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Postdoctoral Associate
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Title: Postdoctoral Associate
Division: Neurology
Schedule: Monday - Friday; 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Work Location: Houston, TX
Salary Range: Per NIH Guidelines
FLSA Status: Exempt
Requisition ID: 16986
Summary
The Neuropsychology Section in the Department of Neurology at Baylor College of Medicine (BCM) in Houston, Texas is recruiting for one Adult Clinical Neuropsychology postdoctoral position. The fellowship is consistent with APA Div. 40 and Houston Conference guidelines and meets eligibility requirements for board certification with ABPP/ABCN.
The mission of the BCM program is to prepare our fellows to function as independent scientist-clinicians and to provide an advanced comprehensive training opportunity for fellows to gain competence in adult neuropsychological assessment, feedback sessions, and multi-disciplinary team consultations.
Job Duties
- Evaluates a wide variety of patients with neurological and neurosurgical conditions.
- Supports Clinical Neuropsychology faculty members with direct patient care in an outpatient academic setting.
- Conducts clinical assessments, consultations, and feedback sessions.
- Participates in multi-disciplinary treatment team meetings for Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy surgery, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.
- Plans, directs, and conducts new and/or ongoing specialized and advanced research studies.
- Observes DBS, focused ultrasound, and epilepsy surgeries.
- Participates in corticography as part of their multi-disciplinary training.
- Participates in interpreter-mediated assessment for non-English/non-Spanish speakers through the ECCOS Clinic (Embracing Cultural Competence in Outpatient Settings).
- Attends minor rotations once a week in other settings in the Texas Medical Center.
- Joins a wide array of medical center didactics including Neurology and Psychiatry Grand Rounds, weekly BCM Neuropsychology Seminars, and monthly cross-cultural neuropsychology didactics (Taquitos de Sesos).
- Enrolls in a functional neuroanatomy course through Baylor College of Medicine.
- Observes DBS lead implantation, FUS, and epilepsy and tumor resection surgeries.
Minimum Qualifications
- MD or Ph.D. in Basic Science, Health Science, or a related field.
- No experience required.
Preferred Qualifications
- One-year APA-accredited internship.
Baylor College of Medicine requires employees to be fully vaccinated -subject to approved exemptions-against vaccine-preventable diseases including, but not limited to, COVID-19 and influenza.
Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.
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