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Join our growing team of neurologists at Vanderbilt Health in Nashville, Tennessee.

Operating at a global crossroads of teaching, discovery, and patient care, Vanderbilt Health is a place where your expertise will be valued, your knowledge expanded, and your abilities challenged. We are committed to an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive. The mission of VUMC Neurology is to advance health and wellness through preeminent programs in patient care, education, and research.

Clinical Neuropsychologist: The Department of Neurology at Vanderbilt is seeking an excellent early career neuropsychologist for an Assistant Professor position.This position is structured for a clinical neuropsychologist in a general medicine setting, with an emphasis in degenerative conditions in a busy outpatient practice. The candidate would join a growing Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology Division that includes eight neurologists and eight neuropsychologists, in addition to several advanced practice providers, psychometrists, and neuroscientists. Full psychometrist support will be provided.

In addition to providing outpatient care through the multidisciplinary Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology Division Memory Clinic, there is the potential for protected time for the appropriate candidate to develop an independent research program. Vanderbilt University Medical Center has outstanding neuroscience resources to support basic, clinical, and translational research activities, including the Vanderbilt Institute for Clinical & Translational Research, the Vanderbilt University Institute of Imaging Science, the Vanderbilt Brain Institute, and the Vanderbilt Memory & Alzheimer's Center. Involvement in training practicum students and/or postdoctoral fellows in neuropsychology will be considered.

Qualifications

Applicants must be licensed or license-eligible in the State of Tennessee. Applicants should also hold board certification in clinical neuropsychology or be eligible for board certification in clinical neuropsychology.

Application Instructions

Interested candidates should submit a curriculum vita and a brief 1-2 page statement summarizing clinical interests and research objectives:

Holly Westervelt, PhD, ABPP

One Hundred Oaks, 719 Thompson Lane, Suite 24100

Nashville, TN 37204

Email: holly.westervelt@vumc.org

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Vanderbilt Health is committed to fostering an environment where everyone has the chance to thrive and is committed to the principles of equal opportunity. EOE/Vets/Disabled.

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