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Radiation Oncologist
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New York, New York County, New York, 10261, USA
Listed on 2026-01-24
Listing for:
Schwarzman Animal Medical Center
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-01-24
Job specializations:
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Doctor/Physician
Radiologist, Oncologist, Surgeon
Job Description & How to Apply Below
The Schwarzman Animal Medical Center is seeking a full-time radiation oncologist. The applicant must be board certified or board eligible in radiation oncology and be eligible for licensure in New York State.
Job Responsibilities
- Supervising all radiation oncology patients
- Instructing and supervising technicians, interns, and residents in radiation oncology
- Providing in-house radiation oncology consultation to other hospital departments for dogs, cats, small mammals, reptiles, and birds
- See both new and recheck cases to include taking a history, performing a physical exam, performing a thorough work-up, as well as provide treatment options, relaying side effects, prognoses, and discussing financial concerns. Cases are typically seen with a radiation oncology resident.
- Providing consultation support to referring veterinarians
- Providing didactic lectures for interns, residents, and the referring veterinary community
Radiation Oncology is currently comprised of two board-certified radiation oncologists, one medical oncologist, two radiation oncology residents, and has the dedicated support of well-trained Licensed Veterinary Tecnicians and Veterinary Assistants. We also have a full-time, on-site dosimetrist. With a third Radiation Oncologist we plan to expand our educational options and we plan to increase our support staff team. AMC's Cancer Institute also includes three board certified medical oncologists and two dedicated fellowship-trained surgical oncologists .
A highly specialized Interventional Radiology team is also available to assist with our patient care. Together, we can offer individualized treatment plans to meet unique patient and client goals including radiation protocols tailored to specific patient requirements, advanced surgical approaches, interventional radiology techniques and/or chemo and immunotherapy.
Equipment
The AMC is equipped with a brand new Elekta Infinity Linac system with Electron and 6 MV photon capability with variable dose rate capability. The Linac is equipped with an advanced Agility MLC (offering enhanced modulation of dose), a 6 degree HexaPOD couch, a cone-beam CT with integrated 4
DCT respiratory gating capability, and a set of SRS cones as a second stereotactic option for planning of very small targets of less than 1 cm. The Linac is integrated with the MOSAIQ OIS for "record and verify" documentation of all planned cases (including manual plans). All computer planning is performed on Elekta's most recent version of the Monaco computer treatment planning program.
All plan QAs are performed on a Sun Nuclear (ArcCHECK) Arc Delivery QA system. The Radiation Oncology department is also equipped with a Strontium probe for the treatment of small surface lesions.
Other available equipment pertinent to radiation oncology includes:
- Pro Know software program (for plan archiving and plan analysis for future research and retrospective studies)
- Philips Intera 1.5T MRI. A new MRI to be installed summer, 2023
- Toshiba Aquilion 64 slice CT scanner
- An iBEAM evo CT overlay table for proper CT simulation imaging to match the Linac couch
- On site diagnostic radiography and ultrasonography
- On-site IDEXX laboratory as well as point of care analyzers
- Fully equipped Interventional Radiology Service (for stent placement, chemo embolization etc.)
- Competitive salary
- Generous sign-on bonus
- Four-day work week
- Comprehensive benefits including health insurance with medical, dental, and vision benefits, very generous paid time off, paid continuing education time-off stipend, and 403-b retirement plan with employer contribution
- Possibility of housing in an AMC apartment building or assistance to find housing
- School loan debt forgiveness opportunity as a non-profit hospital
- Non-corporate practice with no percentage pay
- Collegial work with colleagues in a non-competitive structure with strong teaching and mentoring opportunities as well as opportunities for research
$230,000 - $260,000 USD #J-18808-Ljbffr
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