Child Neurology Leadership , Clinical Director - West Texas

On behalf of the Cook Children's Health Care System (CCHCS) and Dr. Scott Perry and the Jane and John Justin Institute for Mind Health, Career Physician, the national leader in child health executive search and leadership development, is seeking an outstanding Child Neurologist with an interest in leadership development and the ability to guide the continued development of neurological services and the coordination of high-end subspecialty care across West Texas.

With unmatched institutional career development support for either established or aspiring leaders, we believe this to be an outstanding opportunity for leadership growth and development.

Cook Children’s has an established clinical relationship with Covenant Children’s Hospital in Lubbock. The medical director will be responsible for outpatient neurology care and inpatient consultations at Covenant Children’s Hospital. Subspecialty clinics for epilepsy, headache and movement disorders will be provided by staff from the Cook Children’s Fort Worth and Amarillo campuses with telemedicine consultations available for additional neurological subspecialty care as required.

Call responsibilities will be shared by Cook Children’s Neurologists and administered in a manner to ensure the quality of life for the new leader.

CCHCS is a not-for-profit, nationally recognized pediatric health care organization comprised of two Medical Centers, Physician Network, Home Health company, Pediatric Surgery Centers, Health Plan and Health Foundation. The Cook Children’s Medical Center is a freestanding 462-bed qua ternary care pediatric hospital that is consistently ranked by US News and World Report. The Cook Children's Physician Network is the largest pediatric multi-specialty physician group in its service area with over 700employed specialty and primary care providers.

The Institute for Mind Health is committed to the delivery of easily accessible, well-coordinated, comprehensive evaluation and treatment for children with neurological diseases through patient-centered care. This collaborative care environment includes the departments of Psychiatry, Psychology, Developmental Pediatrics, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuropsychology, Pain Management, and Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. Although not a university-based program, clinical research is an important program component supported by a multi-million-dollar Neuroscience Research Endowment providing all necessary elements for research development, data acquisition, analysis, and dissemination.

• With your practice based in Lubbock, TX, you will be joining and supported by a highly subspecialized regional group of 21-Child Neurologists, 8-Nurse Practitioners, 3-Pediatric Neurosurgeons, 1 Physiatrist and 4-Neuropsychologists.
  • Subspecialty support from nationally ranked programs in Epilepsy, DBS, Movement Disorders and Headache.
  • Continued development of a Lubbock epilepsy monitoring unit and support from the Cook Children’s epilepsy surgery program (average 40 surgeries/year) with available unprecedented technologies including 3T and intraoperative-MRI, Magnetoencephalography, PET, SPECT, fMRI, TMS, and HD-EEG.
  • Ability to follow your complex patient at the Fort Worth campus including access to a 26-bed state-of-the-art Neuro-Rehabilitation unit.
  • Participate in established comprehensive clinical and research programs in headache, stroke, movement disorder and epilepsy.
• Interested candidates will have faculty appointment and teaching opportunities with Texas Tech University.
• Highly competitive compensation and benefits package include:
  • Base salary at the 80th percentile.
  • Signing bonus.
  • WRVU productivity-based incentive program.
  • J-1 / H-1B immigration support
    for qualified…