Neurosurgery Residency

Ascension Seton Medical Center Austin is the largest hospital of the Ascension Texas network, with 391 beds. It serves as the tertiary referral center for multiple specialties. It is a Joint Commission-certified comprehensive stroke center, and it has received advanced certification by the commission for its spine program.

Dell Seton Medical Center is a 211-bed hospital that serves as Dell Med’s primary teaching hospital. It is a Level I trauma center that supports the greater Travis County area and features two critical care units, including a dedicated surgical intensive care unit with 30 beds. Dell Seton was recently named the one of the top 10 most socially responsible hospitals in America.

A 15-bed neurocritical care unit opened in spring 2023 and includes dedicated neuro-intensivists and multimodal neuromonitoring technology. Dell Seton is a Joint Commission-certified comprehensive stroke center that includes an epilepsy monitoring unit as well as 14 state-of-the-art operating rooms equipped with modern-day neurosurgical technologies.

Dell Children’s Medical Center is a 248-bed, freestanding pediatric hospital serving 46 Central Texas counties. It is one of five Level I trauma centers for pediatric patients in Texas, and it houses an inpatient rehabilitation unit that provides rehabilitation service to patients with neurological and non-neurological injuries.

Dell’s Children’s is the only Level IV epilepsy center in Central Texas, treating the most complex epilepsy patients with surgical and nonsurgical interventions. The Level IV neonatal intensive care unit provides care for the most complex and critically ill infants of all gestational ages.