Pediatric Epilepsy Program Director - Emory University

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Description:

The Division of Pediatric Neurology, Department of Pediatrics, with Children's Healthcare of Atlanta) is looking for an Epilepsy Program Director to join our academic/clinical team at an Associate Professor/Professor level.

 

The successful candidate will be a key leader in our Epilepsy Center, overseeing our epilepsy and neurophysiology programs, with a keen eye for quality and future program growth as well as an interest in epilepsy clinical research. Epileptologists participate in the teaching of neurology residents and epilepsy fellows as well as staffing a 12 bed Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, Fast Access Neurology clinics and reading LTVM/EEG studies. Children’s Epilepsy Program has several epilepsy subspecialty clinical programs including ketogenic diet, genetic epilepsy, infantile spasms/epileptic encephalopathy, psychogenic non epileptic events (PNEE) and epilepsy surgery.

The Pediatric Neurosciences Program at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta is ranked 1st in the Southeast and one of the top 20 programs in the USA by USN&WR. It is one of the largest programs in the country, handling more than 2,400 pediatric neurological inpatient cases and performing over 1,400 neurosurgeries (including over 50 epilepsy surgeries) each year.

 

Candidates must be board certified or eligible in pediatric neurology and the subspecialty of Epilepsy and must demonstrate excellent qualifications in education and clinical care. Academic rank will be commensurate with experience and training.

 

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in respective clinical area
• Proficient in interpreting EEGs and Long-Term Video Monitoring

Education

• Graduate of an accredited, four-year medical school
• Graduate of an accredited, post-graduate residency program in Pediatrics
• Graduate of an accredited, post graduate fellowship program in Epilepsy

Certification Summary

• Board Eligible/Board certified
• Licensed to practice medicine in the state of Georgia
• Current DEA registration
• BLS certification is required. PALS certification

 

Qualified candidates should complete the online application and upload a cover letter and CV. 

 

About Emory + Children’s

Children’s is the largest pediatric healthcare system in Georgia and one of the largest in the country, serving nearly 400,000 unique patients each year with 638 licensed beds. Children's has state-of-the-art facilities and technology, an electronic medical record, voice recognition software and access to more than 60 pediatric sub-specialties.

 

Emory's Department of Pediatrics is top ranked in research funding by the National Institutes of Health. For interested candidates, there are lots of research opportunities available with Emory neurosciences, Georgia Tech, adult neurology and CDC. Working together, the Emory+Children’s Pediatric Institute supports the ongoing professional and leadership development of physicians while maintaining a healthy balance between academics and clinical work and rewarding excellence and productivity in both.

 

Children’s+Emory offers a competitive salary and an unmatched benefits program. The Department offers a courtesy scholarship, in addition to a faculty development and mentoring program designed to help faculty succeed in clinical programs, translational or basic research and to thrive as educators.

 

Employment will be in the Emory + Children's Pediatric Institute. The Emory + Children’s Pediatric Institute is an affiliation between Emory University and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta that is improving the lives of children in Georgia and beyond. The Pediatric Institute combines the unique strengths and resources of each institution in support of our three-part academic missions of providing outstanding clinical care, conducting innovative basic science discovery and clinical research, and coordinating exceptional education of the future healthcare workforce. 

 

Our physicians, researchers, and educators have created a model where leadership, commitment and quality are fundamental components of success. Together, we are transforming pediatrics by achieving new levels of clinical excellence—driven by research, teaching and wellness. We look forward to our future together.

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