Residency Program Program Overview Curriculum Clinical Sites Research How to Apply Meet Our Residents & Alumni Contact Us Clinical Sites Home Research Research: Clinical Departments Neurology: Home Neurology: Education & Training Neurology: Education & Training > Residency Program Neurology: Education & Training > Residency Program > Clinical Sites Clinical Training Sites UC Irvine neurology residents spend the majority of their time at the UCI Medical Center in Orange. Select rotations are done at the Tibor Rubin VA Medical Center in Long Beach (LBVA) and Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) in Orange. UCI Medical Center UCI Medical Center is a university-owned major teaching hospital, serving as the principal facility for the School of Medicine’s teaching and research programs. The bed capacity is 411 with a high census of neurology and neurosurgical patients, as well as a major trauma center. Total dedicated neurology beds are 35 on the step-down unit and 12 in the neurocritical care unit. UCI Medical Center is the only academic tertiary care center in the Orange County area and has a large referral base. The neurology inpatient services consist of general neurology, stroke inpatient service and the neurocritical care unit, each covered by one attending on-call for the entire week. Additionally, there is 24/7 coverage by an attending of the EEG/critical care unit, EEG/epilepsy monitoring unit and neuro-oncology service. Douglas Hospital is the main training site for neurology inpatient care. We have a night float system consisting of two residents, and the day teams consist of a senior and junior resident on each service. The consult service includes a range of patients presenting with altered mental status, neurological involvement in systemic diseases, transplant, cancer and acute neurological diseases such as neuromuscular conditions, seizures and status epilepticus, intracranial invasive monitoring for seizure location, neuro-oncology, neuroimmunology, inflammatory and infectious conditions, and neurodegenerative disorders. There are plenty of opportunities for broad exposure and valuable educational experiences. The neurology clinics are held at UCI Medical Center and affiliated practices such as the Manchester Pavilion and Gottschalk Plaza, where residents are exposed to subspecialty and general neurology outpatient populations. Additional clinics are located in Tustin, Newport Beach, Yorba Linda and the LBVA outpatient facilities. Tibor Rubin Veterans Affairs (VA) Medical Center The VA Long Beach Health Care System is a 200-bed hospital affiliated with UC Irvine. It is a nationally recognized facility for its spinal cord injury unit. Neurology residents complete their required one-month psychiatry training at the VA. Other specialized rotations, such as neuro-urology, are available through the VA. The residents participate in a resident half-day continuity clinic at the VA every other week, where they see a range of patient populations unique to the VA Health Care System, gaining experience in traumatic brain injuries, spinal cord injuries, memory disorders, neuromuscular disorders, headaches, epilepsy, post-traumatic and non-epileptic disorders, and neurodegenerative disorders. There are also didactics and mini-lectures scheduled for the rotating neurology and psychiatry residents by the VA faculty (in addition to the main didactic curriculum). Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC) CHOC is a 279-bed hospital affiliated with UC Irvine. It has the only pediatric emergency department and is the only dedicated pediatric teaching hospital in Orange County. It is one of the largest pediatric hospitals in the country. The Neuroscience Institute is one of its four centers of excellence. Residents complete their required three months of child neurology at CHOC, gaining experience in various genetic disorders, epilepsy syndromes, pediatric neurocritical care, developmental disorders and movement disorders. The pediatric muscular dystrophy clinic is also hosted at CHOC. The pediatric faculty is actively engaged in educational lectures throughout the year.