Heersink School of Medicine-Open Rank-Neurosurgery (General Neurosurgeon)

Job Description

The Department of Neurosurgery at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is seeking a board certified/board eligible general Neurosurgeon (primarily spine) to join our group of skilled neurosurgeons in a highly collaborative community-hospital environment, while maintaining an academic faculty rank (open rank, non-tenure-earning) and a strong relationship with our academic education and research programs.

Employment and benefits will be from both UAB and University of Alabama Health Services Foundation (UAHSF), which includes the attractive Teachers Retirement System of Alabama retirement benefits from UAB as well as a 13.05% (b) employer contribution (up to a federal maximum) from UAHSF, among other comprehensive and very generous benefits.

This newly recruited neurosurgeon will join and expand our growing team of UAB Neurosurgeons at our UAB St. Vincents Birmingham hospital location, St. Vincents Drive in Birmingham, Alabama, as well as our outpatient-only UAB St. Vincents One Nineteen OR location, Cahaba Valley Road, Birmingham, AL.

The neurosurgeon will be assigned 2 days of OR at our UAB St. Vincents Birmingham hospital performing primarily spine cases as well as low-acuity community-hospital type cranial cases. This location can support the more complex cases in its main ORs and same day/lower acuity cases in its quick-turnover North Tower ORs. The neurosurgeon will also be assigned 1 day of elective, outpatient-only OR at our UAB St. Vincents facility (ambulatory surgery center). The neurosurgeon will hold clinic 2 days per week, with 1 day at UAB St. Vincents Birmingham and 1 day at our UAB One Inverness location,1 Inverness Center Parkway, Suite , Birmingham, AL, near the UAB St. Vincents campus.

The neurosurgeon will be required to take neurosurgical call at UAB St. Vincents Birmingham hospital shared among the other UAB neurosurgeons and a small private practice, estimated to be about 5-7 days per month. No call is expected at the main UAB Hospital location (academic center), nor at the outpatient-only St. Vincents location.

Upon request, the position may include occasional work for complex cases at the University of Alabama University Hospital if operating rooms and beds are available, however, to be clear, this positions primary locations and responsibilities are at UAB St. Vincents Birmingham & UAB St. Vincents ORs, and UAB St. Vincents Birmingham and UAB One Inverness clinics.

The ideal candidate will have a strong interest in joining an existing community of Neurosurgeons practicing in a community-hospital environment and expanding our departments practice. The ideal candidate will have a desire to interact with resident education at the main campus through resident teaching conferences and education. Currently, there are no resident rotations at UAB St. Vincents Birmingham or UAB St. Vincents .

The University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) is a research university and academic health center that discovers, teaches, and applies knowledge for the intellectual, cultural, social, and economic benefit of Birmingham, the state, and beyond. UAB is internationally renowned for its intensely collaborative culture that has for more than five decades produced breakthroughs in education, health care, research, and service. UAB was ranked #1 in the United States, and in the top 10 worldwide, in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings, Young University Rankings. UAB Medicine is the third largest public academic medical center in the country, with more than 1, beds and almost 18, employees. UAB Hospital is the centerpiece of the UAB Health System and is the teaching hospital for the UAB School of Medicine. Situated among major research centers and clinics, UAB Hospital provides patients with a complete range of primary and specialty care services, as well as the most up-to-date treatments and innovations in health care. In addition to UAB Hospital, UAB Medicine includes The Kirklin Clinic of UAB Hospital, UAB Callahan Eye Hospital, as well as several primary and specialty care clinics, a dozen member and affiliate hospitals within Alabama, more than 10 cancer associates in the Southeast, and the Viva Health HMO.

The UAB Health System Authority recently acquired ownership of all formerly Ascension St. Vincents sites of care including the hospitals at Birmingham, Blount, Chilton, East and St. Clair, as well as the One Nineteen campus, the Trussville Freestanding Emergency Department, and imaging centers and other clinics that are part of the Ascension Medical Group. The transaction included the then current Ascension St. Vincents services, facilities, caregivers and associates, including a robust network of providers serving the region.

UAB St. Vincents Birmingham is a -bed facility specializing in medical services including oncology, cardiology, womens and childrens services, orthopedics/sports medicine, neurology, and surgical services. St. Vincents Birmingham has a long history of recognition, including being named the Best Hospital to Have a Baby, Best Birthing Suites, Favorite Hospital, and the Most Wired list for Hospitals and Health Networks. It was founded in by the daughters of Charity as a ministry dedicated to spiritually centered, holistic care designed to sustain and improve the health of the community as well as its citizens.

Located in the heart of the Southeast, Birmingham is a short drive from Atlanta, Nashville, Chattanooga, New Orleans, Memphis and Gulf Coast beaches. Some of the most beautiful suburbs in the United States surround the city. With its picturesque surroundings, Birmingham has been recognized as an All American City, one of the top ten American cities to live and work, and one of the top ten entrepreneurial and job growth hot spots in America. The combination of pleasant weather, geography, diverse culture, activities, and lifestyle make this city a wonderful place to live, raise a family, and practice medicine.

Required Qualifications MD, DO, or MD/PhD degree /BE in Neurosurgery with expertise in spinal surgery. Eligible for licensure in the state of Alabama. Preferred Qualifications Desirable candidates want to practice in a community hospital setting and expand our current footprint at UAB St. Vincents Birmingham Level III hospital & UAB St. Vincents One Nineteen outpatient-only facility. Community Hospital location, academic rank, non-tenure earning. Primarily spine