Cleveland, OH
| Specialty | Thoracic |
|---|---|
| Profession | Physician |
Cleveland Clinic Cancer Institute is seeking physician applicants for the position of Thoracic Program Medical Oncology Leader. This position is in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology. It is a unique opportunity to grow a truly world-class multi-disciplinary program in the care of patients with thoracic malignancies (e.g. primary lung cancers, thymic malignancies, mesotheliomas) that extends to national and international Cleveland Clinic affiliates.
The applicant is expected to possess the communication, patient care, and trial investigator skills necessary to effectively lead and the clinical teams that provide day-to-day care of patients with thoracic malignancies as well as the research teams and clinical trial portfolio of the program. They will provide strong leadership while working with other clinical disciplines including thoracic surgery, radiation oncology, interventional pulmonology, and thoracic pathology and radiology to maintain Cleveland Clinic as the best place anywhere for patients with thoracic cancers to receive their care. The Leader will also expand translational research opportunities in collaboration with the members of our Center for Precision Oncology, Center for Immunotherapy and Immuno-oncology, and Department of Cancer Biology.
The successful candidate should be board certified or eligible in Hematology/Oncology or Medical Oncology and hold or be eligible for medical licensure in Ohio. The Leader should have sufficient qualification to be eligible for an academic appointment at the level of Associate or Full Professor at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University.
Cleveland Clinic is a not-for-profit, multi-specialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. The Taussig Cancer Institute has been rated by U.S. News & World Report Magazine among the best cancer institutes in the country and is a part of the NCI designated Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Cancer Institute supports a large hematology/oncology fellowship program in addition to an experimental therapeutics fellowship program.