Neurohospitalist Physician - Saint Luke's - Kansas City, MO

Neurohospitalist Opportunity

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; the 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 strokeour 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 12 residents educational opportunities in all of the Neuroscience Institute's comprehensive treatment centers
• 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
• Candidate must be eligible for MO and KS state medical licenses

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.

Job Requirements

Doctorate Degree

Saint Luke's Health System