you continue your academic journey.
Deviyani Mehta, MD
Associate Professor of Neurology
Adult Neurology Residency and Vascular Fellowship Program Director
Lectures and Conferences
Neurology Grand Rounds
Stroke Case Conference
Stroke Performance Improvement Meeting
Endovascular Performance Improvement Meeting