Department of Surgery | City of Hope National Medical Center

City of Hope Medical Group Seeks a Physician Leader as Division Chief of Breast Surgery 

City of Hope has launched a national search for a Division Chief of Breast Surgery who will provide leadership to our Division of Breast Surgery in clinical, research, and educational areas. The next Chief of the Division of Breast Surgery will be highly regarded physician with a collaborative, team-based leadership style, and the ability to leverage and grow our existing nationally recognized Breast Surgery Program. He/she must also be operationally savvy, with the business acumen and cultural sensitivity to lead within a complex, matrixed environment with direct reporting to the Chair of the Department of Surgery. The leader must possess a breadth of skills, including deep knowledge of clinical practice, a strong commitment to training and the career development of faculty and trainees, as well as  demonstrated leadership and administrative ability.

There are specific priorities that City of Hope seeks from the Chief of Breast Surgery to deliver with an overall objective of continuing to elevate our Breast Surgery Program nationally. The following are of particular importance:

• Provide vision and lead the Division of Breast Surgery in patient care delivery and research throughout the growing enterprise,  further advancing our reputation and delivery of care on the national stage.
• Expand and scale clinical trials and translational research to patients throughout City of Hope.
• Drive and standardize care pathways, achieving superior quality, and continuing to deliver excellence in patient outcomes, patient experience and utilization metrics.
• Expand our signature Breast Surgery Program by recruiting high caliber physicians thereby creating market differentiation and excellence.

"Applicants who identify with a historically underrepresented group, including but not limited to Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Indigenous/Native American, Persons of Color, or Women, are encouraged to apply.”  

QUALIFICATIONS

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

• National reputation as a physician in Breast Surgery
• Outstanding clinician with an impeccable reputation and successful track record of high-quality clinical outcomes
• Possess scholarly accomplishments to qualify at the rank of Associate or Professor at City of Hope
• Deep understanding of quality programs, ADCC guidelines, utilization management, etc. with the ability to design and implement improvement programs having served on health system or academic medical center medical staff or departmental committees
• Preferred previous leadership experience and/or progressive administrative/management experience in an academic medical center setting, NCI and/or national academy/society
• Demonstrated ability leading highly trained physicians and multidisciplinary teams
• Demonstrated ability to set and meet strategic goals
• Preferred solid research background
• High levels of integrity and honesty
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Collaborative, adaptable, flexible to change and ability to lead teams through change
• Exceptional interpersonal skills including relationship-building, communication, listening, and negotiation diplomacy
• Applicants who identify with a historically underrepresented group, including but not limited to Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, Indigenous/Native American, Persons of Color, or Women, are encouraged to apply.

EDUCATION, LICENSURE AND CERTIFICATIONS

• M.D. OR D.O. from an accredited educational institution and boarded in respective specialty
• Preferably, fellowship trained and boarded in breast surgery
• Required, board certified by the American Board of Surgery
• Possession of, or eligibility for, unrestricted medical license in the State of California

  Salary Range:  $300K - $600K - 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.

   

About City of Hope

City of Hope is a world leader in cancer research, treatment and prevention. Here, doctors partner with scientists to transformlaboratory breakthroughs into treatments that outsmart cancer, as well as diabetes and other life-threatening diseases. Compassion is at the heart of our approach. We care for the whole person, not just the body, so your life after cancer can be rich and rewarding.City of Hope is one of only 53 comprehensive cancer centers in the nation, the highest designation possible from the National Cancer Institute.We have been ranked among the nation’s “Best Hospitals” in cancer by U.S. News & World Report for 16 years.City of Hope’s nursing team has achieved Magnet® recognition from the American Nurses Credentialing Center due to our commitment to outstanding health care delivery and patient outcomes. Only 9% of all hospitals nationwide have earned Magnet recognition.City of Hope is a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, meaning our research and treatment protocols advance care throughout the nation.In the 2021 fiscal year, City of Hope was awarded more than $184 million in research grants.City of Hope has earned the highest rating — four st...ars — from the nation’s leading watchdog, Charity Navigator. The four-star rating reflects City of Hope’s sound fiscal management, financial growth and stability.We were recently awarded the highest level of accreditation by the American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer for our exceptional level of cancer care, “Three-Year With Commendation.” This is the second consecutive time that we have received thisprestigious rating.We were the first to administer CAR T cell therapy locally in the brain through direct injection to the tumor site and/ or through infusion in the ventricular system.We were the first to offer CAR T trials targeting CD123 in acute myeloid leukemia.We were the first to use CAR T cell therapy to treat patients with the rare disease blastic plasmacytoid dendritic cell neoplasm.

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