Orthopaedic Oncology Clinician Scientist

The University of Rochester's Department of Orthopaedics is seeking a clinician scientist with fellowship training in musculoskeletal oncology to join their team. This full-time position offers substantial protected research time and start-up funds, reflecting a commitment to orthopaedic oncology and research. The successful candidate will contribute to a leading academic medical center and its Wilmot Cancer Center, serving a large patient population in western New York.

Practice Info

• The Department of Orthopaedics has 60 clinical and 14 full-time research faculty.
• The department serves as the sole orthopaedic clinicians for UR Medicine, a seven-hospital clinically integrated network.
• The network serves a population of close to a million patients in western New York.
• The Department is organized into 9 sub-specialty divisions.
• The successful candidate will join another fellowship-trained orthopaedic oncologist and 4 advanced practice providers in the Division of Orthopaedic Oncology and Metabolic Bone Disease.
• The Division collaborates closely with the University's Wilmot Cancer Center, the busiest cancer center in New York State outside of New York City.

Responsibilities

• Provide care for primary and secondary musculoskeletal malignancies.
• Support the osteoporosis program.
• Take a modest amount of level II trauma call.
• Contribute to cancer research programs in sarcoma, tumor metastasis to bone, cancer-associated sarcopenia, and the bone-tumor microenvironment.

Compensation

• Compensation: $400,000 - $750,000
• Substantial protected research time and start-up funds, commensurate with the candidate's research achievements and potential.
• Individual salaries will be determined within the job's salary range and established based on (but not limited to) market data, experience and expertise of the individual, and with consideration to related position salaries.
• Alignment of clinical incentive-based compensation may also be applicable and will be discussed during the hiring process.

Shift & Schedule

• Full-time position

Qualifications

• Fellowship training in musculoskeletal oncology.
• Commitment to a career in orthopaedic oncology and orthopaedic research.
• ABOS board eligible or board certified.
• Eligible for an unrestricted New York State license.
• A post-offer health assessment is required.
• Open to visa sponsorship.