Neurohospitalist - Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute - Kansas City, MO

Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute in Kansas City, MO is seeking BC/BE neurohospitalists to join a dynamic and growing team of neurologists and seven neurohospitalists .

About the position

• 100% inpatient volume and the neurohospitalist will rotate at the comprehensive stroke center with the help of residents and advanced practice providers; neurohospitalist will also cover busy primary stroke centers
• Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City provides the region's most advanced stroke care, including stroke-reversal therapies and treatment to more than 4,000 patients each year
• Saint Luke's is a leader in using both drug and mechanical interventions to reverse the permanent and debilitating effects
• of ischemic stroke-our doctors performed one of the world's first intra-arterial stroke reversal procedures in 1993
• Saint Luke's Hospital is the primary teaching hospital for the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Medical School; opportunity for academic appointment through UMKC, commensurate with level of experience
• The neurology residency program provides 3 residents educational opportunities in the Neuroscience Institute's comprehensive treatment center. Residents will learn to diagnose and treat highly complex neurological disorders while gaining exposure in diverse care settings.
• Abundance of research opportunities and track record of success; possibility for start-up funding for motivated candidates
• Saint Luke's has an extremely competitive career employment package that includes a guaranteed salary in addition to excellent benefits such as medical, dental, vision & malpractice insurance, tax-deferred retirement plan with employer match, excellent paid time off & a generous yearly CME allowance

About Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute
Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute is part of Saint Luke's, the West Region of BJC Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States. The Institute is a comprehensive center for neuroscience research, education, and evidence-based medicine that combines faculty in neurology, neurosurgery, interventional neuroradiology, neurotology, psychiatry, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. Its legacy of innovation began in 1993 when doctors performed one of the world's first intra-arterial stroke reversal procedures. Saint Luke's specialists have continued to pioneer new stroke treatments and reverse strokes in thousands of patients through its network of stroke centers. The Neuroscience Institute is a global leader in using both drug and mechanical interventions to reverse the debilitating effects of ischemic stroke.

Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute brings together highly specialized neuroscientists to provide comprehensive treatment for the most complex neurological diseases, including stroke, epilepsy, brain tumors, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's diseases, multiple sclerosis, headaches, and facial pain, as well as aneurysms, intracerebral hemorrhages, memory disorders, hearing and balance disorders, and sleep disorders. The Neuroscience Institute's multispecialty team provides the latest minimally invasive spinal surgical techniques to treat acute and chronic back pain. It has a fellowship-trained neurosurgery team with subspecialties ranging from asleep deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery to treating skull-based tumors and everything in between.

About Saint Luke's
Saint Luke's serves the West Region of BJC Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States. Through its 10 hospitals and campuses, multiple health service organizations, and more than 100 primary and specialty care offices, Saint Luke's provides the highest levels of quality and compassionate health care and health-related services for patients in urban, suburban, and rural communities in 65 specialty services across 67 counties in Missouri and Kansas. Saint Luke's Hospital of Kansas City is nationally recognized by U.S. News & World Report and is one of the elite hospitals in the region. Saint Luke's is committed to the highest levels of excellence in health care and the advancement of medical research and education. BJC Health is one of the largest employers in Missouri and comprises 24 hospitals and hundreds of clinics and service organizations, operating in two distinct regions, serving patients in its East Region as BJC HealthCare.

About Kansas City
Saint Luke's is proud to call Kansas City home. With locations on both sides of the state line, the health system serves more than 2.1 million people and 240 neighborhoods in Kansas and Missouri. USA Today has regularly named Kansas City a top area for affordability, high-quality schools, and low traffic. The greater Kansas City metro area is a vibrant, growing community known for its thriving arts scene, world champion sports teams, natural beauty, and exceptional quality of life.