Epileptologist - Hartford, Connecticut

Description

EPILEPTOLOGIST

Join the Ayer Neuroscience Institute at Hartford HealthCare

The Hartford HealthCare (HHC) NAEC Level IV Epilepsy Center is seeking a fellowship trained BC/BE Epileptologist. We have a collaborative and inclusive model of care, offering personalized, coordinated care with excellent patient experience and proven track record of quality and safety.  Our center has all the specialized diagnostic and treatment tools needed to help people with seizures get more out of life. 

Job details:

Duties will include outpatient care for people with seizures, as well as interpretation of routine EEGs, EMU, LTM and intracranial EEG services.   Additional interests in education, research or quality are encouraged.

About the Epilepsy Center at the HHC Ayer Neuroscience Institute :

The Epilepsy Center at Hartford HealthCare’s Ayer Neuroscience Institute’s approach to care is a supportive, multidisciplinary care model.  Our team includes 10 epileptologists and 3 epilepsy trained neurosurgeons. Our care model is strengthened by a group of outstanding advanced practice providers.  The behavioral health of our patients is attended to in collaboration with our social worker and psychiatrist. 

We are a warm and welcoming group of people with a very collaborative mindset. We enjoy a private practice approach in the clinic balanced by an academic program structure.  The UConn neurology residents inpatient training occurs predominantly at Hartford Hospital and the program director is one of our epileptologists.  Furthermore, HHC offers excellent support for research.  As epilepsy specialists we meet regularly to discuss complex cases, review EEGs, discuss journal articles, and share ideas.

The Epilepsy Center offers:

·       The most advanced care for adults with seizures

·       A Level 4 Epilepsy Center accredited by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC)

·       A full range of EEG types, 3T MRI, functional MRI, quantitative SPECT and PET, Wada test, and epilepsy focused neuropsychological evaluations

·       A state of the art Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) in an ABRET accredited EEG lab staffed with registered EEG technologists.

·       Intracranial EEG monitoring, paired with sophisticated brain reconstruction software for exquisite electrode localization and seizure interpretation.

·       State of the art surgical treatments including deep brain stimulation (DBS), responsive neurostimulation (RNS), vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) and laser ablation.

About Hartford HealthCare’s Ayer Neuroscience Institute:

The Ayer Neuroscience Institute at Hartford HealthCare is a broad ranging comprehensive team with a focus on personalized patient care, academics, and research. The Institute enjoys the resources of a system committed to excellence in patient quality and experience and boasts an impressive staff of world class Neuroscience leaders. Our specialists span the areas of vascular neurology, neuro-oncology, neuro-ophthalmology, neuromuscular, movement disorders, epilepsy, headache and pain management, cognitive neurology, neurosurgery, neuro-critical care and general neurology.

About Hartford HealthCare:

The Hartford HealthCare network employs over 2,500 providers in over 400 practice locations throughout Connecticut, seven acute care hospitals including one of the largest academic and surgical hospitals in the northeast, thriving community teaching hospitals, and one of the largest, physician-led, multi-specialty medical groups in New England.

This means MORE OPTIONS to propel careers to new heights and all within a deeply embedded culture of inclusion, innovation, and focus on the highest quality of care. We are teachers, researchers, leaders and, most of all, caregivers.

Our location:

Connecticut is located within two hours of Boston and New York City, and offers you and your family access to the finest schools in the nation, four beautiful seasons of recreational activities, and options to live near the shore, in leafy suburbs, or in vibrant urban areas. 

For more information:

Please send email with CV to:

Clayton Tebbetts, HHC  Neuroscience Physician Recruiter,

Clayton.Tebbetts@hhchealth.org or call/text: 860-249-6927

Click to see more about:  The Ayer Neuroscience Institute at Hartford HealthCare  

Click to see more about: The Epilepsy Center at HHC's Neuroscience Institute

Qualifications

• Neurologist with Fellowship training in Epilepsy