Academic Epilepsy Physician Opportunity in New Orleans

The Department of Neurology at Tulane University School of Medicine seeks to hire an

Epilepsy/EEG neurologist. The clinical practice sites will include East Jefferson Hospital

in Metairie, LA and University Medical Center New Orleans (UMCNO). Responsibilities

will include an outpatient subspecialty practice dedicated to epilepsy, and rotating in the

EEG (reading of ambulatory, inpatient, and home studies) and EMU call pool.

East Jefferson General Hospital is a not-for-profit community hospital that was formed

in 1965, opened its doors in 1971 and in 2020 joined LCMC Health, an 8-hospital system

serving the healthcare needs of the Gulf Coast region. Now the clinical home for Tulane

University School of Medicine, East Jefferson has entered a new era as an

expanded hub for specialty care, advanced treatment, and academic medicine. The 420-

bed hospital is accredited by the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare

Organizations and is Louisiana's first Nurse Magnet hospital. It is an outpatient practice

site for Tulane Neurosciences. The inpatient neuroscience services include a

comprehensive stroke center and a neurocritical care service (both Tulane operated)

UMCNO is a 446-bed, non-profit, public, research and academic hospital located in New

Orleans, Louisiana, providing tertiary and level I trauma care for the region. The hospital

is operated by the LCMC Health and is the largest hospital in the system. UMCNO is

affiliated with Tulane University School of Medicine and LSU Health Sciences Center

New Orleans, as well as several other healthcare degree-conferring institutions in the

region. The inpatient neuroscience services at UMCNO currently include a catheter-

ready stroke service (Tulane operated), a neurocritical care service (LSU and Tulane

jointly operated), an expanding Epilepsy Monitoring service (to be LSU and Tulane jointly

operated) and two general neurology consulting services (Tulane and LSU separately

operated). In addition, UMCNO is the outpatient practice site for our Neurology

Residents’ Clinic and for the multidisciplinary Healthy Brain Aging Initiative (prevention

and treatment of neurodegenerative disorders).

Qualifications

Doctorate of Medicine

Neurology board eligible or certified

Fellowship training in EEG and/or Epilepsy (subspecialty board eligible or certified)

Candidate must possess or be eligible to obtain a LA medical license