Posting Date:Mon, 11 Mar 2024
Date to Apply By: 12 Apr 2024
Estimated Start Date: To be Determined
Address: 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room E432
City: Toronto
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre is a major academic health facility affiliated with the University of Toronto, training 5,000 student learners from over thirty health disciplines including 1,300 residents and fellows per year. We invite applications for a full-time Academic Pathologist with fellowship training in Dermatopathology. Additional expertise (fellowship preferred) in hematopathology to support a busy skin lymphoma service is required. The applicant must possess a medical degree and hold Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada certification in Anatomical Pathology, or equivalent, and be eligible for an independent license by the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario.
Sunnybrook’s Division of Anatomic Pathology in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Molecular Diagnostics, Precision Diagnostics and Therapeutics Program handles over 30,000 surgical pathology cases and 15,000 cytopathology cases annually. The dermatopathology work is varied and consists of oncologic and inflammatory skin lesions. The department is in the process of implementing digital pathology for clinical sign out which will facilitate flexible work arrangements. The successful applicant will thrive in a collegial inter-professional team setting as part of the Precision Diagnostics and Therapeutics Program, with participation in multi-disciplinary tumour boards and collaborative work in basic and translational research including molecular and biomarker studies. In addition to clinical sign-out duties, responsibilities will also include participation in frozen section, autopsy, and on-call coverage, and educational and administrative duties as required by the Department Chief. Salary and benefits will be per the Uniform Minimum Level of Compensation for Ontario pathologists (currently $373,000/year). There is a potential additional fee for service component should the successful respondent wish to provide a consultation service.
The successful candidate will receive an academic appointment in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto, with rank commensurate with qualifications.
The application deadline is April 12, 2024 with an estimated start date as mutually agreed upon.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. The candidate must be able to function proficiently in English. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto are strongly committed to diversity within its community and welcome applications from racialized persons/ persons of colour, women, Indigenous/Aboriginal Peoples of North America, persons with disabilities, LGBTQ persons, and others who may contribute to the further diversification of ideas.
Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.
Interested applicants should include with their application: C.V., brief statement of career plans, and contact information for three references, to be sent to:
Dr. Michelle Downes
Division Head Anatomic Pathology
Department of Laboratory Medicine and Molecular Diagnostics
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
2075 Bayview Avenue, E432
Toronto, ON
M4N 3M5
Email: michelle.downes@sunnybrook.ca
Cc: Lesley.Nicholson@sunnybrook.ca
Please use the following contact information to apply for this job:
Contact Name: Dr. Michelle Downes, cc: Lesley Nicholson
Contact Address: 2075 Bayview Avenue, Room E432
Contact Email: Michelle.Downes@sunnybrook.ca; Lesley.Nicholson@sunnybrook.ca
Contact Phone: 416-480-4009
Contact Fax: 416-480-4271