Academic Spine Opportunity in Major Southern City!

A preeminent Southern university is growing and adding a spine focused neurosurgeon to work at their main campus medical center. For individuals who are currently at an Assistant or Associate Professor level, this represents a good opportunity for advancement.

This is a main campus academic position with remarkable opportunities in teaching, research, and clinical neurosurgery. Applicants should have a strong interest in research, publishing, and education, and should have a desire to maintain broad-based clinical activities and skills. The institution’s neurosurgery residency program provides neurosurgical service for the state’s only academic medical center. It is fully accredited and in good standing with the ACGME and is at its full approved complement of 11 residents.

As a member of an academic neurosurgery program, it is expected that neurosurgeons will participate in research. The amount of effort dedicated to research will vary across faculty. A neurosurgeon with a primarily clinical focus will not be expected to participate in basic science research but will be expected to participate with and mentor residents in clinical projects. Clinical and translational research will be well supported.

The Department of Neurosurgery is a member of the institution’s Neuro Institute, which is a multi-department collaboration with a mission to integrate high-quality health care, perform ground-breaking research, and innovate educational programs within the field of neuroscience. The foci of the Neuro Institute are Neurotrauma (both traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury), Stroke (hemorrhagic and ischemic) and Addictions. There is departmental and institutional support available for a neurosurgeon wishing to develop a research program in one of these areas.

Applicants, through residency and/or fellowship, should be comfortable in treating the spectrum of neurosurgery spine disease, including trauma, degenerative, and oncologic spinal disease. Deformity expertise can be supported but is not required. This position is a ready-made spine practice intended to handle the growth of the program. Case volume is anticipated to be 250+ in the first year with 80% spine and 20% general.

Practice Highlights:

Anticipated call will be 1 in 8. Direct calls to the neurosurgeon from the ED are very rare, and only occur in circumstances of clinical importance that necessitate attending to attending discussion. There is an in-house neurosurgery resident taking primary call with a senior resident on back-up taking home-call. Neurosurgeons are communicated to through the residents. The anticipated call burden overnight from the residents averages 3 calls per night. The neurosurgeon is only required to come to the hospital for operative cases. EVDs, lumbar punctures, and similar bedside procedures are completed by the residents and do not require attending presence. The group employs 8 RNs as well as several NPs, including 4 adult in-patient, 3 adult outpatient, and 1 pediatric. The NPs provide additional support and coverage to the residents and attendings, and the new neurosurgeon will have access to the APPs. Block OR time will be available.

Hospital Highlights:

As the only Level I Trauma Center in its state, this academic hospital serves as the 750-bed diagnostic and treatment referral center for a large population. Inpatient stays total over 34,000 annually with more than 455,000 outpatient and emergency visits every year. A part of the University Hospital, a 70-bed Critical Care Hospital features specialized intensive care for patients in need of medical, cardiac, surgical and neurological critical care. Of these 70 beds, 20 are dedicated to Neurosurgical/Neurology patients with 24-hour coverage by dedicated neuro-intensivists.

Equipment:

• 5 MRI, recently updated
• 5 CT, recently updated
• Image Guided Navigation Equipment, recently updated
• Radiosurgery Unit, Gamma Knife Perfexion less than 4 years old
• O-Arm, less than 4 years old
• C-Arm, recently updated

Area Highlights:

A major Southern metropolitan area, this city is an outstanding place to call home. The daily grind related to living in larger metropolitan areas is removed, but the amenities that make life outside of the hospital enjoyable exist in abundance. The city is family friendly and provides easy access for new members in the community to integrate seamlessly and feel welcomed. There are a number of excellent public and private school options available which continue to receive “A” rankings for their quality, opportunities, and college preparation. The metropolitan area boasts a culturally diverse demographic with wide-ranging options for food, shopping, and entertainment. The city offers hundreds of fun events and festivals, and innumerable visual and performing arts. There are options across all ranges of interest, including music, dance, literature, the outdoors, and sports.

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