Physician | Thoracic Medical Oncologist | Irvine, CA

Physician | Thoracic Medical Oncology | Irvine, CA

Join one of the top 5 cancer centers in the nation! At our rapidly expanding, nationally recognized cancer institute we seek to hire a full-time Fellowship-trained, Academic Thoracic Medical Oncologist for a clinical-research position to join the Division for Thoracic Oncology within Department of Medical Oncology and Therapeutics Research at City of Hope in Irvine, CA.

This position is a rare opportunity to work in a 500+ member integrated, multidisciplinary Medical Group Practice serving an NCI designated comprehensive cancer center in highly desirable Southern California. City of Hope is an expanding institution in both numbers of patients per year as well as infrastructure investment in clinical, academic and research facilities.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Full-time hours, working with a dynamic medical oncology group providing services in thoracic oncology, lung cancer, and head and neck cancers alongside our renowned pathologists, radiation oncologists, and surgical oncologists.
• Primary clinical responsibility (mainly outpatient with some inpatient) in the care of patients with lung cancer
• Protected research/academic time in a highly translational research environment with extensive clinical trial infrastructure (30% research)
• State-of-the-art facilities:

o 73 bed hospital, 4 operating room suites, 8 bed ICU

PAY & BENEFITS

Base Salary: $400k - $450k (base pay commensurate with qualified academic rank) Additional Incentive Available!

Benefits information: City of Hope Medical Group Benefits

• Excellent benefits package, including a generous retirement contribution plan
• Relocation assistance may be available

IRVINE CAMPUS

City of Hope Orange County is redefining the boundaries of what’s possible in cancer research and treatment. We’re bringing access to our scientific expertise and highly specialized cancer care closer to home by building OC’s only specialty cancer hospital at our comprehensive cancer campus in Irvine, California. Once open in late 2025, it will deepen our treatment capabilities and seamlessly connect to City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer, our NCI-designated - and OC’s most advanced - cancer center. Surrounded by a regional network of care, the Irvine campus is a beacon of hope for the nation’s sixth largest county.

The new hospital is the capstone of our 63-acre City of Hope Orange County campus. Where other hospitals must serve the full spectrum of health conditions in our community, every team member at this specialty cancer hospital—from the nurses to nutritionists to physicians - will focus solely on oncology.

Qualifications

• Early to mid-career candidates welcome to apply
• The selected candidate for the position must be eligible to obtain or already hold an active California medical license
• ABIM board certified/eligible in medical oncology - If board eligible, must achieve board certification within two (2) years of initial appointment

City of hope is an equal opportunity employer.

Primary Location: United States-California-IrvineJob: PhysicianJob Posting: Apr 3, 2025

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."