Transform Stroke Care with Us: Apply for Stroke Neurologist at Rutgers RWJMS

Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School is seeking a dedicated and experienced Stroke Neurologist to join our Comprehensive Stroke Center. This full-time faculty position involves providing expert clinical services, serving as a stroke faculty physician, and contributing to the academic and community missions of the Department of Neurology.

Key Responsibilities:

Stroke Neurologist Duties:

1. Clinical Leadership: Report directly to the Director of the Stroke Program and the Chief of the Division of Stroke and Neurocritical Care. Serve as a stroke faculty physician at the Comprehensive Stroke Center, providing expert medical guidance to the medical staff, administration, and other professionals.

2. Inpatient Care: Act as the stroke attending physician for the Neuroscience Unit on Tower 7 at RWJUH, delivering high-quality care to stroke patients.

3. Education & Training: Provide stroke education and lectures to medical staff, health professionals, staff, and patients. Participate in the teaching and mentoring of fellows, neurology residents, and medical students in various clinical and educational settings.

4. TPA Treatment Coordination: Administer the Tissue Plasminogen Activator (TPA) treatment program and collaborate with endovascular neurosurgeons, interventional neurologists, and neuroradiologists to bridge intravenous TPA treatment to mechanical thrombectomy and other interventions.

5. Program Development & Oversight: Provide leadership and counsel on the medical and clinical aspects of stroke care operations. Participate in policy development, compliance, professional education, and evaluation of emerging technologies.

6. Clinical Management: Oversee the medical management of the stroke program, monitor clinical indicators, and ensure that measurable standards are met. Provide medical oversight for program goals, budgets, and operations.

7. Innovation & Planning: Contribute to the planning and development of programs and services, including the adoption of emerging technologies and state-of-the-art equipment.

8. Committee Participation: Attend performance improvement and steering committee meetings, and participate in departmental and institutional administrative tasks as determined in consultation with the Chair.

9. Outpatient Care: Provide outpatient stroke clinic services during weeks without inpatient stroke duties, with the total number of clinics determined in consultation with the stroke division chief.

10. Telemedicine: Participate in providing telemedicine for stroke care when the telemedicine program is launched.

11. Community Service: Engage in community service by providing neurological care for indigent patients and educating community groups about cerebrovascular disorders.

12. Collaboration: Work closely with faculty neurointensivists on stroke-related patient care, teaching, and clinical research projects.

Qualifications:

• MD/DO degree and board certification in Neurology.
• Fellowship training in Vascular Neurology or related subspecialty.
• Strong clinical expertise in stroke care, with experience in both inpatient and outpatient settings.
• Commitment to education and mentoring of medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a multidisciplinary team environment.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and organizational skills.

Join Our Team:

If you are a passionate Stroke Neurologist dedicated to advancing stroke care and education, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Help us make a difference in the lives of patients and contribute to the future of neurological care.

Founded in 1884, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital (RWJUH) New Brunswick, is an academic medical center whose Centers of Excellence include cardiovascular care from minimally invasive heart surgery to transplantation, cancer care, stroke care, neuroscience, orthopedics, and women’s and children’s care, including The Bristol-Myers Squibb Children’s Hospital (BMSCH).

BMSCH serves as the focal point of New Brunswick’s growing children’s health campus, which includes the Child Health Institute of New Jersey, PSE&G Children’s Specialized Hospital, and Ronald McDonald House - New Brunswick. The free-standing, state-designated, acute care children’s hospital is a state-of-the-art facility that is specially designed to care for children. From pediatric surgery, urology, and cardiology to oncology, hematology, and pulmonology, BMSCH’s specialists and intensivists provide advanced care for children of all ages—from fragile newborns to adolescents.

As the flagship cancer hospital of Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and the principal teaching hospital of Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School in New Brunswick, RWJUH New Brunswick is an innovative leader in advancing state-of-the-art care. Featuring a Level 1 Trauma Center and the first Pediatric Trauma Center in the state, RWJUH’s New Brunswick campus serves as a national resource in its ground-breaking approaches to emergency preparedness.

RWJBarnabas Health is New Jersey’s largest integrated health care delivery system, providing treatment and services to more than three million patients each year. With 12 acute care hospitals, 3 children's hospitals, a growing number of our outpatient facilities and physician practices, our healthcare system is committed to providing the highest quality of patient care and health education to the community and region.

Our dedication to serving the people of New Jersey extends far beyond the care we provide within our hospital walls. We support programs that promote health and wellness in our communities and provide access to services that would otherwise be unavailable. We are committed to the ongoing improvement of the health, quality of life, and vitality of our communities. We strive to bring the best healthcare to meet the evolving needs of residents in New Jersey — whether that be enhancing the coordination for treating complex health conditions or improving community health through local programs and education.

Our partnership with Rutgers University creates the state’s largest academic healthcare system dedicated to providing high-quality patient care, leading-edge research, and world-class health and medical education, further advancing our mission of providing high-quality healthcare in New Jersey.

The new collaboration also aligns RWJBarnabas Health with Rutgers’ education, research, and clinical activities, including those at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey and Rutgers University Behavioral Health Care.

Join RWJBarnabas Health’s commitment to cultivating a team of dynamic and diverse physicians. Our goal is to create an equitable environment in which to work and receive care, to champion a diverse workforce, and to foster an inclusive setting that meets the social, cultural and linguistic needs of the communities we serve state-wide. We welcome and embrace the unique perspectives of our physicians, recognizing that this leads to better patient care, satisfaction and outcomes.