Neurology Physician

Epileptologist opening in Torrington, CT 30 miles from Hartford, CTDetails:

• Full-time, permanent position
• Seeking a fellowship trained BC/BE Epileptologist. We have a collaborative and inclusive model of care, offering personalized, coordinated care with excellent patient experience. The center has all the specialized diagnostic and treatment tools needed to help people with seizures get more out of life.
Job details:
• Preferred candidates will have strong competency in the surgical treatment of epilepsy and interest in developing cutting edge approaches for epilepsy surgical. Demonstrated experience in areas such as education, research, or quality are also welcomed.
• Clinical duties include outpatient care for people with epilepsy, as well as a mix of routine EEGs, EMU, LTM and intracranial EEG services.
About the Epilepsy Center:
• The Epilepsy Center's approach to care is a supportive, multidisciplinary care model. The team includes 8 epileptologists and 3 neurosurgeons. The behavioral health of our patients is attended to in collaboration with our social worker and psychiatrist. Our care model is strengthened by a group of outstanding advanced practice providers.
• We are a warm and welcoming group of people with a very collaborative mindset. We enjoy a private practice approach in the clinic balanced by an academic program structures. The UConn neurology residency program clinical training is based at the Hospital and the program director is one of the epileptologists. Furthermore, the group offers excellent infrastructure for research and has multiple clinical collaborations with technology companies. As epilepsy specialists we meet regularly to discuss complex cases, review EEGs, discuss journal articles, and share ideas.
The Epilepsy Center offers:
• The most advanced care for people of all ages with seizures and all forms of epilepsy
• A Level 4 Accredited Epilepsy Center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC)
• A full range of EEG types, 3T MRI, functional MRI, PET, Wada test, and epilepsy focused neuropsychological evaluations
• A state of the art Epilepsy Monitoring Unit (EMU) in an ABRET accredited EEG lab staffed with registered EEG technologists.
• SPECT studies with high quality image processing
• Intracranial EEG monitoring, paired with sophisticated brain reconstruction software for exquisite electrode localization and seizure interpretation.
• The most advanced surgical treatments, including deep brain stimulation (DBS), and responsive neurostimulation (RNS) and laser ablation