Neurosurgery - CSF Leak Clinical Faculty

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles has an outstanding opportunity for a neurosurgeon focused on CSF Leak and Hypotension.

Specifications

We are seeking candidates that are committed to providing high value care and to delivering excellent clinical quality, patient safety and service. The successful candidate will be responsible for clinical, administrative, and educational activities in the department.

The CSF program at Cedars is one of the few programs in the world with a team of doctors specializing in CSF leaks. The program began offering paraspinal vein embolization to patients with SIH caused by CSF-venous fistulas. Our investigators have discovered that superficial siderosis is potentially reversible with early treatment of the underlying spinal CSF lead.

Cedars-Sinai physicians and scientists are leaders in basic and clinical research, bringing advancements in medicine directly from the laboratory to the beside. We are committed to expanding and strengthening our regional, national and international position as a model health system that delivers high value services at all sites of care, including physical interactions in physician offices and clinics, ambulatory and outpatient centers, and inpatient facilities, as well as through electronic and other remote linkages.

About Us

[Ranked #1 in California* and on the “Best Hospitals”][1] Honor Roll for eight years in a row, we are a national [leader][2] in providing high-quality, patient-centered healthcare that encompasses primary care as well as specialized medicine and conducting research that leads to lifesaving [discoveries][3] and innovations.

*Tied in California

Cedars-Sinai is one of the largest non-profit academic medical centers in the U.S., with 915 licensed beds, 2,993 physicians, 4,700 nurses and thousands of other healthcare professionals and staff. Cedars-Sinai Health System includes Cedars-Sinai Medical Center (our flagship hospital), the Academic Enterprise, Cedars-Sinai Marina del Rey Hospital, our ambulatory diagnostic and treatment centers, and our Medical Network. Recently, we have partnered with and added Torrance Memorial with its Medical Center and Medical Network as well as Huntington Hospital with its Medical Center and Medical Network to our system. The system comprises more than 2,300 beds and revenues exceeding $6 billion annually. It includes more than 50 outpatient venues spanning the entire region (e.g., Santa Monica and West Los Angeles, the South Bay, San Fernando Valley, and Pasadena).

Join us and take the next step of your career at [Cedars-Sinai][4]!

Qualifications

• Medical Degree from an accredited medical school
• Board Certification (or eligibility) in Neurosurgery
• Unrestricted California license as Physician and Surgeon

[1]: https://www.cedars-sinai.org/newsroom/cedars-sinai-once-again-ranked-in-top-tier-of-hospitals-nationally/ [2]: https://www.cedars-sinai.org/about/rankings.html [3]: https://www.cedars-sinai.edu/research/news.html [4]: https://www.cedars-sinai.org/about/report-to-the-community.html#:~:text=In%20FY22%2C%20Cedars%2DSinai%20awarded,factors%20that%20influence%20health%20outcomes.