Assistant Attending Surgeon, Gastric Mixed Tumor Service, Department of Surgery

Pay Range

325,000-445,000

Company Overview

 

The people of Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) are united by a singular mission: ending cancer for life. Our specialized care teams provide personalized, compassionate, expert care to patients of all ages. Informed by basic research done at our Sloan Kettering Institute, scientists across MSK collaborate to conduct innovative translational and clinical research that is driving a revolution in our understanding of cancer as a disease and improving the ability to prevent, diagnose, and treat it. MSK is dedicated to training the next generation of scientists and clinicians, who go on to pursue our mission at MSK and around the globe. One of the world’s most respected comprehensive centers devoted exclusively to cancer, we have been recognized as one of the top two cancer hospitals in the country by U.S. News & World Report for more than 30 years.

 

Vaccination for COVID-19 and Influenza (flu) is mandatory for all MSK staff. Staff are considered fully vaccinated upon completion of a primary vaccination series for COVID-19 (i.e., one dose of a single dose vaccine or a final dose of a multi-dose vaccine series). Exceptions from the COVID-19 and Influenza (flu) vaccine requirements are permitted for those who request and receive an approved medical, religious, or fully remote exemption.  Requests for exemption can take up to two weeks to review. Vaccination or an approved exemption is required to start work. 

 

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Job Description

The Department of Surgery is seeking a highly motivated surgical oncologist to join the Gastric and Mixed Tumor Service. This position is ideally suited for a board-certified or -eligible surgical oncologist. The incumbent will join the Gastric and Mixed Tumor Service team of 10 surgeons and will have a primary clinical focus of gastric cancer and melanoma.  In addition, the candidate will participate in the care of other problems managed by the Gastric and Mixed tumor service including but not limited to, hernia repair, lymph node biopsy, splenectomy. The candidate will receive an academic appointment at Weill Cornell Medical College. As members of the multidisciplinary Gastric Disease Management Team and Melanoma Disease management Team, surgical oncologists on the Gastric and Mixed Tumor service provide an integrated, highly specialized, and personalized treatment approach for patients with Gastric Cancer and Melanoma. Responsibilities include seeing patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings, performing surgical resections and abdominal operations, treating general surgical oncology problems on call, educating residents and fellows, and conducting scientific research.  

  

The ideal candidate will have:  

• Training in an ACGME-accredited fellowship in surgical oncology 
• Experience in robot-assisted minimally invasive gastric surgery 
• A defined clinical or translational research interest in Gastric Cancer  
• Both first and second year surgical oncology fellows are eligible to apply 

 

  

Please email a CV, a letter of interest, and contact information for three references to: 

Mindy Sovel 

Associate Director, Hospital Operations  

sovelm@mskcc.org 

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Closing

MSK is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer committed to diversity and inclusion in all aspects of recruiting and employment. All qualified individuals are encouraged to apply and will receive consideration without regard to race, color, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran status or any other factor which cannot lawfully be used as a basis for an employment decision.  

 

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