What are the responsibilities and job description for the Orthopaedic Oncologist position at Lahey Hospital and Medical Center?
Job Type: Regular
Time Type: Full time
Work Shift: Day (United States of America)
FLSA Status: Exempt
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Job Description:
Orthopedic Oncologist
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center.
Burlington, MA
Orthopedic Oncology Surgeon, Burlington, MA
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center, a member of Lahey Health, is seeking a Board Certified/Board Eligible Fellowship Trained Orthopaedic Surgeon with sub-specialty fellowship training in Musculoskeletal Oncology. This position is based at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center in Burlington, MA and at Lahey Medical Center, Peabody, MA
In this role, you will focus on providing specialized care in orthopedic oncology for adult patients, bringing a strong clinical background, a commitment to education, and an interest in research. Our team-based approach gives each patient benefits from the specific expertise of a group of 19 providers that include surgeons specializing in General Orthopaedics, Adult Reconstruction, Foot & Ankle, Sports, Hand/ Upper Extremity, Trauma & Fracture Care, Medical Podiatry, and is supported by the expertise of Advanced Practitioners. We partner with Hospital Medicine in our co–management program to manage our medically complex patients.
Although this position is defined as a fully independent oncology program at LHMC, this role additionally allows for direct communication and collegial relationships with the Musculoskeletal Oncology Program at BIDMC. Future direct relationships with Dana Farber Cancer Center are expected to come into fruition in the near future.
Our residency training program is an affiliate of Boston University School of Medicine and Lahey Hospital & Medical Center is an academic affiliate of Tufts School of Medicine.
Lahey Hospital & Medical Center has been awarded premiere certification from the International Geriatric Fracture Society (IGFS) for our excellent care of fractures in the elderly. Lahey is only the sixth hospital in the U.S. to achieve this designation and the first in New England. Lahey Health Hospitals are nationally recognized for providing high-quality care and all have been recognized as top 100 hospitals by Truven Health and Beckers’ Hospital Review.
Lahey Hospital and Medical Center, a 337-bed tertiary care facility, outpatient clinic and Level I trauma center with a recently completed state of the art emergency department. We are a physician-led, multi-disciplinary group practice of more than 500 physicians. Located just north of Boston, the area provides excellent school systems, abundant cultural activities in a world-class city and convenient access to the mountains and seacoast throughout New England.
Diversity is a core value at Beth Israel Lahey Health. We are passionate about building and sustaining an inclusive and equitable working and learning environment for our staff. We believe every member on our team enriches our diversity by exposing us to a broad range of ways to understand and engage with the world, identify challenges, and to discover, design and deliver solutions.
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