Optimal Strategies for Your Residency Application, with a focus on Adult Neurology - June 26

Join us for this AAMC-hosted Specialty Spotlight webinar featuring Adult Neurology, a participating specialty in the ERAS® application process. During this session, ERAS applicants and medical school advisors will hear directly from a Adult Neurology program director and advisor who will share key insights, helpful practices, and valuable resources to support preparation for the 2025-2026 application season.

Richard Peng
Director of Outreach and Engagement, ERAS Program
AAMC 

Richard Peng is a Director for ERAS Outreach and Engagement. He was previously a manager for that team. Before joining Outreach and Engagement, he was an ERAS Senior Account Relationship Management Specialist, a Lead Program Relations Specialist and a Training Senior Specialist. After 10 years with the AAMC he has a deep and thorough understanding of the ERAS systems, an appreciation for the needs of individuals across medical education and a desire to ensure that they receive timely and accurate information and guidance. 

Anh-Thu Vu, MD, MS
Director, Neurology Clerkship & Neurology Pathway               
Assistant Professor               
Drexel University College of Medicine               
Adjunct Clinical Assistant Professor of Neurology               
Thomas Jefferson University 

Anh-Thu N. Vu, MD, MS is an assistant professor of neurology at Drexel University College of Medicine and a clinical assistant professor of neurology at Thomas Jefferson University. She currently serves as the neurology clerkship director and neurology pathway director at Drexel, and sees patients at Jefferson Health's Comprehensive Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorder Center. She obtained her undergraduate degree in Psychology at Louisiana State University and completed a Master of Science degree in Neuroscience at Tulane University. She graduated from Weill Cornell Medical College and completed neurology training at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania. She completed a fellowship in Movement Disorders at Emory University. Her interests include undergraduate medical education, building the neurology career pipeline, as well as addressing health disparities in Parkinson's Disease.

A. Blake Buletko, MD
Program Director and Assistant Professor of Neurology
Cleveland Clinic Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University

Dr. Blake Buletko is the Program Director of the Adult Neurology Residency Program at the Cleveland Clinic. He is a practicing vascular neurologist and neurohospitalist. He is an assistant professor of neurology at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University. Dr. Buletko completed his medical school at Northeast Ohio Medical University followed by neurology residency and vascular neurology fellowship both at the Cleveland Clinic. Outside of his clinical work and research, he is passionate about education, professional development, and dispelling neurophobia. He co-hosts a conversational podcast titled “Neurophilia” aimed at the promotion of neurology education and careers in neurology. He is a member of several educational and advising committees and the American Academy of Neurology.