About WVU Neurology Residency Training

Explore WVU Neurology

Welcome to the Neurology Residency Program at West Virginia University (WVU)! We appreciate your interest in our program. This is an extraordinary time to begin your training as a neurologist, as the field is rapidly expanding with groundbreaking diagnostic and therapeutic interventions that allow us to better care for our patients. We believe our program offers ample opportunity to develop into a strong clinical and academic neurologist, while also giving you the freedom to explore your personal interests.

The WVU adult neurology residency training program is a categorical training program approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) within West Virginia. The program offers 8 categorical positions with training spanning a total of 48 months. All residents complete a 12-month intern year in Internal Medicine at Ruby Memorial Hospital, followed by 36 months of Neurology training. We provide a balanced and comprehensive inpatient and outpatient training environment, anchored by a 690-bed tertiary care and Comprehensive Stroke Center with a large patient volume — approximately 2,500 inpatient and 69,000 outpatient evaluations across the department each year. As a result, residents graduate not only able to make competent decisions and triage acute stroke activations, but also equipped with substantial outpatient experience managing common, uncommon, and rare conditions with varying pathophysiology.

To briefly illustrate the breadth of our training program, inpatient rotations include the General Neurology Ward, Stroke Ward, Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU), pediatric neurology, and the Neurocritical Care Unit (NCCU). Ruby Memorial Hospital is a Comprehensive Stroke Center, and our neurology residents serve as first contact in assessing and managing stroke patients. The NCCU is part of the larger WVU Critical Care and Trauma Institute, which gives rotators broad exposure not only to neurocritical care but also to cross-training in other aspects of critical care and trauma, owing to our status as a Level 1 Trauma Center. Our 20-bed closed NCCU is dedicated to neurology, neurosurgery, and neurointerventional patients, with full capabilities for continuous video-EEG and multimodal monitoring. Our 6-bed EMU is staffed entirely by fellowship-trained epilepsy faculty, who read EEGs in real time to guide treatment decisions and supervise residents and technicians.

Outpatient training includes longitudinal management of neurology patients across all three years of residency through your own Continuity Clinic, where you serve as the patient's principal point of contact — including the opportunity to follow a hospitalized patient through an acute illness and then continue their care in your own clinic. There are numerous elective rotation opportunities, including EEG, EMG, movement disorders, headache medicine, neuroimmunology, sleep medicine, sports neurology, teleneurology, neuro-ophthalmology, neuroradiology, palliative care, clinical informatics, education, and research. Trainees with strong academic interests are encouraged to inquire about our Educational Track and to review the publications and achievements listed on this website.

All rotations take place at J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital and its outpatient clinics. This academic medical center sits in the heart of Morgantown, WV, and serves a large geographic area encompassing all of West Virginia, southwestern Pennsylvania, southeastern Ohio, and western Maryland and Virginia. Our health system continues to grow to meet the needs of West Virginia and provide exceptional care to its communities — exemplified by the recent renovation of the Rockefeller Neuroscience Institute (which houses bench research lab space, a fully equipped neurorehabilitation gym, and next-generation neurotherapeutic interventions), newly renovated Neurology and Neurosurgery clinics, the construction of the Heart and Vascular Institute, and the completion of the new Women's and Children's Hospital. The neurology department continues to expand as well, having added over 15 faculty in the past 5 years. Our fellowship offerings have grown alongside this expansion to include Headache, Vascular Neurology, Movement Disorders, and Traumatic Brain Injury/Sports Neurology fellowships, with a Clinical Neurophysiology fellowship expected in the coming years. This period of growth creates new opportunities to better care for our patients while introducing trainees to a wide array of rare and complex neurological disorders from across West Virginia and neighboring states.

Morgantown itself is a small city nestled in the heart of the Appalachian Mountains, roughly 70 highway miles from Pittsburgh, PA, and just a few hours’ drive from Washington, D.C. It offers the best of both worlds: the energy and amenities of a vibrant college town with easy access to some of the most beautiful outdoor recreation in the region. For residents who love the outdoors, Coopers Rock State Forest, just minutes from Morgantown, offers more than 50 miles of hiking and biking trails, spectacular overlooks of the Cheat River Gorge, rock climbing and bouldering, camping, fishing, and winter recreation. Residents can run, walk, bike, or rollerblade along the Mon River and Deckers Creek Rail-Trails, kayak or paddleboard on Cheat Lake, explore the WVU Core Arboretum, or spend an afternoon at the West Virginia Botanic Garden. Morgantown also has the personality of a true college town: WVU brings Division I athletics, concerts, theater, art, festivals, and a lively downtown restaurant and nightlife scene. Mountaineer football Saturdays transform the city into a sea of gold and blue, while downtown offers everything from local coffee shops and restaurants to breweries, live music, and late-night hangouts. The Ruby Amphitheater on the Monongahela River hosts a particularly impressive summer concert series, which was ranked third-best outdoor concert series in the country by USA Today’s 2025 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards. For residents who like to explore beyond Morgantown, the location is hard to beat. Pittsburgh is an easy day trip, and in the winter, residents can head to Wisp Resort in nearby McHenry, Maryland, for skiing, snowboarding, and tubing. Fall brings spectacular foliage throughout the mountains, while spring and summer are perfect for hiking, camping, rafting, boating, and exploring the region’s many small towns and outdoor destinations. When it's time to travel farther afield, Morgantown is surprisingly well connected for a mountain town. Morgantown’s regional airport offers direct flights to Chicago O’Hare (ORD) and Washington Dulles (IAD), while Pittsburgh International Airport (PIT) is approximately an hour away to provide access to a much larger network of domestic and international flights.

In summary, we believe the strengths of our program lie in a broad but balanced experience across outpatient, inpatient, and academic neurology. West Virginia University Medicine is undergoing substantial growth — both geographically and in infrastructure — creating ample opportunity for learning and for pursuing individual interests. We strive to provide top-tier training while fostering a safe environment that balances wellbeing and resiliency, with the goal of producing competent, compassionate neurologists who are strongly competitive for fellowships and future careers.

We thank you for your time and hope you will consider WVU Neurology in your application process!

Nathaniel Mohney, MD
Assistant Professor
Residency Program Director

Gauri Pawar, MD
Professor & Vice Chair for Education
Associate Program Director

Lauren Bojarski, DO
Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director

Warda Faridi, MD
Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director