Pediatric Neurologist - Movement Disorders

Rady Children’s Health (RCH) represents the unification of two nationally recognized pediatric healthcare institutions:
Children’s Healthcare of California—parent organization of Children’s Hospital of Orange County (CHOC)—and Rady Children’s Hospital and Health Center in San Diego. Together, RCH operates three hospitals and 85 care locations across six counties, including the region’s only Level 1 pediatric trauma centers.

Serving a population of more than 2.4 million children, RCH delivers over 1.6 million patient visits annually, supported by 900 patient beds, 2,000 medical staff, and 12,000 employees. RCH is one of the largest pediatric health systems in the country and is nationally recognized for excellence in pediatric care, innovation, education, and research.

RCH maintains strong academic affiliations with UC San Diego, UC Irvine, and UCLA, fostering clinical research, innovation, and the training of future pediatric leaders.

• U.S. News & World Report rankings across multiple pediatric specialties
• Magnet® designation for nursing excellence
• National leadership in genomics, mental health, and telehealth innovation
• Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center designation

RCH maintains strong academic affiliations with UC San Diego, UC Irvine, and UCLA, fostering clinical research, innovation, and the training of future pediatric leaders.

Pediatric Subspecialty Faculty (PSF) is a private pediatric subspecialty group, composed of more than 450 physicians and advanced practice providers across 28 pediatric subspecialties. PSF is part of CHOC Children’s Specialists, a medical foundation. PSF providers practice at Rady Children’s Health – Orange County, a nationally recognized pediatric healthcare system with state-of-the-art hospitals in Orange and Mission Viejo, multiple specialty and primary care clinics, and a robust pediatric residency program.

• The CHOC Children’s Heart Institute
• Neuroscience Institute
• Orthopaedic Institute
• Hyundai Cancer Institute

• Gold Level CAPE Award from the California Council of Excellence
• Magnet® designation for nursing excellence
• Beacon Award for Pediatric Critical Care Excellence for its PICU

PSF is seeking a full-time Pediatric Neurologist with expertise or strong interest in Movement Disorders to join the Neurology Division at Rady Children’s Health - Orange County.

The physician will participate in a comprehensive pediatric movement disorders program within RCH-OC that follows hundreds of pediatric movement disorder patients annually. The program includes an active deep brain stimulation (DBS) program utilizing advanced neuromodulation approaches for individualized target identification, as well as access to intrathecal baclofen therapy, selective dorsal rhizotomy, and multidisciplinary spasticity management programs.

The physician will participate in the evaluation and management of patients requiring advanced movement disorder therapies, including deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery and programming and botulinum toxin injections for spasticity and dystonia. This role offers the opportunity to build and expand a highly specialized pediatric movement disorders practice within a collaborative and multidisciplinary neuroscience environment.

The physician will work closely with Neurosurgery, Orthopedic Surgery, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Genetics, Rehabilitation Services, and other pediatric subspecialists across both inpatient and outpatient settings.…