Child Neurologist / Headache Specialist (MD or DO) - Dayton Children's Hospital

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Job Description

Facility

Dayton Children's - Main Campus

Schedule: Full time

Hours: 40

Job Details

Dayton Children’s Hospital, a freestanding children’s hospital and Level I Trauma Center in Dayton, Ohio, is recruiting a child neurologist with fellowship training in headache medicine.

Department Specific Job Details

We are looking for an exceptionally motivated child neurologist with additional training in headache who can participate in our headache clinic, manage the headache infusion enter and provide leadership to the development of the headache program.

Dayton Children’s is the only area hospital with a full-service child neurology center, and with 13,000 visits and 4,000 tests annually, our department is one of the busiest in the hospital. We are a group of 7 neurologists and are assisted by four nurse practitioners and three clinical care coordinators.

EEG technologists, triage nurses and office personnel complete our team. We offer all modalities of diagnostic testing including epilepsy and epilepsy monitoring services and have established neurorehabilitation, epilepsy, Tourette’s, neuromuscular and headache programs.

We have a busy Epilepsy Monitoring Unit and an active ketogenic diet program as well as the support of 3 pediatric neurosurgeons who participate in the epilepsy surgery program. We have nine multi-disciplinary clinics and an intra-operative neuro-monitoring program.

Dayton Children’s serves a pediatric population of 510,000 from a 20-county region of central and southwestern Ohio and eastern Indiana. An eight-story, 260,000-square-foot patient care tower sits in the center of the hospital’s main campus. The south campus includes a medical office building, a pediatric emergency department, an outpatient surgery center, a Sleep Lab, and Kids Express Care along with the pre-existing urgent care center.

The Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine department of pediatrics and its residency program are based at Dayton Children’s. Residents in adult neurology, pediatrics, medicine/pediatrics, family practice, child psychiatry, emergency medicine, orthopedics, and surgery train at Dayton Children’s.

Known as the birthplace of aviation, Dayton is home to some of the best private and public schools in the state, a vibrant arts and entertainment community and a beautiful system of parks, trails, and river corridors. For additional information, visit dayton.com

Key Responsibilities

The child neurologist will participate in the headache clinic, manage the headache infusion center, and provide leadership for the development of the headache program. They will also collaborate with a multidisciplinary team to provide comprehensive neurological care to pediatric patients.

Requirements

Candidates must be a child neurologist with fellowship training in headache medicine. The role requires an MD or DO degree and the ability to work within a busy, full-service child neurology center.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Clinical LeadershipNeuromuscular MedicinePediatric CareMedical Education

Neurology — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 14% are remote, 70% have no call, 36% require no weekends.

The cost-of-living index for Ohio is 92.8 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.3% of Ohio clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Physician by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPhysician median $350k (middle half $294k–$360k)50 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingOhio index 92.8US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physician listings in Ohio627 active22,266 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 14% remote · 70% no call · 36% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedOhio Physician listings: 24% state a sign-on bonus (median $50k) · 8% offer loan repayment627 active listings, Nov 2026
Neurology hiring demand#14 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 48 days · 21% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 144 postings, 138 closed
New Neurology listings194 in the last 30 days148 the 30 days before (+31%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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