The Cleveland Clinic, one of the world’s most distinguished academic medical centers, announces a search for a Director of the Pediatric Neuro-oncology program. This position provides the opportunity to lead and grow the program in a highly engaging and collaborative environment with the support and resources of the Children’s Institute, Neurological Institute, and Taussig Cancer Institute to provide the best care for our children, adolescents and young adult patients with CNS tumors. The Brain Tumor & Neuro-Oncology Center (BTNC) is a unique multidisciplinary unit within the Cleveland Clinic Neurological Institute and Taussig Cancer Institute. It is a full member of the Brain Tumor Trials Collaborative (BTTC) and offers trials through NRG, industry and our own investigator-initiated trials. BTNC is dedicated to clinical excellence, innovative research and academic achievement.
The selected candidate will join a vibrant and growing program that currently includes 18 Pediatric Hematologist/Oncologists, 2 pediatric radiation physicians, 3 Pediatric Palliative Care physicians, 21 nurse practitioners and nurses including a dedicated Neuro-oncology team care coordinator and dedicated APN to Neuro-oncology team.
Pediatric Hematology/Oncology and Bone Marrow Transplantation is active in clinical research and is part of COG, PTCTC and many other research consortia including but not limited to NEXT consortium, Beat Childhood Cancer, Sunshine consortium, and we have an accredited hematology oncology fellowship program. Our Pediatric cancer program is the first program to achieve Pediatric Cancer program accreditation from Commission on Cancer (CoC-PS) and it is a testament of our close collaboration with Taussig Cancer Institute, the Neurological Institute, and the Case Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The candidate should be at assistant/associate or full professor level with strong clinical and clinical research interests in brain tumors. The candidate should be board certified in pediatric hematology oncology or neurology with neuro-oncology training. The position will have a strong emphasis on clinical and translational research and toward developing precision medicine approaches for the adolescent and young adult patients with CNS tumors. Faculty appointments are available at the Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. Cleveland Clinic physicians enjoy a collegial work environment with a competitive salary enhanced by a very attractive benefits package www.ccf.org/childrens.
Rabi Hanna, MD
Division Chair, Pediatric Hematology Oncology and
Bone Marrow Transplantation
Gene Barnett, MD
Director, Burkhardt Brain Tumor and Neuro-Oncology Center
barnetg@ccf.org
Interested Candidates should submit their Curriculum Vitae to:
http://www.clevelandclinic.org/physicianrecruitment
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