Description

ECU Health Physicians and ECU Health Neurosurgery and Spine Center are seeking a board eligible or board certified Neurosurgeon with training in minimally invasive spine surgery to develop a minimally invasive spine surgery program in Greenville, NC. ECU Health’s Neurosurgery team consists of 9 neurosurgeons and 7 nurse practitioners and physician assistants. ECU Health Medical Center, a 974-bed level 1 trauma center, serves as the regional leader for neurosciences and is the only comprehensive stroke center in eastern North Carolina.

 Highlights include:

• Employment by ECU Health Physicians (non-academic employment model)
• Hospital privileges at ECU Health Medical Center, a level 1 trauma center
• Large referral network including over 130 ECU Health practices and 9 ECU Health owned hospitals
• Established neuroscience team of 9 neurosurgeons, an interventional neurologist, inpatient stroke neurologists, neurointensivists, neurologists and a large team of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants
• ECU Health Medical Center is home to a newly expanded 24-bed NSICU as well as a large rehab center providing both inpatient and outpatient support to neuroscience patients
• Team of dedicated NSICU NP/PA’s providing 24/7 coverage
• Strong investment in neuroscience technology including a Medtronic O-arm, Mazor Robot, Airo intraoperative CT, 2 BrainLab systems and 2 Stealth Stations
• Over 1,600 neurological cases performed annually including complex spine and brain tumor resections  

Nationally recognized by Becker’s Healthcare as a top 100 program for neurosurgery, ECU Health’s Neuroscience Program uses a multidisciplinary approach to provide a range of services to include diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with neurological disorders. The hospital has specialty-trained staff in nursing, neurology, general neurosurgery, pediatric neurosurgery, vascular and endovascular neurosurgery, complex spine surgery, neuroradiology (including 24/7 in-house neuroradiology coverage), neuro-critical care and neuro-oncology. The Neuroscience team takes great pride in their patient- and family-centered approach to care, which promotes optimization of patient outcomes.

ECU Health Physicians, the employed provider group of ECU Health, is comprised of over 1,100 physicians and advanced practice providers across more than 130 locations in eastern North Carolina. The group provides the infrastructure and leadership needed to manage a modern medical practice including processes for billing and collection, group contracting, electronic medical records and other technologies.

ECU Health Physicians includes an academic practice model (ECU employment) and a community practice model (health system employment). There is shared leadership and shared services to support the overall group and to ensure alignment for clinical care, research, education and strategy.

This innovative structure creates opportunities within ECU Health Physicians ranging from acute to ambulatory, academic practice to community practice, regional to rural, and everything in between.

Greenville, NC

Widely recognized as the thriving cultural, educational, economic and medical hub of eastern North Carolina, Greenville is the 10^th largest city in the state with a metropolitan population of nearly 100,000.  The Dickinson Avenue Arts District offers a vibrant arts, music, culinary and festival scene in the Uptown Greenville district.  Greenville is also home to East Carolina University, the Brody School of Medicine, and Pitt Community College.  Excellent affordability, convenient location and natural resources combined with all of the amenities of a metropolitan university town, Greenville is the perfect place to live, work and play! 

• Located inland off of the North Carolina coast, Greenville is 45 miles east of interstate 95, just over an hour to Raleigh, a little over an hour to the pristine beaches of the Crystal Coast of NC
• Home to East Carolina University (ECU), a vibrant university with an annual enrollment of more than 24,000 students
• Numerous waterways and the Greenville Greenway System are perfect for boating, kayaking, fishing, hiking and camping
• Mild climate perfect for year-round outdoor activities
• Cost of living below the national average, diverse and affordable housing and excellent educational opportunities, both public and private
• Investment of more than $500 million in downtown Greenville’s revitalization bringing new restaurants, shops, businesses, and residents to the area

For more information please forward your CV to Amanda.Mercer@ecuhealth.org or call 252-847-9029.