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This year will be spent with six months available for further research and elective time and six months as the Senior resident at Grady Hospital.

As the Senior resident at Grady Hospital, the resident is expected to begin to mature into a neurosurgeon. They will be more involved in the management of the service, the evaluation and surgical decision making of the patients under their responsibility and the performance of the surgical procedures under the guidance of an attending physician.

This is an opportunity for the resident to further refine their judgement and technical and time management skills. As the workload may vary significantly as a Senior resident at Grady, it is expected that the resident will be able to continue their research projects developed in the PGY 5 year utilizing free time during the Grady Senior rotation.

It is expected that the Senior resident will, in consultation with the attending, assume primary responsibility for care of all of the patients which are the responsibility of the neurosurgical service at Grady. This includes supervising a Junior resident and other rotators and making daily rounds on all patients on the neurosurgical service, in addition to attendance at clinics on the Grady Campus.