Pediatric Neurologist - Nemours
Orlando, FL 32827
About the Job
We have a great neurosciences center with a rapidly expanding program here in central Florida. We have 6 neurologists, 3 neurosurgeons, 6 APPs with strong ancillary support including nurses, MAs, certified EEG technicians, occupational and physical therapists, and social workers. We have very well-established neuromuscular program and epilepsy program with a 6 bed EMU and an active epilepsy surgery program. We are offering gene therapies to all FDA approved neurological conditions. We have a very active international medicine program offering international neurological services to the patients across the world. We plan to develop other clinical excellent programs like headache, developmental neurology and movement disorders and expand our clinical research including clinical trials. The candidates will have an opportunity to build these clinical programs and lead them. Physicians are encouraged to apply for academic appointment through the University of Central Florida College of Medicine.
Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida is a 130-bed hospital with 20 bed PICU, 18 bed CICU and 18 bed NICU. Physicians will participate in equal number of inpatient service week and night calls. The neurology service is a consult service, and the on-call neurologist provides coverage for the pediatric inpatient floor, PICU, NICU, and pediatric emergency department. The inpatient service will have adult neurology resident and medical students in the team. The resident or an APP will be first on call with the attending physician.
As a faculty member of UCFCOM, the candidate can participate in medical student admission, education and training. Physicians are encouraged to be involved in research, quality improvement studies and academic activities with medical students. You will have library resources available from the medical college.
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Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized, multi-site pediatric healthcare system built upon a centralized, efficient and collaborative infrastructure committed to improving the health of all children. The mission of Nemours is to improve the health and health care of children by seeking new approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood diseases, and to educate the next generation of leaders in children's health.
Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida is the newest addition to the Nemours integrated healthcare system. Our 130-bed pediatric hospital also features the area's only 24-hour Emergency Department designed just for kids as well as outpatient pediatric clinics including several specialties previously unavailable in the region. A hospital designed by families for families, Nemours Children's Hospital blends the healing power of nature with the latest in healthcare innovation to deliver world-class care to the children of Central Florida and beyond. In keeping with our goal of bringing Nemours care into the communities we serve; we also provide specialty outpatient care in several clinics located throughout the region.
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