General Surgery - Breast Surgery Job at Carle Health in Urbana, IL

Overview

Outstanding Breast Surgery Position at Carle Foundation Hospital with Academic Appointment through the Carle Illinois College of Medicine in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.

Opportunity Details

Carle Cancer Institute, a home of Mills Breast Cancer Institute in Urbana, and Carle Illinois College of Medicine are excited to add a breast surgical oncologist to their team. The candidate should have experience with a broad range of breast surgery for benign and malignant breast conditions and when occasionally necessary assist oncology team in Urbana with rare excisional nodal biopsies for other malignancies, feeding tube placement and Port line placement for chemotherapy administration.

The candidate will enjoy a very generous compensation package in a stable, vertically integrated Carle Health System, while practicing in a multi-disciplinary setting with a dedicated breast team and breast cancer navigator. The health system has over > 17,000 employees across several hospitals, covering a population of about 2.5 million people. The candidate would participate in our weekly breast tumor board at Carle Cancer Institute in Urbana, and have strong support from Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology and Plastic Surgery. Carle Cancer Institute has strong clinical cancer research with an NCORP Grant (PI: Ken Rowland, MD) from the National Cancer Institute and currently > 100 open clinical trials.

Carle is at the forefront of technological advances in medicine and surgery through its collaboration with the Carle Illinois college of Medicine, the world’s first fully accredited engineering based medical school leading the world in integration of AI, data science, and global health medical innovation. These technological advances have already found their way into daily clinical practice such as AI-generated note taking, virtual organ modelling for surgical planning, and others.

The ideal candidate would be a general surgeon with surgical oncology fellowship, or a general surgeon currently in practice with breast surgery being at least 50% of his/her current practice volume and have excellent interpersonal skills for program building. For fellowship trained candidates, both candidates with experience and new graduates are very welcome to apply. The Carle Illinois College of Medicine (CI COM) was founded in 2015 and has graduated the best medical students in the country who over 92% have obtained their #1 program choice in the match. The medical school is part of the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (UIUC), with over 60,000 students, UIUC is a vibrant college town with nationally ranked sports teams and academically was recently ranked as one of the top 20 Universities in the world. Opportunities for interdisciplinary research and collaboration are unmatched and an academic appointment in the college of medicine will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The position will include dedicated time for teaching CI COM medical students and General Surgery Residents at Carle’s General Surgery Residency Program. For candidates with a strong academic background, a 0.2 FTE of protected research/academic time would be available. For clinical research, Carle Cancer Institute is a home of Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute with an existing opportunity to support investigator-initiated studies. For basic science and translational research, UIUC Basic Science Cancer Center of Illinois houses over 75 basic and translational cancer investigators bringing in over $50M annually in federal and industry funding grants.

Interested candidates should contact Kirstin Walder, Physician Recruiter for Carle Health System via email . Interested candidates may also directly contact Sinisa Stanic, MD, Medical Director, Carle Cancer Institute at and learn more about this exciting opportunity.

Carle Foundation Hospital is an equal opportunity employer committed to inclusive excellence through diversity.

About Our Community

Champaign-Urbana is a uniquely cosmopolitan college town with a population of 150,000, offering not only international cuisine, world class performative art through the Krannert Center, but also houses one of the only university airports in the country (American Airlines). Chicago, Indianapolis and St. Louis are easily accessible by car or public transportation.

About Us

Find it here. Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. The supportive and inclusive team where you can thrive. The place where growth meets balance and opportunities meet flexibility. Find it all at Carle Health. Based in Urbana, IL, Carle Health is a healthcare system with nearly 16,600 team members in its eight hospitals, physician groups and a variety of healthcare businesses. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital, Carle Health Pekin Hospital, and Carle Hoopeston Regional Health Center hold Magnet designations, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care. The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school, and Health Alliance. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, status as a veteran, and basis of disability or any other federal, state or local protected class. Carle Health participates in E-Verify and may provide the Social Security Administration and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security with information from each new employee's Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. | For more information: .
Compensation and Benefits

The compensation range for this position is $425,000 - $475,000. This represents a good faith minimum and maximum range for the role at the time of posting by Carle Health. The actual compensation offered a candidate will be dependent on a variety of factors including, but not limited to, the candidate’s experience, qualifications, location, training, licenses, shifts worked and compensation model. Carle Health offers a comprehensive benefits package for team members and providers. To learn more visit careers.carlehealth.org/benefits