Physician | Hematologist - Multiple Myeloma | Irvine, CA

Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation | City of Hope National Medical Center in Irvine, CA

Join one of the top 5 cancer centers in the nation! Our rapidly expanding, nationally recognized cancer institute we seek to hire a full-time and experienced Hematologist who will contribute their excellent patient care skills and play a vital role in the development of our Myeloma Program for our new Lennar Foundation Cancer Center (LFCC) located in Irvine, California. The Irvine campus will include a $1 billion state-of-the-art comprehensive cancer campus.

Position Highlights:

Join our nationally recognized team of medical, surgical, and radiation oncology specialists as we seek to hire a full-time clinical faculty member:

• State-of-the-art facilities: 73 bed hospital, 4 operating room suites, 8 bed ICU
• Responsibilities to include participation in the multidisciplinary clinical care of patients, recruitment of eligible patients to clinical trials, and contribution of research and literature while providing compassionate patient-centered care

• Excellent benefits package, including a generous retirement contribution plan

• Relocation assistance may be available

• Base Salary Range: $390K - $410K (Assistant Clinical to Associate Clinical Professor levels).The range listed is exclusively for base compensation for full-time employment and does not include incentive compensation or benefits. Actual compensation will be adjusted for experience, training, hospital/community need and other factors.

Duties:

• Clinical time is divided between inpatient and outpatient services
• Opportunities for clinical/translational research, access to resources for clinical trials and grant mentorship

Benefits information: City of Hope Medical Group Benefits

Qualifications:

• M.D. or D.O. from an accredited educational institution
• Board certified/eligible in Hematology
• Excellent clinical skills and experience in malignant hematology with evidence of ability and desire to build a practice and think programmatically.
• Experience in the care of autologous transplant and immune effector cell (IEC) patients
• Experience working in an academic medical center or specialty cancer center that delivers both clinical and translational research to patients diagnosed with cancer *preferred but not required
• Academic record consistent with appointment as Assistant or early to mid-career Associate Professor
• Possession of, or eligibility for, unrestricted CA medical license

About City of Hope

City of Hope is an independent biomedical research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases. Founded in 1913, City of Hope is a leader in bone marrow transplantation and immunotherapy such as CAR T cell therapy. City of Hope’s translational research and personalized treatment protocols advance care throughout the world. Human synthetic insulin, monoclonal antibodies and numerous breakthrough cancer drugs are based on technology developed at the institution.  AccessHopeTM, a wholly owned subsidiary, was launched in 2019 and is dedicated to serving employers and their health care partners by providing access to City of Hope’s exceptional cancer expertise. A National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center and a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, City of Hope is ranked among the nation’s “Best Hospitals” in cancer by U.S. News & World Report. Its main campus is located near Los Angeles, with additional locations throughout Southern California and in Arizona.

Recently, the organization extended its reach beyond Duarte to include clinical network sites in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties, steadily moving it to number one in Southern California for inpatient market share and pushing its capacity limits. In 2018, City of Hope began a transformational journey with ambitious goals in the areas of patient care, value-based care and precision medicine, hematology malignancies, stem cell transplants, and meaningful innovations and cures. Integral to the realization of these goals is the expansion of City of Hope to the Orange County market. 

Our community includes research associates, scientists, doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, graduate students, fundraising specialists, marketing professionals, volunteers and an extensive support staff. We are united by our desire to find cures, save lives and transform the future of health. Every discovery we make and every new treatment we create gives people the chance to live longer, better and more fully.

City of Hope continues to be a pioneer of patient-centered care and remains committed to its tradition of exceptional care for patients, families and and communities. Each day, we live out our credo:

"There is no profit in curing the body, if, in the process, we destroy the soul."