Medical Director - Memory Care Program

Hartford Health Care's Ayer Neuroscience Institute is seeking a visionary, fellowship-trained Medical Director for their Memory Care Program in Connecticut. The Medical Director will provide leadership, direction, and oversight for the multidisciplinary program focused on diagnosing and treating cognitive disorders. This full-time, outpatient leadership opportunity involves academic teaching and clinical research with no inpatient call or hospital-based care required.

Practice Info

• Multidisciplinary Institute focusing on comprehensive patient care, academics, teaching, and research
• Academic institution affiliated with University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Quinnipiac University Medical School
• Memory Care Program supported by specialists in Neurology, Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, Clinical Social Work, and Advanced Practice Nursing
• Team utilizes advanced diagnostics, including dementia biomarkers, neurocognitive testing, and amyloid PET imaging, and offers innovative therapies such as anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody treatment

Responsibilities

• Leadership and oversight of Hartford Health Care's Memory Care Program, in collaboration with the Co-Physician-in-Chief and other clinical and administrative leadership of the Ayer Neuroscience Institute
• Provide personalized, coordinated outpatient evaluation and care of memory patients
• Facilitate the development and implementation of standardized practices and clinical pathways
• Ensure seamless access and efficient patient throughput
• Ensure that the multidisciplinary team provides each patient with an individualized and comprehensive assessment and meets the highest levels of patient experience
• Promote an atmosphere of positive, effective interaction and facilitate relationships between and among providers within Hartford Health Care
• Lead the Memory Care Clinical Council meetings, with representation from multiple disciplines, regions and care venues
• Develop care protocols that include the latest brain imaging techniques, testing for dementia biomarkers and genetic risk factors, and disease modifying therapies

Compensation

• Competitive salary
• Hire bonuses
• Incentive pay plans
• Loan repayment
• Administrative stipends
• Relocation

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including low cost, high quality medical/dental
• STD/LTD
• Matching 401(k)
• Generous paid time off
• CME

Shift & Schedule

• Full-time
• No inpatient call or hospital-based care required
• Salaried position

Qualifications

• BE/BC Cognitive Neurologist, Memory Care Specialist, or General Neurologist with training and expertise in dementia & related disorders