Physician - Cytopathologist

City of Hope Medical Group is seeking an Academic Cytopathologist to join our team in Duarte. Join one of the nation's leading comprehensive cancer centers. As Chair of the Department of Pathology at City of Hope, we invite applications for a full-time Cytopathologist to join our clinical faculty at our flagship campus in Duarte, California. This recruitment reflects our strategic commitment to strengthening subspecialty expertise and advancing academic programs in digestive system malignancies. We seek a mission-driven, board-certified academic pathologist with expertise in gastrointestinal cancers who will support growing clinical volumes, contribute to translational research initiatives, and engage in education and mentorship. The position will also include teaching responsibilities, particularly for our pathology fellows and other trainees who rotate through the Department. Our faculty are dedicated to interdisciplinary collaboration, high-impact scholarship, and delivering subspecialized diagnostic excellence within a nationally recognized cancer program.

Department of Pathology| City of Hope | Duarte, CA

City of Hope Medical Group is Seeking an Academic Cytopathologist to Join our Duarte Team

City of Hope Medical Group is seeking an Academic Cytopathologist to join our team in Duarte. Join one of the nation's leading comprehensive cancer centers. As Chair of the Department of Pathology at City of Hope, we invite applications for a full-time Cytopathologist to join our clinical faculty at our flagship campus in Duarte, California. This recruitment reflects our strategic commitment to strengthening subspecialty expertise and advancing academic programs in digestive system malignancies. We seek a mission-driven, board-certified academic pathologist with expertise in gastrointestinal cancers who will support growing clinical volumes, contribute to translational research initiatives, and engage in education and mentorship. Our faculty are dedicated to interdisciplinary collaboration, high-impact scholarship, and delivering subspecialized diagnostic excellence within a nationally recognized cancer program.

As an academic medical center, City of Hope expects faculty to actively engage in scholarship through research and publication while also fulfilling a required commitment to teaching and mentorship of fellows, residents, and students, making both academic productivity and education fundamental responsibilities of this role.

Position Highlights:

• Main clinical responsibilities will include the cytopathology diagnostic service which currently accessions approximately 11,800 cases per year, predominantly non-gynecological and FNA cases. Proficiency in performing fine-needle aspiration procedure is required.
• Join a multidisciplinary team of physicians and scientists in Southern California.
• Use digital pathology to provide pathology expertise in the COH national network.
• Develop and support translational and clinical research in cytopathology.
• Participate in the training of fellows in our ACGME-accredited programs.
• Provide intraoperative consultations, participate in on-call rotations, and perform autopsy duties as part of the department's responsibilities.

Position Benefits:

• Excellent benefits package, including a generous retirement contribution plan.

• Relocation assistance may be available.
• Base Salary Range: $310k to $480k. The range listed is exclusively for base compensation for full-time employment and does not include incentive compensation or benefits. Actual compensation will be adjusted for experience, training, hospital/community need and other factors.

Benefits information:City of Hope Medical Group Benefits

About City of Hope

City of Hope's mission is to make hope a reality for all touched by cancer and diabetes. Founded in 1913,

City of Hopehas grown into one of the largest and most advanced cancer research and treatment organizations in the United States, and one of the leading research centers for diabetes and other life-threatening illnesses. City of Hope research has been the basis fornumerous breakthrough cancer medicines, as well as human synthetic insulin and monoclonal antibodies. With an independent, National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center that is ranked among the nation's top cancer centers by U.S. News & World Report at its core, City of Hope's uniquely integrated model spans cancer care, research and development, academics and training, and a broad philanthropy program that powers its work. City of Hope's growing national system includes its Los Angeles campus, Orange County, California,campus, a network of clinical care locations across Southern California and cancer treatment centers and outpatient facilities in the Atlanta, Chicago and Phoenix areas. City of Hope's affiliated group of organizations includesTranslational Genomics Research InstituteandAccessHopeTM. For more information about City of Hope, follow us onFacebook,X,YouTube,InstagramandLinkedIn

City of Hope is an equal opportunity employer. To learn more about our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion, please click here.

Qualifications:

• Applicants must have an MD or equivalent medical degree and possess or be eligible for an unrestricted California medical license.
• Board certification in Anatomic Pathology by the American Board of Pathology or equivalent is required.
• Fellowship training in Cytopathology and board certification or eligibility for Cytopathology is required.
• Expertise in surgical pathology specialties. In addition to Cytopathology, we highly prefer subspecialty expertise in additional areas of surgical pathology, such as Breast, Head and Neck, or Bone and Soft Tissue pathology.
• The candidate must possess excellent communication skills and experience in collaboration with medical and surgical oncologists and researchers.
• Applicants must have evidence of research and publication productivity.
• Academic record consistent with appointment as Assistant or Associate Professor is preferred.