UAB Heersink School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine seeks inaugural Endowed Vice Chair for Neuroanesthesia. The University of Alabama at Birmingham Marnix E. Heersink School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine is currently seeking its inaugural Vice Chair for Neuroanesthesia. 

The vice chair will be responsible for:

The ideal candidate will have a track record of academic and clinical achievement along with a national reputation in the neuroanesthesia community as an outstanding clinician, educator, and scholar. The candidate must be board-certified in anesthesiology and fellowship trained in neuroanesthesia. The candidate must hold a Doctor of Medicine, Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine, or equivalent degree, and be eligible for licensure to practice medicine in Alabama. Leadership experience (2-5 years) in a department-level role is preferred.

About UAB Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine.
The Heersink School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine is one the most robust anesthesia departments in the South, covering more than 150 anesthestizing sites daily. The program also boasts one of the largest residency programs in the Southeast, with a total of 84 residents and 15 fellows. It is consistently in the top 15 programs in the country in regard to NIH funding and houses one of the largest anesthesia-dedicated informatics staff; recently recruiting two data scientists to bolster precision anesthesia and predictive analytics programs.

Neurosciences
At UAB, the investment in neurosciences, in general, and neurosurgery, in particular, has created a unique opportunity for an academic anesthesiologist who is motivated to build an outstanding program in collaboration with our neurosurgical and neurointensivist colleagues. The department currently provides neuroanesthesia and intensive care in the dedicated neurosurgical ORs and neurointensive care unit respectively. Fifteen neurosurgeons perform more than 4,500 cases annually in multiple specialty areas including tumor, complex spine, neurovascular (as part of the Comprehensive Stroke Center), epilepsy, and movement disorders. Two newly opened intraoperative MRI OR suites have also recently gone live.

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Licensed Physician (M.D. or D.O.)

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