Coastal Charleston, SC | Cognitive Neurology Faculty

Join a team that’s Changing What’s Possible – The Medical University of South Carolina’s Neurology program is the premier clinical leader in the state. Our program has the only level 4 Epilepsy center in the state, a stroke center with Comprehensive Stroke Center designation by The Joint Commission and the American Stroke Association, a Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence, the first MDA Care Center established in the state by the Muscular Dystrophy Association® (MDA), an ALS Association Certified Treatment Center of Excellence, and a recently renovated Memory Disorders Clinic supporting our newly formed multi-site South Carolina Alzheimer’s clinical network

We are seeking candidates with:

• Focus on collaboration, innovation, and teamwork
• Expertise in the specific areas of cognitive disorders
• Board certification or eligibility in Neurology
• Fellowship in Behavioral Neurology or Neuropsychiatry, or general neurologist with significant experience with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders
• Academic orientation and enthusiasm for teaching

Our opportunity:

• 100% outpatient cognitive and behavioral neurology position - inpatient coverage by Neurohospitalists
• Very strong interdisciplinary specialty support
• Involvement in the teaching of medical students and neurology residents
• Opportunity for involvement in the state supported Alzheimer’s disease research center with many possibilities for collaboration university-wide, as well as senior investigators and PIs available for mentorships
• Minimal call – only 1-2 nights per month
• Newly renovated outpatient clinic: Henry and Mollie Fair Memory Disorders Clinic
• H1B and O1 Visa Eligibility
• Special interests fully supported with protected research time

About MUSC’s Cognitive Neurology Program / The South Carolina Alzheimer’s Network (SCAN)

• The South Carolina Alzheimer’s Network is a collaborative multi-site program within MUSC which ensures patients have access to an early and accurate diagnosis, comprehensive care plans designed through collaboration with primary care, new Alzheimer’s disease medications, and research studies. The collaborative SCAN team includes:
  • Multiple faculty including behavioral neurologists, geriatric psychiatrists, and neuropsychologists
  • APPs
  • Dementia Care Navigators
  • Psychometrists
  • Infusion Coordinator
  • Nursing clinical support
  • Dedicated administrative support
• Newly remodeled, leading-edge facilities designed specifically for the needs of cognitive patients including on site infusion suites

Learn more about Neurosciences at MUSC: https://muschealth.org/medical-services/neurosciences

MUSC Offerings

• Tenure track faculty position with academic rank and salary commensurate with qualifications, expertise, and accomplishments
• Relocation assistance
• Excellent retirement options including a pension and optional tax deferred contributions
• Sovereign Immunity malpractice coverage
• 22 days of annual leave, 15 days of sick leave, and 13 paid holidays
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) Program Qualified Employer

Charleston, SC, is frequently named one of the best places in America to live, and it’s easy to see why. This charming coastal city offers residents a unique mix of history, culture, arts, innovation, and natural beauty. In Charleston, you can explore miles of pristine beaches and waterways in the morning, and wind your way along shaded cobblestone streets, exploring centuries-old historic homes in the afternoon. At night, visit one of Charleston’s many award-winning restaurants to enjoy traditional Low Country cuisine prepared by world-class chefs. Charleston is a place where you can live your life to its fullest.

We invite you to join the team committed to “changing what’s possible” and do so in one of the most exciting cities in the country.

Send us your CV accompanied by your letter of interest for immediate consideration. Your life in Charleston awaits! Recruitment Contact: Fayth Hoecker, MUSC Provider Recruiter

Founded in 1824 in Charleston, MUSC is home to the oldest medical school in the South as well as the state's only integrated academic health system, with a unique charge to serve the state through education, research and patient care. Each year, MUSC educates and trains more than 3,000 students and 850 residents and fellows in six colleges: Dental Medicine, Graduate Studies, Health Professions, Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. With $298 million in research funding in fiscal year 2022, the collaboration between faculty, staff, students, and our partners accelerates the movement of scientific discoveries that improve lives.

The Medical University of South Carolina's College of Medicine is leading the way in all areas of the MUSC mission – medical education, patient care, and biomedical research – at our main campus in downtown Charleston and across the state.

The College of Medicine is comprised of both clinical and basic science departments that are involved in education, clinical care, and research in the basic, translational and clinical sciences.

The largest and oldest academic medical center in South Carolina, we serve a diverse group of more than 740 medical students, 850 trainees in residency and fellowship programs, and patients throughout our state and beyond.

The medical University of South Carolina is a part of MUSC Health, as the clinical health system of the Medical University of South Carolina, MUSC Health is dedicated to delivering the highest quality and safe patient care while training generations of compassionate, competent health care providers to serve the people of South Carolina and beyond. Close to 25,000 care team members provide care for patients at 14 hospitals with approximately 2,500 beds and 5 additional hospital locations in development, more than 300 telehealth sites and nearly 750 care locations situated in the Lowcountry, Midlands, Pee Dee and Upstate regions of South Carolina. In 2022, for the eighth consecutive year, U.S. News & World Report named MUSC Health the No. 1 hospital in South Carolina.