Physician, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Physician, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Position title

Physician, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging Description The  Department of Medicine and the Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (NMMI) at the University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital is looking for 2 full-time Attending Physicians (start dates in 2026 and 2027).The Division has 8 part time and full-time members who are all Nuclear Medicine specialists. We work closely with more than 20 medical radiation technologists, their Manager, a radio chemists and a  dedicated Medical Physicist.

The Division is a moderate to large sized practice that sees a yearly volume of  9000 general nuclear medicine studies on 10 SPECT cameras, 4000 studies on 1 PET/CT camera, and 7000 bone densitometry studies on 2 DEXA machines. We treat more than 200 new therapy patients per year.

The Ottawa Hospital is a 1150 bed tertiary-care hospital serving Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec at four inpatient sites (Civic, General, Heart Institute, and the Rehabilitation Centre) and one ambulatory centre (Riverside). There are approximately 50,000 inpatient admissions, 160,000 emergency visits and over one million outpatient visits annually.

Ground-breaking medical research is conducted through The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. We rank 5th in Canada for competitive, peer-reviewed grants from the prestigious Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Over 2,300 researchers are publishing more than 2,200 studies yearly, with hundreds being high-impact publications (top 10% or citations).The Department of Medicine is a research-intensive Department.

Members currently hold 25 University Research Chairs. The Department receives approximately $60 million per year in external research funding and members publish approximately 1200 peer-reviewed publications annually.

The Faculty of Medicine is a nationally recognized leader, ranked among Canada’s top-tier medical faculties. As the most research-intensive Faculty at the University of Ottawa, the Faculty of Medicine contributes significantly to the University being ranked 5th in the country for total research revenues (Research Info Source), routinely 2nd or 3rd in Canada for research intensity in Medicine/Science grants (McLean’s), 4th in Canada for citations (2022 THE rankings) and 1st for overall growth in Tri-council funding over the past two decades.

The University of Ottawa is the largest bilingual (English/French) university in the world and the Faculty of Medicine first and largest bilingual medical school in Canada. The Faculty of Medicine has a long history of conducting the highest quality basic and clinical research, in close partnership with five affiliated academic hospitals and six research institutes. The Web of Science recently published a list of the most highly cited researchers in the world, where seven out of eight researchers identified from the uOttawa are from the Faculty of Medicine.

Together, these remarkable achievements are a strong testament to the competitiveness and excellence of our Faculty that extend to all our educational programs.

The City of Ottawa provides a thriving multicultural and bilingual environment. Ottawa boasts numerous cultural activities as well as readily accessible sporting and natural resources, making it an ideal family and healthy living environment.

Responsibilities Successful candidates will be expected to participate in a variety of clinical duties as well as education and academic opportunities and initiatives at the University of Ottawa. This position works under the general direction of the Division Head of NMMI, Department of Medicine at the Ottawa Hospital.

Clinical responsibilities are comprised of an average of 3-4 clinic days per week, including rotating coverage of general and cardiac studies performed at the General Campus, general studies at the Civic campus, BMDs from the Riverside, PET, and consultation clinic for therapies. Average weekend calls will number 8-9 per year, including 1-2 long weekends or STAT holidays. Additional clinical duties will include, but may not be limited to, representation at various tumour boards.

Division members are expected to attend and/or present at Division interesting case/hot seat rounds, M&M rounds, journal clubs, City-Wide Grand Rounds, in-training examinations, and academic half-day lectures. Additionally, the candidate will be expected to provide teaching and mentorship to House staff, which includes Nuclear Medicine and Radiology residents and fellows, off-service subspecialty residents, and medical students.

The candidate will be expected to participate in or conduct research and collaborate in multicenter trials that further Division goals.

Qualifications Broad competency with the full breadth of Nuclear Medicine imaging is required. This includes, but is not limited to, PET/CT for oncology and cardiovascular indications and multimodality nuclear…