Movement Disorders Neurologist Faculty Opportunity

lty Neurology team. The primary responsibilities of the position include outpatient and inpatient clinical care; teaching medical students, residents and fellows; developing research and creative work; and providing University and public service.

Applicants should have experience clinically diagnosing and managing a variety of movement disorders patients, as well as expertise with Deep Brain Stimulation programming using all 3 systems, and botulinum toxin injections for the treatment of movement disorders.

The UC Davis Department of Neurology and UC Davis Health teaching hospital are nationally ranked in US News & World Report. The UC Davis Movement Disorders program is home to a Huntington’s Disease Society of America Center of Excellence, Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence, Wilson’s Disease Center of Excellence, a well-established Deep Brain Stimulation Program, and a movement disorders fellowship. The Deep Brain Stimulation program is co-directed by neurology and neurosurgery faculty, includes a multidisciplinary weekly case conference, and offers state-of-the-art neuromodulation utilizing 3 DBS platforms including intra-operative robotic-assist procedures and remote programming platform for patients who live outside the Sacramento area. The Neurology clinic partners with a multidisciplinary Movement Disorders team including neuropsychologists, a nurse practitioner, a genetic counselor, and a social worker, with additional support of program medical assistants, nurses, clinical neuropharmacologists, dieticians, and specialized physical, occupational, and speech therapists. The program has specific multidisciplinary clinics for patients with Parkinson’s Disease and Huntington’s Disease.

The UC Davis Movement Disorders program faculty are strongly committed to teaching and have major roles as departmental educators. Ample opportunities exist for teaching medical students, neurology residents and fellows, and regularly provides patient and caregiver education locally and regionally.

The UC Davis Movement Disorders program is actively involved in industry- and NIH- sponsored clinical trials research, as well as translational research with basic neuroscience faculty. Though the position is primarily clinical, there are also opportunities for investigator-initiated basic science and clinical research studies. UC Davis has a centralized IRB, departmental grant support, clinical research coordinators, and research facilities. The NIH funded UC Davis CTSC offers opportunities for additional training, including the K30 Training Program for a Masters in Clinical Research.

Faculty in the Clinical X series are expected to engage in professional competence and activity, teaching, research and creative work, and University/public service. Faculty in the Health Sciences Clinical Professor series are expected to engage in teaching, professional competence and activity, scholarly or creative activities, and University/public service.