Support Excellence in Training:

The Neurosurgery Resident Sponsorship Initiative

At the University of Michigan Department of Neurosurgery, our educational mission is to train highly
skilled neurosurgeons with a strong background in clinical care and research. To enhance our ability to
recruit and train tomorrow’s top practitioners, we have launched the Neurosurgical Resident Sponsorship
Initiative. This initiative fosters professional development and promotes leadership in the field.

8
Ranked No.
in the nation on U.S. News &
Since 1981, over World Report’s 2017-18 list

70 alumni of Best Hospitals

have completed our program and now

practice and lead organizations
across the country
100 years of providing
comprehensive, compassionate, and
careful treatment of neurological surgical
problems for adult and pediatric patients

Having alumni support of the residency Annually, resident

program at U-M is truly a privilege. The unique expenditures for research,
opportunities we are provided are a reminder that we equipment, and educational
are all part of the same neurosurgical community opportunities cost
working together to provide the best patient care.
— Todd C. Hollon, M.D., Neurosurgery Resident
$5,000

Endowed Your gift supports: Expendable

Education. Courses, registration fees for professional

society meetings, and travel expenses to conferences

$100,000 Research. Fuel resident participation in research $35,000

pledged over opportunities provided by faculty leaders in the field
pledged over
five years five years
Equipment. Textbooks, surgical loupes, iPads, and surgical
lead aprons are needed to complete the residency program

For more information or to make a gift, contact Kirsten Petriches,

assistant director of development, neurosciences, at 734-763-5240 or
kagwiz@umich.edu.