Associate Professor in Pediatric Neurology Full-time

Associate Professor in Pediatric Neurology

The Johns Hopkins Department of Neurology, Division of Pediatric Neurology is seeking a full-time Associate Professor to join our growing team of Pediatric Epileptologists. Primary practice location will be at Johns Hopkins East Baltimore Campus.

Johns Hopkins Department of Neurology is credited as the “birthplace of Pediatric Neurology”. The fluid integration and collaboration of neurological care, training and investigation across the lifespan is a point of pride and serves as an example for the nation.

The Department of Neurology includes over 60 academic faculty in pediatric neurology. Johns Hopkins Child Neurology has ranked as a leading program in the USNWR for over 30 years. Our faculty include internationally recognized experts in epilepsy, clinical neurophysiology, neurogenetics, neuroimmunology, neuromuscular disorders, movement disorders, cerebrovascular disease, neurooncology, critical care disorders, headache, neonatal neurology, and neurodevelopmental medicine. Outpatient services at Johns Hopkins are provided at Johns Hopkins Outpatient Center. Child neurology has 5 inpatient services within the Johns Hopkins Children's Center, including a primary service, a general consult service, a neonatal ICU and pediatric ICU consult service, a pediatric epilepsy monitoring unit, and continuous neurophysiological monitoring service. Each of our faculty are committed to the academic mission of advancing care and understanding of pediatric neurological disease.

In addition to mutually agreed upon goals to be developed in partnership with the department director and the division director, the candidate will assume the following responsibilities, subject to change based on division needs:

Clinical:

• 6-8 weeks of service on the inpatient pediatric epilepsy monitoring service per year
• 4-5 weeks of service on the inpatient long term continuous EEG monitoring service per year
• 1-2 outpatient EEG reading sessions per month
• 2-4 half-day outpatient clinic sessions per week

Research: 20% effort is provided to pursue tailored research, academic, and teaching opportunities aligned with your interest.

Leadership: Leadership opportunities in fellow education are available to qualified candidates.

The candidate will be full-time faculty with The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Neurology, and will be able to participate in excellent benefits. Learn more about faculty benefits.

The referenced salary range reflects base pay, which is based on faculty rank and years in rank. This salary range does not include all components of the Department of Neurology faculty compensation program or pay from participation in the Department of Neurology incentive compensation programs. Therefore, the actual compensation paid to the selected candidate may vary from the salary range stated herein.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

• DO or MD or equivalent medical degree
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology
• Board Certified or Board Eligible in Epilepsy and/or Clinical Neurophysiology
• Eligible for a Maryland Medical License
• Candidates should have demonstrated expertise in the diagnosis and management of children with epilepsy, including complex and medically refractory epilepsy, inpatient and outpatient epilepsy care, EEG interpretation, and participation in multidisciplinary epilepsy surgery evaluation
• Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to excellence in patient care, professionalism, interdisciplinary collaboration, and family-centered communication. Candidates should also show evidence of commitment to teaching medical students, residents, fellows, and other trainees.
• Applicants should have evidence of scholarly activity or academic promise in pediatric epilepsy, clinical neurophysiology, epilepsy surgery, neuromodulation, translational neuroscience, outcomes research, quality improvement, medical education, or a related area.
• Demonstrated expertise in pediatric drug-resistant epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, intracranial EEG, neonatal or ICU EEG monitoring, developmental epileptic encephalopathies, dietary therapy, neurogenetics, or device-based therapies.
• A record of peer-reviewed publications, extramural funding potential, leadership in multidisciplinary clinical programs, and experience mentoring trainees would be advantageous.

Preferred Qualifications

A record of peer-reviewed publications, extramural funding potential, leadership in multidisciplinary clinical programs, and experience mentoring trainees would be advantageous.

The referenced salary range represents the minimum and maximum salaries for this position and is based on Johns Hopkins University's good faith belief at the time of posting. Not all candidates will be eligible for the upper end of the salary range. The actual compensation offered to the selected candidate may vary and will ultimately depend on multiple factors, which may include the successful candidate's geographic location, skills, work experience, internal equity, market conditions, education/training and other factors, as reasonably determined by the University.

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The Johns Hopkins University is committed to equal opportunity for its faculty, staff, and students. To that end, the university does not discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, marital status, pregnancy, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status or other legally protected characteristic. The university is committed to providing qualified individuals access to all academic and employment programs, benefits and activities on the basis of demonstrated ability, performance and merit without regard to personal factors that are irrelevant to the program involved.

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Background Checks

The successful candidate(s) for this position will be subject to a pre-employment background check including education verification.

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Vaccine Requirements

Johns Hopkins University strongly encourages, but no longer requires, at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. The COVID-19 vaccine does not apply to positions located in the State of Florida. We still require all faculty, staff, and students to receive the seasonal flu vaccine. Exceptions to the COVID and flu vaccine requirements may be provided to individuals for religious beliefs or medical reasons. Requests for an exception must be submitted to the JHU vaccination registry. This change does not apply to the School of Medicine (SOM). SOM hires must be fully vaccinated with an FDA COVID-19 vaccination and provide proof of vaccination status. For additional information, applicants for SOM positions should visit https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/coronavirus/covid-19-vaccine/ and all other JHU applicants should visit https://covidinfo.jhu.edu/health-safety/covid-vaccination-information/.

The following additional vaccine requirements may apply, depending upon your campus. Please contact the hiring department for more information. The pre-employment physical for positions in clinical areas, laboratories, working with research subjects, or involving community contact requires documentation of immune status against Rubella (German measles), Rubeola (Measles), Mumps, Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B and documentation of having received the Tdap (Tetanus, diphtheria, pertussis) vaccination. This may include documentation of having two (2) MMR vaccines; two (2) Varicella vaccines; or antibody status to these diseases from laboratory testing. Blood tests for immunities to these diseases are ordinarily included in the pre-employment physical exam except for those employees who provide results of blood tests or immunization documentation from their own health care providers. Any vaccinations required for these diseases will be given at no cost in our Occupational Health office.