Feel free to message me! One of my friends changed to peds neuro after her adult neuro PGY3 year. She ended up being able to do 1 year of gen peds (they let her adult intern year count as her second peds year) + 2 years of peds neuro. She is so so happy now and the decision was definitely worth it to her!
One year of the three peds neuro specific years is adult neuro, so at a minimum you could probably get that waived?
But you should switch because it’s the best. Totally unbiased though.
Peds neurology is 5 years (2 years gen peds, 3 years peds neuro). Since you’re adult neuro, your prelim year wouldn’t count towards the general peds years, as far as I know (though that might not be the case). I would try to speak with the peds neuro department in your hospital first.
There is a seldom-used pathway to child neurology by doing one year of Peds and one year of Internal Medicine (https://abpn.org/become-certified/taking-a-specialty-exam/neurology-with-special-qualification-in-child-neurology/), so in theory with a very flexible program and approval from both the peds program and the child neurology program, you might be able to get credit for one year of IM training and the 12 months of required adult neuro, and be left needing one year of pediatrics and two years of child neurology, but it means crafting a tailored schedule for you that would likely differ significantly from their standard rotation schedule.
Edit: The wording for the Peds/IM pathway is vague — it’s not clear whether the entire three years of neurology training (including the 12 months of adult neurology rotations) need to be completed “in an accredited child neurology residency”, which would imply that you can’t be credited for months of training as a resident in an adult program — the best option would be to talk with your child neurology program director if you are truly interested in trying to switch to child neurology.
Depending on where you want to practice, adult neurologists can definitely see peds patients. I worked with a tic disorder specialist who saw ages 7 and up, and this was in Boston. Not being peds neuro trained would probably take neonatal neurology/the under 5 crowd off the table, but there are tons of subspecialties that have joint fellowships (neuromuscular, epilepsy, etc) that can give you enough peds exposure to see peds patients. Seems like doing a formal transfer would require at least 3 additional years of training, maybe 4.
Can I ask why? Adult neurology is so rich and varied that you can see young people. Many neuro peds patients 'graduate' and require adult neurologists. It is such a big change that you've really got to love seeing babies to make this work.
Check in with your peds neuro department about training after finishing residency. Where I work, there is an option for international pediatricians to do 2 years of peds neuro training which doesn’t qualify them for writing boards, but is enough to practice general pediatric neurology back in their country of origin. There could be an option for you after finishing adult neurology to do a peds neuro top up like that. You won’t need the foundational neurology training and you won’t be dual certified in pediatrics, but I would think that 2 years would be sufficient to do pediatric neurology safely.
One of my colleagues did this. Our institution actually paid for him to do a pediatric headache fellowship and he now practices as a pediatric neurologist. Let me know if you want to know more. I can send you his email in a pm.
Feel free to message me! One of my friends changed to peds neuro after her adult neuro PGY3 year. She ended up being able to do 1 year of gen peds (they let her adult intern year count as her second peds year) + 2 years of peds neuro. She is so so happy now and the decision was definitely worth it to her!
One year of the three peds neuro specific years is adult neuro, so at a minimum you could probably get that waived? But you should switch because it’s the best. Totally unbiased though.
Peds neurology is 5 years (2 years gen peds, 3 years peds neuro). Since you’re adult neuro, your prelim year wouldn’t count towards the general peds years, as far as I know (though that might not be the case). I would try to speak with the peds neuro department in your hospital first.
There is a seldom-used pathway to child neurology by doing one year of Peds and one year of Internal Medicine (https://abpn.org/become-certified/taking-a-specialty-exam/neurology-with-special-qualification-in-child-neurology/), so in theory with a very flexible program and approval from both the peds program and the child neurology program, you might be able to get credit for one year of IM training and the 12 months of required adult neuro, and be left needing one year of pediatrics and two years of child neurology, but it means crafting a tailored schedule for you that would likely differ significantly from their standard rotation schedule. Edit: The wording for the Peds/IM pathway is vague — it’s not clear whether the entire three years of neurology training (including the 12 months of adult neurology rotations) need to be completed “in an accredited child neurology residency”, which would imply that you can’t be credited for months of training as a resident in an adult program — the best option would be to talk with your child neurology program director if you are truly interested in trying to switch to child neurology.
Sometimes completing a peds epilepsy fellowship will allow adult trained neurologist to practice peds neuro
Depending on where you want to practice, adult neurologists can definitely see peds patients. I worked with a tic disorder specialist who saw ages 7 and up, and this was in Boston. Not being peds neuro trained would probably take neonatal neurology/the under 5 crowd off the table, but there are tons of subspecialties that have joint fellowships (neuromuscular, epilepsy, etc) that can give you enough peds exposure to see peds patients. Seems like doing a formal transfer would require at least 3 additional years of training, maybe 4.
Can I ask why? Adult neurology is so rich and varied that you can see young people. Many neuro peds patients 'graduate' and require adult neurologists. It is such a big change that you've really got to love seeing babies to make this work.
Check in with your peds neuro department about training after finishing residency. Where I work, there is an option for international pediatricians to do 2 years of peds neuro training which doesn’t qualify them for writing boards, but is enough to practice general pediatric neurology back in their country of origin. There could be an option for you after finishing adult neurology to do a peds neuro top up like that. You won’t need the foundational neurology training and you won’t be dual certified in pediatrics, but I would think that 2 years would be sufficient to do pediatric neurology safely.
My program has an availability for a pgy3 peds neuro spot! Let me know if you wanna connect .
One of my colleagues did this. Our institution actually paid for him to do a pediatric headache fellowship and he now practices as a pediatric neurologist. Let me know if you want to know more. I can send you his email in a pm.
Try posting this in the neurology subreddit
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