Staff Physician Casual - Pediatrics Neurology, McGovern Medical School

Location: Texas Medical Center-Houston, Texas

Category: Staff Physician

McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston

Requisition #: 240000WQ

McGovern Medical SchoolatUTHealth Houston, a leading academic health center, is seeking applicants for a Casual Staff Physician position in theDepartment of Pediatrics,Neurology Clinic. Pediatrics is dedicated to improving the health and welfare of children with medical complexity.

Position Key Accountabilities:

The Staff Physician will participate in the supervision, education, training, and evaluation of clinical MEG fellows, and trainees in the workforce program.

Supervision including reading MEG with fellows and trainees and weekly MEG review.

Education including participation in teaching sessions/journal clubs.

Training including participation in one-on-one MEG reading and interpretation.

Evaluation including providing immediate feedback to fellows and trainees and bi-annual structured evaluation of the MEG fellows.

Qualifications:

Texas Medical License or be eligible for a Texas Faculty Temporary license

Board Certified or eligible in Pediatrics Neurology

Qualified applicants must demonstrate a commitment to excellence, discovery, and service, have the potential to be outstanding in their field of expertise, and share an interest in fulfilling the common goals of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston.

The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)

Established in 1972 by The University of Texas System Board of Regents, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) is Houston’s Health University and Texas’ resource for health care education, innovation, scientific discovery and excellence in patient care. The most comprehensive academic health center in the UT System and the U.S. Gulf Coast region, UTHealth Houston is home to schools of biomedical informatics, biomedical sciences, dentistry, nursing and public health and the John P. and Kathrine G. McGovern Medical School. UTHealth Houston includes The University of Texas Harris County Psychiatric Center, as well as the growing clinical practices UT Physicians, UT Dentists and UT Health Services. The university’s primary teaching hospitals are Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Children’s Memorial Hermann Hospital and Harris Health Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital.

UTHealth Benefits

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Work location is based on the needs of the department and may be adjusted.