Position Summary/ Department Summary:
The Movement Disorders Program in the Department of Neurology and Functional Neurosurgery in the Department of Neurosurgery at Boston Children’s Hospital are seeking a motivated and detail-oriented Clinical Research Coordinator to support our Surgical Therapies for Movement Disorders program. The program offers deep brain stimulation (DBS), selective dorsal rhizotomy, and intrathecal baclofen therapy to children and young adults with dystonia, spasticity, and other complex movement disorders, serving patients from New England, across the United States, and internationally. This new position, jointly supported by Neurology and Neurosurgery, combines patient-facing program coordination with clinical research. The coordinator will work closely with Dr. Darius Ebrahimi-Fakhari and Dr. Kathryn Yang (Movement Disorders Program) and Dr. Weston Northam (Functional Neurosurgery), serving as the central point of contact for families and referring clinicians and leading the systematic collection of surgical outcome data. Please note this is an onsite position.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the main point of contact for families, referring clinicians, and outside centers, and coordinate referrals and multidisciplinary evaluations.
• Coordinate operating room scheduling, DBS programming visits, and post-operative follow-up.
• Maintain a central database of referred and treated patients, and collect surgical outcome and safety data.
• Support recruitment, consent, and biospecimen collection for IRB-approved studies and existing biorepositories.
• Assist with IRB submissions, amendments, and regulatory documentation.
• Work with Marketing and Global Alliances on outreach and referral development, and prepare reports for program review.

Minimum Qualifications
Education

• A Bachelor’s degree in neuroscience, biology, psychology, public health, or a related field is required.

Experience

• At least one year of experience in clinical research or a healthcare setting; excellent organizational and communication skills; comfort working directly with patients and families.
• Experience with REDCap or Epic, IRB processes and human subjects research, patient scheduling or referral coordination, or a clinical neuroscience setting is preferred.

Licensure/ Certifications:

• Training in human subjects research (CITI) and Good Clinical Practice preferred.