Open Faculty Positions
Clinician Educator Neurosurgeon (Trauma & Spine) – Stanford Neurosurgery
- Stanford University
- CE - Clinician Educator
- Opening at: Mar 24 2026 - 9:00am PDT
- Closing at: Oct 1 2026 - 11:55pm PDT
The Department of Neurosurgery at Stanford University School of Medicine is recruiting for a Clinician Educator position at rank of Clinical Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor. We are particularly interested in candidates who have experience in neurosurgical trauma and spinal surgery.
The major criterion for appointment as Clinician Educator is excellence in the overall mix of clinical care, teaching, administrative and/or scholarship appropriate to the programmatic need the individual is expected to fulfill.
The successful applicant is required to have a M.D. degree and obtain medical licensure within the State of California.
Responsibilities will include the surgical and medical care of inpatients and outpatients at Santa Clara Valley Medical Center (SCVMC) and Regional Medical Center (RMC), which are teaching affiliates of Stanford University School of Medicine. Primary clinical assignment will be at RMC, in San Jose, California, which is a busy Level-2 trauma center.
The appointment consists of extensive exposure to the surgical treatment of cranial and spinal trauma, tumor, as well as minimally invasive and complex spinal surgery. There will be ample opportunities for clinical research through well-established institutional tumor and trauma registries. There is availability of state-of-the-art image guidance systems, intraoperative CT, and 3D fluoroscopy. He/she will participate in weekly clinical conferences at Stanford and be involved with resident training.
Full-time faculty within the program include Drs. Harminder Singh, Marco Lee and Tene Cage and Adela Wu.
The university’s central functions of research and education depend on freedom of thought, and expression. The Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, and Stanford University value faculty who will help foster an open and respectful academic environment for colleagues, students, and staff with a wide range of backgrounds, identities, and perspectives. Candidates may choose to include as part of their research and teaching statements a brief discussion about how their work and experience will further these values.
Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis and accepted until the position is filled. Interested applicants should submit a detailed letter of interest, a current curriculum vitae, and names of three references.
This role is open to candidates from multiple disciplines/specialties. The pay offered to the selected candidates will be based on their field or discipline. The expected base pay range for likely disciplines are listed below. Interested candidates whose discipline is not listed below may contact the hiring department for the salary range specific to their discipline/specialty.
Application Instructions
Submit CV, a brief letter and the names of three references.
http://facultypositions.stanford.edu/cw/en-us/job/494961
The expected base pay range for this position is:
Assistant Processor step 1-7 $358,000 - $376,000
Associate Professor step 1-7 $421,000 - $439,000
Professor step 1-7 $483,000 - $495,000
This pay range reflects base pay, which is based on faculty rank and years in rank. It does not include all components of the School of Medicine’s faculty compensation program or pay from participation in departmental incentive compensation programs. For more information about compensation and our wide-range of benefits, including housing assistance, please contact the hiring department.
Stanford University has provided a pay range representing its good faith estimate of what the university reasonably expects to pay for the position. The pay offered to the selected candidate will be determined based on factors including (but not limited to) the experience and qualifications of the selected candidate including equivalent years in rank, training, and field or discipline; internal equity; and external market pay for comparable jobs.
Stanford is an equal employment opportunity and affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Stanford welcomes applications from all who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching and clinical missions.
Consistent with its obligations under the law, the University will provide reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities. Applicants requiring a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process should contact disability.access@stanford.edu.