Neurosurgery (Spine) - Physician

Overview

Carle Health is seeking an additional BE/BC Neurosurgeon to join our established Neuroscience Institute in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.

Opportunity Details

• Candidates must have completed a Neurosurgical Spine Fellowship

• Join a large, vertically integrated health system with a service area of over 3.2 million in the Central and Southern Illinois regions

• Call is 1:5

• Our Neurosurgery team has 5 Daytime APPs, 3 Nocturnal APPs, outpatients APPs and excellent support staff

• High volume spine practice

• Strong referral base with little local competition

• Single hospital with strong hospitalist and critical-care support

• Dedicated Neuro-Intensivists

• Carle Foundation Hospital is 1 of 4 hospitals in the U.S. with a Siemens 7T MRI Scanner available for clinical and research use

• State-of-the-art equipment including Zeiss KINEVO® microscope, StealthStation™ Surgical Navigation system

• Carle Neuroscience Institute (CNI) provides comprehensive medical and surgical services for our patients with brain and spine disorders and participates in several clinical trials for patients who come from all over the Central Illinois region

• Our collegial team includes Neurology (adult & pediatric), Epileptology and EMU, Vascular Neurology, Neuro-interventional, Neuro-critical care, Neuro-radiology, Neuro-otology, Neuro-ophthalmology, Neuro-rehabilitation, Neuro-psychology, Pain management program and Sleep medicine program

• Excellent benefits package that includes health/dental/life insurance, 403-B plan with employer match, LTD, relocation allowance, CME allowance, and paid malpractice insurance with tail insurance coverage

• Collaborative opportunities with the University of Illinois Beckman Institute for a variety of neuroscience translational research projects as well as opportunity for faculty appointment with the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the nation's first college of medicine focused on the intersection of engineering and medicine

• Opportunity to teach medical students through the Carle Illinois College of Medicine

About the Carle Neuroscience Institute:

• As a Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center from DNV Healthcare, CNI provides comprehensive services including Vascular Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology, and Neuro-interventional services

• Carle Foundation Hospital is accredited as a Level 3 Epilepsy Center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC)

• Carle Foundation Hospital is the recipient of 2025 AHA/ASA Get With The Guidelines®- Stroke Gold Plus Target: Stroke SM Honor Roll Elite Plus and Target: Type 2 Diabetes Honor Roll

• The Neurosurgery team at Carle Foundation Hospital has been recognized by the North American Skull Base Society (NASBS) as a Multidisciplinary Team of Distinction (MTD) as of 2026

About Our Community

Champaign-Urbana has been defined as a micro-urban community, meaning we have many of the amenities of a much bigger city, with the feel of a smaller town. Almost equidistant to Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis for fun weekends away, the area offers excellent schools, a great downtown scene, the University of Illinois, Big 10 sports and an exciting college town atmosphere, including Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

About Us

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Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. At Carle Health, we're committed to fostering a workplace where every team member feels valued, respected and empowered, where passion and purpose come together to positively impact the lives of our patients and our communities. Find it all at Carle Health.

Our nearly 17,000 team members and providers work together to support patient care across central and southeastern Illinois. We’ve grown to include eight, award-winning hospitals and a multispecialty provider group with more than 1,500 doctors and advanced practice providers. We’re developing the next generation of providers and healthcare professionals through Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Methodist College. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet® designations, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.

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Compensation and Benefits

The compensation range for this position is $800,000 - $900,000. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model. Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits