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Epileptologist / Valhalla

Employer
WMCHealth Network
Location
Valhalla, NY
Posted Date
Jul 31, 2022
Reference
27104

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Specialty
Neurology
Position Type
Permanent

Job Details

Job Details:

Summary:

The Department of Neurology at New York Medical College and Westchester Medical Center seeks to add an adult Epileptologist to join our growing Epilepsy Center.We have a growing pediatric and adult epilepsy program. Our multidisciplinary team includes two epilepsy neurosurgeons, neuroradiologists, s neuropsychologist, and EEG technologists with a full complement of diagnostic and therapeutic tools and technologies including PET, advanced MRI, stereotactic laser ablation, responsive neurostimulation, deep brain stimulation, vagal nerve stimulation, robotic depth electrode placement, and an active intracranial monitoring program. Our Clinical Neurophysiology Laboratory (EEG) provides a full array of services including routine, ambulatory and long-term adults, children, and neonatal video-EEGs. We provide continuous EEG monitoring services to the neuro, medical, trauma and pediatric ICUs.

Responsibilities:

Clinical duties will include providing EEG and epilepsy services in the Westchester Medical Health Network, as attending in our new state-of-the-art Epilepsy Monitoring Unit, reading EEGs and participation in the inpatient consult team and epilepsy outpatient clinics.Applicants with interests in surgical epilepsy, continuous EEG monitoring, and student/ resident education are of particular interest. Applicants with interest and experience in research are encouraged to apply. This position is ideally suited for an enthusiastic, team-oriented individual interested in being part of a growing epilepsy program that offers an excellent mix of both medical and surgical epilepsy cases. Expertise is required in the specific area of acute, chronic, and tertiary care of epilepsy patients, EEG interpretation, intracranial electroencephalography, ICU monitoring and evaluation of patients for epilepsy surgery, including stereo EEG, Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy, intra and extra-operative functional brain mapping and neurostimulation, both in implantable devices and in the Epilepsy Monitoring Unit.

About Us:

Westchester Medical Center is the premier provider of advanced medical care in New York's Hudson Valley. The flagship of the Westchester Medical Center Health Network, this 895-bed academic hospital in Valhalla, NY, provides local residents with acute-care services — Level I trauma and burn care, organ transplants and advanced neurovascular procedures and more — found nowhere else in the region. Westchester Medical Center is the primary referral facility for other Hudson Valley hospitals and serves as a lifeline for more than 3 million. To learn more, visit www.WestchesterMedicalCenter.org New York Medical College is located on a 565-acre suburban campus shared with Westchester Medical Center, 15 miles outside of the New York City limits. NYMC is distinguished by its inclusive and humanistic approach to education. Serving a large and highly diverse geographic area and population, NYMC maintains close ties with local communities and maintains valuable affiliations with several outstanding hospitals and other health care facilities in the area. Having local physicians and health commissioners among our faculty is one example of how NYMC and the region enjoy a symbiotic relationship - each serves and supports the other, and our students and the surrounding communities are the chief beneficiaries. All are welcome: Westchester Medical Center and New York Medical College value a diverse and culturally competent workforce.We are proud of our commitment to being an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate against applicants based on any protected class status.Individuals with diverse backgrounds and those who promote diversity, and a culture of inclusion are encouraged to apply. We seek candidates who embrace and reflect diversity in the broadest sense. Candidates are considered for employment without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, creed, national or ethnic origin, citizenship status, age, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected class. Questions or concerns about this should be directed to the Vice Chancellor of Diversity and Inclusion at diversityinc@nymc.edu.

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For more information about this opportunity, contact Jasmine CamposManager Advanced Clinical Recruitment by email at Jasmine.Campos@wmchealth.org

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About Westchester Medical Center Health Network
The Westchester Medical Center Health Network (WMCHealth) is a 1,700-bed healthcare system headquartered in Valhalla, NY, with 10 hospitals on eight campuses spanning 6,200 square miles of the Hudson Valley. WMCHealth employs more than 12,000 and has nearly 3,000 attending physicians. With Level 1, Level 2 and pediatric trauma centers, the region’s only acute-care children’s hospital, an academic medical center, several community hospitals, dozens of specialized institutes and centers, skilled nursing, assisted-living facilities, homecare services and one of the largest mental-health systems in New York State, WMCHealth is the pre-eminent provider of integrated healthcare in the Hudson Valley. For more information, visit WMCHealth.org.

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