GU Multidisciplinary Team Leader & Director,Prostate Cancer Center of Excellence

GU Multidisciplinary Team Leader & Director, Prostate Cancer Center of Excellence

Start Date: ASAP

In partnership with AMN Healthcare, Karmanos Cancer Institute and Wayne State University invite applications for a highly accomplished physician-investigator to serve as the Genitourinary Multidisciplinary Team Leader & Medical Director of the Prostate Cancer Center of Excellence. This position offers a unique opportunity to shape the future of GU cancer care and research at an independent NCI Designated Comprehensive Cancer Center that is part of McLaren Health Care, anchoring Michigan’s largest cancer research/care network, and home to one of the nation’s most expansive clinical trials program.

The Genitourinary (GU) Oncology program at Karmanos Cancer Institute has been considered a strength for many years; the GU team was the first Multidisciplinary Team (MDT) formed at Karmanos and serves as a model to the other disease site teams. Under the previous leader, Karmanos Cancer Institute partnered with University of Michigan Rogel Cancer Center and successfully obtained a Prostate SPORE in 2019 which was funded through 2024.

Due to non-overlapping patient populations, future collaboration opportunities exist.

Reporting to the CEO of Karmanos Cancer Institute, the GU Multidisciplinary Team Leader will lead a multidisciplinary team of 16 physician faculty and will also serve as a member of senior leadership committees, including the Scientific Leadership Council, where they will represent the Prostate Cancer Center of Excellence, Medical Executive Committee and the Clinical Leadership Council. Faculty appointments are awarded through Wayne State University School of Medicine.

Additionally, as Medical Director of the Prostate Cancer Center of Excellence
, this leader will set the strategic direction for the prostate cancer research program, guide the design and execution of research initiatives, strengthen integration between basic and clinical science, and oversee a comprehensive and growing clinical trial portfolio. The KCI catchment area encompasses 6.7 million residents, with a richly diverse population across ethnic and socioeconomic lines—providing a unique environment for advancing health disparities research and more.

The GU MDT Leader should have experience developing and leading high-functioning multidisciplinary teams within a cancer center as well as experience leading an externally funded program of research supported by NIH, industry, foundation, or other sources. Requirements include an MD, DO, or equivalent terminal medical degree as well as current certification in any of the oncology specialties.

As part of McLaren Health Care, the Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute remains Michigan’s only hospital dedicated exclusively to fighting cancer and is the largest cancer research and provider network in Michigan. Karmanos is one of 57 National Cancer Institute (NCI) Designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers, with one of the largest clinical trials programs in the United States, including a robust Phase 1 Clinical Trials Program housed at the Eisenberg Center for Translational Therapeutics, the only program of its kind in Michigan.

Through 17 network sites, Karmanos reaches patients in 47 counties in Michigan and northern Ohio, including urban, suburban and rural populations.

McLaren Health Care is a $6 billion, fully integrated health care delivery system that includes 15 hospitals in Michigan and Ohio, ambulatory surgery centers, imaging centers, employed primary and specialty care physician network, commercial and Medicaid HMOs, covering approximately 640,000 lives in Michigan and Indiana, home health, infusion and hospice providers, pharmacy services, a clinical laboratory network and a wholly owned medical malpractice insurance company.

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