The UC Davis School of Medicine offers a wide range of educational opportunities for medical students, including residency and postgraduate fellowships. The Neurology Department offices are located at the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. Faculty members have offices at the medical center, UC Davis campus, the Center for Neuroscience and Martinez and Mather VA hospitals.

Opportunities in neurology include:

• clinical neuropsychology fellowship 
• clinical neurophysiology fellowship 
• medical student clerkship elective 
• residency training program in neurology 

The UC Davis Medical Center occupies 120 acres in Sacramento, which is a 20-­minute drive from the UC Davis campus. The medical center is the primary teaching facility for the UC Davis School of Medicine and for postgraduate medical education offered by the university. Residency and fellowship training programs are available in more than 40 disciplines.

Founded in 1852 as Sacramento County Hospital, the hospital began its association with the University of California in 1966. Since 1973, the hospital has been owned and operated by the university. The past decade the site has grown to include a 14-story hospital addition, new Davis Wing with the University Children's Hospital, research tower, 100-bed Shriners Hospital for Children and the Lawrence J. Ellison Ambulatory Care Center, which houses neurology department academic offices. Construction in progress includes:

• a 122,000 GSF education building
• a 470,000 square foot Surgery and Emergency Services Pavillion
• and a Same Day Surgery Center

The medical center is a major referral center for Northern California and averaged 425 patients per day in 2005. The center offers complete inpatient services, diagnostic facilities and 24-hour major emergency medical services. There were 34,085 admissions in 2005.

Specialty programs include a trauma service, burn unit, transplant service, cancer center, regional poison control center, regional mental health program, extensive family practice program, neonatal intensive-care unit, comprehensive rehabilitation center and 10 specialized intensive care units. A comprehensive ambulatory care program offers outpatient specialty services. Nearly 909,600 patients visited the medical center, primary care network and outreach clinics in 2005. The medical staff comprises approximately 500 faculty members of the UC Davis School of Medicine. The house staff is comprised of more than 540 interns, residents and fellows.

UC Davis Medical Center is the hub of UC Davis Health System which includes primary care physicians throughout the region. There are about 47,000 emergency room visits per year. Neurology patients are admitted to a 17-bed neuroscience unit shared with the Department of Neurological Surgery. In addition, approximately 800 inpatient neurology consultations are provided each year. Approximately 1500 patient visits are provided annually in the Adult Neurology Clinic and 1,500 patient visits are provided in the Pediatric Neurology Clinic. Supervised by five full-time faculty members, neuroradiology facilities include four clinical and two research magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners, four computed tomography (CT) scanners and an angiography suite equipped for interventional studies. The UC Davis M.I.N.D. Institute conducts medical investigations of neurodevelopment disorders. The institute houses clinical and research sites for the study of these disorders, including autism. Clinics and faculty offices for child neurology, child psychiatry, developmental pediatrics and pediatric genetics are also located at the institute.

In addition to the UC Davis Medical Center, neurology residents participate in the clinical and training programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at the Mather VA hospital. The VA has an outpatient facility and a 45-bed-state-of-the-art inpatient facility located approximately 15 minutes from the medical center. Residents rotate through the neurology outpatient clinics, the electromyogram (EMG) service and the inpatient consult service.

Sacramento is a metropolitan center with a 1.8 million population in a location that provides for an un­paralleled lifestyle. The American and Sacramento rivers run through the city and combines with several lakes to provide opportunities for boating, water skiing, fishing and swimming. The American River Wilderness Parkway, with a 35-mile bicycle path and connecting parks, is a unique resource for bicyclists, joggers, fishers and bird watchers. The local climate adjusts for four seasons but stays mild with no snow and is conducive to outdoor sports.

Sacramento is 80 miles east of San Francisco and 90 miles west of Lake Tahoe. Most major ski areas in California, including Squaw Valley, are located near Lake Tahoe. A variety of recreation environments, including the Monterey Coast, Yosemite Valley and others are within a few hours drive. The Pacific Ocean is two hours west, and the wine-producing Napa Valley is 45 minutes away.

In addition to UC Davis, three community colleges and one state university are located in the metropolitan area. Sacramento brings many outstanding performing groups to the Sacramento Civic Center in addition to a wide array of local theatre, ballet, opera companies and symphony orchestra. It is the home of the world's largest jazz festival, held annually on Memorial Day weekend in historic Old Sacramento. This event brings to the area many national and international jazz groups, all outstanding musicians. There are also museums and various local performing groups. The Mondavi Center on the UC Davis campus includes a large concert hall where world-class orchestras, dance groups and solo acts perform.