Epilepsy position at UPMC in Pittsburgh, PA
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Use - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits, and
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones.
We need to parse the posting.
Key content:
- Department of Neurology at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC seeking a faculty in Division of Epilepsy under leadership of Dr. Page B. Pennell, Chair of Neurology and Dr. Vijayalakshmi Rajasekaran, Division Chief of Epilepsy.
- Must have completed at least two years of epilepsy fellowship and have significant experience in adult patients, including those with drug-resistant epilepsy.
- Must have an MD or equivalent and board certified in Neurology and Epilepsy with the ability to obtain an unrestricted PA license.
- Prior experience or a primary interest in education or genetics / clinical trials is encouraged but not required.
- Key Highlights:
- Become part of the epilepsy division within the Department of Neurology, with 12 adult epileptologist physicians, 4 Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), and 8 fellows each year.
- Collaborate with a dedicated team of neurophysiologists, neurologists, dedicated neuroradiologist and psychiatrist, neuropsychologists, neuropsychiatrists, EEG technologists, APPs, epilepsy nurses and social workers.
- What we Offer:
- Sign-on bonus and relocation.
- Competitive rank and base salary commensurate with experience and an outstanding benefit package
- 6 weeks of salary support for vacation (4 weeks) and for CME allowance (2 weeks)
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine faculty appointment commensurate with experience
- About The Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Division at the University of Pittsburgh & UPMC:
- A new 10-bed, self-contained adult EMU is slated to open in early 2025.
- The Division of Epilepsy within the Department of Neurology encompasses all services for adults with epilepsy.
- Together with Pediatric Epilepsy, the University of Pittsburgh Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (UPCEC) is accredited by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) as a level 4 epilepsy center.
- The UPCEC is a joint program combining the resources of the University of Pittsburgh, UPMC, and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP).
- Research funding for clinical, basic, data science, and translational studies in the department has increased steadily and in FY25 the department received over $25 million in research support.
- Established in 1986, it provides national and regional referral and consultative services to Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and beyond,.
- Clinical services span outpatient clinics, EEG and continuous video-EEG monitoring across the UPMC network, and subspecialty clinics in functional seizures, RNS, women's epilepsy, and multi-disciplinary clinic with neurosurgery for epilepsy surgery candidates.
- Research conducted at the Epilepsy Center has contributed to the introduction of multiple new antiseizure medications over the past decades, innovative approaches to presurgical evaluations and improving surgical outcomes for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, signal processing of intracranial EEG activity, and advancing the treatment of women with epilepsy during reproductive years.
- The Department of Neurology was awarded the NINDS UE5 to support research training of residents and fellows, "Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Neuropathology
- About the Community:
- Pittsburgh is a is a vibrant, mid-sized city with the feel of a small town. Located in the southwest corner of Pennsylvania, it offers the best of everything _ an urban melting pot, historical landmarks, ethnic neighborhoods, a vibrant nightlife, picturesque countryside, and the famous three rivers.
- The city is renowned for its cultural institutions, including the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, the National Aviary, and a diverse cultural district. The city's major league professional sports teams include the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Pittsburgh Pirates.
- Pittsburgh has a reputation as an advancing leader in medicine, education, health care, robotics, software engineering, and high-tech industries.
- The city is consistently ranked as one of the top places for families in the U.S. and one of the most affordable, livable, and safest U.S. cities.
- UPMC's Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: (EEO boilerplate) - we need to remove EEO/equal-opportunity boilerplate. So we should drop that.
Also need to remove duplicated lines, cookie/navigation/legal etc.
Now we need to decide sections.
We have content that can be grouped:
- About the role (maybe description of position). Could include the leadership, fellowship requirement, MD, board cert, PA license, interest in education/genetics/clinical trials encouraged.
- Responsibilities? Not explicitly listed; maybe implied: faculty role includes clinical, education, research. Not explicit. Might not create Responsibilities if no specific content.
- Requirements: we have the must-haves: at least two years epilepsy fellowship, significant experience adult patients including drug-resistant epilepsy, MD or equivalent, board certified Neurology and Epilepsy, ability to obtain unrestricted PA license. Also maybe interest in education/genetics/clinical trials encouraged but not required (that's more like preferred qualifications). Could put under Requirements.
- Qualifications: maybe similar to Requirements; but we can combine.
- Skills: not explicit.
- Benefits: we have sign-on bonus and relocation, competitive rank and base salary commensurate with experience and outstanding benefit package, 6 weeks of salary support for vacation (4 weeks) and CME allowance (2 weeks), faculty appointment commensurate with experience. Also mention "competitive rank and base salary commensurate with experience" - that's Pay info. The instruction says: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state sign-on bonus and relocation, benefit package, salary support for vacation and CME, faculty appointment. So we can have a Benefits section (including sign-on bonus, relocation, benefit package, salary support). Pay: they mention "competitive rank and base salary commensurate with experience". That's somewhat vague but it's stated. Should we create a Pay section? The instruction says: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state "Competitive rank and base salary commensurate with experience". That's a statement about pay, albeit vague. Should we include? It says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Might combine Pay into Benefits? But they said use headings for Benefits, Pay, Schedule separately. However we can decide to not create a Pay section if it's just "commensurate with experience" which is filler? It's not a specific number, but it's still stating that pay is competitive and commensurate with experience. The instruction says: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. So if we create a Pay section, we must not put filler text like "commensurate with experience". But the posting does state that phrase exactly. If we include that as content, it's filler? The instruction says never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", ...). So we should avoid a Pay section that only contains that phrase. Since the posting only says that about pay (no specific numbers), we should not create a Pay section. Instead we could incorporate that into Benefits section as part of compensation description. That seems okay.
Schedule: not mentioned. So no Schedule section.
Now we need to decide sections: About the role, Requirements, Benefits, maybe About the Department, About the Community. The instruction says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings like About the Department or About the Community, but the examples list those. However we can still use for any section heading; they gave examples but not exclusive. Probably okay to use About the Department and About the Community as headings.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Not needed.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. None.
We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, except boilerplate.
We need to format lists with - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For prose, use
.
We need to avoid duplication.
Let's extract substantive content and organize.
Section: About the role (maybe "About the Position").
Content: The Department of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC is seeking a faculty in the Division of Epilepsy under the leadership of Dr. Page B. Pennell, Chair of Neurology and Dr. Vijayalakshmi Rajasekaran, Division Chief of Epilepsy.
Also maybe mention Key Highlights? Those could be part of About the role or separate section.
Key Highlights:
- Become part of the epilepsy division within the Department of Neurology, with 12 adult epileptologist physicians, 4 Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), and 8 fellows each year.
- Collaborate with a dedicated team of neurophysiologists, neurologists, dedicated neuroradiologist and psychiatrist, neuropsychologists, neuropsychiatrists, EEG technologists, APPs, epilepsy nurses and social workers.
These are more about the environment; could be part of About the role or a separate "What you'll do" but we don't have explicit responsibilities. Could treat as part of About the role.
Section: Requirements (or Qualifications). Let's list:
- Must have completed at least two years of epilepsy fellowship.
- Must have significant experience in adult patients, including those with drug-resistant epilepsy.
- Must have an MD or equivalent.
- Must be board certified in Neurology and Epilepsy.
- Must have the ability to obtain an unrestricted PA license.
- Prior experience or a primary interest in education or genetics / clinical trials is encouraged but not required. (This is preferred qualification.)
We could separate Requirements (must-haves) and Preferred Qualifications (interest in education/genetics/clinical trials). But we can combine into Requirements with a note.
Section: Benefits (including compensation details):
- Sign-on bonus and relocation.
- Competitive rank and base salary commensurate with experience and an outstanding benefit package.
- 6 weeks of salary support for vacation (4 weeks) and for CME allowance (2 weeks).
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine faculty appointment commensurate with experience.
We could also mention that the salary is competitive and commensurate with experience (but we already have that). We'll keep as prose or list.
Section: About the Department (maybe "About the Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Division").
Content:
- A new 10-bed, self-contained adult EMU is slated to open in early 2025.
- The Division of Epilepsy within the Department of Neurology encompasses all services for adults with epilepsy.
- Together with Pediatric Epilepsy, the University of Pittsburgh Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (UPCEC) is accredited by the National Association
for prose. Do NOT repeat job title as heading. Do NOT put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. Preserve ALL substantive information; do NOT invent or summarize away detail. Remove cookie/navigation/legal/EEO/equal-opportunity/scam-warning boilerplate, duplicated lines, and application instructions. IMPORTANT: include a section ONLY when the posting has real, specific content for it — never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones. We need to parse the posting. Key content: - Department of Neurology at University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC seeking a faculty in Division of Epilepsy under leadership of Dr. Page B. Pennell, Chair of Neurology and Dr. Vijayalakshmi Rajasekaran, Division Chief of Epilepsy. - Must have completed at least two years of epilepsy fellowship and have significant experience in adult patients, including those with drug-resistant epilepsy. - Must have an MD or equivalent and board certified in Neurology and Epilepsy with the ability to obtain an unrestricted PA license. - Prior experience or a primary interest in education or genetics / clinical trials is encouraged but not required. - Key Highlights: - Become part of the epilepsy division within the Department of Neurology, with 12 adult epileptologist physicians, 4 Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), and 8 fellows each year. - Collaborate with a dedicated team of neurophysiologists, neurologists, dedicated neuroradiologist and psychiatrist, neuropsychologists, neuropsychiatrists, EEG technologists, APPs, epilepsy nurses and social workers. - What we Offer: - Sign-on bonus and relocation. - Competitive rank and base salary commensurate with experience and an outstanding benefit package - 6 weeks of salary support for vacation (4 weeks) and for CME allowance (2 weeks) - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine faculty appointment commensurate with experience - About The Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Division at the University of Pittsburgh & UPMC: - A new 10-bed, self-contained adult EMU is slated to open in early 2025. - The Division of Epilepsy within the Department of Neurology encompasses all services for adults with epilepsy. - Together with Pediatric Epilepsy, the University of Pittsburgh Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (UPCEC) is accredited by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC) as a level 4 epilepsy center. - The UPCEC is a joint program combining the resources of the University of Pittsburgh, UPMC, and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh (CHP). - Research funding for clinical, basic, data science, and translational studies in the department has increased steadily and in FY25 the department received over $25 million in research support. - Established in 1986, it provides national and regional referral and consultative services to Pennsylvania, Ohio, West Virginia, and beyond,. - Clinical services span outpatient clinics, EEG and continuous video-EEG monitoring across the UPMC network, and subspecialty clinics in functional seizures, RNS, women's epilepsy, and multi-disciplinary clinic with neurosurgery for epilepsy surgery candidates. - Research conducted at the Epilepsy Center has contributed to the introduction of multiple new antiseizure medications over the past decades, innovative approaches to presurgical evaluations and improving surgical outcomes for patients with drug-resistant epilepsy, signal processing of intracranial EEG activity, and advancing the treatment of women with epilepsy during reproductive years. - The Department of Neurology was awarded the NINDS UE5 to support research training of residents and fellows, "Neurology, Neurosurgery, and Neuropathology - About the Community: - Pittsburgh is a is a vibrant, mid-sized city with the feel of a small town. Located in the southwest corner of Pennsylvania, it offers the best of everything _ an urban melting pot, historical landmarks, ethnic neighborhoods, a vibrant nightlife, picturesque countryside, and the famous three rivers. - The city is renowned for its cultural institutions, including the Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh Parks Conservancy, Pittsburgh Zoo & Aquarium, Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens, the National Aviary, and a diverse cultural district. The city's major league professional sports teams include the Pittsburgh Steelers, Pittsburgh Penguins, and Pittsburgh Pirates. - Pittsburgh has a reputation as an advancing leader in medicine, education, health care, robotics, software engineering, and high-tech industries. - The city is consistently ranked as one of the top places for families in the U.S. and one of the most affordable, livable, and safest U.S. cities. - UPMC's Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion: (EEO boilerplate) - we need to remove EEO/equal-opportunity boilerplate. So we should drop that. Also need to remove duplicated lines, cookie/navigation/legal etc. Now we need to decide sections. We have content that can be grouped: - About the role (maybe description of position). Could include the leadership, fellowship requirement, MD, board cert, PA license, interest in education/genetics/clinical trials encouraged. - Responsibilities? Not explicitly listed; maybe implied: faculty role includes clinical, education, research. Not explicit. Might not create Responsibilities if no specific content. - Requirements: we have the must-haves: at least two years epilepsy fellowship, significant experience adult patients including drug-resistant epilepsy, MD or equivalent, board certified Neurology and Epilepsy, ability to obtain unrestricted PA license. Also maybe interest in education/genetics/clinical trials encouraged but not required (that's more like preferred qualifications). Could put under Requirements. - Qualifications: maybe similar to Requirements; but we can combine. - Skills: not explicit. - Benefits: we have sign-on bonus and relocation, competitive rank and base salary commensurate with experience and outstanding benefit package, 6 weeks of salary support for vacation (4 weeks) and CME allowance (2 weeks), faculty appointment commensurate with experience. Also mention "competitive rank and base salary commensurate with experience" - that's Pay info. The instruction says: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state sign-on bonus and relocation, benefit package, salary support for vacation and CME, faculty appointment. So we can have a Benefits section (including sign-on bonus, relocation, benefit package, salary support). Pay: they mention "competitive rank and base salary commensurate with experience". That's somewhat vague but it's stated. Should we create a Pay section? The instruction says: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. It does state "Competitive rank and base salary commensurate with experience". That's a statement about pay, albeit vague. Should we include? It says "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Might combine Pay into Benefits? But they said use headings for Benefits, Pay, Schedule separately. However we can decide to not create a Pay section if it's just "commensurate with experience" which is filler? It's not a specific number, but it's still stating that pay is competitive and commensurate with experience. The instruction says: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. So if we create a Pay section, we must not put filler text like "commensurate with experience". But the posting does state that phrase exactly. If we include that as content, it's filler? The instruction says never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", ...). So we should avoid a Pay section that only contains that phrase. Since the posting only says that about pay (no specific numbers), we should not create a Pay section. Instead we could incorporate that into Benefits section as part of compensation description. That seems okay. Schedule: not mentioned. So no Schedule section. Now we need to decide sections: About the role, Requirements, Benefits, maybe About the Department, About the Community. The instruction says use
for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid other headings like About the Department or About the Community, but the examples list those. However we can still use for any section heading; they gave examples but not exclusive. Probably okay to use About the Department and About the Community as headings.
We must not repeat job title as heading. Not needed.
We must not put Job ID/requisition numbers as headings. None.
We must preserve ALL substantive information; do not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details from the posting, except boilerplate.
We need to format lists with - for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For prose, use
.
We need to avoid duplication.
Let's extract substantive content and organize.
Section: About the role (maybe "About the Position").
Content: The Department of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC is seeking a faculty in the Division of Epilepsy under the leadership of Dr. Page B. Pennell, Chair of Neurology and Dr. Vijayalakshmi Rajasekaran, Division Chief of Epilepsy.
Also maybe mention Key Highlights? Those could be part of About the role or separate section.
Key Highlights:
- Become part of the epilepsy division within the Department of Neurology, with 12 adult epileptologist physicians, 4 Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), and 8 fellows each year.
- Collaborate with a dedicated team of neurophysiologists, neurologists, dedicated neuroradiologist and psychiatrist, neuropsychologists, neuropsychiatrists, EEG technologists, APPs, epilepsy nurses and social workers.
These are more about the environment; could be part of About the role or a separate "What you'll do" but we don't have explicit responsibilities. Could treat as part of About the role.
Section: Requirements (or Qualifications). Let's list:
- Must have completed at least two years of epilepsy fellowship.
- Must have significant experience in adult patients, including those with drug-resistant epilepsy.
- Must have an MD or equivalent.
- Must be board certified in Neurology and Epilepsy.
- Must have the ability to obtain an unrestricted PA license.
- Prior experience or a primary interest in education or genetics / clinical trials is encouraged but not required. (This is preferred qualification.)
We could separate Requirements (must-haves) and Preferred Qualifications (interest in education/genetics/clinical trials). But we can combine into Requirements with a note.
Section: Benefits (including compensation details):
- Sign-on bonus and relocation.
- Competitive rank and base salary commensurate with experience and an outstanding benefit package.
- 6 weeks of salary support for vacation (4 weeks) and for CME allowance (2 weeks).
- University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine faculty appointment commensurate with experience.
We could also mention that the salary is competitive and commensurate with experience (but we already have that). We'll keep as prose or list.
Section: About the Department (maybe "About the Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Division").
Content:
- A new 10-bed, self-contained adult EMU is slated to open in early 2025.
- The Division of Epilepsy within the Department of Neurology encompasses all services for adults with epilepsy.
- Together with Pediatric Epilepsy, the University of Pittsburgh Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (UPCEC) is accredited by the National Association
- for any list of duties/requirements/benefits. For prose, use
. We need to avoid duplication. Let's extract substantive content and organize. Section: About the role (maybe "About the Position"). Content: The Department of Neurology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and UPMC is seeking a faculty in the Division of Epilepsy under the leadership of Dr. Page B. Pennell, Chair of Neurology and Dr. Vijayalakshmi Rajasekaran, Division Chief of Epilepsy. Also maybe mention Key Highlights? Those could be part of About the role or separate section. Key Highlights: - Become part of the epilepsy division within the Department of Neurology, with 12 adult epileptologist physicians, 4 Advanced Practice Providers (APPs), and 8 fellows each year. - Collaborate with a dedicated team of neurophysiologists, neurologists, dedicated neuroradiologist and psychiatrist, neuropsychologists, neuropsychiatrists, EEG technologists, APPs, epilepsy nurses and social workers. These are more about the environment; could be part of About the role or a separate "What you'll do" but we don't have explicit responsibilities. Could treat as part of About the role. Section: Requirements (or Qualifications). Let's list: - Must have completed at least two years of epilepsy fellowship. - Must have significant experience in adult patients, including those with drug-resistant epilepsy. - Must have an MD or equivalent. - Must be board certified in Neurology and Epilepsy. - Must have the ability to obtain an unrestricted PA license. - Prior experience or a primary interest in education or genetics / clinical trials is encouraged but not required. (This is preferred qualification.) We could separate Requirements (must-haves) and Preferred Qualifications (interest in education/genetics/clinical trials). But we can combine into Requirements with a note. Section: Benefits (including compensation details): - Sign-on bonus and relocation. - Competitive rank and base salary commensurate with experience and an outstanding benefit package. - 6 weeks of salary support for vacation (4 weeks) and for CME allowance (2 weeks). - University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine faculty appointment commensurate with experience. We could also mention that the salary is competitive and commensurate with experience (but we already have that). We'll keep as prose or list. Section: About the Department (maybe "About the Department of Neurology and Epilepsy Division"). Content: - A new 10-bed, self-contained adult EMU is slated to open in early 2025. - The Division of Epilepsy within the Department of Neurology encompasses all services for adults with epilepsy. - Together with Pediatric Epilepsy, the University of Pittsburgh Comprehensive Epilepsy Center (UPCEC) is accredited by the National Association