ECU Health Physicians and the Department of Surgery at the ECU Brody School of Medicine located in Greenville, North Carolina, are seeking a fellowship-trained Breast Surgeon to join a thriving division of surgical oncology. The candidate will contribute to a busy and growing multidisciplinary breast program that encompasses all aspects of treatment for benign and malignant breast conditions as well as management of high-risk patients. With recent growth in the practice, the breast program is anticipated to see over 700 new breast patients annually.
The successful candidate will join an active, collaborative clinical, teaching and research program within the Division of Surgical Oncology consisting of four surgical oncologists, two colorectal surgeons, two breast surgeons and one PhD faculty.
The Department of Surgery has an excellent general surgery residency program with five categorical residents in each year (with approval for six starting in 2025) who are competitively prepared for fellowships, academic positions, and direct entry into private practice. The Brody School of Medicine matriculates 92 students each year and is approved for class size expansion to 120 students per year upon completion of the new medical education building in August 2027.
Highlights:
- Academic employment through East Carolina University
- Fixed term or tenure track faculty position at Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor rank/level
- Position available due to program growth
- Well established multidisciplinary American College of Surgeons-Commission on Cancer (ACS-COC) accredited cancer program with identified disease specialists in all areas of breast oncology
- NAPBC (National Accreditation Program for Breast Centers) certified
- Established multidisciplinary breast cancer conference conducted weekly
- Wireless localization and other state-of-the art equipment
- Robust portfolio of clinical trials and active research projects
- Access to an ambulatory surgery center located in the vicinity of ECU Health Medical Center
- 29-county referral network
- Dedicated 418,000 square foot freestanding cancer hospital opened in 2018 and equipped with a dedicated breast imaging center, a state-of-the-art radiation oncology center, multi-disciplinary oncology clinics as well as 48 surgical oncology in-patient beds
ECU HEALTH
ECU Health is a mission-driven, 1,708-bed academic health care system serving more than 1.4 million people in 29 eastern North Carolina counties. The not-for-profit system is comprised of 13,000 team members, nine hospitals and a physician group that encompasses over 1,100 academic and community providers practicing in over 185 primary and specialty clinics located in more than 110 locations. The flagship ECU Health Medical Center, a Level I Trauma Center, and ECU Health Maynard Children’s Hospital serve as the primary teaching hospitals for the Brody School of Medicine at East Carolina University. ECU Health and the Brody School of Medicine share a combined academic mission to improve the health and well-being of eastern North Carolina through patient care, education and research. www.ecuhealth.org.
ECU Health Physicians includes an academic practice model (ECU employment) and a community practice model (health system employment). There is shared leadership and shared services to support the overall group and to ensure alignment for clinical care, research, education and strategy.
This innovative structure creates opportunities within ECU Health Physicians ranging from acute to ambulatory, academic practice to community practice, regional to rural, and everything in between.
ECU HEALTH CANCER CARE AT THE EDDIE AND JO ALLISON SMITH TOWER
ECU Health Cancer Care is ECU Health’s system-wide approach to eliminating cancer throughout eastern North Carolina, one patient at a time. ECU Health Cancer Care at the Eddie and Jo Allison Smith Tower in Greenville, located on the campus of ECU Health Medical Center, serves as the hub of ECU Health Cancer Care across the system. The 418,000-square-foot facility features 96 inpatient rooms, 60 infusion areas with a view of outdoor healing gardens and 58 different clinics centered on patient care. An image renewal center provides access to wigs, prosthetics, compression sleeves and garments. A resource center offers additional services to patients and families, including psychotherapy, support groups and complementary therapies.
GREENVILLE, NC
Widely recognized as the thriving cultural, educational, economic and medical hub of eastern North Carolina, Greenville is the 10th largest city in the state with a metropolitan population of nearly 100,000. The Dickinson Avenue Arts District offers a vibrant arts, music, culinary and festival scene in the Uptown Greenville district. East Carolina University, the Brody School of Medicine, and Pitt Community College. Excellent affordability, convenient location and natural resources combined with all of the amenities of a metropolitan university town, Greenville is the perfect place to live, work and play! Find Yourself in Good Company!
- Located inland off of the North Carolina coast, Greenville is 45 miles east of interstate 95, just over an hour to Raleigh, a little over an hour to the pristine beaches of the Crystal Coast of NC
- Home to East Carolina University (ECU), a vibrant university with an annual enrollment of more than 27,000 students
- Numerous waterways and the Greenville Greenway System are perfect for boating, kayaking, fishing, hiking and camping
- Mild climate perfect for year-round outdoor activities
- Cost of living below the national average, affordable housing and excellent educational opportunities, both public and private
- Investment of more than $500 million in downtown Greenville’s revitalization bringing new restaurants, shops, businesses, and residents to the area
Employment in this position provides eligibility to participate in the UNC Optional Retirement Program (ORP) which offers matching employer contributions and employee control of investment choices, along with eligibility to participate in various Voluntary Supplemental Retirement Plans (401k, 403b. 457). This position is not eligible to participate in the NC Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System (TSERS). Additionally, this position offers multiple voluntary options for Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life Insurance as well as various supplemental plans including Critical Illness, Flexible Spending Accounts, Cancer, and Disability.
While this position is not automatically eligible for the NC Teachers’ and State Employees’ Retirement System (TSERS), new hires transferring from another North Carolina state agency and current ECU employees transferring internally who had been enrolled in TSERS in their previous employment will continue participation in TSERS. These individuals may be able to elect to participate in ORP if they had not been offered that option at the time of their initial enrollment into TSERS.
Contingent on availability of funding.
