Job Description

Carle Health is seeking an additional BE/BC fellowship-trained Spine Surgeon to lead our growing spine program at the Carle Neuroscience Institute in Urbana, Illinois.

Practice opportunity details include:

• The ideal candidate would be fellowship-trained in Spine Surgery with a passion to grow the spine program and advance their academic career via collaboration with Carle Illinois College of Medicine and the University of Illinois Beckman Institute in a variety of neuroscience translational research projects
• The Carle Illinois College of Medicine is the nation's first college of medicine focused on the intersection of engineering and medicine
• Neurosurgery and Orthopedic Surgery-trained candidates welcome to apply
• Take call at a single hospital with strong hospitalist and critical-care support
• Our Neurosurgery team has four hospital-based Advanced Practice Providers on days, three on nights and two clinic-based APPs in addition to excellent support staff
• Strong referral base with little local competition; all spine cases in the area are referred to the Carle Neuroscience Institute
• Neuro ICU
• Join a large, vertically integrated health system with a service area of over 1.5 million in the Central and Southern Illinois regions
• Carle Neuroscience Institute (CNI) provides comprehensive medical and surgical services for our patients with brain and spine disorders and participates in several clinical trials for patients who come from all over the Central Illinois region
• State-of-the-art equipment including O arm, Zeiss KINEVO® microscope, StealthStation™ Surgical Navigation system, Laser Interstitial Thermal Therapy and Siemens 7T MRI Scanner for clinical and research usage.
• Excellent compensation package and signing bonus, profit-sharing plans, health/dental/life/LTD insurance, paid malpractice insurance with full tail coverage, relocation assistance, and vacation meeting time
• Our collegial team includes Neurology (adult & pediatric), Epileptology and EMU, Vascular Neurology, Neuro-interventional, Neuro-critical care, Neuro-radiology, Neuro-otology, Neuro-ophthalmology, Neuro-rehabilitation, Neuro-psychology, Pain management program and Sleep medicine program
• Opportunity to teach medical students through the Carle Illinois College of Medicine

About the Carle Neuroscience Institute:

• As a Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center from DNV Healthcare, CNI provides comprehensive services including Vascular Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology, and Neuro-interventional services
• Carle Foundation Hospital is a recognized treating center by the American Brain Tumor Association
• Carle Foundation Hospital is accredited as a Level 3 Epilepsy Center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC)
• Carle Foundation Hospital is the recipient of the 2022 AHA/ASA Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award and Target: Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll
• Recognized as One of Healthgrades America's 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care™ in 2021 and 2022
• Recipient of Healthgrades Neurosciences Excellence Award™ for 3 years in a row (2019-2021)
• Recipient of Healthgrades Stroke Care Excellence Award™ for 2020 and 2022

About Carle

Recognized as a Great Place to Work®, Carle Health is a vertically integrated system based in Urbana, IL, with nearly 16,500 team members and over 1,300 physicians and APPs in its eight hospitals, physician groups and health businesses. Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Health Methodist Hospital and Carle Health Proctor Hospital hold Magnet® designations- the nation’s highest nursing honor. Carle Foundation Hospital also ranks as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals™ by Healthgrades®. The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, as well as Health Alliance™ and FirstCarolinaCare health insurance plans. Carle Health is dedicated to being a trusted healthcare partner for the communities it serves.