Rocket Pediatric Neurologist Established Practice

Overview

Huntsville Hospital for Women and Children is recruiting a child neurologist to join our hospital-employed, established child neurology practice. Duties include an outpatient clinic and serving as a consulting service for inpatients. The office is conveniently located next to Huntsville Hospital for Women and Children.

Practice mainly sees seizures, headaches, developmental delays, CP and muscle issues. Baclofen pump, Botox, EEG, EMG/NCV studies, EMU monitoring. We receive 50-60 referrals a week and see approximately 15-18 patients daily per physician. Call is 1:3 (however, call back is very low, maybe 3-5 calls during that 7-day period and most can be handled via phone).

Huntsville Hospital for Women and Children is a stand-alone facility that offers the region's most comprehensive and experienced maternal and child health programs. With an average of 5,000 births a year and 16,000 admissions annually, the hospital is the only one of its kind in the region with a 75-bed Level III NICU, an 11-bed PICU, a 16-bed pediatric ER, and a 38-bed inpatient pediatric floor which is managed by pediatric hospitalists.

Pediatric neurology serves as a consulting service to the NICU, PICU, ER and pediatric floors. The PICU and pediatric floors have multiple rooms for EMU monitoring. Teaching opportunities with UAB MS3/MS4 and Family Medicine Residents on campus.

• Applicants should be ABPN certified or, in the case of recent trainees, be board eligible in child neurology.

This is an employed position which offers a competitive compensation package with base salary plus worked RVUs/productivity and quality incentives.

• Huntsville is situated in the fastest growing major metropolitan area in Alabama, and with the highest per capita income in the southeast, Huntsville is the best place to live, learn and work. We are a community on the move, rich with values and traditions while progressing with new ideas, exciting technologies and creative talents. Our community's unique characteristics are a worldwide attraction and will certainly provide a place for you and your family to flourish.
  
  With a population of 385K in the metro area, we are a high-tech, family-oriented, multicultural community with excellent schools, dining and entertainment. Huntsville is nestled in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains with an abundance of activities to do inside or out.
• Public schools boast more national merit scholars per capita than any other in the country.
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For more information, please contact Suzanne LeCroix, Physician Recruiter, Huntsville Hospital Health System.