Assistant Professor or Associate Professor of Pediatrics at CUMC

The Opportunity

This opportunity to join the Department of Pediatrics at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons at the rank of Associate Professoris an exciting one. Columbia University Irving Medical Center, one of the nation's foremost academic health science center's working together with one of the nation's premier health systems, New York-Presbyterian Hospital.

Founded in 1959, The Division of Pediatric Hematology, Oncology, and Stem Cell Transplant at Columbia Children's Health, New York-Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital (MSCH) is one of the oldest and most comprehensive centers in the country focused on treating children with cancer and blood disorders. MSCH has 202 inpatient pediatric beds, including a 54-bed Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and 10 operating rooms. Our division is currently composed of 3 sections (Hematology, Oncology and Stem Cell Transplantation) with 21 full-time faculty, 4 research RN / NP's, 8 clinical research associates, and 3 regulatory specialists and includes an ACGME-accredited Fellowship Program and a FACT-accredited stem cell transplant program. The division is one of 21 institutions to serve as a core sire of the Children's Oncology Group Pediatric Early Phase Clinical Trials Network (PEP-CTN). It is also a member of the Therapeutic Advances in Childhood Leukemia and Lymphoma (TACL) Consortium.

Key Responsibilites

• Clinical responsibilities will include serving as attending physician on the inpatient oncology service and providing outpatient care to children, adolescents and young adults with solid tumors.
• Management of pediatric solid tumor patients enrolled on clinical trials.

Compensation

Compensation arrangements are competitive and commensurate with both experience and achievement.

Commitment of Diversity

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action Employer and Educator. The University is dedicated to the goal of building a culturally diverse and pluralistic faculty and staff committed to teaching and working in a diverse environment, and strongly encourages applications from women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans.

Columbia University welcomes applications from individuals who may have had nontraditional career paths, or who may have taken time off for family reasons (e.g. children, caring for disabled or elderly family), or who have achieved excellence in careers outside of academia (e.g., in professional or industry service). The University is responsive to the needs of dual career couples and is committed to supporting the work-life balance of its faculty. We are interested in candidates who have a record of success advising and mentoring individuals from groups underrepresented in higher education and is particularly interested in candidates who have research interests in subjects that will contribute to the understanding of diversity and equal opportunity.

Columbia University is an Equal Opportunity Employer / Disability / Veteran

Pay Transparency Disclosure

The salary of the finalist selected for this role will be set based on a variety of factors, including but not limited to departmental budgets, qualifications, experience, education, licenses, specialty, and training. The above hiring range represents the University's good faith and reasonable estimate of the range of possible compensation at the time of posting.