Epileptologist – Louisville, KY – Norton Neuroscience Institute

"Norton Neuroscience Institute is a nationally recognized care team that collaborates together and strives to provide our patients with the best and most innovative and advanced care for their neurological conditions."

• Christohper B. Shields, M.D., Chairman

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About the Position

Norton Neuroscience Institute Comprehensive Epilepsy Center is seeking a fellowship-trained epileptologist. The ideal candidate will join two neurosurgeons, three fellowship-trained epileptologists, one neuropsychologist, four advanced practice providers, and one licensed clinical social worker.

We provide the most advanced treatment for patients with epilepsy in the region. Norton Neuroscience Institute has been recognized as a Level 4 Epilepsy Center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers. Our center features a six-bed, state-of the-art epilepsy monitoring unit located on the Norton Brownsboro Hospital campus in Louisville, Kentucky. Additionally, the program offers a First Seizure Clinic to provide rapid and accurate diagnosis after the onset of seizure symptoms.

Providers see over 4,300 unique patients a year, including over 700 patients with new epilepsy diagnoses within the past year. Our team of providers has over 100,000 patient visits a year, including surgery, diagnostics, outpatient and specialty visits.

• Fellowship-trained in clinical neurophysiology or epilepsy preferred
• Ability to practice epileptology exclusively
• Opportunity to provide inpatient and outpatient epilepsy care at a Level 4 Epilepsy Center recognized by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers
• Comprehensive epilepsy center with fellowship-trained neurologists, neurosurgeons and neuropsychologists, as well as advanced practice providers, a social services coordinator and an epilepsy patient navigator
• Opportunity to participate in dedicated specialty clinics (ketogenic diet and neurogenetics), a monthly multidisciplinary refractory epilepsy conference and weekly neuroscience case conferences
• Surgical services, including robot-assisted stereotactic electroencephalogram, resection, NeuroPace, deep brain stimulation and vagus nerve stimulation
• Additional bonus based on productivity
• Research opportunities and support available through Norton Research Institute
• Clinical support from ancillary and rehabilitative services
• Integrated resource centers providing support and educational programing to patients and families at no cost
• Participation in annual continuing medical education opportunities within Norton Neuroscience Institute
• Competitive compensation package, including sign-on bonus and relocation assistance
  • Up to $100,000 recruiting incentive for candidates coming out of residency or fellowship and a $60,000 retention bonus for experienced physicians relocating into the market

About Norton Healthcare - Norton Children's

Norton Healthcare is a leading not-for-profit hospital and health care system serving adult and pediatric patients across Greater Louisville, Southern Indiana, the commonwealth of Kentucky and beyond. The system has six hospitals in Louisville — including Norton Children’s Hospital, which is a Level 1 Pediatric Trauma Center and the region’s only full-service, freestanding, dedicated pediatric hospital — and three hospitals in Southern
Indiana.

With nearly 24,000 employees, over 1,750 employed medical providers and more than 3,000 total providers on its medical staff, Norton Healthcare is Louisville’s second largest employer. It provides care at more than 480 locations throughout Kentucky and Southern Indiana. The six Louisville hospitals have a combined total of 1,907 licensed beds, and the Southern Indiana hospitals have 347 licensed beds. Services include inpatient and
outpatient general care as well as specialty care in heart, neuroscience, cancer, orthopedics, women’s health and pediatrics. The system also includes 10 outpatient centers, 20 Norton Immediate Care Center locations and an expanded telehealth program. A strong research program provides access to clinical trials in a wide range of areas.

Norton Healthcare is proud to be recognized nationally for excellence as a top employer and health care leader. Recent honors include:
• Forbes: America’s Best Employers for Company Culture, America’s Best Employers by State, America’s Best Large Employers, America’s Best Employers for New Grads
• Fortune: America’s Most Innovative Companies
• Newsweek: America’s Greatest Workplaces, America’s Greatest Workplaces in Healthcare, America’s Greatest Workplaces for Women, America’s Greatest Workplaces by State, America’s Greatest Workplaces for Inclusion & Diversity, America’s Greatest Workplaces for Mental Wellbeing