Pediatric Epileptologist at Nemours in Orlando, Florida

Job Description:

Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida is seeking a Pediatric Epileptologist with expertise/training in epilepsy surgery, to join our rapidly growing team in Orlando.

This key position represents an outstanding opportunity to help facilitate the continued growth phase of epilepsy program and epilepsy surgery at Nemours in Central Florida. You will be a joining rapidly growing epilepsy/neurology team. The epilepsy surgery team has experienced epileptologists, a highly experienced neurosurgeon, neuropsychologist, APPs, nurses and EEG technologists. The epilepsy program is equipped with a 6 bed EMU and ROSA.

We have a busy outpatient practice with strong ancillary support including advanced practice providers, nurses, certified EEG technicians and social worker. There are opportunities for epilepsy subspecialty clinics including epilepsy surgery, intractable epilepsy, genetic epilepsy and ketogenic diet clinics. Research opportunities are encouraged, significant support and resources for research programs are available for qualified candidates, along with teaching medical students, adult neurology residents and pediatric residents, with academic appointments available through the University of Central Florida College of Medicine.

An ambitious, multidisciplinary pediatric neurosciences program for Florida, is being developed by Nemours Children's Health. Department goals include the development of a Comprehensive Epilepsy Program, Child Neurology Residency program and epilepsy fellowship program.

We have a busy outpatient practice with strong ancillary support including advanced practice providers (APP), nurses, certified EEG technicians, occupational and physical therapists, and social workers. Faculty is expected to cover the inpatient service in rotation. The inpatient team includes adult neurology resident, pediatric resident and medical students and APPs in the EMU.

Interested candidates should send their formal CV to:

Zac Wilberger, Physician Recruiter

Nemours Children's Health

zac.wilberger@nemours.org

and

Satyanarayana Gedela, MD, MRCP, FAES, FAAP

Chief of Neurology

Nemours Children's Health, Florida

satyanarayana.gedela@nemours.org

Nemours Children's Health is an internationally recognized, multi-site pediatric healthcare system built upon a centralized, efficient and collaborative infrastructure committed to improving the health of all children. The mission of Nemours is to improve the health and health care of children by seeking new approaches to the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of childhood diseases, and to educate the next generation of leaders in children's health.

Nemours Children's Hospital, Florida is the newest addition to the Nemours integrated healthcare system. Our 130-bed pediatric hospital also features the area's only 24-hour Emergency Department designed just for kids as well as outpatient pediatric clinics including several specialties previously unavailable in the region. A hospital designed by families for families, Nemours Children's Hospital blends the healing power of nature with the latest in healthcare innovation to deliver world-class care to the children of Central Florida and beyond. In keeping with our goal of bringing Nemours care into the communities we serve, we also provide specialty outpatient care in several clinics located throughout the region.

Nemours' Mission