Academic ConnectAssistant/Associate Professor Autonomic Neurologist, (RFP 202309-1345)
Yale University: School of Medicine: Neurology
Location
New Haven County
Open Date
Feb 22, 2024
Description
We seek motivated academics with clinical expertise in the diagnosis and comprehensive management of patients across the full spectrum of autonomic disorders. In addition to conservative approaches and medication management, applicants should be well trained in diagnostic testing related to autonomic disorders. We anticipate faculty applicants to be dedicated to the education of the next generation of subspecialty experts. We provide a highly collaborative, supportive, and mentored environment that promotes specialists to pursue career growth within their specific area of interest. This position offers applicants an exciting opportunity for individual programmatic development and goal discovery across varied academic interests within our division.
The Yale Comprehensive Movement Disorders Center:
With specialized expertise in the full range of movement disorders, our team delivered transformative care in more than 7,000 comprehensive treatment plans this year, most of which integrate a multidisciplinary advanced care model. Care is enhanced in specialized clinics such as the Adams Center for Parkinson and Atypical Parkinsonian Disorders, Memory and Movement Aging Clinic, Wilson Disease Center of Excellence (1 of 7 nationwide), and Yale Center for Restless Legs Syndrome (1 of 10 RLS Foundation Quality Care Centers nationwide), as well as the functional movement disorder program, therapeutic botulinum toxins clinics, and comprehensive advanced therapeutics and deep brain stimulation program. Close collaboration with experts in the fields of neurosurgery, behavioral neurology, neurogenetics, sleep neurology, neuropsychology, psychiatry, autonomics, radiology, neuro-ophthalmology, and pharmacy continue to further compassionate care and cutting-edge research. The division combines basic science, translational, and clinical research, working toward biomarker discovery, identifying markers of disease progression, and evaluating behavioral and pharmacologic interventions in movement disorders. Yale is also a premier training institution for two-year movement disorders clinical and research fellows who receive individually tailored instruction.
Neuromuscular division:
The Neuromuscular Division is dedicated to the delivery of expert clinical care as well as to the education of both patients and colleagues at all levels of training. Our team of 16 faculty is amongst the largest divisions in the Neurology department. Our program is very active in basic science and clinical research in multiple areas of neuromuscular disease, including ALS, Myasthenia Gravis, IBM, CMT, Muscular Dystrophy and related disorders. These clinical programs boast cutting edge diagnostics and expanding treatments and access to multiple clinical trials. Our EMG laboratory is extremely busy serving a wide range of patients. The division’s electrodiagnostic expertise serves as an integral part of our service to patients across multiple medical and surgical specialties. Our ACGME accredited neuromuscular fellowship focuses on training the next generation of neuromuscular specialists and leaders in the field.
Living in New Haven:
The community of New Haven and the surrounding areas provides a beautiful landscape to settle which has something for everyone including music, theater, a foodies’ delight, beaches, boating, shoreline towns, and tons of outdoor adventure. Yale University further offers the benefits of the academic environment, collegiate events, literary and art collections, and performance art. Proximity to New York, Boston, and the rest of New England offers additional opportunities and we are happy to work with faculty to provide opportunities to practice in locations that meet their needs.
Qualifications
Applicants must have a MD or equivalent and be board certified/board eligible in Neurology and have completed a fellowship in autonomic disorders. Further, applicants must meet the criteria for medical licensure in the State of Connecticut. Interested applicants should send a letter of interest, current curriculum vitae and three contact references to Dr. Santini, Clinical Chief of the Movement Disorders Division (ysmneurology.facultyaffairs@yale.edu)
Application Instructions
Interested applicants should send a letter of interest, Current curriculum vitae and three contact references and apply to the link below.
Please feel free to reach out with any questions or to The Movement Disorders Division via our assistant, ysmneurology.facultyaffairs@yale.edu to discuss the position further.
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