The osteopathic neurosurgical residency
program at Barnabas Health is a 5 year program following a year of
internship completed at an AOA approved program preferably
at Saint Barnabas Medical Center. 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 6 (six) years, is administered by the
Institute of Neurology and Neurosurgery (INNS) at Saint Barnabas
Medical Center, the largest health care provider
in the State of New Jersey. It is affiliated with the Hackensack
University Medical Center in Hackensack,
New Jersey.
Applicants are accepted into the neurosurgical
residency program after the completion of the 4th year of
medical school and placed into a linked internship program
which includes required general rotations with emphasis on
neurosurgery related specialties. In rare instances
a candidate may be accepted after his internship elsewhere.
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.
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
Barnabas Health and by Dr. Henry Rosenberg who
is the Director of Medical Education at Saint Barnabas Medical
Center. Dr. Joseph Koziol and Dr. Arno Fried who is also
Chairman of Neurosurgery at The Hackensack University Medical
Center are the Associate Program Directors.
Interested applicants should contact M. Judy Gibson, the
Residency Program Coordinator at mjgibson@barnabashealth.org or
973-322-6728, Mary Gatto at mgatto@barnabashealth.org or
973-322-6730, Dr. Greg Rokosz at grokosz@barnabashealth.org or
Dr. Henry Rosenberg at hrosenberg@barnabashealth.org at
SBMC at 973-322-5777.
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