Lecturer/Assistant Professor – Abdominal Imaging – Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre

Date Posted: 01/08/2025

Closing Date: 02/28/2025, 11:59PM ET OPEN UNTIL FILLED

Req ID: 41253

Job Category: Faculty – Clinical

Faculty/Division: Temerty Faculty of Medicine

Department: Dept of Medical Imaging

Hospital Affiliation: Sunnybrook Health Science Centre

Campus: St. George (Downtown Toronto)

Description:

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (SHSC) and the University of Toronto are recruiting a full-time Abdominal Radiologist in the Department of Medical Imaging. The successful candidate must be eligible for a full-time clinical academic appointment at the rank of Lecturer or Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto. The anticipated start date is July 1, 2025, or shortly thereafter.

Sunnybrook is fully affiliated with the University of Toronto and is home to The Odette Cancer Centre, providing a specialized comprehensive cancer program, Tory Trauma Program (largest adult burns and level 1 trauma centers), Precision Diagnostics and Therapeutics Program, together with other specialized care programs, culminate in a busy clinical and academic Abdominal Imaging practice. Four new clinical MRI scanners (two 1.5T and two 3.0T), four new clinical dual-energy CT scanners, one new clinical PET/CT, and a new fleet of US systems are now installed/operational. In addition, two dedicated research MRI and a research PET/MR are in place.

The successful candidate will participate in the clinical and academic activities of the Division of Abdominal Imaging at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, University of Toronto. Clinical duties will include multi-modality diagnostic abdominal and pelvic imaging, together with image guided non-vascular interventional procedures (organ biopsies and drainage). Sub-specialist expertise in Hepatopancreatobiliary, Gastrointestinal, Genitourinary and/or Obstetric Imaging is required. Involvement in clinical research and education (undergraduate and postgraduate) is expected. Call/Out-of-hours call participation is integral to the role.

The successful applicant must hold an MD degree or equivalent, must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in Diagnostic Imaging by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC), the American Board of Radiology, or international equivalent, and must be eligible for medical licensure with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO). Clinical Fellowship training in Abdominal Imaging is mandatory for this clinical role, together with demonstration of imaging scholarship for academic appointment. 

Sunnybrook plays a leadership role in the Ontario Health care system and provides excellence in care through its ten comprehensive programs: Precision Diagnostic and Therapeutics, Integrated Community; Holland Bone and Joint; Hurvitz Brain Sciences; Odette Cancer; Women and Babies; Schulich Heart; Tory Trauma; St. John’s Rehabilitation; and Veterans. Sunnybrook is committed to high quality inter-professional education and is the home of the University of Toronto Peters-Boyd Academy for undergraduate medical education. In addition, long established postgraduate residency and fellowship training programs are integral in all disciplines of Medical Imaging at SHSC.

The Sunnybrook Research Institute is one of the fastest growing hospital-based research enterprises in Canada with well-established programs in basic and applied research, conducting $100 million in research each year, developing innovations in care for more than one million patients annually, and passionate about providing rewarding educational experiences for more than 2,000 students each year.

Remuneration will be in the range of $300,000 to $500,000, commensurate with Departmental compensation structure, taking into account academic rank, qualifications and level of experience.

Qualified candidates should send a cover letter, curriculum vitae and three references to Dr. Sean Symons, Radiologist-in-Chief, Department of Medical Imaging, c/o Kimberly Wong, Executive Assistant, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Rm. MG-161, 2075 Bayview Avenue, Toronto, Ontario Canada M4N 3M5; e-mail: kimberly.wong@sunnybrook.ca. 

The position will remain open until filled. 

For more information about the Department of Medical Imaging, please visit our home page at https://medical-imaging.utoronto.ca/. 

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