Hematologist/Oncologist, Open Rank, Leukemia Investigator

Department:Medicine-Hematology - 411490Posting Open Date:09/16/2022Open Until Filled:NoPosition Type:Permanent Faculty Working Title:Hematologist/Oncologist, Open Rank, Leukemia InvestigatorAppointment Type:Open RankVacancy ID:FAC0004204Full-time/Part-time:Full-Time PermanentHours per week:40FTE:1Position Location:North Carolina, USProposed Start Date:07/01/2023Primary Purpose of Organizational Unit:The UNC School of Medicine has a rich tradition of excellence and care. Our mission is to improve the health and wellbeing of North Carolinians, and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research. We strive to promote faculty, staff, and learner development in a diverse, respectful environment where our colleagues demonstrate professionalism, enhance learning, and create personal and professional sustainability. We optimize our partnership with the UNC Health System through close collaboration and commitment to service.OUR VISIONOur vision is to be the nation’s leading public school of medicine. We are ranked 2nd in primary care education among all US schools of medicine and 5th among public peers in NIH research funding. Our Allied Health Department is home to five top-ranked divisions, and we are home to 18 top-ranked clinical and basic science departments in NIH research funding.OUR MISSIONOur mission is to improve the health and well-being of North Carolinians and others whom we serve. We accomplish this by providing leadership and excellence in the interrelated areas of patient care, education, and research.Patient Care: We will promote health and provide superb clinical care while maintaining our strong tradition of reaching underserved populations and reducing health disparities across North Carolina and beyond.Education: We will prepare tomorrow’s health care professionals and biomedical researchers by facilitating learning within innovative curricula and team-oriented interprofessional education. We will cultivate outstanding teaching and research faculty, and we will recruit outstanding students and trainees from highly diverse backgrounds to create a socially responsible, highly skilled workforce.Research: We will develop and support a rich array of outstanding health sciences research programs, centers, and resources. We will provide infrastructure and opportunities for collaboration among disciplines throughout and beyond our University to support outstanding research. We will foster programs in the areas of basic, translational, mechanistic, and population research.Position Summary:The Division of Hematology in the Department of Medicine at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is recruiting faculty at all ranks interested in clinical research or clinician educator positions focused on the management of patients with acute leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes. This candidate will be expected to work with a group of faculty and APPs in the management of patients with acute leukemia, myelodysplastic syndromes and MDS/myeloproliferative neoplasms. This candidate will participate in a robust and active inpatient and outpatient clinical research program in Leukemia at the University of North Carolina. The responsibilities include attending on the inpatient hematologic malignancy service and managing patients with acute leukemia and MDS in the outpatient clinics at the University of North Carolina or our affiliated Cancer Centers.Minimum Education and Experience Requirements:MD, MD/PhD, DO or MBBS degrees. All individuals will have completed a fellowship in adult hematology and/or oncology and be board eligible/certified in hematology and/or oncology.Preferred Qualifications, Competencies, and Experience:The preferred individual will have at least three years of experience managing patients with acute leukemia and myelodysplastic syndromes, and a history of leading clinical research studies for this patient population. They will have a history of working collaboratively in an academic medical setting and mentoring hematology/oncology trainees.Campus Security Authority Responsibilities:Not Applicable.