Important Announcements

Nondiscrimination Statement Update

Boston Medical Center Health System complies with applicable Federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, national origin (including limited English proficiency and primary language), religion, culture, physical or mental disabilities, socioeconomic status, sex, sexual orientation and gender identity and/or expression. BMCHS provides free aids and services to people with disabilities and free language services to people whose primary language is not English.

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Campus Construction Update

Starting September 14, we’re closing the Menino building lobby entrance. This, along with the ongoing Yawkey building entrance closure, will help us bring you an even better campus experience that matches the exceptional care you've come to expect. Please enter the Menino and Yawkey buildings through the Moakley building, and make sure to leave extra time to get to your appointment. Thank you for your patience. 

Click here to learn more about our campus redesign. 

Program Description – Year Two Objectives

During the second year of training, the resident will care for pediatric neurology patients seen in consultation in the pediatric neurology outpatient clinics at Boston Medical Center. They will also take on inpatient responsibilities, including admissions, in-hospital consultations, and emergency room consultations.

The Primary Objectives of Year Two

  • To learn the sequence of normal development in the preterm and full-term newborn, infant, toddler, older child, adolescent and young adult.
  • To learn to obtain detailed developmental and neurological histories and conduct a neurological examination at each stage of development. The resident will also learn a variety of techniques to foster rapport with the child in order to complete a successful comprehensive examination.
  • To learn to communicate with and provide appropriate supportive care to the entire family unit.
  • To be exposed to in-depth teaching directed to the full spectrum of neurological disorders seen in children and to pursue critical reading about these disorders.
  • To manage acute neurological problems in children, including those seen in the emergency room and the pediatric intensive care units.
  • To learn to work closely with primary care physicians.
  • To learn the neuroanatomical and neuropathological underpinning of the full array of neurological diseases in children.
  • To learn about the wide variety of diagnostic techniques used to facilitate neurological diagnosis, and the indications for ordering these different diagnostic techniques; to learn functional neuroanatomy and neuropathology and clinical-neuropathological correlations.