Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health - Neurosurgeon

Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health invites you to explore the Neurosurgeon opportunity in St. Petersburg with a thriving physician-led, professionally managed healthcare system.  Established in 1993, Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health has been a leader in the healthcare industry for more than 30 years.  Now a part of Orlando Health West, Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health continues to be the one of the largest multi-specialty groups in the Pinellas, Hillsborough and Pasco County areas.

Role Requirements:

·       Epilepsy Functional Neurosurgeon – MD or DO

o   Functional Neurosurgery fellowship preferred

o   Epilepsy surgery experience required

·       Board Certified or Board Eligibility required

·       Must possess/ability to obtain a Florida Medical License

·       Call coverage is minimal

o   Ages treated – 18-years-old and up

·       Hospital location - Orlando Health Bayfront, 701 6th St S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701

Financial Package:

·       Competitive compensation package with opportunity to make more based-on productivity.

·       Generous sign-on bonus and CME stipend.

·       Benefits package include paid days, health/vision/dental insurance is available along with disability coverage, deferred compensation and a retirement savings plan is available.

·       Full malpractice coverage is provided including tail coverage.

·       Opportunity for growth and leadership development.

·       Dedicated APPs for each surgeon.

• Opportunity for research and teaching.

Work Experience:

·       Work-life balanced schedule.

·       Patient census.  Expect to see 25+ patients per day utilizing the efficiency of EPIC, electronic health record system.

·       Collegiality.  Work in a team-oriented environment with like-minded physicians in an office housing primary care providers and specialists throughout our network.

·       Inpatient Support.  Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health works with a team of Hospital Medicine physicians to support inpatient needs.

·       Clinic utilization.  You will have the opportunity to practice medicine as it should be and utilize all of your clinical skills-preventative care, chronic disease management, acute care and procedures.

·       Environment.  Our offices are intentionally designed to meet the needs of New equipment and clinical staff are ready to support functional and epilepsy cases with patients ready on day one.

·       Collaborate with a team of fellowship trained neurologists focused on epilepsy and movement disorders.

·       Robust infrastructure and operational support.

Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital in St. Petersburg on Florida’s gulf coast is recruiting a Neurosurgeon with fellowship training in epilepsy surgery and functional neurosurgery. Orlando Health Bayfront Hospital has been a Level IV epilepsy program for 20-consecutive-years with a dedicated Neuroscience unit and NICU with neuroscience trained nurses and AANN epilepsy certified nurses. The Neurosurgeon would collaborate with an internationally recognized academically oriented Epileptologists with expertise in functional neuroanatomic clinical localization of epileptic seizures. The program has performed complex epilepsy surgeries and invasive monitoring including stereo-EEG (SEEG), intraoperative awake brain mapping of seizures and intraoperative mapping of tumors in eloquent regions. The Neurosurgeon would also do SEEG implanted of deep subcortical nuclei for drug resistant epilepsy and responsive neurostimulation. The program has a dedicated video-EEG monitoring unit with 24/7 staffing and ABRET certified EEG technologists, 3T MRI with high resolution head coil with the ILAE Harness MRI protocol, ictal subtraction SPECT co-registered to MRI, high resolution brain PET and MRI PET fusion and diffusion tensor imaging for tractography. The multi-disciplinary team also consists of Speech Language Pathologists, Epilepsy Neuropsychologists and Neuroradiologist.  In addition, the program has source localization and access to Magnetic Source Imaging. The program has a regional reputation for epilepsy excellence.

• The ideal candidate must be fellowship trained in functional neurosurgery.
• The candidate would have experience performing deep brain stimulation, and be interested in growing a functional program that includes a robust volume of both epilepsy and movement disorder cases.
• The candidate would develop the deep brain stimulation for movement disorders and pain and expand referral base for brain tumors and intra-operative mapping.
• The candidate would be experienced in functional imaging neuro-navigation programs and laser interstitial ablation (LiTT) for epilepsy and tumors.
• American Board of Neurological Surgery (ABNS) Certification.
• ACGME Residency in Neurosurgery.

Community Highlights:

·        Home of some of the top-rated beaches in the country.

·        Several museums including The Dali Museum.

·        Home to the Mahaffey Theater and Ruth Eckerd Hall.

·        The hospital is a quick walk to the vibrant eclectic downtown waterfront with excellent restaurants, arts, music and other cultural activities. 

• Tampa International airport – voted the best large airport in North America for the 2nd year in a row - allows easy access to travel anywhere in the US and internationally.

·        Tampa is home to Busch Gardens and Adventure Island.

·        Straz Performing Arts Center is a short drive to Tampa.

·        Disney World, Sea World and Universal are only an hour and a half away.

·        Major Local Universities:

o   University of South Florida

o   Saint Leo University

o   University of Tampa

·        Award winning sports teams:

o   Tampa Bay Buccaneers – Super Bowl Champions 2021

o   Tampa Bay Lightning – Stanley Cup Winners 2020 & 2021

o   Tampa Bay Rays – World Series Champions 2020

o   Tampa Bay Rowdies – Soccer Finalist 2020

·        Wonderful community to raise a family; excellent public and private schools, diverse neighborhoods, outdoor activities.

·        Florida does not have state income tax!

Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health is a Non-profit, Equal Opportunity Employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, gender, disability or protected veteran status.

Not a J-1 or H-1B Visa position

Florida Medical Clinic Orlando Health is a drug-free workplace and maintains a policy in which new hires will be required to submit to pre-employment drug testing. This policy is intended to comply with applicable laws regarding drug testing and any privacy rights.