Neurosurgery (Spine) - Physician

• 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

• 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 Carle Health

Recognized as a Great Place to Work®, Carle Health is a vertically integrated system based in Urbana, IL, with nearly 16,500 team members and over 1,300 physicians and APPs in its eight hospitals, physician groups and health businesses. Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Health Methodist Hospital and Carle Health Proctor Hospital hold Magnet® designations- the nation’s highest nursing honor. Carle Foundation Hospital also ranks as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals™ by Healthgrades®. The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, as well as Health Alliance™ and FirstCarolinaCare health insurance plans. Carle Health is dedicated to being a trusted healthcare partner for the communities it serves.