Join a growing program in the world renowned UPMC Hillman Cancer Center!

UPMC Hillman Cancer Center - Erie:

The UPMC Hillman Cancer Center endeavors to provide world class, technologically advanced and compassionate care close to where patients live; to this end, we are looking for a radiation oncologist to join a thriving community practice in Erie, PA - a family friendly community set in a region of great natural beauty.

The candidate will join another physician in a busy ACRO-accredited practice, which enjoys a strong history in the community and a robust referral base; the practice has a typical daily treatment volume og 30-35 patients.

The department is well equipped, currently with a TrueBeam Edge and a Trilogy, the latter to be upgraded to a TrueBeam in 2025, and offers HDR and SBRT capability. Support staff includes 6 therapists and a manager, 2 dosimetrists, 1 PA-C, 2 financial counselors, 2 front office staff, 2 physicists, and 3 nurses.

Physicians in the practice are well supported as part of an integrated, physician-led network of clinicians. Physicians participate in weekly prospective peer review as well as have opportunities to join monthly educational rounds led by disease site experts.

Our ideal candidates will provide the highest level of care to our patients, which includes offering patients the opportunity to participate in our robust and growing clinical trial portfolio.

What We Offer:

Sign-on Bonus and relocation expenses

Competitive base salary commensurate with experience plus a generous incentive program

Outstanding benefit package including health, dental, vision and pension

CME allowance

5-weeks PTO plus holidays

About Erie

As the fourth largest city in Pennsylvania, Erie offers an abundance of resources in culture, recreation and education. Lake Erie and Presque Isle State Park provide opportunities for a variety of water activities as well as access to sandy beaches, woodland trails and historic

landmarks. The proximity to the Allegheny Mountains allows for easy access to Alpine and Nordik skiing.

Erie offers many activities for families, including museums, sporting events, a symphony orchestra, ballet and dance companies, and indoor and outdoor water parks. Erie also has a selection of excellent public, private and parochial schools, as well as four local colleges and universities.

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, Italy and Croatia.

UPMC is an integrated, global nonprofit enterprise: UPMC Health Plan has over 3 million members and is the largest health insurer in Western Pennsylvania. The Department of Radiation Oncology aspires to advance excellence in care for everyone, everywhere, every time.

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.

Professional Skills:

We are seeking radiation oncologists who are comfortable treating a wide variety of malignancies in the community setting, supported by a large network of clinicians.

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

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