Assistant/Associate Professor of Neurology

Description

The Yale Comprehensive Movement Disorders Center boasts world-class faculty who deliver holistic, patient-centered care that optimizes the human experience and advances research to holistically address disease.

With specialized expertise in the full range of movement disorders, our team delivers transformative care in more than 7,000 comprehensive treatment plans, integrating a multidisciplinary advanced care model.

Care is enhanced in specialized clinics such as:

• Adams Center for Parkinson and Atypical Parkinsonian Disorders.

• Memory and Movement Aging Clinic.

• Wilson Disease Center of Excellence (1 of 7 nationwide).

• Yale Center for Restless Legs Syndrome (1 of 10 RLS Foundation Quality Care Centers nationwide).

• Functional movement disorder program.

• Therapeutic botulinum toxins clinics.

• 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.

• Pharmacy.

continues 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.

• Evaluating behavioral and pharmacologic interventions in movement disorders.

There are ample collaborative opportunities.

Yale is also a premier training institution for two-year movement disorders clinical and research fellows who receive individually tailored instruction.

Position Overview

We seek motivated academics with clinical and scientific expertise in the diagnosis and comprehensive management of patients across the full spectrum of movement disorders.

We anticipate faculty applicants to be interested in launching a scientific career in conjunction with clinical care and dedication 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.

About the Community

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.

• Tons of outdoor adventure.

It is a fantastic area of the northeast for individuals and families.

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

Candidates must:

• Have an MD or equivalent.

• Be board certified/board eligible in Neurology.

• Have completed a fellowship in Movement Disorders.

• Meet the criteria for medical licensure in the State of Connecticut.

Faculty rank will be based on experience.

Application Instructions

Interested applicants should submit:

• Letter of interest.

• Current Curriculum Vitae (CV).

• Three contact references.

Applications should be submitted through:

apply.interfolio.com/181644