Widely recognized as the thriving cultural, educational, economic, and medical hub of eastern North Carolina, this city is the 10thlargest city in the state with a metropolitan population of nearly 100,000.Residents enjoy a vibrant art, music, culinary, and festival scene as well access to a four-year university, a community college, and a school of medicine. The existing neuroscience team consists of 9 neurosurgeons, including 3 dual-trained cerebrovascular neurosurgeons, an interventional neurologist, a neuro-oncologist, stroke neurohospitalists, neurologists, neurointensivists, and a large team of Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants.