Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track, in the Department of Neurosurgery, specializing in Stereotactic and Functional Neurosurgery

About the role

The Department of Neurosurgery at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania seeks candidates for an Assistant Professor position in the non-tenure clinician educator track.

Responsibilities

• Expertise in the specific area of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, including the surgical treatment of pain disorders, neuromodulation-based therapies, deep brain stimulation, and related stereotactic procedures.
• Teaching responsibilities may include participation in the clinical education of medical students, residents, and fellows within the Department of Neurosurgery.
• Clinical responsibilities may include the full spectrum of stereotactic and functional neurosurgical procedures, with particular emphasis on pain surgery, neuromodulation therapies, and deep brain stimulation, within a high-volume academic practice.
• Research or scholarship responsibilities may include the development of an independent, federally funded research program aligned with the candidate’s clinical expertise and the broader research mission of the Department and the University of Pennsylvania.
• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to participate in and develop translational and clinical research initiatives in neuromodulation and circuit-based therapies.

Requirements

• Must have an M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. or equivalent degree.
• Preferred applicant must be board certified or board eligible in Neurosurgery.

Qualifications

• Expertise in the specific area of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, including the surgical treatment of pain disorders, neuromodulation-based therapies, deep brain stimulation, and related stereotactic procedures.
• Teaching responsibilities may include participation in the clinical education of medical students, residents, and fellows within the Department of Neurosurgery.
• Clinical responsibilities may include the full spectrum of stereotactic and functional neurosurgical procedures, with particular emphasis on pain surgery, neuromodulation therapies, and deep brain stimulation, within a high-volume academic practice.
• Research or scholarship responsibilities may include the development of an independent, federally funded research program aligned with the candidate’s clinical expertise and the broader research mission of the Department and the University of Pennsylvania.
• The successful candidate will have the opportunity to participate in and develop translational and clinical research initiatives in neuromodulation and circuit-based therapies.

Skills

• Expertise in the specific area of stereotactic and functional neurosurgery, including the surgical treatment of pain disorders, neuromodulation-based therapies, deep brain stimulation, and related stereotactic procedures.
• Ability to teach medical students, residents, and fellows within the Department of Neurosurgery.
• Experience with the full spectrum of stereotactic and functional neurosurgical procedures, with particular emphasis on pain surgery, neuromodulation therapies, and deep brain stimulation, within a high-volume academic practice.
• Ability to develop an independent, federally funded research program aligned with the candidate’s clinical expertise and the broader research mission of the Department and the University of Pennsylvania.
• Ability to participate in and develop translational and clinical research initiatives in neuromodulation and circuit-based therapies.

Benefits

• Nationally recognized program performing a high volume of neuromodulation and stereotactic procedures each year.
• Active clinical and translational research initiatives focused on circuit-based therapies for neurological and psychiatric disease.
• Collaboration with investigators across Penn’s neuroscience community, providing a highly collaborative environment for clinical innovation and translational discovery.

Pay

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Schedule

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