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Thoracic/Head and Neck and GU Medical Oncologists

Employer
Baylor College of Medicine
Location
Houston, Texas (US)
Salary
Competitive Salary and Benefits
Closing date
Jun 21, 2021

Job Details

The Dan L Duncan Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, Texas, is recruiting for Thoracic/Head and Neck and GU Medical Oncologist clinician investigators to join the Section of Hematology/Oncology at the Assistant/Associate/Full Professor level.  Baylor College of Medicine and the NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Center are affiliated with five major teaching hospitals in the Texas Medical Center including Baylor St Luke’s Medical Center, The Ben Taub General Hospital and the Michael E DeBakey VA Medical Center.  Ample laboratory space is available in the Cancer Center.  The 450 members of the Dan L Duncan Cancer Center generate more than $180M annually in cancer related research funding.   Cancer researchers in Texas may apply for research funding to the Cancer Prevention and Research Institute of Texas (a state agency charged with supporting innovation in cancer research in Texas with funding of 3 billion dollars over 10 years).  Generous recruitment awards are also available on a competitive basis from CPRIT.  Cancer Center Programs include Nuclear Receptors, Transcription and Chromatin Biology, Pediatric Cancer, Cancer Prevention and Population Science, Cell Signaling and Metabolism, Cancer Cell and Gene Therapy, Breast Cancer and Mechanisms of Cancer Evolvability.  Several new initiatives are in development including early phase clinical trials, and precision cancer medicine and proteogenomics. Ten Shared Resources are available to Cancer Center members, and the Human Genome Sequencing Center, the Center for Drug Discovery, Breast Center, CAGT and the Therapeutic Innovation Center focusing on drug development in gene control targets are additional unique resources.  Interested candidates will have an MD or MD/PhD degree and should be board eligible or board certified in hematology and/or oncology. Applications should include a letter outlining the candidate’s academic interests in addition to a curriculum vitae and the names of four references. 

Baylor College of Medicine is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action/Equal Access Employer.

Please send application to:

Martha P. Mims, M.D., Ph.D.

Chief, Section of Hematology/Medical Oncology

Professor of Medicine

Baylor College of Medicine

One Baylor Plaza, BCM 187

Houston, Texas 77030

hemoncrecruits@bcm.edu

713-798-4508

Company

The Department of Medicine at Baylor College of Medicine and the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Medical Center in Houston, Texas in collaboration with the Dan L. Duncan Cancer Center seek a Board Certified/Board Eligible Medical Oncologist/ Physician-investigator interested in clinical, translational, or basic research together with patient care and teaching responsibilities. Areas of particular interest include Phase 1-2 clinical trials, gastrointestinal cancer, lung and/or head and neck cancer, genitourinary oncology, and hematologic malignancy. The section of hematology/oncology now includes 17 full-time faculty, 18 voluntary faculty, and it supports active clinical services and training programs of Ben Taub General Hospital, St. Luke’s Episcopal Hospital, as well as the Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Medical Center. More than 5000 new cancer patients are seen each year in hospitals served by the College. The Cancer Center includes 278 members with more than $100M in cancer-related grant support and it includes strong programs in breast cancer, prostate cancer, cell and gene therapy, pediatric oncology, nuclear receptors, cancer prevention and population sciences, molecular carcinogenesis and tumor biology. There are developing programs in several other areas. Close interactions among faculty in the Cancer Center and those at MD Anderson, Rice and other Texas Medical Center institutions are encouraged. A naming gift of $100M was recently given to the Cancer Center for recruitment and program development among other initiatives.
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