The Carle Neuroscience Institute is seeking a BE/BC Neuro-Oncologist to join our growing academic program in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois.

Practice opportunity details include:

• Fellowship training from UCNS-accredited program required
• Candidates with experience and new graduates are welcome to apply
• Work with a team of 7 neurosurgeons, 7 hematology/oncology physicians, 4 radiation oncologists, and several APPs
• Must be open to mentoring and teaching Neurology residents and medical students
• Neuro-oncologist would have clinic at the Carle Cancer Institute with appropriate staffing and access to Infusion Rooms. Practice in a multi-disciplinary setting with biweekly Brain Tumor Board and a strong support from all hospital services
• Neuro-oncologist would become a member of our future multi-disciplinary neuro-oncology clinic and would have clinical collaboration and back up coverage with hematology/oncology physicians
• Exceptional opportunities to conduct basic science research or translational research in collaboration with faculty at the University of Illinois
• Unique opportunity to conduct clinical research using our state-of-the-art 7T MR suite at Carle Foundation Hospital
• The U of I has a strong focus on neuroscience with a variety of research projects: from cognitive neuroscience study of human learning and memory to several imaging projects at Biomedical Imaging Center at Beckman Institute. This includes MRI and molecular imaging (PET/SPECT/CT) labs that can support imaging research for humans, animals, and materials
• Carle Hematology/Oncology, Radiation Oncology and Neurosurgery are committed to providing the highest quality of care for patients with primary and metastatic brain, base of skull and spine tumors
• Very competitive compensation plan

About the Carle Neuroscience Institute:

• Home of Carle Foundation Hospital’s ACGME-accredited Neurology residency program
• As a Certified Comprehensive Stroke Center from DNV Healthcare, CNI provides comprehensive services including Vascular Neurology, Neurosurgery, Neuroradiology, and Neuro-interventional services
• Carle neurosurgeons perform awake craniotomies for resection of brain tumor, stealth neuro-navigation, operative microscopy, intra-operative ultrasound, neuro-monitoring and fluorescence guided glioma resections. Spinal fusion is available for patients with metastatic disease to the spine
• Carle Radiation Oncology has state-of-the-art technology with Varian True Beam linear accelerator with the most sophisticated beam shaper (micro-MLCs) offering a very conformal delivery of radiation therapy to brain tumors with avoidance of the normal brain tissue. The radiation oncology/neurosurgery team routinely performs cone based stereotactic radiosurgery for patients with trigeminal neuralgia and base of skull tumors
• Carle Foundation Hospital is accredited as a Level 3 Epilepsy Center by the National Association of Epilepsy Centers (NAEC)
• Carle Foundation Hospital is the recipient of the 2022 AHA/ASA Get With The Guidelines® Stroke Gold Plus quality achievement award and Target: Stroke Elite Plus Honor Roll
• Recognized as One of Healthgrades America's 100 Best Hospitals for Stroke Care™ in 2021 and 2022
• Recipient of Healthgrades Neurosciences Excellence Award™ for 3 years in a row (2019-2021)
• Recipient of Healthgrades Stroke Care Excellence Award™ for 2020 and 2022

About Carle Health

Based in Urbana, IL, The Carle Foundation is a vertically integrated system with more than 9,500 employees in its five hospitals, multi-specialty physician groups, health plan and associated healthcare businesses including the Carle Illinois College of Medicine, the world’s first engineering-based medical school. Carle is proud to be named a Great Place to Work®. Carle Foundation Hospital and Carle BroMenn Medical Center hold Magnet® designation, the nation’s highest honor for nursing care and Carle Foundation Hospital (CFH) ranks as one of America’s 50 Best Hospitals™ by Healthgrades®.

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