Neuro-Oncology - Physician - Manhattan, NY

Description

The Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is recruiting for a full-time academic neuro-oncologist in the Department of Neurology for the Mount Sinai Health System.

Applicants are sought at Assistant or Associate Professor level with an academic appointment at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai that is commensurate with experience and resume.  The chosen candidate must have excellent clinical skills and an interest in outpatient and inpatient neuro-oncology.  The candidate will work with an outstanding team of neuro-oncologists, neuro-oncology nurse practitioners, neurosurgeons, radiation oncologists, and neuropathologists in the Mount Sinai Health System and primarily based at the Mount Sinai Hospital in Manhattan. 

The rapidly expanding neuro-oncology program at Mount Sinai has one of the largest brain tumor clinical volumes in NYC, with clinical trials enrolling brain tumor patients in the Tisch Cancer Institute. New multidisciplinary brain cancer clinics exist within the health system. The Brain Tumor Research Program at Mount Sinai currently has seven highly collaborative NIH-funded brain tumor research laboratories.  Mount Sinai is a founding partner institution for the $300 million New York Proton Center, New York State’s first proton therapy facility, which opened in July 2019 in Upper Manhattan.

The Department of Neurology at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has an active UCNS accredited neuro-oncology fellowship training program to educate the next generation of brain tumor specialists. Neuro-oncology faculty also teach adult neurology residents during their required neuro-oncology rotations and Icahn School of Medicine medical students on neuro-oncology electives. 

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with colleagues as an integral part of a health system
• Benefit from the education, research, and clinical program of Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, one of the top ranked schools nationally
• Significant opportunities for career development
• Dedicated support staff 

Qualifications

• ABPN certification in Neurology 
• Subspecialty fellowship training and board certification (or board eligible) in neuro-oncology
• Outstanding communication, bedside manner, and professionalism; excellent organizational skills
• A strong work ethic and capability for effective collaboration in the multi-disciplinary care of patients with CNS tumors, including evaluation and enrollment in clinical trials

Compensation range from $143,750 to $629,623 (not including bonuses / incentive compensation or benefits)

The Nash Family Department of Neuroscience at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is a top National Institutes of Health-funded research and education branch of Icahn Mount Sinai. Renowned for their nationally and internationally recognized laboratories, expert faculty, and mold-breaking research, the Department is where some of the most innovative ideas and approaches to brain and nervous system disorders happen. Their work is supported by a culture of open-mindedness and a welcoming environment that attracts students, trainees, and faculty from across the globe. 

The Department of Neurology ranks No. 24 among neurology departments nationwide in NIH funding, receiving $13.2 million in awards during the NIH’s 2023 fiscal year. The Neuroscience Department ranks No. 2, having received $32.6 million in awards during the same fiscal year. Additionally, the Departments of Neurology and Neurosurgery rank No. 16 nationally in the U.S. News & World Report survey for 2024.

The Tisch Cancer Institute (TCI), a National Cancer Institute-designated center established in 2008, is an integral part of the Mount Sinai Health System, whose mission is to advance basic, clinical, and population health cancer research, in order to prevent disease or improve the lives of cancer patients. TCI has over 80 prominent scientists and physicians with an outstanding cancer clinical trials office, including built-in infrastructure for early phase clinical trials designed to maximize the development of cutting-edge therapies.

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The Mount Sinai Health System believes that diversity, equity, and inclusion are key drivers for excellence. We share a common devotion to delivering exceptional patient care. When you join us, you become a part of Mount Sinai’s unrivaled record of achievement, education, and advancement as we revolutionize medicine together. We invite you to participate actively as a part of the Mount Sinai Health System team by:  

• Using a lens of equity in all aspects of patient care delivery, education, and research to promote policies and practices to allow opportunities for all to thrive and reach their potential.

• Serving as a role model confronting racist, sexist, or other inappropriate actions by speaking up, challenging exclusionary organizational practices, and standing side-by-side in support of colleagues who experience discrimination.

• Inspiring and fostering an environment of anti-racist behaviors among and between departments and co-workers.

At Mount Sinai, our leaders strive to learn, empower others, and embrace change to further advance equity and improve the well-being of staff, patients, and the organization.  We expect our leaders to embrace anti-racism, create a collaborative and respectful environment, and constructively disrupt the status quo to improve the system and enhance care for our patients. We work hard to create an inclusive, welcoming and nurturing work environment where all feel they are valued, belong and are able to advance professionally.

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Mount Sinai Health System is one of the largest academic medical systems in the New York metro area, with 48,000 employees working across eight hospitals, more than 400 outpatient practices, more than 600 research and clinical labs, a school of nursing, and a leading school of medicine and graduate education. Mount Sinai advances health for all people, everywhere, by taking on the most complex health care challenges of our time—discovering and applying new scientific learning and knowledge; developing safer, more effective treatments; educating the next generation of medical leaders and innovators; and supporting local communities by delivering high-quality care to all who need it.

Through the integration of its hospitals, labs, and schools, Mount Sinai offers comprehensive health care solutions from birth through geriatrics, leveraging innovative approaches such as artificial intelligence and informatics while keeping patients’ medical and emotional needs at the center of all treatment. The Health System includes approximately 9,000 primary and specialty care physicians and 11 free-standing joint-venture centers throughout the five boroughs of New York City, Westchester, Long Island, and Florida. Hospitals within the System are consistently ranked by Newsweek’s® “The World’s Best Smart Hospitals, Best in State Hospitals, World Best Hospitals and Best Specialty Hospitals” and by U.S. News & World Report's® “Best Hospitals” and “Best Children’s Hospitals.” The Mount Sinai Hospital is on the U.S. News & World Report® “Best Hospitals” Honor Roll for 2023-2024.

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