Epileptologist — Academic Role with Epilepsy Surgery

American Society for Experimental Neurotherapeutics; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 250,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision & malpractice

Retirement plan with employer match

Paid time off & CME allowance

Job summary

Saint Luke’s Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute in Kansas City, MO seeks a BC/BE epileptologist to join a growing team. The position emphasizes outpatient epilepsy care with access to advanced facilities and a collaborative environment.

The role offers opportunities to work with a comprehensive EMU, EEG interpretation, and potential academic appointment through UMKC; involvement in building an epilepsy surgery program with specialized neurosurgeons is encouraged.

Qualifications

• Board-certified/board-eligible in neurology.
• Completed neurology residency with focus on epilepsy.
• Fellowship in epilepsy (completed or in progress) required/desired.

Responsibilities

• Deliver specialized epilepsy care for outpatients.
• Participate in shared on‑call responsibilities with neurology team.
• Interpret EEGs and utilize EMU for patient monitoring.
• Collaborate with functional neurosurgery team on epilepsy surgical options.
• Academic appointment opportunities through UMKC and related teaching roles.

Skills

Epilepsy care

EEG interpretation

Clinical neurology

Education

Neurology residency

Epilepsy fellowship

Tools

Epic EMR

Job description

Saint Luke’s Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute in Kansas City, MO is seeking a dedicated BC/BE epileptologist to join our growing team. This outpatient position offers a unique opportunity to focus on epilepsy care, with access to state-of-the-art facilities and a collaborative environment.

About the position:

• The physician’s primary focus will be on epilepsy, with opportunities to manage and treat a diverse range of patients
• On-call responsibilities are shared among the neurologists, which provides a balanced lifestyle in addition to the support of Advanced Practice Providers
• Full access to our EMU for comprehensive patient monitoring and EEG interpretation as well as a fully integrated Epic EMR
• Join our team during an exciting time as we actively build our epilepsy surgery program; collaborate closely with our highly trained functional neurosurgeons to offer advanced surgical options for patients
• Saint Luke’s Hospital is the primary teaching hospital for the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC) Medical School; opportunity for academic appointment through UMKC, commensurate with level of experience
• The neurology residency program provides 12 residents educational opportunities in all of the Neuroscience Institute’s comprehensive treatment centers
• Abundance of research opportunities and track record of success; possibility for start-up funding for motivated candidates
• Saint Luke’s has an extremely competitive career employment package that includes a guaranteed salary in addition to excellent benefits such as medical, dental, vision & malpractice insurance, tax-deferred retirement plan with employer match, paid time off & a generous yearly CME allowance
• Requirements: Candidates must be BC/BE, have successfully completed a Neurology residency program, and must have completed or be in the process of completing an Epilepsy fellowship
  
  

About Saint Luke's Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute
Saint Luke’s Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute is part of Saint Luke’s, the West Region of BJC Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States. The Institute is a comprehensive center for neuroscience research, education, and evidence-based medicine that combines faculty in neurology, neurosurgery, interventional neuroradiology, neurotology, psychiatry, and physical medicine and rehabilitation. Its legacy of innovation began in 1993 when doctors performed one of the world’s first intra-arterial stroke reversal procedures. Saint Luke’s specialists have continued to pioneer new stroke treatments and reverse strokes in thousands of patients through its network of stroke centers. The Neuroscience Institute is a global leader in using both drug and mechanical interventions to reverse the debilitating effects of ischemic stroke.
Saint Luke’s Marion Bloch Neuroscience Institute brings together highly specialized neuroscientists to provide comprehensive treatment for the most complex neurological diseases, including stroke, epilepsy, brain tumors, Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases, multiple sclerosis, headaches, and facial pain, as well as aneurysms, intracerebral hemorrhages, memory disorders, hearing and balance disorders, and sleep disorders. The Neuroscience Institute’s multispecialty team provides the latest minimally invasive spinal surgical techniques to treat acute and chronic back pain. It has a fellowship-trained neurosurgery team with subspecialties ranging from asleep deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery to treating skull-based tumors and everything in between.

About Saint Luke’s
Saint Luke’s serves the West Region of BJC Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States. Through its 10 hospitals and campuses, multiple health service organizations, and more than 100 primary and specialty care offices, Saint Luke’s provides the highest levels of quality and compassionate health care and health-related services for patients in urban, suburban, and rural communities in 65 specialty services across 67 counties in Missouri and Kansas. Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City is nationally recognized by U.S. News & World Report and is one of the elite hospitals in the region. Saint Luke’s is committed to the highest levels of excellence in health care and the advancement of medical research and education. BJC Health is one of the largest employers in Missouri and comprises 24 hospitals and hundreds of clinics and service organizations, operating in two distinct regions, serving patients in its East Region as BJC HealthCare.

About Kansas City
Saint Luke's is proud to call Kansas City home. With locations on both sides of the state line, the health system serves more than 2.1 million people and 240 neighborhoods in Kansas and Missouri. USA Today has regularly named Kansas City a top area for affordability, high-quality schools, and low traffic. The greater Kansas City metro area is a vibrant, growing community known for its thriving arts scene, world champion sports teams, natural beauty, and exceptional quality of life.