Regional Vice-Chair, Radiation Oncology

The Department of Radiation Oncology at UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is currently seeking a Vice-Chair to oversee all radiation oncology services rendered within the regional scope of authority.

The Vice-Chair will collaborate closely with the Chairman of Radiation Oncology to develop and implement best policies and practices.

The position entails collaborating with local clinical and administrative leadership with respect to strategic planning and programmatic growth.

Additionally, the Vice-Chair will work in conjunction with other clinical and administrative leadership to develop policies and procedures, and to align strategies and approaches network-wide, as appropriate.

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is the region?s only NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center and is one of the largest integrated cancer networks in the United States, with over 70 locations throughout Pennsylvania, Ohio, New York, and Maryland, and international partnerships in Ireland and Italy.

UPMC is an integrated, global nonprofit enterprise : UPMC Health Plan has over 3 million members and is the largest health insurer in Western Pennsylvania.

Technology Highlights

Available technology includes Varian TrueBeam, Varian Halcyon, MRI-guided HDR brachytherapy, Gamma Knife Icon, and RefleXion X1.

Opportunity Details

The Vice-Chair is expected to commit ten (10) hours per week and five hundred (500) hours per calendar year for Vice-Chair-related duties outside of clinical responsibilities.

Our ideal candidates will provide the highest level of care to our patients, who come to us with the most complex cases from across our region.

We seek physicians motivated to provide leadership across a broad range of initiatives, including technology, quality and safety, resident education, and clinical trials.

Compensation is commensurate with productivity and is competitive based on MGMA Provider Compensation data. UPMC Hillman Cancer Center is strongly committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion.

Individuals from all backgrounds are encouraged to apply. Candidates must be ABR board certified / board eligible, have MD or DO degree, and are able to obtain Pennsylvania medical license prior to starting.

About UPMC

A $24 billion health care provider and insurer, Pittsburgh-based UPMC is inventing new models of patient-centered, cost-effective, accountable care.

The largest nongovernmental employer in Pennsylvania, UPMC integrates more than 92,000 employees, 40 hospitals, 800 doctors?

offices and outpatient sites, and a more than 4-million-member Insurance Services Division, the largest medical insurer in western Pennsylvania.

In the most recent fiscal year, UPMC contributed $1.5 billion in benefits to its communities, including more care to the region?

s most vulnerable citizens than any other health care institution, and paid more than $900 million in federal, state and local taxes.

Working in close collaboration with the University of Pittsburgh Schools of the Health Sciences, UPMC shares its clinical, managerial, and technological skills worldwide through its innovation and commercialization arm, UPMC Enterprises, and through UPMC International.

U.S. News consistently ranks UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside among the nation?s best hospitals in many specialties and ranks UPMC Children?

s Hospital of Pittsburgh on its Honor Roll of America?s Best Children?s Hospitals.