Physician | GU Medical Oncologist | City of Hope Orange County (Irvine, CA) - Full-time

Physician | GU Medical Oncologist | COHOC (Irvine, CA) - (10035216)

Description

City of Hope Orange County is transforming cancer care delivery in the nation's sixth largest county. With the 2025 opening of Orange County's only cancer specialty hospital, City of Hope is advancing a national model for cancer research and treatment on its 72-acre research campus. The visionary initiative completes the most advanced, integrated cancer care network in the region, bringing more cancer-focused expertise, breakthrough acute and outpatient care, novel clinical trials and groundbreaking technology to a community with pressing needs. The hospital is seamlessly connected to City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer Center, ensuring uninterrupted care for each patient's needs (low acuity or complex.)

The Genitourinary (GU) Medical Oncology Division runs a dedicated clinic and full inpatient consult service. This position is a unique opportunity to be part of a high-level oncology practice and work in a multidisciplinary medical group with an emphasis on collegiality and teamwork.

The Division consists of full-time faculty between the Duarte and Irvine campuses, advanced practice providers, and a group of highly motivated and efficient nurses and ancillary staff. This position will report into Tanya Barauskas Dorff, M.D., F.A.S.C.O., Division Chief of Genitourinary Medical Oncology and Professor in the Department of Medical Oncology & Therapeutics Research at City of Hope National Medical Center. Dr. Dorff is an internationally recognized expert in novel therapies and immunotherapy, overseeing one of the largest GU cancer clinical trial portfolios in the nation. She is a physician-scholar with more than 75 publications in peer-reviewed journals such as Cancer, Lancet Oncology and Journal of Clinical Oncology, and she serves as a member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network's Prostate Cancer Guidelines Committee and the co-chair for prostate cancer on the SWOG genitourinary committee.

Qualifications:

• Expertise in genitourinary oncology, with demonstrated excellence in the care of patients with prostate, bladder, kidney, testicular, and other GU malignancies
• Academic physician at the late Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor level with a strong commitment to clinical excellence, research, and program growth
• 3-5+ years of GU oncology experience, with a track record of growing a clinical practice and participating in disease-focused clinical and research initiatives. Clinical trials experience preferred
• Proven ability to mentor physicians, APPs, and trainees, and to contribute to clinical research, scholarly activities, and program development
• Leadership experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams, including Urology, Radiation Oncology, Pathology, Radiology, and Supportive Care, to advance a comprehensive GU Cancer Program
• Demonstrated success in expanding clinical services, enhancing patient access to innovative therapies and clinical trials, and delivering coordinated, high-quality cancer care
• Eligible to obtain or currently hold an active CA medical license
• ABIM/Medical Oncology Board Certified/Eligible status

About City of Hope

City of Hope is an independent biomedical research and treatment center for cancer, diabetes and other life-threatening diseases. Founded in 1913, City of Hope is a leader in bone marrow transplantation and immunotherapy such as CAR T cell therapy. City of Hope’s translational research and personalized treatment protocols advance care throughout the world. Human synthetic insulin, monoclonal antibodies and numerous breakthrough cancer drugs are based on technology developed at the institution.  AccessHopeTM, a wholly owned subsidiary, was launched in 2019 and is dedicated to serving employers and their health care partners by providing access to City of Hope’s exceptional cancer expertise. A National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center and a founding member of the National Comprehensive Cancer Network, City of Hope is ranked among the nation’s “Best Hospitals” in cancer by U.S. News & World Report. Its main campus is located near Los Angeles, with additional locations throughout Southern California and in Arizona.

Recently, the organization extended its reach beyond Duarte to include clinical network sites in Los Angeles, Orange, Riverside, and San Bernardino counties, steadily moving it to number one in Southern California for inpatient market share and pushing its capacity limits. In 2018, City of Hope began a transformational journey with ambitious goals in the areas of patient care, value-based care and precision medicine, hematology malignancies, stem cell transplants, and meaningful innovations and cures. Integral to the realization of these goals is the expansion of City of Hope to the Orange County market. 

Our community includes research associates, scientists, doctors, nurses, allied health professionals, graduate students, fundraising specialists, marketing professionals, volunteers and an extensive support staff. We are united by our desire to find cures, save lives and transform the future of health. Every discovery we make and every new treatment we create gives people the chance to live longer, better and more fully.

City of Hope continues to be a pioneer of patient-centered care and remains committed to its tradition of exceptional care for patients, families and and communities. Each day, we live out our credo:

"There is no profit in curing the body, if, in the process, we destroy the soul."