Radiation Oncologist

The Schwarzman Animal Medical Center is seeking a full-time radiation oncologist. The applicant must be board certified or board eligible in radiation oncology and be eligible for licensure in New York State. H1B visa applicants will also be considered.

Job Responsibilities

• Supervising radiation oncology patients
• Instructing and supervising technicians, interns, and residents in radiation oncology
• Providing in-house radiation oncology consultation to other hospital departments for dogs, cats & the occasional exotics case alongside our Exotics and Anesthesia service
• See both new and recheck cases to include taking a history, performing a physical exam, performing a thorough work-up, as well as provide treatment options, relaying side effects, prognoses, and discussing financial concerns.  Cases are typically seen with a radiation oncology resident. 
• Providing consultation support to referring veterinarians
• Providing didactic lectures for interns, residents, and the referring veterinary community

AMC’s Radiation Oncology Team

Radiation Oncology is currently comprised of one full time on site board certified radiation oncologist (Dr. Heather Ashcraft) and one part time hybrid board certified radiation oncologist (Dr. Neal Mauldin), and has the dedicated support of well-trained Licensed Veterinary Technicians and Veterinary Assistants. We also have a full-time, on-site dosimetrist.  With a third Radiation Oncologist we plan to expand our educational options and we plan to increase our support staff team.  AMC's Cancer Institute also includes three board certified medical oncologists and two dedicated fellowship-trained surgical oncologists. Additionally, we have 3 medical oncology residents and and an oncology specialty intern. A highly specialized Interventional Radiology team is also available to assist with our patient care. Together, we can offer individualized treatment plans to meet unique patient and client goals including radiation protocols tailored to specific patient requirements, advanced surgical approaches, interventional radiology techniques and/or chemo and immunotherapy.

Equipment

The AMC is equipped with a brand new Elekta Infinity Linac system with Electron and 6 MV photon capability with variable dose rate capability. The Linac is equipped with an advanced Agility MLC (offering enhanced modulation of dose), a 6 degree HexaPOD couch, a cone-beam CT with integrated 4DCT respiratory gating capability, and a set of SRS cones as a second stereotactic option for planning of very small targets of less than 1 cm. The Linac is integrated with the MOSAIQ OIS for “record and verify” documentation of all planned cases (including manual plans). All computer planning is performed on Elekta’s most recent version of the Monaco computer treatment planning program. All plan QAs are performed on a Sun Nuclear (ArcCHECK) Arc Delivery QA system. The Radiation Oncology department is also equipped with a Strontium probe for the treatment of small surface lesions.