Neuro-Oncologist Position w/ Opportunity for Academic Appointment

Carle Physician Group is excited to add a BE/BC Neuro-oncologist to the Carle Cancer Center in Urbana, Illinois. Candidates with experience and new graduates are welcome to apply.

Practice details include:

• Work with a team of 6 neurosurgeons, 9 hematology/oncology physicians, 4 radiation oncologists, and several APPs.
• Carle Cancer Center is a part of Carle Foundation Hospital and both are located at the same campus in Urbana allowing integration of all services into our Multi-disciplinary Cancer Care Model.
• Evaluate patients and prescribe chemotherapy and biological therapy to patients with primary brain tumors and would assist hematology/oncology physicians with management of patients receiving intrathecal chemotherapy with Ommaya reservoir.
• Neuro-oncologist would have clinic at the Carle Cancer Center with appropriate staffing and access to Infusion Rooms. Practice in a multi-disciplinary setting with biweekly Brain Tumor Case Conference and a strong support from all hospital services.
• Neuro-oncologist would become a member of our future multi-disciplinary neuro-oncology clinic and would have clinical collaboration and back up coverage with hematology/oncology physicians.
• Clinical and research mentorships for new graduates will be provided. For clinical work, new graduates will have two collaborating/mentoring physician providers with one in each department: hematology/oncology and neurosurgery.
• Opportunity to conduct basic science research or translational research with the University of Illinois faculty and existing researchers at Carle.
• Candidate will be supported to attract intramural and extramural funding and develop hypothesis driven research protocols. Research start-up package will be provided to support new graduates.
• Carle Hematology/Oncology, Radiation Oncology and Neurosurgery are committed to providing the highest quality of care for patients with primary and metastatic brain, base of skull and spine tumors.
• Carle neurosurgeons perform awake craniotomies for resection of brain tumor, stealth neuro-navigation, operative microscopy, intra-operative ultrasound, neuro-monitoring and fluorescence guided glioma resections. Spinal fusion is available for patients with metastatic disease to the spine.