Residents

Program at a Glance

11 Categorical residency positions each year

100% Recent ABA BASIC Exam pass rate

100% Recent ABA ADVANCED Exam pass rate

90th+ percentile Average ITE performance across every residency class

13 Perfect ITE scaled scores in the past four years

6 Faculty serving as national ABA board examiners

1 full academic day each week dedicated to resident education when not covering clinical responsibilities

One connected medical campus Ruby Memorial Hospital, Heart & Vascular Institute, Golisano Children’s Hospital, WVU Cancer Institute, and expanding outpatient surgical facilities

No 24-hour clinical anesthesia calls for CA-1 through CA-3 residents

POCUS training built into residency with a pathway toward ASA Diagnostic POCUS certification before graduation

More Reasons to train at WVU

• Hands-on advanced training: awake intubation, cardiopulmonary bypass, emergency front-of-neck airway training, perfused cadaver laboratory, and blood bank experiences
• Resident education is supported: $880 annual educational stipend, fully funded TrueLearn subscription, and dedicated board preparation
• Conference support: 5 dedicated conference days each year, with support for selected national meetings including ASA ADVANCE and the ASA Legislative Conference
• $1,600 annual meal stipend
• Step 3 / COMLEX Level 3 fully funded
• Free parking
• 20 PTO days each year, in addition to padded weekends
• Dedicated wellness day, plus either Christmas or New Year’s week off annually
• Resident Leadership Group gives residents a formal voice in program decisions
• Research and scholarship incentive program rewards resident publications

Program Director: Arpan Kohli, MD 

Associate Program Directors:

Grant Neely, MD

Nicole Hollis, DO

Dena Birney, MD