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Neurosurgery
Residency Program
The osteopathic neurosurgical residency
program at SBHCS is a 5 year program following a year of
internship completed at an AOA approved program. It is academically
affiliated with the New York College of Osteopathic Medicine
Educational Consortium (OPTI-NYCOMEX) of the New York Institute
of Technology (NYIT). The candidates must be graduates of
approved osteopathic medical schools
The program, which is approved
for 1 (one) resident per year for 5 (five) years, is administered
by the Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery (INNS) of
the Saint Barnabas Health Care System (SBHCS) which is the
largest health care provider in the State of New Jersey.
It is linked with an internship program at Saint Barnabas
Medical Center (SBMC) which has an option to include specific
neuro-related elective rotation for those who are interested
in neurosurgery.
Those interested in the neurosurgical
program can apply for the internship position and ask to
be linked with the neurosurgical residency, in which case
they will be interviewed by the neurosurgical faculty. Unless
specifically stated however, being accepted into the internship
program does not guarantee acceptance in the neurosurgical
residency program. Conversely, some applicants may be accepted
into the neurosurgical residency program after the completion
of the 4th year of medical school and placed into the internship
program. All applicants must have good scores on their national
boards, and three letters of recommendation. They must submit
with their application a two page essay as to why they want
to become neurosurgeons.
The candidates must spend at least
two weeks rotating on the neurosurgery service either during
their 4th year of medical school or during their internship
at Saint Barnabas Medical Center or Newark Beth Israel Medical
Center.
The program is directed by Otakar
R. Hubschmann, M.D. and supervised and administered by Gregory
Rokosz, D.O., J.D., who is the Osteopathic Director of Medical
Education at Saint Barnabas Health Care System and by Dr.
Henry Rosenberg who is the Director of Medical Education
at Saint Barnabas Medical Center.
Interested applicants should contact
M. Judy Gibson at mjgibson@sbhcs.com
or 973-322-6728 or
Sue Wolff at swolff@sbhcs.com
or 973-322-6730 or
Drs. Rokoscz or Rosenberg at SBMC.
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