Executive Director, WVU Medicine Children’s Pediatric Blood Disorders & Cancer Center

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Additional Job Description:

West Virginia University School of Medicine, the Department of Pediatrics and the West Virginia University Cancer Institute (WVUCI) seek an Executive Director of the Children’s Pediatric Blood Disorder and Cancer Center (PBCC) (ranks available: Associate Professor, or Professor). The successful candidate will be expected to practice in Morgantown, WV.

Duties: The Executive Director serves as the physician executive for our Children’s Blood Disorder and Cancer Center leading programs at the state’s premier academic children’s hospital. This role collaborates closely with the WVU Health System (WVUHS) leadership, members, and affiliates to develop and support WVUHS initiatives. The Executive Director works with the Director of the WVUCI in programmatic development leading to a successful grant application for NCI Designation. Additionally, the Executive Director works with the WVU School of Medicine and Health Sciences Center (HSC), ensuring alignment with educational programs and fostering a high-quality learning environment. The role involves strategic development of partnerships and networks to enhance  pediatric and adolescent and young adult (AYA) oncology care in ambulatory and hospital-based clinical services,

The successful candidate will practice pediatric hematology/oncology, joining the growing division of WVUM Pediatric Blood & Cancer Center (PBCC) with three full time pediatric oncologists, three pediatric neurosurgeons, four pediatric surgeons, two advanced practice providers, two clinical nurse coordinators, two pediatric hematology/oncology pharmacists, two pediatric palliative physicians, two pediatric PM&R physicians, a neuropsychologist, a pediatric psychologist, a pediatric social worker, a clinical research associate and our PBCC facility dog, Rigatoni. Our current growth also includes a separate Pediatric Blood & Cancer Center Inpatient unit in our new Children’s Hospital and an expanded PBCC Infusion center that is located in our new Children’s medical office building.

In addition to providing excellent patient care, the successful candidate will also be actively involved in teaching medical students, residents, and advanced practice providers.

Qualifications: Candidate must have an MD or DO degree or foreign equivalent and be eligible for state medical license. Successful candidate must have completed specialty a pediatric residency program, as well as hematology/oncology fellowship program. Successful candidates must be board certified in pediatric hematology/oncology and have ten years’ experience clinically practicing in a children’s health specialty. All qualifications must be met by the time of appointment.

Our new 150 bed Children’s Hospital has a full suite of pediatric operating rooms, cardiac catheterization lab/interventional radiology, and GI-endoscopy with dedicated pediatric anesthesia staff. The hospital includes 34 pediatric beds, 54 NICU beds, 31 PICU beds, Heart Institute, and a dedicated Cancer Institute. WVU Medicine Children’s is a Level 2 Pediatric Trauma Center, with plans to become Level 1, as it is for adults currently. The Women’s Pavilion houses a 30-bed obstetrical unit and maternal-fetal medicine clinic.  J. W. Ruby Memorial Hospital is the only hospital in West Virginia with a pediatric cardiac surgery program, the only epilepsy monitoring unit in the state equipped to serve children, and the only hospital in the state to receive Magnet status for nursing excellence.

The WVUCI was recently named one of the top cancer hospitals by Newsweek and provides care to over 125,000 patients annually. Multidisciplinary medical teams use the latest cancer therapies, sophisticated technologies, and patient-driven research to deliver the best possible treatment. WVU, the WVUHS, and the state of WV are engaged and committed to moving the WVUCI toward obtaining NCI Designation. The Division of Medical Oncology includes over 75 physicians and advanced practice professionals at 15 practice