"Pediatric Neurology Assistant or Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics-SMS-3190"

This is a full-time academic position in the practice and teaching of pediatric neurology to medical students, residents, and allied health professionals.

Teaching

• Mentor pediatric neurology residents rotating on child neurology.
• Provide an outpatient experience for MS III's and MS IV's in pediatric neurology.
• Present lectures, seminars, conferences and rounds for residents and students.
• Present one Pediatric Grand Rounds per year.
• Present lectures in local and regional meets for the Department of Pediatrics.
• Evaluate student and resident performance.
• Provide one student seminar during each six-week pediatric clerkship.

Service

• Demonstrate, by actions, commitment to the mission and the behavioral standards of SIU School of Medicine. Provides excellent service to both internal and external customers through collaboration and partnership; compassion and respect; integrity and accountability; diversity and inclusion; as well as continuous learning and improvement.
• Develop and maintain a professional practice in accordance with department policy and the SIU HealthCare practice plan.
• Establish a pediatric neurology outpatient clinic a minimum of 6 half days per week. The outpatient clinics may include: Springfield, IL; Decatur, IL; Quincy, IL and other sites to be determined.
• Provide ER consultations and inpatient care through consultations on the Pediatric wards, PICU and NICU at St. John's Children's Hospital and Memorial Medical Center.
• Read EEG's at HSHS St. John's Children's Hospital/Springfield, IL; Memorial Medical Center/ Springfield, IL; Blessing Hospital/Quincy, IL; Sarah Bush Lincoln/ Mattoon, IL; Passavant Area Hospital/Jacksonville, IL; and Southern Illinois Health Care/Carbondale, IL.
• Develop Telemedicine clinics in Decatur, IL and other regional off-site centers to meet the needs of children with neurological disorders in central and southern Illinois.

Sensitive to the needs of underrepresented minority populations

• MD or equivalent degree
• Board eligible for Certification in Neurology with Special Qualification in Child Neurology by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology
• Eligible for licensure in the State of Illinois
• Demonstrated potential, interest, and/or ability for effectiveness in teaching, service, and/or research