Description
Cook Children’s, in Fort Worth, Texas, is seeking a full-time, hematopathologist to join their growing team to support the hematology, hematology-oncology, and flow cytometry sections of the laboratory. Duties include directing the hematology/hematopathology program. Willingness to help the team with pediatric surgical pathology duties and shared call is desirable. Additional opportunities in transfusion medicine and coagulation are available if interested.
The primary focus of the institution is on extraordinary patient care with a very close consultative relationship between the department and the clinical services. The candidate would join a department which includes 4 pediatric pathologists, a dual-boarded pediatric pathologist/ hematopathologist, a dual-boarded cytopathologist/hematopathologist, a PhD clinical microbiologist, and a PhD clinical chemist. Approximately 350 bone marrow biopsies, 250 flow cytometries (including minimal residual disease analysis), 500 peripheral smear reviews, 50 lymph node biopsies, and over 1200 hematology-oncology cerebrospinal fluid cytologies are performed annually, in addition to about 7000 surgical specimens, 200+ cytologies, and 20-30 autopsies. The program supports very active hematology and hematology-oncology groups, with specialists in pediatric leukemia/lymphomas, histiocytic neoplasms, sickle cell disease, thrombosis, and bone marrow transplant.
The department also supports a very busy gastroenterology group, with biopsies accounting for more than thirty percent of the total surgical pathology volume. Other active departments include a highly regarded neurosciences program with a large epilepsy center, an intraoperative MRI, 18 neurologists, dedicated neuroradiology and 3 full-time pediatric neurosurgeons. There is also a pediatric stroke program supported by an endowed chair in coagulation and a neuro-intensive care unit. The cardiology/cardiac surgery service includes 3 cardiac surgeons and 21 fulltime pediatric cardiologists supported by their own cardiovascular intensive care unit. The Cook Children’s system also includes very busy pediatric and neonatal intensive care units.
Cook Children’s Medical Center is a freestanding, state-of-the art, 444-bed children’s hospital, continually recognized as one of the Nation’s premier private not-for-profit children’s hospitals, situated at the western anchor of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. As part of an integrated system of specialty clinics, urgent care centers, physician offices and home care, Cook Children’s has over one million patient visits annually and the campus and its programs are currently undergoing significant expansion due to marked population growth in its referral area.
Cook Children’s offers competitive compensation, malpractice coverage, health and dental insurance, and an excellent retirement program. With over 1,000 pediatric primary care, pediatric subspecialty physicians, and advanced practice providers in its network, Cook Children's Physician Network is one of America's strongest pediatric group practices. Physicians receive a full range of practice support including delegated credentialing and integrated managed care contracting.
Cook Children’s is an equal opportunity employer. As such, Cook Children’s offers equal employment opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other protected class in accordance with applicable federal laws. These opportunities include terms, conditions and privileges of employment, including but not limited to hiring, job placement, training, compensation, discipline, advancement and termination.
Requirements
The candidate will have an MD or DO degree (or equivalent), be board certified/board eligible in anatomic and/or clinical pathology and hematopathology. Board certification in pediatric pathology or experience in pediatric hematopathology is preferred but not required. The candidate must be eligible for licensing in Texas.
