Memory Center Actively Recruiting Fellowship Trained Behavioral Neurologists

The Advocate Health Memory Center is currently located at Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, IL and looking to expand to both Milwaukee and Kenosha, WI. 

Our Memory Center is well respected as a clinical, educational, and research center for dementia care throughout our footprint, and has grown to a team of 20 since its inception in 2014.  Led by seasoned physicians, the Memory Center is supported by research and clinical staff including dedicated Neuropsychologists and a social worker.  In light of the program’s success, we are looking to grow within several geographic locations to continue providing the highest-quality, patient-centered care to diagnose the cause of memory loss, develop a comprehensive plan of care, and offer support to our patients and their care partners.  Our sophisticated, multi-disciplinary approach focuses on the whole person to diagnose and treat memory loss diseases and conditions such as Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia. 

We welcome candidates who are:

• Dedicated to caring for patients with Alzheimer’s and other dementias, and supporting their care partners
• Committed to working in a team with a multidisciplinary approach to care 
• Willing to work collaboratively with colleagues
• Passionate about teaching and educating families, colleagues, and staff across the system
• Interested in the clinical, educational and research aspects of the field

Requirements:

• Board Certification in Neurology and fellowship training in Behavioral Neurology
• Excellent communication skills and desire to work with a team of caregivers

What Advocate Health offers

• Integrated nationally recognized organization with a physician-led medical group
• A diverse and inclusive environment ensuring safe and equitable care for all patients
• A competitive compensation model that is sustainable, equitable, transparent, compliant, and rewarding
• Comprehensive benefits package that includes health, dental, vision and life insurance, CME allowance, 401K and a deferred compensation plan, and paid medical liability insurance
• Relocation assistance up to $12,000
• Paid Time Off
• Adoption assistance and surrogacy assistance 
• Education Assistance Program
• Pre-tax accounts for dependent care, health care and commuter benefit 
• Leave-of-absence programs including: FMLA, Military Leave, Parental Leave, Personal Leave, VESSA Leave

About Advocate Health
Advocate Health is the 5th largest nonprofit health care system in the United States. We are a national leader in clinical innovation, health outcomes, consumer experience and value-based care. Advocate Health has a combined footprint across six states – Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, North Carolina, South Carolina and Wisconsin. In Illinois and Wisconsin, we serve nearly 3 million patients annually across more than 500 sites of care in 27 hospitals. We are a leading employer in the Midwest with a diverse team of over 77,000, including 3,700+ employed physicians and more than 2,000 Advanced Practice Clinicians in our clinician-led medical group. 

We are committed to diversity and inclusion every single day and in everything we do. By cultivating an atmosphere of acceptance and compassion, we create a welcoming environment where our patients can heal, our teammates can thrive, and our business can grow. As a teammate, working in a diverse setting allows you the chance to grow in ways that will broaden your perspective to deliver the best possible patient care.

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital is the leading health care provider in Chicago’s North and Northwest suburbs offering a Level I Trauma Center, access to national clinical trials and advanced medical technologies. As a nationally recognized academic and research hospital, patients have access to the most advanced treatment in the areas of cardiology, cancer, neurosciences, orthopedics and women’s health.

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital is surrounded by family friendly communities with outstanding school systems, commuter train service and easy access to all the amenities and recreational activities of downtown Chicago and the Lake Michigan shoreline. Physicians may choose to live in the city or a suburban location as the hospital is in close proximity to two major Chicago expressways. Accompanying this opportunity is a resource rich, comprehensive benefits package.

ALGH is the most nationally recognized hospital in the greater north and northwest suburban region of Chicago. Advocate Lutheran General Hospital has been caring for area residents for more than 110 years. A leader in the medical community, Lutheran General has been recognized as one of the nation's 100 Top Hospitals 14 times by Thomson Reuters. This reasearch and teritary care facility features the only Level l Trauma Center in northwest suburban Chicago. Lutheran General Hospital shares its campus with Advocate Lutheran General Children's Hospital. It is one of the most comprehensive providers of pediatric care in the state and serves as a major Midwest referral center for infants and children.

Affiliated with several area medical schools, ALGH is one of the largest non-university training centers for primary care physicians in Illinois.

Park Ridge is a picturesque suburb located 14 miles northwest of downtown Chicago, convenient to O'Hare Airport, major expressways, CTA and Metra trains allowing for an easy commute into the city while enjoying peaceful suburban living.  

Park Ridge is a prime residential community that retains its distinctive, small-town charm where “community” is a big part of this suburban town. The City’s vibrant Uptown shopping area includes the Metra station, Public Library and several parks featuring live musical concerts and special events are held in the summer. Throughout the City, quiet tree-lined streets, pleasing architecture, excellent schools, centrally located library and ample parks help make Park Ridge one of the most desirable family communities in the Chicago area.

Unique shops and a great selection of restaurants fill the Uptown area, where new buildings blend serenely with historic ones. The Uptown Park Ridge skyline is graced with cupolas, church spires and the 100-foot tower of the Art Deco Pickwick Theatre, which is on the National Register of Historic Places.

In addition to the Uptown shopping area, Park Ridge offers other shopping and dining convenient to every neighborhood, including South Park, Village Green, the Dee Park area bordering Oakton Ave. and the Higgins Corridor bordering Chicago.

Park Ridge hosts a variety of businesses from privately owned to major corporations and is home to Lutheran General Hospital, a Level 1 trauma center, teaching hospital and part of Advocate Aurora Health.