The Department of Radiology at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine seeks a full-time non-tenure-eligible Chief of the Division of Breast Imaging, academic rank will be commensurate with experience.
This unique leadership opportunity will allow a physician leader to lead, advance and expand a modern and innovative breast imaging service throughout the Northwestern Medicine Academic Health System. The Breast Imaging Section is part of the Lynn Sage Comprehensive Breast Center (LSCBC), where state-of-the art care is provided to patients with breast diseases. The LSCBC is one of the largest, most advanced breast centers in the country. Housed in the highly regarded Prentice Women's Hospital on the downtown Northwestern University Chicago campus, the women's imaging section provides breast cancer screening and multidisciplinary care to patients with breast disease. Over 90,000 breast imaging studies and interventional procedures are performed each year in one facility including MRI-guided biopsies. Mammography is fully tomosynthesis capable with 14 machines onsite, 10 state-of-the-art ultrasound units, two prone tomosynthesis/stereotactic biopsy tables, and 3 T MRI machines. Responsibilities include attending on the Breast Imaging service at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH), as well as teaching and mentoring medical graduate trainees and students. The section participates in multicenter clinical trials and research and development of new breast imaging technologies. The fellowship program in breast imaging is one of the largest in the nation and includes 7 fellows each year.
Northwestern Radiology is committed to clinical excellence, innovative research and outstanding education and its programs are highly recognized globally. The Department of Radiology faculty provide clinical services to patients at Northwestern Memorial Hospital (NMH) and its Northwestern Medicine affiliates throughout the Northwestern Medicine network in the Chicago region. NMH is a state-of-the-art tertiary academic medical center in the North Michigan Avenue area of Chicago, is the primary teaching hospital of the Feinberg School of Medicine and is the academic center of the Northwestern Medicine network of regional hospitals and outpatient centers.
In addition to a wealth of clinical, research, teaching and service opportunities, faculty members are provided with a home reading station, and flexible work schedules can also be arranged. Salary, incentive compensation, signing bonus, and benefits are highly competitive! Benefits include an excellent healthcare plan, tuition discounts, wellbeing fund, paid monthly parking on our central campus, and generous retirement benefits. The start date is negotiable, and the position will remain open until filled. To be considered for this position, all applicants must submit a CV and cover letter. If possible, please submit letters of recommendation but do not delay submission for the letters.
Qualified candidates will be ABR certified and have expertise in all aspects of breast imaging, including tomosynthesis, ultrasonography, MRI, and biopsy.
To be considered for this position, all applicants must submit a CV and cover letter online via the application, linked below.
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