The Division of Surgical Oncology at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center is currently recruiting for a fellowship trained Breast Surgical Oncologist. Appointment rank will be commensurate with academic accomplishments and experience with candidates likely at the Assistant or Associate Professor level. Applicant must be American Board Certified in General Surgery and be eligible for a Texas Medical License.

Successful candidates will be committed to patient care, resident, and medical student education and scholarly activity that advance clinical medicine. Candidates will be an integral member of the breast surgical oncology team. The position will entail clinical responsibilities at both Clements University Hospital and Parkland Memorial Health and Hospital System. Specifically, the position entails the treatment of patients with breast malignancies. A commitment to basic or clinical research is not essential but can be appropriately supported. As a leading center of robotic breast surgery within the United States, the desire to be trained in this exciting technology would be supported through active mentorship. UT Southwestern is an academic medical center, world renowned for its research, regarded among the best in the country for medical education and for clinical and scientific training, and nationally recognized for the quality of clinical care that its faculty provides to patients at UT Southwestern University Hospitals & Clinics and affiliated institutions.

The Medical Center has four degree-granting institutions: UT Southwestern Medical School, UT Southwestern Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, UT Southwestern School of Health Professions, and UT Southwestern School of Public Health.

• The schools train nearly 3,700 medical, graduate, and health profession students, residents, and postdoctoral fellows each year.
• Ongoing support from federal agencies, such as the National Institutes of Health, along with foundations, individuals, and corporations, provides almost $554.4 million per year to fund faculty research.
• Faculty and residents provide care to more than 117,000 hospitalized patients, almost 360,000 emergency room cases, and oversee approximately 3 million outpatient visits annually.
• UT Southwestern has approximately 18,800 employees and an operating budget of $4.1 billion.

The Dallas area boasts a low cost of living with diverse neighborhoods and great schools. The area has world class quality of life options, with more than 175 museums and art galleries, premier performance halls, numerous parks, lakes, golf courses, and seven professional sport franchises.

UT Southwestern Medical Center is committed to an educational and working environment that provides equal opportunity to all members of the University community.  As an equal opportunity employer, UT Southwestern prohibits unlawful discrimination, including discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or veteran status.

This position is security-sensitive and subject to Texas Education Code 51.215, which authorizes UT Southwestern to obtain criminal history record information. To the extent this position requires the holder to research, work on, or have access to critical infrastructure as defined in Section 113.001(2) of the Texas Business and Commerce Code, the ability to maintain the security or integrity of the critical infrastructure is a minimum qualification to be hired and to continue to be employed in the position.

Appointment rank will be commensurate with academic accomplishment and experience. Consideration may be given to applicants seeking less than a full-time schedule.

To learn more about the benefits UT Southwestern offers, visit https://www.utsouthwestern.edu/employees/hr-resources/