Medical Director – Memory Care Program

Hartford HealthCare’s Ayer Neuroscience Institute is seeking a visionary, fellowship-trained, full-time Medical Director for its Memory Care Program in Connecticut. The Medical Director will provide leadership and oversight for the multidisciplinary program, championing advanced memory care, clinical pathways, and faculty supervision. This dynamic role offers the opportunity to lead programmatic growth while collaborating with a world-class team of neuroscience experts in an academic and research-focused environment.

Practice Info

• Multidisciplinary effort focused on the diagnosis and treatment of cognitive disorders
• Supported by specialists in Neurology, Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, Clinical Social Work, and Advanced Practice Nursing
• Utilizes advanced diagnostics, including dementia biomarkers, neurocognitive testing, and amyloid PET imaging
• Offers innovative therapies, such as anti-amyloid monoclonal antibody treatment
• Academic institution affiliated with University of Connecticut School of Medicine and Quinnipiac University Medical School
• Involves medical education of students, residents and fellows, and clinical research

Responsibilities

• Leadership and oversight of Hartford HealthCare’s Memory Care Program, in collaboration with the Co-Physician-in-Chief and other clinical and administrative leadership of the Ayer Neuroscience Institute
• Provide personalized, coordinated outpatient evaluation and care of memory patients
• Facilitate the development and implementation of standardized practices and clinical pathways
• Ensure seamless access and efficient patient throughput
• Ensure that the multidisciplinary team provides each patient with an individualized and comprehensive assessment and meets the highest levels of patient experience
• Promote an atmosphere of positive, effective interaction and facilitate relationships between and among providers within Hartford HealthCare
• Educate residents about the diagnosis and treatment of patients with cognitive disorders
• Initiate clinical research programs related to cognitive disorders
• Participate in the Department of Neurology activities related to patient care, teaching, research and related matters
• Lead the Memory Care Clinical Council meetings, with representation from multiple disciplines, regions and care venues
• Collaborate with other councils, regions, institutes, departments and providers to form a seamless care continuum
• Develop care protocols that include the latest brain imaging techniques, testing for dementia bio markers and genetic risk factors, and disease modifying therapies

Compensation

• Competitive salary

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits including low cost, high quality medical/dental
• STD/LTD
• Matching 401(k)
• Generous paid time off
• CME

Shift & Schedule

• Full-time
• There is no inpatient call or hospital-based care required

Requirements

• BE/BC Cognitive Neurologist, or General Neurologist with training and expertise in dementia & related cognitive disorders