UCLA Steve Tisch BrainSPORT Sports Neurology Fellowship
Position overview
Position title: Fellow (PGY-5)/Clinical InstructorApplication Window
Open date: April 19, 2024
Next review date: Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.
Final date: Wednesday, Jun 19, 2024 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.
Position description
The UCLA Steve Tisch BrainSPORT Program is a multidisciplinary center aimed at providing the world's best sports-concussion care for youth athletes. We have relationships with various professional and collegiate athletic programs and also close partnerships with the U.S. Military and U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs, through UCLA Operation Mend. In our two-year clinical and research fellowship, trainees will work closely with clinic attending neurologists and neuropsychologists.
The fellowship exposes trainees to pediatric sports related concussion, preseason sports neurology examination, sideline concussion management, mTBI military patients, and some more severe TBI patients. Under the mentorship of leading scientists, fellows will be expected to design and carry out a research project investigating neurotrauma, sports neurology, or another related topic of their choice.
Application link: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/JPF09366
Salary Scales
The posted UC salary scales set the minimum pay determined by rank and step at appointment. See Medical Residents Salary Scale Rates [https://medschool.ucla.edu/sites/g/files/oketem456/files/media/documents/cid9D3F2FE7-01E1-4E4E-B2FB-0A2CFAC26075.pdf]. The salary for this position is $101,434. This position includes membership in the health sciences compensation plan [https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-670.pdf], which provides for eligibility for additional compensation.
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Program: https://www.uclahealth.org/departments/neurosurgery/brainsport/training/sports-neurology-fellowship
Qualifications
M.D. or equivalent
Have completed a residency in child neurology, adult neurology, or PM&R
Eligible for a license to practice medicine in the state of California.
Application Requirements
Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.
Cover Letter (Optional)
Statement of Research (Optional)
Statement of Teaching (Optional)
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Misc / Additional (Optional)
References not required
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