Assistant/Associate Professor of Clinical Radiation OncologyApply (https://facultypositions.usc.edu/FAS/application/position?postingId=REQ20143075) Keck School of Medicine Faculty Los Angeles, California

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The Department of Radiation Oncology, Keck School of Medicine of University of Southern California is a robust team of clinicians and basic science/clinical researchers consisting of approximately 15 physician faculty and 10 medical physicist faculty. We provide services at seven hospitals, including Keck Hospital of USC, Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles, USC Arcadia Hospital, Providence St Jude Medical Center, Adventist White Memorial Hospital, Henry Mayo Newall Hospital and up to six community-based clinics when building construction has been completed. The Department has ACR accreditation for USC Norris Cancer Hospital and all of its Keck Medicine of USC regional radiation oncology clinics. The CHLA radiation oncology unit has earned APEX accreditation and is part of the USC/Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center, an NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center. The program is a full member of the NRG. It also participates in clinical trials sponsored by SWOG. Our medical physics faculty are directly involved in ensuring quality and safety for clinical operations, clinical research, and education and are initiating a new CAMPEP accredited medical physics residency training program.

The ACGME accredited medical residency training program is based at LA General Medical Center. The Department at the USC Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center is equipped with a state-of the art Varian Truebeam STX with Brain Lab ExacTrac for high precision monitoring of positioning during treatment, a new Varian Truebeam with HyperArc, and a Trilogy machine. Additional integrated technologies include a dedicated Siemens CT simulator, Varian RPM respiratory gating, and prone breast technique. The HDR brachytherapy program is housed in a dedicated procedural suite with full anesthesia capability, and Varisource HDR brachytherapy unit and is active in GU, GYN, skin cancers with plans to add other disease sites. The Keck Hospital houses a Gamma knife that is being upgraded to the latest model. An ongoing program in ocular melanoma involves joint faculty from the Roski Eye Institute who treat patients with episcleral plaque brachytherapy. The department’s community-based clinics feature new Varian Truebeam and Halcyon (ring-based gantry) linear accelerators with capabilities for gating, radiosurgery and SBRT. The Adventist White Memorial Hospital and Providence St Jude Medical Center departments that we professionally service also have new Truebeam linear accelerator technology.

The USC Pasadena Cancer Center Building will house a newly built radiation oncology department in addition to other cancer services and offer outstanding patient convenience and access to the community. The center will feature a novel radiotherapy linear accelerator featuring FDA break through designation and a dedicated brachytherapy procedure suite.

Position Summary

The Department of Radiation Oncology at the Keck School of Medicine at the University of Southern California is recruiting a board certified/board eligible Radiation Oncologist at the Assistant/Associate Professor of Clinical level for a full-time exempt role. The successful candidates will receive academic appointment at a level appropriate to training and experience from the Keck School of Medicine.This position will support and cover clinical efforts at the new Pasadena Clinic as well as the Norris Comprehensive Cancer Center as needed.

Responsibilities:

Primary radiation oncologist working full-time on-site at the USC Norris Cancer Hospital and USC Pasadena ambulatory outpatient clinic.

Responsible for building out a network of relationships with referring providers and clinics within the Keck Medicine of USC ecosystem as well as within the community, to increase the volume of the site to its full potential.

Support Keck KNOWN Principles, extraordinary teamwork, quality, safety, an excellent customer focused viewpoint, and patient-centered culture.

Support Keck Medicine code of professional conduct, Keck commitment values, and Keck professionalism standards.

Minimum Qualifications

• Board Certified/Board Eligible Physician (MD or DO); California Medical License, ABR certification or progression as board eligible.

• Graduate of a United States ACGME accredited 4-yr residency program in Radiation Oncology

• Possess a California Fluoroscopic supervisor’s license

• Broad based oncology experience in an academic medical center satellite or community setting.

• Experience with writing new investigator initiated clinical trials.

• Experience with performing HDR GYN and GU brachytherapy procedures

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with advanced radiation technology supporting personalized radiation medicine.

We offer a highly competitive salary package with excellent benefits (https://employees.usc.edu/benefits-perks/). Compensation will be commensurate with experience and qualifications.

The annual base salary range for this position is $325,000 - $450,000. You may also be eligible for incentive compensation as defined by your department. When extending an offer of employment, the University of Southern California considers factors such as (but not limited to) the scope and responsibilities of the position, the candidate’s work experience, education/training, key skills, internal peer equity, federal, state, and local laws, contractual stipulations, grant funding, as well as external market and organizational considerations.

The University of Southern California strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity in employment. Women and men, and members of all racial and ethnic groups, people with disabilities, and veterans are encouraged to apply.

REQ20143075 Posted Date: 12/04/2023