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Lansing, Michigan

MEDICAL DIRECTOR NEOROSCIENCE PROGRAM

NeurologyIncludes callPer Diem

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Job Description

  • Job Opportunity
  • Job ID: 55323
  • Positions Location: Lansing, MI Job Description General Purpose of Job: The Neuroscience

Description

Positions Location: Lansing, MI

Job Description

General Purpose of Job:

The Neuroscience Medical Director will provide medical leadership in neuroscience. Supports program development, refinement, and referral base growth of the service. Serves as primary communicator to physicians who are current or potential users of these services. Acts as a liaison to the medical staff on issues pertaining to neuroscience services. Meets with the CMO quarterly and yearly to create and review performance of BASE + growth goals.

Essential Duties

  • Provides medical leadership for neuroscience departments
  • Develop and lead clinical development strategies
  • Act as clinical lead for neuroscience, monitoring safety data, ensuring patient safety
  • Collaborate with accreditation readiness department and represent the department for any regulatory interactions
  • Lead the interpretation of data to support business strategy
  • Work Collaboratively with the Administrative Director of Neuroscience

Belonging&Inclusion: assess performance on engagement survey and work to achieve >70% participation in engagement survey, and improved performance on measures of psychological safety by >.03, supervise medical directors of the stroke program and neurophysiology.

Ensure adequate supervision and educational experience for trainees in collaboration with the program director. The attending is available per UMHSL by-laws, sees the patient within the time frame of the consult and has chart documentation, labs and imaging review.

Access: increase number of adult patients that receive service from the neurophysiology program

Safety: achieve Vizient top quartile performance in mortality and L.O.S. for patients with a primary Neurologic diagnosis in 3 years; all services will collaborate with quality team to create a Morbidity, Mortality and Peer Review program in accordance with the Reaching for the Stars program.

  • Experience: achieve Press Ganey targets for UMHSL
  • Growth: collaborate with NeuroCare network to design a neuro-hospitalist program in FY26 inclusive of consults and inpatient general neurology; expand EMU program through increasing adult patients
  • Finance: create pro-forma for a Neurohospitalist program in FY26
  • Integration: alignment with UMH-AMC and UMH-West on all neuroscience programs
  • Innovation: remote stroke and neurophysiology services

Participates in Credentialing of Neuroscience Staff

  • Reviews and recommends the acquisition of new technology, equipment to maintain state of the art technology and cost effectiveness.
  • Base +Growth/Finance/Integration/Innovation
  • Job Requirements
  • General Requirements Board Certified in Neurology
  • Work Experience Minimum of 3 years as a practicing provider
  • Education MD or DO

Medical Director Neoroscience Program

  • Job Family
  • Physicians & Advanced Practice Providers

Requirements

  • Shift Days
  • Degree Type / Education Level MD/DO
  • Status Per Diem
  • Facility Sparrow Hospital
  • Experience Level Under 4 Years

Key Responsibilities

The Medical Director will provide clinical leadership for the neuroscience program, overseeing strategy, patient safety, and program growth. They will also act as a liaison to medical staff and supervise the stroke and neurophysiology programs.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Stroke program managementData interpretationRegulatory complianceStrategic planningTeam supervisionQuality improvementMedical staff liaisonHealthcare administration

Neurology — Physician Career Context

Of the 41 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 7% are remote, 63% have no call, 49% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 4.8% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Michigan is 96.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.8% of Michigan clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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Salary Distribution23 jobs · 15 employers

9
<$390k
2
$400k
8
$430k-470k
2
$470k-510k
2
$510k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks21 jobs · 15 employers

401k / retirement match
90%
CME allowance
57%
Sign-on bonus
48%
Loan repayment
24%
Relocation assistance
19%

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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 3.0
Better work-life than 20% of Neurology listings

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

  • Includes call

Living in Lansing

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$193k
Typical market rent
$1,222/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
95.0
State income tax
Up to 4.3%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Lansing-East Lansing, MI metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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