Description
Medical Oncologist – Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute – Kansas City, MO
Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute in Kansas City is actively searching for a BC/BE Medical Oncologist to join
a comprehensive and growing team.
About the position
- The physician will join a dynamic, academically focused, regionally integrated group of oncologists with an emphasis on multidisciplinary care, quality, research, and teaching
- The position will focus on general hematology/oncology
- Commission on Cancer Silver Commendation Accredited Integrated Cancer Network Program and QOPI certified practice
- This integrated group of medical oncologists serves four metropolitan locations in the Kansas City area
- The Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute has a robust clinical research program with NCI, industry and investigator initiated clinical trials as well as a Center for Precision Oncology and a molecular tumor board
- This employed position offers excellent opportunities for research and academic appointments through University of Missouri - Kansas City School of Medicine
- Saint Luke’s has an extremely competitive career employment package that includes a guaranteed salary and excellent benefits such as medical, dental, vision, malpractice insurance, tax-deferred retirement plan with employer match, paid time off & a generous CME yearly allowance
About Saint Luke’s
Saint Luke’s serves the West Region of BJC Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States. Through its 10 hospitals and campuses, multiple health service organizations, and more than 100 primary and specialty care offices, Saint Luke’s provides the highest levels of quality and compassionate health care and health-related services for patients in urban, suburban, and rural communities in 65 specialty services across 67 counties in Missouri and Kansas. Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City is nationally recognized by U.S. News & World Report and is one of the elite hospitals in the region. Saint Luke’s is committed to the highest levels of excellence in health care and the advancement of medical research and education. BJC Health is one of the largest employers in Missouri and comprises 24 hospitals and hundreds of clinics and service organizations, operating in two distinct regions, serving patients in its East Region as BJC HealthCare.
About Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute
Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute, a division of Saint Luke’s Hospital of Kansas City and part of Saint Luke’s, the West Region of BJC Health, one of the largest nonprofit health care organizations in the United States. The Cancer Institute provides early detection, expert diagnosis, personalized treatment options, and survivorship support to every patient. The Cancer Institute employs medical oncologists, hematologists, surgical oncologists, gyn-oncologists, and radiation oncologists who subspecialize in every type of cancer, including breast, lung, gastrointestinal, liver, brain, gynecologic, melanoma, and urologic cancers.
Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute leads the way with innovation for our patients by offering the region’s only precision oncology program for advanced cancers, staffed by clinical oncologists with expertise in genomic sequencing and computational biology. Access to more than 200 cancer clinical trials for patients is provided by Saint Luke’s. The Institute was also the first to bring 3D mammography to the region and has the largest network of 3D mammography centers. We offer one of the region’s only precision oncology programs for advanced cancers that’s staffed by clinical oncologists with expertise in genomic sequencing and computational biology. And Saint Luke’s Hospital Koontz Center for Advanced Breast Cancer is the first facility in the U.S. dedicated exclusively to the comprehensive care of Stage 4 breast cancer.
Patients at Saint Luke’s Cancer Institute have access to multidisciplinary clinics where patients meet with a team of specialists in one comprehensive appointment. Our supportive oncology and rehabilitative services program helps patients overcome physical and emotional challenges that often follow diagnosis and treatment. We offer innovative surgeries for brain tumors and radiation oncology, which offers leading-edge technology at four convenient metro locations.
About Kansas City
Saint Luke's is proud to call Kansas City home. With locations on both sides of the state line, the health system serves more than 2.1 million people and 240 neighborhoods in Kansas and Missouri. USA Today has regularly named Kansas City a top area for affordability, high-quality schools, and low traffic. The greater Kansas City metro area is a vibrant, growing community known for its thriving arts scene, world champion sports teams, natural beauty, and exceptional quality of life.
