Pediatric Neuroradiology Physician

NORTON CHILDREN'S RADIOLOGY, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, and a part of Norton Children's Medical Group, is recruiting for additional pediatric radiologists across multiple subspecialties. The practice currently includes fellowship-trained pediatric radiologists with training in various subspecialties, as well as a registered radiologist assistant, specialized nurses and radiology technicians.

TWO EMPLOYMENT TRACKS ARE NOW AVAILABLE: Physicians can choose either a combined clinical and academic track with opportunities for promotion from the assistant level up to full professor at the UofL School of Medicine, or an all-clinical track, which includes a gratis faculty appointment with the UofL School of Medicine. The combined clinical and academic track provides the opportunity to explore quality improvement, clinical research, translational research, medical education child advocacy or community engagement. Norton Children's Research Institute, afiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, offers broad support for every stage of research,
including study design and statistical analysis.

NORTON CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL RENOVATIONS INCLUDE:

• Two MRIs and one 3 tesla (3T) MRI machine
• Single-photon emission computed tomography (SPECT) scanner
• Two 256-slice CT scanners
• Biplane interventional suite
• Ferriscan for liver or cardiac iron quantification
• Fluoroscopy equipment
• Advanced cardiac imaging (CT and MRI) to help diagnose and evaluate children and adults with congenital heart disease
• Ultrasound elastography to evaluate for chronic liver conditions
• Digital X-ray technology that uses minimal radiation compared with older machines

ABOUT THE POSITION:

• Join our current team of pediatric neuroradiologists.
• Opportunities to participate in epilepsy research with Norton Neuroscience Institute
• Capability to use advanced neuroscience technology such as FreeSurfer and MRtrix3 brain imaging software to extract and aggregate data on epilepsy patients
• Sophisticated software package that allows for the co-registration of eight layers of radiographic data
• Swoop Portable MR Imaging System to help assess conditions such as ischemia/infarction, midline shift, ventriculomegaly and bleeding
• Work alongside a pediatric neuropsychologist with three decades of cognitive neuroscience research experience
• Partner with an engineering lab experienced in radiographic AI analysis and handling large amounts of data
• Opportunities to attend epilepsy conference, head conference, trauma PI conference and neurology tumor board

NORTON CHILDREN'S NEUROSCIENCE INSTITUTE, affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine, includes neurologists, neurosurgeons, neuro-oncologists, neuroradiologists, radiation oncologists, neuropsychologists, neurology advanced practice providers and neurosurgery advanced practice providers.

Norton Children's Neuroscience Institute offers advanced technologies, as well as vagal nerve stimulation, electromyography and nerve conduction studies. It also is the clinical home for an academic team of 15 neurology residents and an accredited pediatric epilepsy fellowship. The academic team is involved in a significant amount of clinical research, working with Norton Children's Cancer Institute and Norton Children's Research Institute, both affiliated with the UofL School of Medicine.

REQUIRED:

• Doctorate Degree Medicine
• One of: DO or MD