Pediatric Neuropsychologist

Position Description:

PEDIATRIC CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST

Childrens Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is recruiting a pediatric neuropsychologist with expertise in acquired brain injury.

This position is a faculty position in the Division of Neuropsychology (Child) in the Department of Neurology at MCW and applicants at any rank (assistant associate or full professor) will be considered. Our faculty are dedicated to clinical research education and community engagement.

Partnering with other neuropsychologists neurologists and physiatrists this neuropsychologists clinical care and research will primarily focus on children with acquired brain injury. Neuropsychology provides patient care within the Childrens Wisconsin Neurosciences Center; including the Childrens Wisconsin hospital in an acute inpatient neuroscience setting inpatient rehabilitation service multidisciplinary followup clinic(s) and our ambulatory neuropsychology clinic. Our providers also maintain a general clinical practice for patients with a variety of neurological and medical conditions in addition to their areas of specific expertise. Desirable candidates possess unique talents and skills to mesh with existing operations. The abilities to work and think quickly efficiently and flexibly to conduct both comprehensive and brief consultative evaluations to be a strong team player and to be timely in completion of required patient care training and research documentation are essential.

Activities of teaching supervision and mentoring are highly valued including supervision of four pediatric postdoctoral fellows in clinical neuropsychology and teaching didactics to our child and adult neuropsychology fellows and practicum students from numerous regional graduate programs.

Successful candidates will have strong interests in collaborative clinical research in specific areas of expertise. Advanced methods for data extraction from the medical record allow for timely research. The Department provides mentoring research administrative support and protected time for new faculty to establish their research program. The Department supports a major fMRI research laboratory devoted to understanding normal and abnormal language functions a MEG research center collaborative IOM program for brain tumors and several clinical research databases. At MCW community partnerships that reduce inequities in health care are encouraged and supported and consideration of equitable care is essential across all missions.

Benefits and Perks:

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunities for professional development and research.
• Access to stateoftheart facilities and resources.
• Supportive and collaborative work environment.
• Generous 403(b) matching and CME allowance
• Robust benefits package including health dental life insurance disability coverage adoption assistance paid parental leave tuition reimbursement program and more!

Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW)

At the core of everything we do at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is the pursuit of new knowledge and the power of academic medicine. Bringing together the worlds top scientists and clinicians inspired students and invested communities we are driven to solve the most complex challenges in health and society. MCW is home to a diverse group of thought leaders collaborating to build a healthier world and a continuous cycle of lifechanging knowledge. MCW hasapproximately 1600fulltime and parttime faculty andapproximately 3445fulltime employees.

Childrens Wisconsin and Childrens Specialty Group (CSG)

Childrens Wisconsin is the states only independent health care system dedicated solely to the health and wellbeing of children. With more than 1.3 million annual connections with kids and families statewide Childrens provides a wide range of care and support everything from routine care to lifesaving advances and treatment options foster care and adoption services child advocacy and provides an insurance plan.

Childrens and its joint venture with the Medical College of Wisconsin

The Childrens Specialty Group has the largest providers of pediatric healthcare in the state serving the children and families of Wisconsin with the highest level of care through their American College of Surgeons Level I Childrens Surgery Verification Center Level I Pediatric Trauma Center Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence 72bed Level IV NICU Level IV Epilepsy Center and a 72bed PICU. InCW and CSG had six specialties ranked byUS News & World Report: cancer; cardiology and heart surgery; gastroenterology and GI surgery; neurology and neurosurgery; orthopedics; and pulmonology. With over 70 specialties and 675 providers CSG providers had 220000 outpatient visits at 13 regional care sites 67000 emergency department/trauma center visits and over 9000 admissions.

Milwaukee

Milwaukee the largest city in Wisconsin is located on Lake Michigans western shore. A metropolitan area with more than 1.5 million people Milwaukee is an affordable comfortable place to live work and play big enough to be exciting and uncongested enough to get around easily. Milwaukees many neighborhoods have incredible charm accommodating a variety of lifestyles from highrise apartments to small farms. Nestled along a magnificent bluff overlooking Lake Michigan Milwaukees downtown is home to botanical gardens museums a theater district the world champion Milwaukee Bucks the Milwaukee Brewers and many fine restaurants. The lake and its harbors are skirted by scenic parklands and provide firstclass opportunities for recreation including hiking cycling boating and more. A recent study ranked Milwaukee as the 15th most walkable of the 50 largest US cities.

Application review will begin immediately and continue until the position is filled.

All interactions will remain confidential and no inquiries will be made without the consent of the applicant. Nominations and applications including current curriculum vitae and a cover letter stating qualifications and reasons for interest in the role may be submitted to:

Becky Trujillo Sr Physician Recruiter:

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Amy Heffelfinger Ph.D. ABPP



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