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Sutter Health - Bay Area
San Francisco, California

Physician, Neurology (San Francisco, CA)

NeurologyFull-Time

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Job Description

Opportunity Information

Sutter West Bay Medical Group is seeking a BC/BE Neurologist to join a premier, innovative, and rapidly growing multispecialty team in San Francisco.

This opportunity offers the best of both worlds-the autonomy and patient connection of a community-based practice, combined with the resources, stability, and collaboration of a large, integrated healthcare system.

What Sets This Opportunity Apart

Collaborative Neuroscience Network

Work alongside renowned neurological subspecialists at CPMC, with seamless coordination across complex cases

Customize Your Practice

Tailor your clinical focus, schedule, and responsibilities based on your interests, strengths, and career goals

Comprehensive Subspecialty Support

  • Collaborate with experts in headache, movement disorders, dementia, neuromuscular disease, epilepsy, stroke, and neurosurgery
  • Research & Innovation
  • Opportunities to engage in clinical research across ALS, epilepsy, and cognitive neurology

Built-In Referral Base

Access a large, established multispecialty network ensuring strong patient volume and continuity of care

  • Flexibility & Lifestyle
  • Full-time and part-time opportunities available
  • Flexible scheduling to support work-life balance
  • Telehealth capabilities to enhance care delivery and efficiency
  • High degree of practice autonomy within a supportive, physician-led environment
  • Opportunities for leadership, program development, and career growth

Qualifications

Board Certified or Board Eligible in Neurology

Fellowship Preferred

Join Us and Enjoy

Sutter West Bay Medical Group provides a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your professional growth, financial well-being, and work-life balance:

Medical Coverage: Begins on day one, with multiple plan options starting as low as $0-$50 per month; includes coverage for domestic partners

  • Dental & Vision: 100% employer-paid coverage
  • Retirement: 8% employer-funded profit-sharing contribution up to IRS maximums-no employee contribution required
  • Malpractice Insurance: Full coverage including tail
  • Continuing Medical Education: $6,000 annual CME allowance
  • Relocation & Support: Relocation assistance and access to professional development resources
  • Technology: Fully integrated EPIC EMR across both clinic and hospital settings

Professional Development: Opportunities for teaching, research, innovation, mentorship, leadership, and community engagement

Organization Details

Why Sutter Health and Sutter West Bay Medical Group (SWBMG)

Sutter Health offers a uniquely physician-aligned environment, large enough to support innovation and investment, yet local enough to preserve the autonomy, relationships, and purpose that matter to clinicians.

SWBMG is a premier multi-specialty medical group made up of nearly 500 clinicians practicing in the greater San Francisco service area. SWBMG works in partnership with Sutter Pacific Medical Foundation (SPMF), a non-profit organization providing care through its affiliation with SWBMG.

Physicians work as a team to provide patient-focused care that encourages a sense of teamwork. SPMF provides physicians with an administrative infrastructure, allowing physicians to focus on patient care.

Why This Matters for You

  • Joining Sutter means more than stepping into a role-it's an opportunity to:
  • Be part of a forward-thinking program shaping the future of care
  • Practice in a system investing heavily in innovation, technology, and growth
  • Contribute to expanding access to world-class neurological services in San Francisco
  • Build your career within a modern, collaborative, and evolving care environment

Be Part of What's Next

If you're looking to combine meaningful clinical work with innovation and growth, this is your opportunity to make an impact.

Community Information

Living in San Francisco

San Francisco offers a unique combination of professional opportunity, intellectual energy, and quality of life for physicians drawn to innovation and impact.

As a global hub for healthcare innovation, life sciences, and research, the city attracts forward-thinking clinicians and collaborators shaping the future of medicine. Its strong academic environment and commitment to equity and access create a compelling setting for advancing healthcare.

Outside of work, San Francisco offers an exceptional lifestyle, with world-class dining, arts, and culture alongside easy access to Northern California's natural beauty, from coastal trails to wine country. The region's diverse communities support both personal fulfillment and professional growth.

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

Provide neurological care within a collaborative, multispecialty practice, coordinating with subspecialists and supporting continuity of care through an established referral network. Physicians may tailor their clinical focus and schedule, participate in research and telehealth, and contribute to teaching, leadership, and program development.

Qualifications

Experience
5+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Clinical CareHeadache MedicineDementia CareEpilepsy CareStroke CareNeurosurgery Collaboration

Neurology — Physician Career Context

Of the 40 active Neurology listings this role was benchmarked against, 10% are remote, 63% have no call, 50% require no weekends.

Neurology pay on WeekdayDoc is down 2.9% 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).

Top Neurologist Jobs

24 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution23 jobs · 16 employers

8
<$375k
3
$375k-420k
8
$420k-465k
2
$465k-510k
2
$510k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks21 jobs · 16 employers

401k / retirement match
86% this job
CME allowance
57% this job
Sign-on bonus
48%
Loan repayment
24%
Relocation assistance
19% this job

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 4.8
Better work-life than 40% of Neurology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 467 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

Living in San Francisco

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$1.74M
Typical market rent
$4,682/mo
Residents’ average commute
30 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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About Sutter Health - Bay Area

Hospitals and Health Care
Palo Alto, CA
501-1,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Medical Coverage starting day one ($0-$50/month)
Dental & Vision 100% employer-paid
8% employer-funded profit-sharing retirement contribution
Malpractice Insurance with tail
$6,000 annual CME allowance
Relocation assistance
EPIC EMR
Flexible scheduling