Endocrine Surgical Oncologist (MD/DO) - UNC School of Medicine
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UNC-Chapel Hill seeks a fellowship-trained Endocrine Surgical Oncologist to join its Division of Surgical Oncology as Section Chief. The open-rank academic leadership role combines specialized endocrine surgical oncology practice with leadership of program growth, faculty development, clinical innovation, and research initiatives. The role includes clinical care, teaching, research, and strategic oversight within UNC Health and the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center.
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Description
Your passion belongs at UNC Health. Join more than 56,000 teammates working together to improve the health and well-being of the communities we serve across North Carolina.
UNC-Chapel Hill Endocrine Surgical Oncologist & Section Chief of Surgical Oncology
Organization: Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Oncology
Location: Chapel Hill, NC
Institution: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill / UNC School of Medicine
Appointment: Open Rank Faculty
Track: Fixed-Term, Tenure Track, or Tenured
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking a fellowship-trained Endocrine Surgical Oncologist to join its Division of Surgical Oncology as Section Chief of Surgical Oncology . This open-rank academic leadership role combines a specialized endocrine surgical oncology practice with the opportunity to lead program growth, faculty development, clinical innovation, and research initiatives within the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center. The ideal candidate will demonstrate excellence in patient care, education, research, and leadership while advancing multidisciplinary cancer care across UNC Health.
Opportunity Highlights
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Serve as Section Chief of Surgical Oncology within a nationally recognized academic medical center.
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Join a Division of Surgical Oncology with 15 faculty members and 9 APPs .
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Collaborate closely with the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center .
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Lead clinical, research, and educational initiatives in surgical oncology.
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Develop and grow endocrine surgical oncology services across UNC Health.
Clinical & Academic Responsibilities
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Provide endocrine surgical oncology care within a multidisciplinary cancer program.
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Lead surgical oncology program development and strategic initiatives.
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Participate in tumor boards and multidisciplinary cancer care.
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Teach and mentor medical students, residents, and fellows.
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Support clinical trials, translational research, and scholarly activity.
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Advance UNC's missions of patient care, education, and research.
Candidate Requirements
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Board Certified/Board Eligible in General Surgery.
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Fellowship trained in Surgical Oncology, Endocrine Surgery, or related specialty with expertise in endocrine surgical oncology.
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Eligible for North Carolina medical licensure.
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Demonstrated leadership, collaboration, and communication skills.
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Commitment to academic medicine and high-quality patient care.
Preferred Qualifications
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Expertise in thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, and endocrine-related malignancies.
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Academic leadership experience, including program development and faculty mentorship.
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Experience in clinical trials and multidisciplinary oncology care.
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Strong record of teaching, research, and scholarly achievement.
Leadership Opportunity
This role includes appointment as Section Chief of Surgical Oncology , providing oversight of clinical operations, faculty development, program growth, research advancement, and strategic planning within the Division.
Interested?
Please apply or contact physician recruiter Dee Rice.
Job Details
Legal Employer: NCHEALTH
Entity: UNC Medical Center
Organization Unit: Network Physician Recruitment
Work Type: Full Time
Standard Hours Per Week: 40.00
Work Assignment Type: Onsite
Work Schedule: Day Job
Location of Job: US:NC:Chapel Hill
Exempt From Overtime: Exempt: No
This is a State position employed by UNC Health Care System with UNC Health benefits. If, however, you are presently an employee of another North Carolina agency and currently participate in TSERS or the ORP, you will be eligible to continue participating in those plans at UNC Health.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran or political affiliation.
UNC Health makes reasonable accommodations for applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as applicants and employees with disabilities. All interested applicants are invited to apply for career opportunities. Please email [email protected] if you need a reasonable accommodation to search and/or to apply for a career opportunity.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
How this job compares
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- Pay
- This postingNot listed
- North Carolina median$240–350K/yr55 salary ranges
- US median$105–125/hr1,703 hourly ranges
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 377 open Physician jobs in North Carolina and 13,822 across the US. 2% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in North Carolina
- UNC Health Care (this employer)137 open
- Novant Health92 open
- HCA Healthcare30 open
- Experience
- Physician postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (1,629 postings).
- Education
- 6,868 of the 13,822 open Physician jobs (50%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
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