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Core Responsibilities

• Provide strategic direction for the Division of Behavioral Neurology, setting a vision aligned with the broader missions of the Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer’s Disease Center.
• Oversee division operations including faculty appointments, promotions, performance, and resource stewardship.
• Partner with the Department Chair, Institute Director, and Medicine clinical leadership on matters of strategy, growth, and integration.
• Affiliate with faculty in their professional and career development, including ongoing mentoring in clinical, research, and education missions.
• Support and facilitate integration spanning across the Behavioral Neurology Division.
• Redesign practices to improve patient outcomes and improve access.
• Recommend and implement strategic staffing plan, along with executing hiring of new faculty and staff.
• Recruit, mentor, and retain a diverse faculty cohort; foster a culture of academic excellence, and collaboration.
• Advance opportunities for clinical trials, NIH and foundation funding, and philanthropic investment, while developing greater integration of clinical trials and research including P30 research program.
• Contribute to the Institute's standing as a NIA-funded Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.
• Lead and strengthen accredited training programs in behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry.
• Mentor fellows, residents, and junior faculty; promote scholarship and career development at all levels.
• Contribute to graduate and medical education at Feinberg School of Medicine.

Leadership Profile

• MD or MD/PhD with board certification in Neurology; subspecialty training and expertise in behavioral neurology required.
• UCNS Diplomate certification in Behavioral Neurology & Neuropsychiatry preferred.
• Distinguished record of scholarship with sustained extramural funding (NIH or equivalent).
• Proven leadership experience in an academic medical center setting; experience building or significantly advancing a clinical, research, or training program.
• Commitment to mentorship, faculty development, and equity in academic medicine.