Neuro Oncology TJC Gold Seal Brain Tumor Program Large Established Neuroscience Team North Carolina

Neuro-Oncologist

ECU Health Physicians and ECU Health Medical Center, located in Greenville, North Carolina, are seeking a BE/BC fellowship-trained Neuro-Oncologist. The successful candidate will join an established multidisciplinary team that includes specialists in neurology, neurosurgery, radiosurgery, hematology oncology, radiation oncology, neuroradiology, and neuropathology. ECU Health Medical Center proudly earned the Joint Commission Gold Seal of Approval for Brain Tumor Care in the fall of 2024.

ECU Health Physicians provides state-of-the-art care for patients in eastern North Carolina through a cancer care network of university faculty and hospital-employed physicians in a hub and spoke model of care.

Job Description

• Employment by ECU Health Physicians
• Growing 9-hospital physician-led private not-for-profit health system with locations across eastern North Carolina
• Hospital privileges at ECU Health Medical Center, a 974-bed academic medical center, and the home to eastern North Carolina's only American College of Surgeons Commission on Cancer accredited Academic Comprehensive Cancer Center
• Established neuro-oncology program
• Growing clinical neuroscience team inclusive of 10 neurosurgeons, including dual-trained cerebrovascular specialists, and 20+ neurologists including an interventional neurologist, 4 vascular neurologists, 4 neurointensivists, and 13 subspecialty neurologists. The subspecialties include pediatric neurology, epilepsy, movement disorders, headache, neuromuscular, sleep medicine, intraoperative monitoring, and neuro-oncology.
• ECU Health Medical Center has a 24-bed NSICU led by Neurointensivists as well as a 75-bed CARF accredited rehabilitation center providing inpatient and outpatient support to neurology patients
• In addition to its clinical and academic expertise, ECU Health Medical Center offers an array of comprehensive brain tumor interventions, supported by state-of-the-art technology like GammaTile therapy, Gamma Knife radiosurgery, Cyberknife radiosurgery as well as innovative clinical trials that improve brain tumor knowledge, treatments, and outcomes
• Opportunity to participate in a 9-hospital system of cancer care with 5 COC accredited sites sharing a common medical record and planned COC Network status
• Established clinical trials program through ECU Health and East Carolina University’s Brody School of Medicine, Members Alliance for Clinical Trials in Oncology
• Ability to participate in the teaching and mentorship of hematology oncology fellows and neurology residents

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and comprehensive benefit package to include annual CME stipend, relocation, vacation, sick leave, holidays, malpractice (with tail), 401k matching program/457b, medical, dental & vision, disability & life insurance
• In addition to a competitive compensation and benefits plan, qualified applicants may also be eligible for loan repayment, sign-on bonus, income guarantees, and residency/fellowship paid commitment stipends

Community Overview

Greenville is widely recognized as the thriving cultural, educational, economic, and medical hub of eastern North Carolina. It is the 10th largest city in the state with a metropolitan population of nearly 100,000. The Dickinson Avenue Arts District offers a vibrant arts, music, culinary, and festival scene in the Uptown Greenville district. Greenville is also home to East Carolina University, the Brody School of Medicine, and Pitt Community College. Excellent affordability, convenient location, and natural resources combined with all of the amenities of a metropolitan university town make Greenville the perfect place to live, work, and play!

• Located inland off of the North Carolina coast, Greenville is 45 miles east of Interstate 95, just over an hour to Raleigh, and a little over an hour to the pristine beaches of the Crystal Coast of NC
• Home to East Carolina University (ECU), a vibrant university with an annual enrollment of more than 24,000 students
• Numerous waterways and the Greenville Greenway System are perfect for boating, kayaking, fishing, hiking, and camping
• Mild climate perfect for year-round outdoor activities
• Cost of living below the national average, diverse and affordable housing options, and excellent educational opportunities both public and private
• Investment of more than $500 million in downtown Greenville’s revitalization bringing new restaurants, shops, businesses, and residents to the area