Functional / Epilepsy Cranial Neurosurgeon
Providence Swedish Neuroscience Institute - Seattle, WA
Providence Swedish Neuroscience Institute is recruiting a fellowship-trained Functional and Epilepsy Cranial Neurosurgeon to join and help lead a growing, nationally recognized neuroscience program. This is a rare opportunity to shape and expand a comprehensive epilepsy and functional neurosurgery program within a collaborative, high-acuity academic environment.
Position Highlights
- Lead and grow an advanced functional and epilepsy neurosurgery practice, with approximately 40% subspecialty focus and the balance in general neurosurgery
- Compensation is between $858,913 and $1225139 annually
- Perform complex cranial procedures including SEEG, RNS, DBS, VNS, LITT, open epilepsy surgery, stereotactic procedures, and neuromodulation
- Practice primarily on the Issaquah campus while remaining fully integrated into the broader Swedish Neuroscience Institute for complex cases, inpatient care, and shared call
- Work alongside experienced advanced practice clinicians, neurophysiology, nursing, and perioperative teams that support high-acuity surgical care
- Participate in weekly multidisciplinary epilepsy conferences and comprehensive pre-surgical evaluation pathways
- Enjoy a sustainable call model supported by APC daytime coverage and cranial fellow support overnight and on weekends
Why Swedish Neuroscience Institute
- Join a large, well-established neuroscience program with deep subspecialty expertise across cranial, cerebrovascular, spine, epilepsy, movement disorders, and neuro-oncology
- Operate within a Level 4 Epilepsy program with in-house interpretive monitoring and strong adult and pediatric epilepsy collaboration
- Access state-of-the-art operating rooms equipped for robotic SEEG, DTI navigation, awake craniotomy, LITT, and focused ultrasound
- Thrive in a collegial, physician-led culture with engaged clinical and operational leadership committed to long-term program investment
- Opportunities for academic appointment, fellowship teaching, research participation, and program leadership
- This role is ideal for a surgeon who values clinical excellence, collaboration, and the opportunity to build and lead within one of the Pacific Northwest's premier neuroscience programs.
The compensation amounts listed may include productivity or quality/service incentives, call pay, extra shift incentives, as applicable to the position. In addition, providers may have CME benefits available to them.
Where You'll Work Swedish Neuroscience Institute provides advanced, progressive treatment for a wide range of brain, spine and central nervous system conditions. With a roster of world-class neurologists and neurosurgeons, leading-edge operating rooms and a specially trained inpatient neurology team, the Swedish Neuroscience Institute provides a world-class level of care to improve patient outcomes. Swedish uses telemedicine technology to expand its expertise to patients near and far.
Where You'll Live Seattle is the Pacific Northwest's largest urban center, with a metro population of 3.25 million, and is home to world-class arts and entertainment, a robust economy and an outstanding school system. The city hugs Puget Sound and offers magnificent mountain views to the north, east and south. Home to the world's biggest tech giants, Seattle offers some of the highest minimum wages in the country, along with a notable music and arts scene, outdoor lifestyle and amazing coffee.
Who You'll Work For Swedish is a comprehensive health network with a long history of excellence. The Seattle-based system operates five hospitals with more than 1,500 beds, and more than 115 primary and specialty care clinics. Part of the Providence family, Swedish is world-renowned for its innovative and ground-breaking diagnoses, treatments and medical research at its five award-winning institutes: cancer, digestive health, heart and vascular, neuroscience and orthopedic. Its mission is to improve the health and well-being of each person it serves.
