WEILL
MEDICAL
COLLEGE
OF
CORNELL
UNIVERSITY
ACADEMIC SURGICAL PATHOLOGIST - GENITOURINARY
The
Opportunity
The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine of the Weill
Medical College of Cornell University is seeking an Academic Surgical
Pathologist with a subspecialty in genitourinary pathology, for full-time
appointment at the Assistant Professor, Associate Professor or Professorial
level. The candidate will join the
busy Anatomic Pathology Division of a top-ranked clinical and medical research
center, one with increasing case volumes and expanding academic programs in
uropathology.
Our Client
Weill Medical
College of Cornell University, founded in 1898, and since 1927 affiliated with
what is now New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
In addition to offering degrees in medicine, Cornell also has Ph.D.
programs in biomedical research and education at the Weill Graduate School of
Medical Sciences, and with neighboring
Rockefeller
University
and the Sloan-Kettering Institute, has established a joint M.D.-PhD. program
for students to intensify their pursuit of Cornell's triple mission of
education, research, and patient care.
Weill
Medical
College
is an AA/EOE.
The
Medical
College
is divided into 20 academic departments. Seven
focus on the sciences underlying clinical medicine and thirteen encompass the
study, treatment, and prevention of human diseases and maternity care.
In addition to its affiliation with
New York
Presbyterian
Hospital
, both the
Medical
College
and
Graduate
School
maintain major affiliations with
Memorial
Sloan-Kettering
Cancer
Center
, Hospital for Special Surgery, as well as with the metropolitan-area
institutions that constitute New York Presbyterian Healthcare Network.
The
Department
The Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is a complete teaching
and clinical facility located at the main campus of the
Medical
College
on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. The
Pathology Department includes more that 85 clinical and research faculty and
supports a full academic curriculum for the University's medical students, as
well as academic research, clinical pathology and clinical consulting at
New York
Presbyterian
Hospital
.
New
York-Presbyterian Hospital, the major clinical facility of the
Medical
College
, is an 824-bed teaching hospital centrally located in a highly sophisticated
medical community including the Hospital for Special Surgery, the
Memorial
Sloan-Kettering
Cancer
Center
and the
Rockefeller
University
.
The
Anatomic Pathology Division
The Anatomic Pathology Division is
composed of 32 anatomic pathologists currently handling an annual volume of
50,000 surgical specimens, 125 post-mortem examinations, 45,000 cytological
specimens, and 3,400 fine needle aspirations.
The anatomic pathology service is partially subspecialized so as to
permit members of the faculty to maintain broad exposure to most organ systems
while expanding their diagnostic expertise and scholarly accomplishments in an
area of subspecialization.
The
anatomic pathology facilities are thoroughly modern.
All faculty offices, sign-out rooms, conference rooms, the house
staff/fellows room and most laboratory facilities have been completely renovated
during the past five years.
The
anatomic pathology faculty is supported by Immunopathology and Molecular
Pathology Laboratories dedicated to translational research.
Excellent collaborative research opportunities exist with the recently
expanded Molecular Pathology Laboratory and with the numerous independent
research laboratories within the Department, the
Medical
College
and at our neighboring institutions,
Rockefeller
University
and
Memorial
Sloan-Kettering
Cancer
Center
.
The
Chairman
Dr. Daniel Knowles
was appointed in 1994 as the David D. Thompson Professor and Chairman of
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine of the Weill Medical College of Cornell
University and as Pathologist-in-Chief at New York-Presbyterian Hospital.
Dr. Knowles is internationally recognized for his diagnostic expertise
and for his many scholarly accomplishments in hematopathology.
He previously served as Chief of Surgical Pathology at the Columbia
University College of Physicians and Surgeons, and received additional
scientific training at the
Rockefeller
University
. Under his leadership, the
Department has achieved substantial growth and success in practice activity,
clinical laboratory services and extramural research funding.
The Department and the associated laboratories now employ more than 600
people.
The
Candidate
The successful candidate should possess strong diagnostic skills and be capable
of participating in the service responsibilities of a large, busy and demanding
anatomic pathology service.
A strong
commitment to an academic career and to publishing original papers in his or her
chosen area of subspecialization.
A similar
commitment and interest in resident education and medical student teaching is
also necessary.
Established diagnostic expertise in
the GU subspecialization and a record of scholarly publications and experience
in translational research and molecular pathology is highly preferred.
However, candidates completing a fellowship program in the GU
subspecialization will also be considered.
Board certification in anatomic
pathology and eligibility for unrestricted medical licensure in
New
York
State
is
required.
The Package
Academic rank and compensation will be commensurate with the level of experience
and scholarly accomplishments.
Relocation assistance is available.
For more information please contact:
Sally McDowell
Vice President
Sally@HeadhunterForPathologists.com
Bert Schuyler
President
Bert@HeadhunterForPathologists.com
HeadhunterForPathologists
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