Assistant/Associate/Full Clinical or Tenure Track Professor of Radiation Oncology

The successful candidate will join a clinical radiation oncology program that has existed since the College first opened in the mid-1980's.

There is institutional support for having a team that includes three ACVR-RO board-certified faculty. Due to recent personnel changes, there is now one vacancy, allowing for an incredible opportunity to join the team and help us re-envision what the service should look like in the future!

We enjoy a busy and diverse caseload that is supported by radiation oncology residents (typically 3 at a time - one per year), a robust support staff (2 client services representatives, one veterinary assistant, 3 veterinary technicians and one radiation therapist), a consulting medical physicist, and 2 medical dosimetrists who provide remote treatment planning support.

The radiation oncology service is located in the Randall B. Terry Jr. Companion Animal Veterinary Medical Center, in Raleigh, North Carolina. The center is equipped with a strontium probe, and Varian Novalis TX (with cone beam CT, high-definition MLC, CIVCO Protura robotic 6 degrees-of-freedom treatment couch, three Varian Eclipse treatment planning workstations, and a Varian ARIA record and verify system), capable of IMRT, IGRT and stereotactic radiation therapy. We have just completed an upgrade and now have Eclipse/Aria v18 with MCO, and RapidArc (Varian's VMAT solution).

Radiation treatment planning is supported by a full diagnostic imaging suite, including CT and MRI. Each year, the service is responsible for primary receiving of over 300 new patient consultations and treats over 200 new patients. The service has historically operated as a primary receiving service that works closely with colleagues in Medical Oncology (4 faculty, 4 residents and one intern) and Soft Tissue/Oncologic Surgery (4 faculty, 5 residents, and one intern).

Philanthropist Randall B. Terry, Jr. had a vision of a spacious and welcoming veterinary medical center that would be recognized as a national model of excellence. The goal was to ensure compassionate and leading-edge specialty health care for companion animals by surrounding a dedicated staff with advanced medical facilities and state of the art diagnostic and treatment technologies. At 110,000-square feet, the Terry Center is one of the nation's largest veterinary hospitals. Over 20,000 patients are diagnosed and treated annually by CVM clinicians and the Veterinary Hospital at NC State University is a major referral center for veterinarians throughout the Southeast.

With a focus on patient care, client comfort, and staff efficiency, the Terry Center is designed to help clinicians exceed client and referring veterinarian expectations for state-of-the-art specialty healthcare. Our mission is to partner with veterinarians and provide excellent and compassionate medical care; advance the veterinary profession through medical innovation and clinical research; and prepare the next generation of veterinarians.

The individual will be able to choose between either a TENURE TRACK or PROFESSIONAL/CLINICAL TRACK position, provided they meet the qualifications, with rank and tenure status determined based on experience level.

Both positions come with similar responsibilities: the incumbent will oversee radiation oncology clinical case management, provide high quality clinical and pre-clinical teaching, demonstrate research productivity through the procurement of external grant funding and the publication of peer-reviewed scientific papers, and participate in college and departmental committees.

The difference is that faculty in professional/clinical track positions spend a majority of their time in the clinic (34 weeks), with a small proportion of their time (5-10%) dedicated to research. By contrast, faculty in tenure track positions are expected to develop and/or run an independent research program, with a focus in clinical, translational, and/or basic research in the cancer and/or radiation-related sciences.

Many collaborative research opportunities exist within the NC State University Comparative Medicine Institute, as well as with neighboring institutions including UNC Chapel Hill, Duke University, and Wake Forest University.

Often, our faculty become eligible for associate membership in these NCI-designated Comprehensive Cancer Centers. Notably, the NC State Radiation Oncology team actively participates in a variety of clinical trials, and we are fortunate in that clinical research efforts are well-supported by our Clinical Studies Core, which provides assistance in study design, coordination and implementation.

In addition to clinical service and research, the successful candidate will be responsible for participation in professional outreach, committee service, teaching, and curriculum development. Faculty radiation oncologists at NC State participate in resident training, and they assist in teaching general oncology in the professional DVM curriculum, host an elective course in feline oncology, and support elective clinical rotations in radiation oncology for 4th year veterinary students. There are additional opportunities for mentoring graduate students.

Please include a cover letter and resume/CV.

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