Open Rank- Associate Professor, Professor

University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Department: Neurosurgery

Job Title: Open Rank- Associate Professor, Professor

Position #:00836749 – Requisition #:37234

Job Summary:

The Department of Neurosurgery currently seeks a medical neuro-oncologist at the Associate Professor or Professor level to serve in the role of director of our newly minted Brain Tumor Center. This is a full-time (1.0 FTE) faculty position which will include teaching, clinical, research, and service responsibilities. Medical Neuro-Oncology works closely with a multi-disciplinary team including neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists, neuropathologists, and neuroradiologists to create a comprehensive treatment plan unique to each individual patient, taking into account the patient’s and family’s needs while providing state-of-the-art care and access to new developments and appropriate clinical trials. Neuro-Oncology patients are additionally supported by the availability of dietician, social work, physical medicine, and neuropsychological services. A brain tumor center director must be able to lead and build multi-disciplinary teams, while also prioritizing patient care, trainee education, and center-level research and trials.

Key Responsibilities:

Clinical duties

• Acute and chronic outpatient care of Neuro-Oncology patients including administration of chemotherapy and immunotherapy, disease-modifying therapy, and health maintenance care.
• Monitor patients for adverse events related to therapeutics.
• Inpatient consultations for acute or chronic Neuro-Oncology patients in the University of Colorado Hospital with attendant documentation for these consults.
• Participation in clinical trials with expectation of completing and maintaining research trainings. 

Educational activities

• Supervise medical students, residents, and fellows in clinics and in the hospital setting.
• Provide supervision and training for advanced practice providers.
• Attend neurology lectures and teaching conferences.
• Train medical students, residents, and fellows.
• Support, share, and engage in continual learning and development among nursing staff, other faculty and advanced practice providers, pharmacy staff, medical students, and neurology residents and fellows. 
• Periodic presentation of lectures to patients and others regarding neurological conditions and treatments. 

Administrative responsibilities

• Serve as first director of the Brain Tumor Center.
• Data entry into hospital systems, committee work, and projects aimed at improving the specialty and department mission.
• Attendance at meetings and educational events of the department and specialty programs is expected.
• Ongoing CME is required. 

Work Location:

Onsite - this role is expected to work onsite and is located in Aurora, CO. 

Why Join Us:

The Neuro-Oncology program at the University of Colorado is the regional tertiary referral base for the Rocky Mountain Region, serving a six-state region of Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and New Mexico. The University of Colorado Cancer Center is an NCI-Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and a National Comprehensive Cancer Network