The Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology is initiating a search for a Pediatric Hematologist-Oncologist to serve as a full-time faculty member at the Assistant or Associate Professor level and lead its expanding early phase clinical trial program for children and adolescents with hematologic and oncologic disorders as Director of the Pediatric Phase I Program. The Division has comprehensive programs in oncology, neuro-oncology, sickle-cell disease, stem cell transplantation, and hemophilia and is an integral part of the University of Miami's Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, an NCI Designated Cancer Center. Excellent opportunities for participation in clinical or translational research collaborations are available within existing programs in tumor biology and immunology, tolerance, and graft-versus-host disease. The Division of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology is a full member of COG, with active federally funded programs in pediatric oncology, SCT, coagulation and thrombosis, and sickle cell disease in the state-of-the-art Batchelor Children's Research Institute. The Department of Pediatrics has a large residency program and the Hematology-Oncology Division operates a fellowship program.

The candidate must have demonstrated proficiency in the teaching of students and housestaff and the ability to work efficiently and independently as part of collaborative groups as well as contribute to basic, translational, and clinical research.

Responsibilities include:

• Director of the Pediatric Sarcoma Program

• Provide care of pediatric hematology-oncology patients in both inpatient and outpatient settings

• Share on-call duties with other division members

• Supervise and teach fellows, residents, and medical students

• Perform basic, translational, and clinical research to develop publications and grant submissions

• Contribute to the university's service mission which includes committee participation, leadership, and performing community outreach

Desired qualifications:

• MD/DO at the assistant/associate professor level

• Board certified/eligible in Pediatrics and Pediatric Hematology-Oncology

• Maintain a valid Medical License in the State of Florida

• Valid DEA license

• Demonstrate both clinical and scholarly expertise in pediatric hematology-oncology

• Demonstrate proficiency in the teaching of students and housestaff

• Ability to work efficiently and independently as part of collaborative groups

• Contribute to basic, translational, and clinical research