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Movement Disorders Physician & Endowed Chair - Saint Luke's - Kansas City, MO

On-site

Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City
Hospitals • 10K+ employees

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Retirement, PTO

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Key responsibilities

  • Lead research in movement disorders and collaborate with investigators in this field.

  • Build and develop a movement disorders clinical program focused on excellence in care, research, and education.

  • Possibly participate in academic activities and contribute to the neuroscience institute's mission.


Saint Luke's Health System (Kansas City) rating

7.1

Company rating: 7.1 out of 10

Based on 110 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz


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Job Description

Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute in Kansas City is seeking a fellowship-trained neurologist specializing in movement disorders for a prestigious endowed chair position.

About the position:

  • Saint Luke's Neurosciences, led by Chairman Dr. Carlos A. Bagley, is seeking an exceptional investigator to lead research in movement disorders

  • Saint Luke's Hospital is the primary teaching hospital for the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Medical School; opportunity for academic appointment through UMKC, commensurate with level of experience and potential

  • This position offers the opportunity to build a movement disorders program, driven by a vision for excellence in clinical care, research, and education

  • Research investigators with complementary expertise and a shared commitment to advancing various aspects of movement disorders will collaborate in this role

  • A strong research background and a demonstrated history of developing a robust clinical program during prior tenure are essential for this role

  • Saint Luke's has an extremely competitive career employment package that includes a guaranteed salary in addition to excellent benefits such as medical, dental, vision & malpractice insurance, tax-deferred retirement plan with employer match, paid time off & a generous yearly allowance for CME

  • Candidate must be eligible for MO and KS state medical licenses


About Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute

Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute is part of Saint Luke's, the West Region of BJC Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States. The Institute is a comprehensive center for neuroscience research, education, and evidence-based medicine that combines faculty in neurology, neurosurgery, interventional neuroradiology, neurotology, psychiatry, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. Its legacy of innovation began in 1993 when doctors performed one of the world's first intra-arterial stroke reversal procedures. Saint Luke's specialists have continued to pioneer new stroke treatments and reverse strokes in thousands of patients through its network of stroke centers. The Neuroscience Institute is a global leader in using both drug and mechanical interventions to reverse the debilitating effects of ischemic stroke.

Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute brings together highly specialized neuroscientists to provide comprehensive treatment for the most complex neurological diseases, including stroke, epilepsy, brain tumors, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, multiple sclerosis, headaches, and facial pain, as well as aneurysms, intracerebral hemorrhages, memory disorders, hearing and balance disorders, and sleep disorders. The Neuroscience Institute's multispecialty team provides the latest minimally invasive spinal surgical techniques to treat acute and chronic back pain. It has a fellowship-trained neurosurgery team with subspecialties ranging from asleep deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery to treating skull-based tumors and everything in between.


About Saint Luke's
Saint Luke's serves the West Region of BJC Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States. Through its 10 hospitals and campuses, multiple health service organizations, and more than 100 primary and specialty care offices, Saint Luke's provides the highest levels of quality and compassionate health care and health-related services for patients in urban, suburban, and rural communities in 65 specialty services across 67 counties in Missouri and Kansas. Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City is nationally recognized by U.S. News & World Report and is one of the elite hospitals in the region. Saint Luke's is committed to the highest levels of excellence in health care and the advancement of medical research and education. BJC Health is one of the largest employers in Missouri and comprises 24 hospitals and hundreds of clinics and service organizations, operating in two distinct regions, serving patients in its East Region as BJC HealthCare.

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