Pediatric Neurologist​/Assistant, Associate, or Professor

Department Overview

About OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital
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With a strong tradition of teamwork, diversity and interdisciplinary care, we believe all children deserve the best. At Doernbecher, we built a hospital around that belief. It’s why we have more specialists in children’s health than anywhere else in the state. We offer the newest and most advanced treatments available, along with innovative collaborations and research opportunities. As Oregon’s only academic health center, we strive to offer the best medical care to every child across Oregon, Southwest Washington and beyond.

About OHSU
Link 's singular focus on improving health starts with Oregonians and has global impact. We are the only academic health center in Oregon, but we're also nationally distinct as a university dedicated solely to advancing health sciences. This allows us to concentrate resources on research to prevent and cure disease, on education that prepares physicians, dentists, nurses and other health professionals to succeed in an evolving health care environment, and on patient care that incorporates the latest knowledge and discoveries.

We have 16,000 employees and secure competitive research funding of more than $400 million a year. As a public organization, we provide community outreach and services for Oregon's most vulnerable populations. OHSU’s stated mission to improve the health and quality of life for all Oregonians through excellence, innovation and leadership in health care, education and research.

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The Division of Pediatric Neurology in the Department of Pediatrics at OHSU is seeking a full-time Pediatric Neurologist with fellowship training in Pediatric Epilepsy. OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital (DCH) is the only pediatrics teaching hospital in the state of Oregon and the only center in the region offering comprehensive pediatric epilepsy care, supporting a Level 4 designation by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC).

The successful candidate will join a team of 16 Pediatric Neurologists (5 Pediatric Epileptologists), 2 Neurodevelopment and Disabilities (NDD) physicians and 5 Advanced Practice Providers to support the clinical and educational programs in Pediatric Neurology at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.

The duties of this position include:

Clinical: Provides excellent clinical care in the outpatient, inpatient, and outreach locations. Provides care that is compliant with all regulatory guidelines (CMS, JCAHO, and American Board of Medicine) and shares clinical call and inpatient coverage with division colleagues. Primary responsibilities of this position include
1) providing evaluation and care for patients with seizures and seizure disorders in both ambulatory and inpatient settings (Epilepsy Monitoring Unit) and
2) interpreting routine, ambulatory and inpatient EEGs. Though epilepsy-related clinical activities will be prioritized, a limited amount of clinical responsibilities caring for patients on the general inpatient pediatric neurology service will be encouraged. Clinical experiences occur at DCH, OHSU, and Shriner's Hospital, which are all on the OHSU campus as well as in other locations throughout the Portland metro area and State of Oregon.

Close clinical and curriculum relationships are maintained with other disciplines including Neurodevelopmental Disabilities/Child Development and Rehabilitation Center, Child Psychiatry, Psychology, Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology, and Adult Neurology.

Education: Teaches…