Hematologist; Adult Sickle Cell; Northwell Cancer Institute at Rego Park

Northwell Health Cancer Institute is seeking a board eligible/board certified Hematologist with experience and practice focus in Adult Sickle Cell disease to join the Northwell Health Cancer Institute Rego Park in Queens, NY. The team is composed of a large, dynamic, and diverse group of clinicians, educators, and researchers from multiple professions eager to take on the challenge of the patient-centered, comprehensive care and multiple treatment paths of this specialized patient population.

Northwell Health provides comprehensive care for sickle cell disease, including both pediatric and adult services through age-specific clinics, treatment options likehydroxyureaand blood transfusions, and stem cell transplantation and gene therapy. The Sickle Cell specialist will be an integral part of Northwell’s adult Hematology division with research and teaching opportunities of fellows, residents and medical students. Northwell Health’s Cancer Institute is known for its teaching excellence and holds leadership positions in local, regional, and national organizations.

Northwell Health at Rego Park provides multispecialty care to one of the most diverse, multicultural communities in the nation. Primary care and specialty care including comprehensive cancer care are offered all in one site with interpreters and translation services throughout the building—ensuring accurate communication between you and your provider.

Northwell Health Cancer Institute Rego Park providesexperts who specialize in all forms of cancer—even rare or complex conditions. Services include:

• A multidisciplinary clinic:
  
  Those with a gastrointestinal cancer (like colon, pancreatic or liver) will see two or more specialists in one day and leave with a personalized treatment plan.
• Diverse care: ready to meet the diverse needs of the Queens community. The oncology teams speak 30 languages, including Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, Russian, Korean, Hindi and Bengali.
• New treatments:
  
  Through clinical trials, Northwell Health Cancer Institute Rego Park is able to offer novel and innovative treatments.
• Collaboration with highly specialized treatment teams at Zuckerberg Cancer Hospital at Long Island Jewish Medical Center.

Northwell Health Cancer Institute treats more than 19,000 patients with cancer and blood diseases, giving patients access to the services of more than 200 Cancer Institute physicians in more than 25 sub-specialties. The Feinstein Institute for Medical Research is home to Northwell Health’s research and is an epicenter for scientific discovery and innovation, including basic science and clinical research in molecular medicine, genetics, oncology, brain research, mental health, autoimmunity, and bioelectronic  2015, Northwell Health and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory began a strategic affiliation to accelerate cancer research, diagnosis, and treatment.

This collaboration offers the ability to deliver cancer and hematologic therapeutics to patients throughout the region, while also meeting the comprehensive medical and surgical needs of those with cancer and at risk of the disease.

Northwell Health is New York State’s largest health care provider and private employer, with 28 hospitals and 1,050 outpatient facilities. We care for over two million people annually in the New York metro area and beyond, thanks to philanthropic support from our communities. Our 103,500 employees – 19,000+ nurses and 12,000+ credentialed physicians, including members of Northwell Health Physician Partners – are working to change health care for the better.

We’re making breakthroughs in medicine at the Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research. We're training the next generation of medical professionals at the visionary Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell and the Hofstra Northwell School of Nursing and Physician Assistant Studies. For information on our more than 100 medical specialties, visit Northwell.edu and follow us @Northwell Health on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Linked In.