Physician; Radiation Oncologist – Brown Academic Appointment

The Lifespan Cancer Institute an affiliated partner of the Lifespan Physician Group and Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University have an opportunity for a radiation oncologist to join our team.  Working as part of the team at Rhode Island, The Miriam, Newport and Hasbro Children's hospitals we provide the most current cancer diagnosis and treatment options. Our world-renowned physicians and specialists form multidisciplinary teams, both in the hospitals and at the Lifespan Cancer Institute Ambulatory Care Centers in East Greenwich and Lincoln. We aspire to submit an application for NCI designation within the next 3-5 years. This position requires a 2024 start.

About the job:

• Join a team of 8 other physicians, 17 medical physicists and dosimetrists, 7 RNs, 1 NP, 22 radiation techs
• Provide general radiation oncology services with the ability to develop subspecialty interests
• Participate in tumor boards at Rhode Island, Miriam and Newport Hospitals (all located within 40 minutes of each other)
• Brown Academic appointment with the opportunity to teach residents, medical students, engineering students, and medical physicists graduate students
• The center treats 2,000+ new patients annually
• Time is split .8 clinical and .2 protect research/admin time
• Our Brachytherapy Center is one of the busiest in the country
• Call is 1:9 week, residents take first call
• State-of-the-art department with strong ties to engineering and public health schools
• This is a system wide program with a robust clinical trial portfolio and strong research administrative infrastructure
• This position is unable to support visa candidates at this time

About the benefits:

• Market-competitive base salary + productivity bonus
• Sign on and relocation allowance
• 5 weeks PTO
• 2 weeks meeting time and generous CME allowance
• Malpractice with tail coverage
• 401K with a 6% match
• Comprehensive benefits

About you:

• Board certified or eligible physician with residency training in radiation oncology
• Strong interest in teaching and research
• Candidates with research interest in AI, proton therapy, and radiation/chemotherapy/immunotherapy strongly encouraged to apply
• Interest in settling long term in the Rhode Island area

About us:

The Lifespan Cancer Institute (LCI) at Rhode Island, The Miriam, Newport and Hasbro Children’s hospitals offers patients the most current cancer treatment options, including groundbreaking new immunotherapies and other new and emerging cancer treatments. As an active clinical trials site, our efforts focus on accelerating the progress of research to give our patients the best possible outcomes. Located just an hour south of Boston and 3.5 hours to New York City our central location and lower cost of living make Rhode Island an ideal place to practice medicine and raise a family.

Lifespan Physician Group (LPG) is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to increasing the diversity of its faculty. It welcomes nominations of and applications from women, members of minority groups, protected veterans and individuals with disabilities, and other individuals who would bring additional dimensions to the university's research, teaching and clinical missions.

LPG has a growing network of over 850 providers and offers a multitude of services that encompass medical areas such as primary care, psychiatry and behavioral health, women’s medicine, urgent care, and specialty services including cardiology, gastroenterology, neurosurgery, plastic surgery, and ophthalmology.