The Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University seeks a trauma and functional neurosurgeon to expand the department's academic research and clinical program. The successful candidate will be appointed at the Assistant Professor rank in the University Medical Line (UML). We are particularly interested in candidates with a primary clinical emphasis in Trauma and Functional Neurosurgery and has a basic or translational research lab component that studies traumatic brain injury.
The major criteria for appointment for faculty in the University Medical Line shall be excellence in the overall mix of clinical care, clinical teaching, scholarly activity that advances clinical medicine, and institutional service appropriate to the programmatic need the individual is expected to fulfill.
Individuals appointed as Assistant Professors will have completed their house staff training and, where appropriate, postdoctoral fellowship training. They must demonstrate excellence or promise of excellence in the overall mix of contributions in clinical care, teaching, and scholarly activity that advances clinical medicine appropriate to the programmatic need upon which the appointment will be based. There should be evidence that candidates have the promise to attain regional recognition for excellence in the overall mix of contributions. If these individuals have not had formal teaching experience, they should have demonstrated during their house staff and fellowship training a commitment to teaching, and they should have the potential to meet or exceed acceptable standards in teaching.
The initial term of appointment will generally be for four years.
The successful applicant must be board-eligible or board-certified from the American Board of Neurological Surgeons (ABNS) and eligible for a California medical license. It is expected that the candidate will have a special interest and expertise in trauma and functional and stereotactic neurosurgery. It is also expected that the candidate will continue to expand the Neurosurgery Program at Stanford and develop an academic career with responsibilities including patient care, teaching, and clinical and laboratory or translational research. It is expected that the candidate will become a Trauma Specialist and develop expertise in Functional Neurosurgery in the Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
We expect the successful candidate to help expand the Trauma and functional neurosurgery Program at Stanford and develop an academic career with responsibilities including patient care, teaching, and clinical and/or laboratory/translational research.
The Neurosurgery Department, School of Medicine, and Stanford University value faculty who are committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion. Candidates may optionally include as part of their research or teaching statement a brief discussion of how their work will further these ideals.
Submit CV, a statement of research interests and the names of three references.
Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Stanford welcomes applications from all who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching and clinical missions.
