Neurology, Neurology Outpatient Physician

Job Summary and Responsibilities

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Neurologist Opportunity Private Practice Ownership, Redding, CA
\n Catalyst Neuromedical Center | 100% Outpatient | No Call | Physician-Owned
\n As a Neurologist at Catalyst Neuromedical, youll build the future of neurology care for Northern California. Were a physician-owned, outpatient, private practice in Redding seeking board-certified/eligible neurologists who share our commitment to compassion, integrity, service, excellence, and teamwork and who want their work to actually matter. This is a turnkey opportunity: an established patient base and referral pipeline on day one, a true no-call 100% outpatient schedule, and a clear path to ownership built on service- line economics (EEG, ambulatory EEG, EMG/NCS, Botox, CCM, strategic partnerships) that let physicians earn more without adding volume or hours.

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To be successful in this role, you should be excited about:
\n Turnkey Infrastructure established patient base, plus full administrative, billing, and clinical support from day one.
\n True Autonomy blend general neurology with your sub-specialty interests (neurophysiology, epilepsy, neuromuscular, or others); set your own 4- or 5-day schedule; real input on hiring and program direction.
\n True Mentorship work directly with Dr. Karen Garnaas (University of Michigan, Mayo Clinic trained) on both clinical excellence and the business of medicine.
\n Regional Collaboration partner seamlessly with Mercy Medical Center Reddings neurointensivists, neurosurgeons, and neurohospitalists for full-service regional coverage.
\n Academic Opportunities optional teaching through the local family medicine residency program (UC Davis-affiliated) or internal medicine residency (CUSM- affiliated), if you love to teach.
\n 100% Outpatient, No Call flexible 4- or 5-day workweek, designed to prevent burnout by design, not by accident.
\n A Real Path to Ownership transparent track to future practice ownership and profit-sharing. Build equity in something you helped shape, not just a paycheck.

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\n As an outpatient neurologist, you will have opportunity to provide the services below:
\n E&M services: With a vast catchment area, you will have the opportunity to see a broad spectrum of neurologic conditions and the volume to build your subspecialty practice interests.
\n Diagnostic Testing: EEG, ambulatory EEG, EMG/NCS, skin biopsy for small fiber neuropathy or alpha synuclienopathies.
\n In-Office Procedures: Botulinum toxin injections (migraine, spasticity, dystonia), nerve blocks, trigger point injections.

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Catalyst Neuromedical Center in collaboration with Dignity Healthis offering this robust recruitment package.
\n 1-2-year guarantee: $370,000$400,000 plus benefits (based on training/experience)
\n Transparent track to practice ownership by year 3, which will allow additional profit sharing of service income lines resulting in income potential exceeding $500,000
\n OPtion 1: Sign-on incentive: up to $75,000, Option 2: Sign-on incetntive: up to $50,000 plus up to $100,000 in student loan repayment
\n Relocation support: up to $20,000
\n Health/dental/vision, 401(k) match, profit sharing and CME allowance

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Job Requirements\n
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Job requirements:
\n MD or DO from an accredited institution
\n Board Certified or eligible in Neurology
\n Active or eligible license in the State of California
\n Open to general neurology and/or sub-specialty focus (neurophysiology, epilepsy, neuromuscular, dementia or other interests)
\n Strong interpersonal skills and alignment with a collaborative, values-driven practice culture
\n Commitment to providing high-quality, compassionate care to the region

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\nWhere You'll Work\n
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The Heart of Catalyst
\n We serve a 14-county catchment of over 750,000 people across the North State a region with real, longstanding need for specialized neurological care close to home. For us, that scale of need isnt just a market opportunity; its the reason the practice exists. We think of neurology here, less as a transaction and more as a calling to serve and were looking for physicians who feel that same pull toward medicine as service to community, whatever draws them to it personally.
\n Most private practices are built around throughput first visit length, patient volume, and margin dictate everything else, and the physician adapts to fit the model. We built ours the other way around: revenue exists to fund the kind of medicine we want to practice, not the other way around. Thats the honest answer to the fear a lot of physicians have about private practice that choosing it means choosing money over mission. Here, the service- line infrastructure and downstream revenue exist specifically so we can afford to practice unhurried, whole-person medicine and still build good lives for the physicians doing it. You dont have to choose.

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\n In practice, that looks like:
\n Time to work through complex presentations cognitive impairment workups, atypical movement disorders, diagnostic puzzles instead of a schedule that only has room for the straightforward cases.
\n Whole-person care, not just the chief complaint. Our staff culture and workflows are built around treating the patient in front of you, not processing the next one in the waiting room.
\n A team hired and trained around compassion, integrity, service, excellence, and teamwork not just clinical competency. That shows up in how front desk staff treat anxious patients, how MAs prep a visit, and how the whole practice carries a difficult conversation.

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Sustainability by design, not by accident. The service-line income and turnkey infrastructure described above exist specifically, so physicians arent forced to choose between financial security and the pace of medicine they actually believe in.
\n If youve felt the pull toward corporate medicines efficiency but missed the room to actually practice the way you were trained to to sit with a patient, work a hard case all
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Where you will work: Catalyst Neuromedical Center PC
\n A physician-owned, physician-led outpatient practice in Redding, California, serving a 14- county, 750,000-person region built to protect the physician-patient relationship first, and sustained by the service lines and partnerships that make that possible.
Contact: Dr.Karen Garnaas [email protected]
Hannah Young, Physician Recruiter [email protected]
\n Learn more: www.catalystneuromedical.com

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Redding & Northern California
\n Redding sits between Mount Shasta, Mount Lassen, and the Trinity Alps, with lakes and rivers for year-round outdoor recreation right outside town a low cost-of-living market by California standards, with good schools, and affordable housing. Its 34 hours from the Bay Area, Lake Tahoe, Napa, the Oregon coast, and the Redwoods, so weekend options are endless.

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Mercy Medical Center Redding offers comprehensive health care to nearly 300,000 residents in a six-county region. It is one of only two Level II trauma centers and the only Level III neonatal ICU north of Sacramento. Mercy Medical Center Redding is a 266-bed regional medical center providing inpatient and outpatient services as well as specialized cardiovascular care, stroke care, orthopedics, neurological surgery, comprehensive cancer care, maternity care, and a robust robotic surgery program. In addition, the hospitals network of care includes Mercy Home Health and Hospice and Dignity Health Connected Living, which serves nearly 72,000 meals a year. The medical staff has over 250 active members who partner with skilled professionals, support staff and helpful volunteers to provide innovative medical services to the North State communities. Mercy serves as a local community hospital as well as a referral center for a vast region from the Oregon border two hours north, halfway to Sacramento (two hours to the south), east to Nevada and west to the Pacific Ocean. Mercy Medical Center Redding is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy of Auburn, along with St. Elizabeth Community Hospital in Red Bluff and Mercy Medical Center Mt. Shasta.

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Key Services
\n Level II Trauma Center and Regional Emergency Care
\n Cardiovascular Care
\n Cardiac and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
\n Family Birth Center
\n Thrombectomy-Capable Stroke Center
\n Neurology
\n Center for Joint and Spine Health
\n Inpatient and Outpatient Oncology Care
\n Level III Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
\n Pediatric Care
\n Wound Healing and Hyperbaric Medicine Center
\n General Medical Services
\n daVinci, Mazor X, MAKO Robotic Surgery
\n Home Health and Hospice
\n Residency Programs Family Practice, Nursing, Pharmacy
\n Telemedicine Services Neurology, Stroke Care, Behavioral Health, Radiology and Pediatrics.

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\n Awards and Affiliations
\n Stanford Cardiac Surgery in affiliation with The Mercy Redding Heart Center
\n Honor Roll Recognition for Maternal Care and Safe Opioid Care
\n Blue Distinction Center for Spine Surgery
\n American Heart Associations Gold Plus Get With The Guidelines Stroke Quality Achievement Award | Target: StrokeSM Elite Plus award | Target: Type 2 DiabetesSM Honor Roll award.
\n Blue Distinction Center for Knee and Hip Replacement
\n Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) | Designated LGBTQ+ Healthcare Equality Top Performer 2022

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CommonSpirit Health was formed by the alignment of Catholic Health Initiatives (CHI) and Dignity Health. With more than 700 care sites across the U.S. from clinics and hospitals to home-based care and virtual care services CommonSpirit is accessible to nearly one out of every four U.S. residents. Our world needs compassion like never before. Our communities need caring and our families need protection. With our combined resources CommonSpirit is committed to building healthy communities advocating for those who are poor and vulnerable and innovating how and where healing can happen both inside our hospitals and out in the community.

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Pay Range\n
\n$370,000.00 - $400,000.00 /year\n