Section Chief - Head and Neck Medical Oncologist

City of Hope Medical Group is seeking a full-time Head and Neck Medical Oncologist - Section Chief to join their Department of Medical Oncology at the main campus in Duarte, CA. This dynamic role offers the opportunity to provide multidisciplinary patient care, lead clinical trials and translational research, and participate in academic teaching within an NCI-designated comprehensive cancer center. The ideal candidate will provide vision and leadership to advance the head and neck cancer programs on a national scale.

Practice Info

• 500+ member integrated, multidisciplinary Medical Group practice serving an NCI designated comprehensive cancer center
• Clinic based at Duarte main campus
• Working with a dynamic medical oncology group providing services in head and neck cancers alongside renowned pathologists, radiation oncologists, and surgical oncologists
• Established practice with an available patient panel
• Highly translational research environment with extensive clinical trial infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Provide clinical care primarily in outpatient settings with some inpatient responsibilities for patients with head and neck cancers including other thoracic malignancies
• Provide vision and leadership in research and clinical care delivery throughout the enterprise
• Expand and scale clinical trials and translational research to patients throughout City of Hope enterprise
• Train fellows specializing in the broader area of medical oncology as well as fellows training for a career specifically in Head & Neck Oncology
• Participate in protected research and academic time in a highly translational research environment

Compensation

• Base Salary: $425k - $475k (base pay commensurate with qualified academic rank at Associate/Professor level)
• Actual compensation will be adjusted for experience, training, hospital/community need and other factors
• Salary range is exclusively for base compensation for full-time employment and does not include incentive compensation or benefits

Benefits

• Excellent benefits package, including a generous retirement contribution plan
• Relocation assistance may be available

Shift & Schedule

• Full-time hours

Qualifications

• Experience working in an academic medical center that delivers both clinical and translational research to patients diagnosed with cancer (preferred)
• Be well versed in the state of cancer care and the latest research and innovations
• Reputation as a physician and clinical or translational researcher in head and neck cancers as evidenced by strong, funded research history and publications in H-Index journals
• Experience in the development and conduct of clinical trials and proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary research teams
• Applicants must have an M.D. or M.D./Ph.D. or equivalent degree, fellowship trained, and Board certified/eligible in Hematology & Medical Oncology
• Eligible to obtain or already hold an active California medical license