Adult Neurology Residency

Dear Future Neurologists,

I still remember what it felt like to be where you are right now — scrolling through program websites, trying to imagine which one might become home for the next four years of your life. So let me tell you about ours.

Welcome to the Neurology Residency Program at Hackensack Meridian/JFK University Medical Center. What we've built here is a place where you'll be supported, challenged, and genuinely known — not just as a trainee, but as a colleague. Our faculty came into this work because they love teaching, and their goal is simple: to help you become a neurologist who is knowledgeable, professional, and above all, compassionate.

A little about how the program works. We're a categorical four-year program. Residents who match with us complete an intern year in internal medicine here at JFKUMC, followed by three years of neurology. Before your PGY-2 year begins, we run an intensive neurology boot camp — because we remember how daunting that first month can feel, and we'd rather you start with confidence than with your heart in your throat.

Your education is our priority. You'll learn through structured didactics in our newly renovated conference space, and just as importantly, at the bedside — through rounds and a broad range of inpatient and outpatient rotations. You'll also have your own mentored continuity clinic in our newly renovated clinic area, where you'll follow your own patients and watch yourself grow into the physician you're training to be.

You'll teach, and you'll discover. Our residents work closely with Hackensack medical students, because teaching is one of the fastest ways to master your craft. Research opportunities are open to you across a range of subspecialties — including stroke, neurocritical care, neuro-oncology, movement disorders, and headache — with faculty who are eager to mentor.

We're intentionally not too small. We recruit 9 residents per year, and that size matters. It protects the balance between education, service, and having an actual life outside the hospital. It also means you won't get lost here. We'll know your name, your interests, and what you're working toward.

I'll close with this: our faculty's deepest hope is that you leave here able to care for neurology patients as expertly and as kindly as they do. I can tell you with complete confidence that they succeed — because I graduated from this very program, and I chose to stay.

We'd love to meet you.

Warmly,
Nancy Gadallah, DO, RPNI
Adult Neurology Residency Program Director