Clinical Track, Department of Neurology, Cognitive Neurologist
Clinical Track, Department of Neurology, Cognitive Neurologist
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Job 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 Alzheimers Prevention its Center for Memory Disorders and its Center for Parkinsons Disease. Through their partnership with LCMC Health Tulane and LSU Neurology faculty are collaborating to build the regions only multiinstitutional healthy brain aging initiative and the largest and most comprehensive program in the Gulf South region.
UMCNO is a 446bed nonprofit 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 degreeconferring 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. Alzheimers 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 departments needs
- 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
Employment Type
Full Time
