Breast Surgeon Opportunity in Illinois

Carle Cancer Institute, a home of Mills Breast Cancer Institute in Urbana, and Carle Illinois College of Medicine are excited to add a breast surgical oncologist to their team. The candidate should have experience with a broad range of breast surgery for benign and malignant breast conditions and when occasionally necessary assist oncology team in Urbana with rare excisional nodal biopsies for other malignancies, feeding tube placement and Port line placement for chemotherapy administration.

The candidate will enjoy a very generous compensation package in a stable, vertically integrated Carle Health System, while practicing in a multi-disciplinary setting with a dedicated breast team and breast cancer navigator. The health system has over > 17,000 employees across several hospitals, covering a population of about 2.5 million people. The candidate would participate in our weekly breast tumor board at Carle Cancer Institute in Urbana, and have strong support from Medical Oncology, Radiation Oncology and Plastic Surgery. Carle Cancer Institute has strong clinical cancer research with an NCORP Grant (PI: Ken Rowland, MD) from the National Cancer Institute and currently > 100 open clinical trials.

Carle is at the forefront of technological advances in medicine and surgery through its collaboration with the Carle Illinois college of Medicine, the world’s first fully accredited engineering based medical school leading the world in integration of AI, data science, and global health medical innovation. These technological advances have already found their way into daily clinical practice such as AI-generated note taking, virtual organ modelling for surgical planning, and others.  

The ideal candidate would be a general surgeon with surgical oncology fellowship, or a general surgeon currently in practice with breast surgery being at least 50% of his/her current practice volume and have excellent interpersonal skills for program building. For fellowship trained candidates, both candidates with experience and new graduates are very welcome to apply. The Carle Illinois College of Medicine (CI COM) was founded in 2015 and has graduated the best medical students in the country who over 92% have obtained their #1 program choice in the match. The medical school is part of the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (UIUC), with over 60,000 students, UIUC is a vibrant college town with nationally ranked sports teams and academically was recently ranked as one of the top 20 Universities in the world. Opportunities for interdisciplinary research and collaboration are unmatched and an academic appointment in the college of medicine will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

The position will include dedicated time for teaching CI COM medical students and General Surgery Residents at Carle’s General Surgery Residency Program. For candidates with a strong academic background, a 0.2 FTE of protected research/academic time would be available. For clinical research, Carle Cancer Institute is a home of Stephens Family Clinical Research Institute with an existing opportunity to support investigator-initiated studies. For basic science and translational research, UIUC Basic Science Cancer Center of Illinois houses over 75 basic and translational cancer investigators bringing in over $50M annually in federal and industry funding grants.

About Carle Health

Find it here. Discover the job, the career, the purpose you were meant for. The supportive and inclusive team where you can thrive. The place where growth meets balance – and opportunities meet flexibility. Find it all here at Carle Health. Based in Urbana, IL, Carle Health is a healthcare system with nearly 16,500 team members in its eight hospitals, physician groups and a variety of healthcare businesses and is recognized as a Great Place to Work®. Carle BroMenn Medical Center, Carle Foundation Hospital, Carle Health Methodist Hospital, Carle Health Proctor Hospital and Carle Health Pekin Hospital hold Magnet® designations, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care. The system includes Methodist College and Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school. We offer opportunities in several communities throughout central Illinois with potential for growth and life-long careers at Carle Health.