Epilepsy Clinician-Investigator

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The Department of Medicine and the Division of Neurology at the University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital is looking for an Epilepsy Clinician Investigator to join a rapidly expanding Ottawa Hospital Adult Epilepsy Program ().

The Division of Neurology is renowned for the delivery of outstanding care and is recognized internationally for its programs, including neuromuscular, MS, neuro-ophthalmology, movement disorders, epilepsy, and stroke. Members of the Division have a wide range of clinical and basic science research skills. Their work includes cutting-edge clinical trials, translational research, and epidemiology. In addition to modern outpatient clinical units, the Division has a 4 bed EMU, 20 bed inpatient general neurology unit, 15 bed stroke inpatient unit, and consult services at both campuses of The Ottawa Hospital.

The Ottawa Hospital is a 1445-bed tertiary-care hospital serving Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec at four inpatient sites (Civic, General, Heart Institute, and the Rehabilitation Centre) and one ambulatory centre (Riverside). The hospital provides approximately 67,450 inpatient admissions, 178,200 emergency visits and one million ambulatory care visits annually.

Ground-breaking medical research is conducted through The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. We rank among the top 4 hospitals in Canada for Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) funded research and overall research funding. Over 2,300 researchers, trainees, and staff contribute to a highly productive research environment, generating more than 2,200 scientific publications annually, including many high-impact studies.

The Department of Medicine is a research-intensive department supporting a large and diverse academic community. Our members are leaders in advancing clinical care, research excellence, and academic excellence.

The Faculty of Medicine is a nationally recognized leader in medical education and research, contributing significantly to the University of Ottawa’s standing among Canada’s top research-intensive universities. The University of Ottawa is the largest bilingual (English/French) university in the world, and the Faculty of Medicine is the first and largest bilingual medical school in Canada.

The City of Ottawa offers a vibrant, multicultural, and bilingual environment with access to diverse cultural, recreational, and outdoor activities, making it an excellent place to live and work.

The successful candidate will work in both outpatient and inpatient environments. Outpatient clinics are supported by 2 nurses. Inpatient care includes a 4 bed EMU. The Ottawa Hospital is a Regional Epilepsy Surgical Center in the province of Ontario. Epilepsy surgeries are performed at an NAEC level IV equivalent, including stereo EEG explorations using a ROSA robot, temporal lobectomies, callosotomies, lesionectomies and radio frequency thermocoagulations.

Neurostimulation such as VNS implantations and DBS implantations are also performed.

The EEG laboratory has 3 cEEG machines used primarily in critical care, 4 routine video EEG machines and the ability to perform ambulatory video EEG monitoring for outpatients. The program includes outpatient clinics in general epilepsy as well as specialized care in the First Seizure Clinic, Women with Epilepsy and a Transitional Clinic for pediatric patients graduating from the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO).

The individual will be expected to engage in all program activities including;
1) evaluation and management of epilepsy patients in inpatient and outpatient settings, including subspecialty clinics,
2) interpret diagnostic standard, ambulatory, ICU and continuous video-EEG monitoring (EMU),
3) perform epilepsy pre-surgical evaluations,
4) participate in outpatient general neurology clinics and on the neurology inpatient and consultation services,
5) educate clinical neurophysiology and epilepsy fellows,
6) precept medical students and neurology residents. We offer a 6-month EEG fellowship as well as a 12-month epilepsy fellowship.

The successful candidate…