Cognitive Neurologist/Dementia Specialist
About the role
MaineHealth Neurology is seeking a full-time board certified/eligible Neurologist with fellowship training or special interest in Cognitive Neurology to join our well-established Neurology group and work with our Comprehensive Dementia Program. This primarily outpatient position is based at our facility on the MaineHealth Scarborough Campus with on-site MRI and neurodiagnostic lab. Our Comprehensive Dementia program includes a team with another Cognitive neurologist, APPs specializing in dementia, neuropsychologists and psychometricians, dedicated dementia nursing and MA staff, social worker, and a care navigator. Opportunities for dementia research are supported through MaineHealth Institute for Research and has previously included involvement in therapeutic drug trials. The Comprehensive Dementia program is dedicated to providing patient-centered care close to home in a collegial and innovative setting, in collaboration with the geriatrics and geriatric psychiatry divisions.
MaineHealth is a not-for-profit integrated health system whose vision is, "Working together so our communities are the healthiest in America." MaineHealth consists of nine local health systems, a comprehensive behavioral health care network, diagnostic services, home health agencies, and 1,700 employed clinicians working together through the MaineHealth Medical Group. With approximately 22,000 care team members, MaineHealth provides preventive care, diagnosis and treatment to 1.1 million residents in Maine and New Hampshire.
Qualifications
- Board certified or board eligible Neurologist
- Fellowship training or special interest in Cognitive Neurology
Responsibilities
- Provide primarily outpatient cognitive neurology and dementia care
- Participate in inpatient neurology consult service for four to five weeks per year (daytime coverage)
- Teach Neurology residents, residents and fellows from other departments, and medical students
- Engage in dementia research opportunities through MaineHealth Institute for Research, including therapeutic drug trials
Opportunity Highlights
- Join a well-established Neurology Department consisting of sub-specialty trained Adult and Pediatric neurologists, Neurohospitalists, and Advanced Practice Professionals supported by a robust clinical and administrative team, including onsite pharmacist, social worker, neuropsychologists and psychometricians
- Hospital admission service, stroke and telestroke care, as well as after-hours phone call coverage provided by a team of dedicated Neurohospitalists
- Inpatient coverage limited to an equitable share of daytime coverage on the neurology consult service four to five weeks per year
- Opportunity to teach Neurology residents, residents and fellows from other departments, and medical students