What are the responsibilities and job description for the Assistant Professor - Pediatric Neuropsychology position at Medical College of Wisconsin?
Position Description:
PEDIATRIC CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST
Children’s Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is recruiting a pediatric neuropsychologist with interest in preschool-age children with neurological, medical and genetic disorders.
A personal commitment to equitable provision of care to historically marginalized populations is required and individuals from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. Minimum requirements include a doctoral degree in psychology with neuropsychological emphasis, and completion of a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric clinical neuropsychology. Qualified applicants should be license-eligible in the State of Wisconsin and board certified or eligible for ABPP/ABCN certification. This position is a faculty position in the Division of Neuropsychology in the Department of Neurology at MCW, and applicants at any rank (assistant, associate, or full professor) will be considered. Our faculty are dedicated to clinical, research, education, and community engagement.
Neuropsychology provides patient care within the Children’s Wisconsin Neurosciences Center throughout the Children’s Wisconsin hospital in an acute inpatient neuroscience floor, inpatient rehabilitation service, outpatient multidisciplinary follow-up clinic(s), and our outpatient neuropsychology clinic. Children and adolescents from ages birth to 25 years with neurological, genetic and medical disorders are cared for in the Children’s Wisconsin Neurosciences. Neuropsychology cares for the cognitive development of these individuals from onset of their disorder or birth until they transition to adult living. This position would focus care on our youngest of patients across a wide range of neurological, genetic and medical disorder. Our providers also maintain a general clinical practice for patients of all ages as well.
Desirable candidates possess unique talents and skills to mesh with existing operations. The abilities to work and think quickly, efficiently, and flexibly, to conduct both comprehensive and brief consultative evaluations, to be a strong team player, and to be timely in completion of required patient care, training, and research documentation are essential.
Activities of teaching, supervision, and mentoring are highly valued as well including supervision of four pediatric postdoctoral fellows in clinical neuropsychology and teaching didactics to our child and adult neuropsychology fellows and practicum students from numerous regional graduate programs. Successful candidates will have strong interests in collaborative clinical research in specific areas of expertise. Advanced methods for data extraction from the medical record allow for timely research. The Department provides mentoring, research administrative support, and protected time for new faculty to establish their research program. The Department supports a major fMRI research laboratory devoted to understanding normal and abnormal language functions, a MEG research center, collaborative IOM program for brain tumors, and several clinical research databases. At MCW, community partnerships that reduce inequities in health care are encouraged and supported and consideration of equitable care is essential across all missions.
About MCW
At the core of everything we do at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is the pursuit of new knowledge and the power of academic medicine. MCW is home to a diverse group of thought leaders collaborating to build a healthier world and a continuous cycle of life-changing knowledge. MCW is home to more than 1,500 students in the Medical, Graduate, and Pharmacy Schools, and over 900 physicians in residency and fellowship programs. Approximately 1,650 physicians, 750 nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other healthcare practitioners care for approximately 521,000 patients of all ages annually.
The beautiful and modern campus of the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center (MRMC) houses Froedtert Hospital, Children’s Hospital and Health System, Curative Care, Blood Research Institute of Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin, and the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division. These member entities share a common mission of excellence in patient care, medical education, biomedical research, and community service.
About Children’s Wisconsin
Children's Wisconsin, magnet accredited, is the principal pediatric hospital affiliate of MCW. CW is the state’s only independent health care system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. With more than 1.3 million annual connections with kids and families statewide, Children’s provides a wide range of care and support —everything from routine care to lifesaving advances and treatment options, foster care and adoption services, and child advocacy. The Children’s Specialty Group (CSG) is the MCW provider group for pediatric care at CW. CW and CSG are the largest providers of pediatric healthcare in the state, serving the children and families of Wisconsin with the highest level of care through their American College of Surgeons Level I Children’s Surgery Verification Center, Level I Pediatric Trauma Center, Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence, 72-bed Level IV NICU, Level IV Epilepsy Center, and a 72-bed PICU.
About Milwaukee
Located along the Lake Michigan shoreline, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is one of America’s great cities, combining a dynamic urban community with a rich cultural heritage with access to parks, rivers, and other outdoor recreation. Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin and the 23rd largest city in the United States. It is home to corporate headquarters for industry leaders including Northwestern Mutual, Johnson Controls, Manpower, Harley Davidson, and others. Milwaukee is a popular venue for sailing, ethnic dining, and cultural festivals; the city is recognized for its museums, outstanding restaurants and hotels, professional sports, gardens and parks, and Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens. The population of the City of Milwaukee is approximately 600,000 and approximately 1.8 million people live in the greater Milwaukee area.
Applicants should send a letter of interest and curriculum vitae (preferably an electronic copy) to both Amy Heffelfinger, Ph.D., ABPP (aheffelfinger@mcw.edu) and Gale Burnside (gburnside@mcw.edu). Applications will be accepted and processed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Position Requirements:
MCW as an Equal Opportunity Employer and Commitment to Non-Discrimination
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students, as well as ensuring equal educational opportunity, employment, and access to services, programs, and activities, without regard to an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristic, or military status. Employees, students, applicants or other members of the MCW community (including but not limited to vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law or treated adversely or retaliated against based upon a protected characteristic.
PEDIATRIC CLINICAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGIST
Children’s Wisconsin and Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is recruiting a pediatric neuropsychologist with interest in preschool-age children with neurological, medical and genetic disorders.
A personal commitment to equitable provision of care to historically marginalized populations is required and individuals from diverse backgrounds are strongly encouraged to apply. Minimum requirements include a doctoral degree in psychology with neuropsychological emphasis, and completion of a two-year postdoctoral fellowship in pediatric clinical neuropsychology. Qualified applicants should be license-eligible in the State of Wisconsin and board certified or eligible for ABPP/ABCN certification. This position is a faculty position in the Division of Neuropsychology in the Department of Neurology at MCW, and applicants at any rank (assistant, associate, or full professor) will be considered. Our faculty are dedicated to clinical, research, education, and community engagement.
Neuropsychology provides patient care within the Children’s Wisconsin Neurosciences Center throughout the Children’s Wisconsin hospital in an acute inpatient neuroscience floor, inpatient rehabilitation service, outpatient multidisciplinary follow-up clinic(s), and our outpatient neuropsychology clinic. Children and adolescents from ages birth to 25 years with neurological, genetic and medical disorders are cared for in the Children’s Wisconsin Neurosciences. Neuropsychology cares for the cognitive development of these individuals from onset of their disorder or birth until they transition to adult living. This position would focus care on our youngest of patients across a wide range of neurological, genetic and medical disorder. Our providers also maintain a general clinical practice for patients of all ages as well.
Desirable candidates possess unique talents and skills to mesh with existing operations. The abilities to work and think quickly, efficiently, and flexibly, to conduct both comprehensive and brief consultative evaluations, to be a strong team player, and to be timely in completion of required patient care, training, and research documentation are essential.
Activities of teaching, supervision, and mentoring are highly valued as well including supervision of four pediatric postdoctoral fellows in clinical neuropsychology and teaching didactics to our child and adult neuropsychology fellows and practicum students from numerous regional graduate programs. Successful candidates will have strong interests in collaborative clinical research in specific areas of expertise. Advanced methods for data extraction from the medical record allow for timely research. The Department provides mentoring, research administrative support, and protected time for new faculty to establish their research program. The Department supports a major fMRI research laboratory devoted to understanding normal and abnormal language functions, a MEG research center, collaborative IOM program for brain tumors, and several clinical research databases. At MCW, community partnerships that reduce inequities in health care are encouraged and supported and consideration of equitable care is essential across all missions.
About MCW
At the core of everything we do at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is the pursuit of new knowledge and the power of academic medicine. MCW is home to a diverse group of thought leaders collaborating to build a healthier world and a continuous cycle of life-changing knowledge. MCW is home to more than 1,500 students in the Medical, Graduate, and Pharmacy Schools, and over 900 physicians in residency and fellowship programs. Approximately 1,650 physicians, 750 nurse practitioners, physician assistants and other healthcare practitioners care for approximately 521,000 patients of all ages annually.
The beautiful and modern campus of the Milwaukee Regional Medical Center (MRMC) houses Froedtert Hospital, Children’s Hospital and Health System, Curative Care, Blood Research Institute of Versiti Blood Center of Wisconsin, and the Milwaukee County Behavioral Health Division. These member entities share a common mission of excellence in patient care, medical education, biomedical research, and community service.
About Children’s Wisconsin
Children's Wisconsin, magnet accredited, is the principal pediatric hospital affiliate of MCW. CW is the state’s only independent health care system dedicated solely to the health and well-being of children. With more than 1.3 million annual connections with kids and families statewide, Children’s provides a wide range of care and support —everything from routine care to lifesaving advances and treatment options, foster care and adoption services, and child advocacy. The Children’s Specialty Group (CSG) is the MCW provider group for pediatric care at CW. CW and CSG are the largest providers of pediatric healthcare in the state, serving the children and families of Wisconsin with the highest level of care through their American College of Surgeons Level I Children’s Surgery Verification Center, Level I Pediatric Trauma Center, Diagnostic Imaging Center of Excellence, 72-bed Level IV NICU, Level IV Epilepsy Center, and a 72-bed PICU.
About Milwaukee
Located along the Lake Michigan shoreline, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, is one of America’s great cities, combining a dynamic urban community with a rich cultural heritage with access to parks, rivers, and other outdoor recreation. Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin and the 23rd largest city in the United States. It is home to corporate headquarters for industry leaders including Northwestern Mutual, Johnson Controls, Manpower, Harley Davidson, and others. Milwaukee is a popular venue for sailing, ethnic dining, and cultural festivals; the city is recognized for its museums, outstanding restaurants and hotels, professional sports, gardens and parks, and Milwaukee County Zoological Gardens. The population of the City of Milwaukee is approximately 600,000 and approximately 1.8 million people live in the greater Milwaukee area.
Applicants should send a letter of interest and curriculum vitae (preferably an electronic copy) to both Amy Heffelfinger, Ph.D., ABPP (aheffelfinger@mcw.edu) and Gale Burnside (gburnside@mcw.edu). Applications will be accepted and processed on a rolling basis until the position is filled.
Position Requirements:
MCW as an Equal Opportunity Employer and Commitment to Non-Discrimination
The Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to fostering a diverse community of outstanding faculty, staff, and students, as well as ensuring equal educational opportunity, employment, and access to services, programs, and activities, without regard to an individual's race, color, national origin, religion, age, disability, sex, gender identity/expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, predisposing genetic characteristic, or military status. Employees, students, applicants or other members of the MCW community (including but not limited to vendors, visitors, and guests) may not be subjected to harassment that is prohibited by law or treated adversely or retaliated against based upon a protected characteristic.
