Director, Adult Sickle Cell Program

The Cleveland Clinic Cancer Institute is seeking applicants for Director of Adult Sickle Cell Care. This position is in the Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology. This is a unique opportunity to further develop world‑class care and research for sickle cell patients. The Program Director will oversee the management of adult patients with sickle cell and co‑direct the overall Sickle Cell Program, in close collaboration with colleagues from pediatrics, pain management, internal medicine, emergency medicine and other relevant specialties. The geographic area in Northeast Ohio being served has 4 million individuals by census, ~20% of whom are ethnic minorities. This position requires an exceptional individual with outstanding leadership skills to further develop and expand the existing infrastructure for this population. An opportunity to recruit additional high‑caliber talent into the program will be available.

In addition to promoting high quality clinical care, the Director will collaborate with translational and basic scientists to develop innovative clinical and translational research projects designed to improve the health of patients with sickle cell disease, locally and globally – Cleveland Clinic is a 6,500‑bed international health system with 22 hospitals and >220 outpatient facilities in northeast Ohio; southeast Florida; Las Vegas; Nevada; Toronto, Canada; Abu Dhabi, UAE; and London, England. The Program Leader will effectively articulate the goals, direction, mission, critical issues, and values of the Cleveland Clinic to staff of the sickle cell program, referring and affiliated physicians, and the sickle cell community at large.

The successful candidate should be board certified or eligible in Hematology and hold or be eligible for medical licensure in Ohio.

Cleveland Clinic is a not‑for‑profit, multi‑specialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. The Taussig Cancer Institute has been rated by U.S. News & World Report Magazine among the best cancer institutes in the country and is a part of the NCI designated Case Comprehensive Cancer Center. The Cancer Institute supports a large hematology/oncology fellowship program in addition to an experimental therapeutics fellowship program.

Liz Lindecke
Manager, Physician Relations
Taussig Cancer Center
Cleveland Clinic
9500 Euclid Avenue
Cleveland, OH 44195
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