Message from Program Director
On behalf of the Faculty and Staff, it is my pleasure to extend a warm welcome to you and introduce you to our Program.
Our neurology residency turns 63 years old this year! We have a proud history of neurology education. Since its inception in 1962, the neurological training program at Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College has remained continually accredited and prides itself on uncompromising clinical excellence. Firmly anchored in the tradition of classic Neurology which focused on precise anatomical localization, our Program has evolved over the ensuing six decades to reflect the dynamic multi-dimensional neuroscience of today. Neuroscience is burgeoning and our specialty is fast changing; it is an exciting time to be in Neurology!
Our program has a strong academic focus and prepares residents to become outstanding clinicians. The didactic teaching curriculum is well balanced with exposure to a wealth of clinical experience. Upon completion of residency training, our residents are well prepared for fellowships in competitive academic programs or to enter private practice. We accomplish these goals in a supportive, educationally innovative, and friendly atmosphere which fosters teamwork and collegiate collaboration.
Our four-year Categorical program accepts three residents per year. The structure of the Program is based on the tenets of ACGME core competencies, facilitating progression of resident training along established milestones guidelines. Our highly qualified subspecialty trained Faculty are totally committed to patient care and education, and accessible to Residents at all times.
New York Medical College, our academic partner was founded in 1860. After many decades of historic association with New York City institutions – notably the Flower and Fifth Avenue and Metropolitan Hospitals – the College moved in 1977 to its present sprawling campus in Valhalla at Westchester County, NY, and affiliated with Westchester Medical Center (WMC), which is now our primary teaching Hospital and ACGME Sponsoring Institution. We have a history of welcoming all to training.
WMC is a 652-bed academic hospital and the flagship of WMCHealth in Valhalla, located in Westchester County. As a tertiary and quaternary care hospital, Westchester Medical Center serves as a referral base for a population of more than 2.4 million people. Its location in New York’s Hudson Valley affords both population density and diversity that assures a rich clinical environment for Resident education.
Westchester is just less than an hour away by car or train from New York City. Our residents enjoy both the bustling vibrancy of NYC and the scenic serenity of Hudson Valley. Surrounded by outstanding academic and cultural institutions of the area, Westchester is quintessentially an ideal place to live, work and raise a family.
I began in 2021 as Chair of Neurology at New York Medical College and Program Director of the Neurology Residency and Department of Neurology at Westchester Medical Center. We are continuing to grow with the infusion of new programs and subspecialized faculty. We have a sense of optimism and great expectations for the near future. We are proud of our program and look forward to meeting you and exploring ways to shape your future through our program.
Tracey Milligan, MD, MS, FAAN
Program Director
Chair of the Department of Neurology
Program Overview
The goal of the program is to provide high quality comprehensive training in Clinical Neurology with a strong foundation in basic Neurosciences. The four-year program is structured to provide progressive education in Clinical Neurosciences with increasing levels of patient care responsibilities. Six months of the first year are spent in Internal Medicine to obtain broad clinical experience in general internal medicine. The second year resident will spend the majority of time on Neurology adult inpatient services. A required one-month rotation in Psychiatry, as well as one month of Ambulatory experience, is also offered in the second year. The third year provides subspecialty training in neurocritical care, clinical neurophysiology (EEG-EMG), radiology, and child neurology. At the fourth-year level the Resident is well prepared to provide inpatient neurology consultations to other departments. Residents are offered a three-month elective during their training during their Third and Fourth year.
Program Curriculum
How to Apply
In alignment with the American Academy of Neurology (AAN), our national professional society, and to ensure a uniform interview process that is equitable to all applicants, our residency interviews for applicants in 2023-2024 will be held exclusively virtually. We will not offer in-person site visits. The full recommendation is available here.
Current Residents
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Omar Abdelkader – Suez Canal University Faculty of Medicine
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Gelanys Castro Tejada – Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud
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Ahmed Madkoor – University of Cairo Faculty of Medicine
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Karen Marin – Universidad Militar Nueva Granada Facultad de Medicina
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Raphael Muszkat Besborodco – Universidade de Santo Amaro (UNISA) Faculdade de Medicina
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Danielle Kei Pua – St. Luke’s College of Medicine, William H. Quasha Memorial
- Subhan Khan, MD – Medical School of Shanghai Jiao Tong University
- Amr Salem, MBBCh – University of Alexandria Faculty of Medicine
- Fang Yu, MD – Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine
- Ahya Ali, MD – C.M.H. Lahore Medical College
- Gular Mammadli, MD – Ankara Universitesi Tip Fakultesi
- Terry Park, MD – New York Medical College
- Zhimin Xu, MD – Shandong Medical University
- Martin Kafina, MD – St. George’s University School of Medicine
- Adithya Nagaraja, DO – Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine
- Brittany Russo, MD – Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buffalo
Past Residents
- Neuro-Oncology: Yale, New Haven, CT
- Neuro-critical: Care Yale, New Haven, CT
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Epilepsy: School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY
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Headache: Brigham and Women’s Mass General Harvard, Boston, MA
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Headache: University of Miami, Miami, FL
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Sleep Medicine: Einstein Montefiore, Bronx, NY
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Neuro Critical Care: Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
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Neuro Critical Care: Duke University Durham, NC
- Clinical Neurophysiology (EMG): Columbia University, New York, NY
- Clinical Neurophysiology (EEG): Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY
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Vascular Neurology: Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
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Neurologist: Memorial Hospital of Sweet Water Country, Rock Springs, WY
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Neurohospitalist: Hudson Valley Hospital – New York Presbyterian, Cortlandt, NY
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EEG/Epilepsy: North well (LIJMC), Manhasset, NY
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Neurocritical Care: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Neurocritical Care: Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Vascular Neurology: Tufts Medical Center, Boston, MA
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Vascular Neurology: USC, Los Angeles, CA
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Neuro Hospitalist: Vidant Medical Center, Greenville, NC
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Sports Medicine: Kerlan-Jobe Orthopedic Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Vascular Neurology: Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
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Private Practice: Queens, New York
- Neuro Critical Care: Wayne State Medical Center, Detroit, MI
- Neuro-Rehabilitation: Burke Rehabilitation, White Plains, NY
- Vascular Neurology: Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY
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Vascular Neurology: UMASS, Worcester, MA
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Clinical Neurophysiology: SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
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Neurocritical Care: Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
- Clinical Neurophysiology: NYU/Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY
- Clinical Neurophysiology: Mt. Sinai, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
- Clinical Neurophysiology: Georgetown University Hospital, DC
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Headache: University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
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Vascular Neurology: Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY
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Vascular Neurology: Westchester Medical Center, Valhalla, NY
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Private Practice
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Private Practice
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Movement Disorders and Sleep Medicine: Boston University Medical Center, Boston, MA
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Clinical Neurophysiology: University of Texas, Austin, TX
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Private Practice
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Pain Management: New York University Hospital, New York, NY
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EEG/Epilepsy: Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Queens, NY
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Sleep Medicine: University of Missouri at Kansas City, Kansas City, MO
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Clinical Neurophysiology: Georgia Health Sciences University, Augusta, GA
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Headache: Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
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Vascular Neurology: UMDMJ, Newark, NJ
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NeuroOncology: Memorial Sloan Kettering, New York, NY
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Vascular Neurology: Mt. Sinai Medical Center, New York, NY
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Neurocritical Care: UCLA Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA
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Clinical Neurophysiology: Jacobs Neurological Institute SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY; Sleep Medicine: Winthrop University Medical Center, Mineola, NY
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Clinical Neurophysiology: Long Island Jewish Medical Center, Queens, NY
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Clinical Neurophysiology: Jacobs Neurological Institute SUNY Buffalo, Buffalo, NY
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Clinical Neurophysiology: Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, Lebanon, NH
Our Clinical Locations
Westchester Medical Center
Westchester Medical Center shares its leafy campus with New York Medical College in Valhalla, NY, approximately 20 miles north of New York City. It is a Level 1 Trauma and Burn Center and a major hub for specialized care referrals. Here, we take care of patients from a very large catchment area stretching from the northern border of New York City to the Catskill Mountains.
Westchester Medical Center has a pediatric hospital (Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital) with eight dedicated pediatric operating rooms as well as many other non-operating room anesthetizing sites, including MRI, radiation and nuclear medicine, and endoscopy. The Ambulatory Care Pavilion, which opened in July 2019, added many anesthetizing locations, both OR and Non-OR.
Construction is underway on the 128-bed state-of-the-art Critical Care Tower, a $220 million project that when completed will span 162,000 square feet over five floors. Our caseload includes a full profile of cardiac, interventional pulmonary and thoracic, complex orthopedic, neurosurgical and solid organ transplant interventions, to name the busiest services. We have a large heart failure and ECMO referral program. Trauma orthopedics and surgery provide our residents a great variety of “open” cases. Residents participate in minimally invasive and robotic interventions in gynecologic-oncology, urology, colorectal, endocrine and thoracic surgery, as well as complex cardiac and neurological endovascular interventions, both pediatric and adult. The Acute and Chronic Pain Management care rotations cover both the pediatric and adult inpatients and outpatients, including complex consultations for patients in the Burn ICU.