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Job Title:Assoc Prof/Professor - Clinical

Department:Neag Cancer Center (JDH)

Location:Farmington

FTE%:1

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Search #:2023-380

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Recruiter:Smith, Joyce

The Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Division of Hematology Oncology, Department of Medicine at UConn Health seek an energetic leader with strong interpersonal skills who is board-certified in oncology or hematology/oncology, to serve as Chief of the Division of Hematology and Oncology and Service Chief for the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The ideal candidate, at the Associate or Full Professor level, will have a demonstrated expertise in solid tumor oncology, and some experience of leadership. S/he will lead 10-15 clinical faculty in all areas of hematology/oncology, be expected to see cancer patients in the outpatient clinic, as well as share in-patient service with other clinical faculty. Candidates with clinical and research interests in any areas of solid tumor oncology are welcome to apply. The Chief will foster excellence in the delivery of high quality clinical care, will develop new clinical programs, will sustain the strong educational programs in the Division, and shall help recruit new faculty.

Clinical activities in the Carole and Ray Neag Comprehensive Cancer Center consist of Hematology/Medical Oncology, Surgical Oncology, Endocrine Neoplasia, Radiation Oncology, Neuro Oncology and Gynecological Oncology. The Center has strong programs in hematological malignancies as well as benign hematology, houses a nationally renowned New England Sickle Cell Institute, a Center for Bleeding Disorders, as well as a newly established stem cell transplant unit. A long-standing Colon Cancer Prevention Program is a part of the Cancer Center. The major research programs include those in cancer immunotherapy, cancer prevention, cancer genomics and cancer cell biology. The Jackson Laboratory for Genomic Medicine, located on our campus, is a partner institution.

UConn Health is composed of the schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine, Graduate Programs in Biomedical Sciences, Public Health and Clinical Translational Research, the John Dempsey Hospital, and the faculty practice. Our clinic, hospital and research facilities are in new or newly renovated state of the art facilities. We offer a competitive benefits and salary package. Interested applicants should submit a letter of interest and curriculum vitae through this website.

UConn Health is an affirmative action employer, in addition to an EEO and M/F/V/PWD/PV employer.​ 

Why UConn Health

UConn Health is a vibrant, integrated academic medical center that is entering an era of unprecedented growth in all three areas of its mission: academics, research, and clinical care. A commitment to human health and well-being has been of utmost importance to UConn Health since the founding of the University of Connecticut schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine in 1961. Based on a strong foundation of groundbreaking research, first-rate education, and quality clinical care, we have expanded our medical missions over the decades. In just over 50 years, UConn Health has evolved to encompass more research endeavors, to provide more ways to access our superior care, and to innovate both practical medicine and our methods of educating the practitioners of tomorrow.

All employees are subject to adherence to the State Code of Ethics which may be found at www.ethics.state.ct.us

All Workforce Members are required to have or obtain a COVID 19 vaccination as a term and condition of employment to work in a UConn Health facility, unless an exemption or deferral has been approved. All new Workforce Members shall be required to provide proof of their vaccine status prior to the start of their employment. All records of vaccinations and approved exemptions will be maintained by Employee Health Services.  Additional information regarding this policy may be found at https://health.uconn.edu/covid-provider/mandatory-vaccination/ 

  

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