Clinical Track, Department of Neurology, Cognitive Neurologist Position Available In Jefferson, Louisiana

Clinical Track, Department of Neurology, Cognitive Neurologist Location:

New Orleans, LA Open Date:

Jan 10, 2025

Description:

A banner enterprise of the Tulane Department of Neurology is the Healthy Brain Aging Initiative (HBAI). Located at University Medical Center of New Orleans (UMCNO), the HBAI includes a dedicated team of neurologists, neuropsychologists/psychometrists, advanced practice providers, social workers, and neuroscientists, aiming to promote healthy brain aging through its Center for Alzheimer’s Prevention, its Center for Memory Disorders, and its Center for Parkinson’s Disease. Through their partnership with LCMC Health, Tulane and LSU Neurology faculty are collaborating to build the region’s only multi-institutional healthy brain aging initiative, and the largest and most comprehensive program in the Gulf South region. UMCNO is a 446-bed, non-profit, public, research and academic hospital located in New Orleans, Louisiana, providing tertiary and level I trauma care for the region. The hospital is operated by LCMC Health and is the largest hospital in the system. UMCNO is affiliated with Tulane University School of Medicine and LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans, as well as several other healthcare degree-conferring institutions in the region. This is a clinical, teaching, and research position. It is estimated that the Cognitive Neurologist will dedicate 70% effort to clinical practice (outpatient based) and 30% effort to scholarly activities, including creating and directing an accredited cognitive neurology fellowship, though the FTE distributions may vary slightly over time as needed.

Roles and responsibilities include:

• Caring for neurology outpatients with neurocognitive disorders, including subjective cognitive impairment, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia (e.g., Alzheimer’s disease, vascular dementia, Lewy body disease, frontotemporal dementia, primary progressive aphasia, posterior cortical atrophy, and related disorders)
• Creating and directing an accredited cognitive neurology fellowship
• Teaching of medical students and residents as assigned
• Participation in industry sponsored and investigator initiated clinical trials research according to interest and as opportunities arise
• Serving on institutional and departmental committees, actively participating in departmental conferences such as Neurology Grand Rounds, Morbidity & Mortality Conference, and faculty meetings
• Additional optional roles may include supervision of neurology residents clinics, or serving as attending on the inpatient neurology consult service (excluding stroke and neurocritical care patients), according to the interests of the applicant and the department’s needs

Qualifications:

Doctor of Medicine Completed Residency in Neurology Certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (or Board eligible) Fellowship trained in Cognitive Neurology Certified in Behavioral Neruology & Neuropsychiatry by the United Council for Neurological Subspecialities (or Board eligible) Candidate must possess or be eligible to obtain a LA medical license

Application Instructions:

Please submit an application using Interfolio via the “Apply Now” button on this page. Applicants are asked to provide their CV for review by the search committee. You may upload additional materials to your application. Applications will be reviewed on an ongoing basis until the position is filled. If you have any questions about the application process please contact Catherine Rigby at crigby@tulane.edu.

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