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Berkeley, California

Physician, Neurodegenerative (Berkeley/Castro Valley, CA)

NeurologyFull-Time

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Job Description

Opportunity Information

Sutter East Bay Medical Group (SEBMG) is seeking to hire a full-time movement disorders and neurodegenerative physician to join an established group of Neurologists providing Neurology services in 2 East Bay Medical Centers. The SEBMG Neurology Department provides 24/7 coverage for ER and hospital inpatients. This includes coverage for a comprehensive stroke center.

SEBMG is a rapidly growing multi-specialty medical group whose physicians and advanced practice clinicians work in 10 care centers and 4 hospitals in the San Francisco East Bay. SEBMG is affiliated with Sutter East Bay Medical Foundation, a not-for-profit health care organization providing operational and administrative support to the medical group.

Position Details

Care for a large number of patients with Parkinson's disease as well as other movement disorders.

Deep brain stimulator programming, neurotoxin injections for dystonia, use of subcutaneous medication pumps.

Assist in management of patients with dementia of various causes.

Department Highlights

Multiple sub-specialty neurology group with expertise in many areas of Neurology.

Dedicated medical social worker and advanced practice pharmacist as part of the patient care team.

Multiple hybrid Neurologist working both inpatient and outpatient.

Comprehensive stroke center and one of the two hospitals.

Teaching of internal medicine residents (compensated).

Qualifications

  • Board Certified/Eligible
  • Possess active and unrestricted California Medical License

Current DEA License

Advanced Parkinson's experience strongly preferred, including deep brain stimulator programming and botulinum toxin injections for dystonia.

Join Us and Enjoy

  • Guaranteed salary for two years
  • Shareholder eligible after two years
  • Shareholders enjoy very competitive income
  • Schedule flexibility and sabbaticals for work-life balance
  • Malpractice tail coverage
  • Relocation allowance
  • Generous benefits package
  • 401K, cash-balance retirement plan, HSA

Organization Details

  • Recognized for its excellence in compassionate, patient-centered care
  • Received multiple awards for our quality, innovation, and leadership
  • Multidisciplinary group including physicians, nurse practitioners, physician assistant and certified nurse midwives
  • 25+ specialties throughout Alameda and Contra Costa Counties
  • Support and encourage leadership and advancement opportunities

*Benefits are prorated to full-time status and employees in other types of employment classifications may be eligible for some of these benefits.

Community Information

Berkeley is a vibrant and dynamic city that is consummately Californian in setting, international in cultural outlook, and filled with superb restaurants, shops, theaters, and cafes. Berkeley has a creative scene that extends from the performing and visual to the culinary arts.

In the East Bay, Berkeley is a stylish arts and entertainment destination. Berkeley is a town with live theater and music almost every night and its theatrical and cultural venues keep the arts front and center, citywide and year-round. Berkeley is also known for its food.

Berkeley is passionate about cuisine, and it shows on the menus of the city's innovative, influential restaurants, inside the dozens of specialty food stores and stands that line its avenues, and at the trio of weekly farmers markets in town.

With so many cultural and culinary experiences to savor indoors, Berkeley also has many ways to enjoy the great outdoors. The city extends from San Francisco Bay into a forested coastal range, offering hiking and biking trails that run along the bay and up into the city's landmark regional parks.

People can enjoy sailing, rock climbing, kayaking, windsurfing, skateboarding, golf, and beautiful gardens. Berkeley is also careful to honor and celebrate its past with dozens of historic monuments and architectural treasures.

Equal Opportunity Statement

It is the policy of Sutter Health and its partners to provide equal employment for all qualified individuals; to prohibit discrimination in employment because of basis of race, color, creed, religion, marital status, sexual orientation, registered domestic partner status, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, ancestry, national origin (including possession of a driver's license issued to individuals who did not present proof of authorized presence in the U.S.), age, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military or protected veteran status, political affiliation, pregnancy or perceived pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding or related medical condition, genetic information or any other characteristic made unlawful by local, state or federal law, ordinance or regulation.

We promote the full realization of equal employment opportunities through a positive continuing program within each medical group, company, hospital, department, and service area. Equal employment opportunities apply to every aspect of Sutter's employment policies and practices.

Key Responsibilities

The physician will provide specialized care for patients with Parkinson's disease and other movement disorders, including performing deep brain stimulator programming and neurotoxin injections. Additionally, the role involves managing patients with dementia and participating in inpatient and outpatient neurology services.

Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Parkinson's disease managementDystonia treatmentDementia managementInpatient careOutpatient careStroke center support

Neurology — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Neurology listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 63% have no call, 53% require no weekends.

Neurology pay on WeekdayDoc is down 6.2% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for California is 110.7 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 63.6% of California clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Annual compensation range

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Loan repayment
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 4.5
Better work-life than 30% of Neurology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 455 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in Berkeley

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.54M
Typical market rent
$2,818/mo
Residents’ average commute
28 min
State income tax
Up to 13.3%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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Benefits & Perks

Guaranteed salary for two years
Shareholder eligibility after two years
Malpractice tail coverage
Relocation allowance
Generous benefits package
401K
Cash-balance retirement plan
HSA