The Division of Urology, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Alberta, and Alberta Health Services – Edmonton Corridor, are accepting applications for an Academic Urologist with an expertise in Urologic Oncology.  Applicants must have completed an Urologic Oncology fellowship.  The successful candidate will be eligible to receive a special continuing academic appointment with the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, at an appropriate rank. Opportunities for further academic advancement may also be considered

The University of Alberta Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry has been internationally recognized as being among the world’s top 50 medical schools and as one of Canada’s premier health-education institutions. Alberta Health Services is Canada’s largest and only provincial health region providing services for a population of over 4.2 million people. The University of Alberta Hospital is one of Canada’s leading clinical, research, and teaching hospitals, providing treatment for more than 700,000 patients annually from across Western and Northern Canada.

The Division of Urology is a high-volume program with expertise that include the breadth of the urologic spectrum: general urology, urologic oncology, reconstructive urology, endourology, pediatric urology, female urology, andrology, infertility and renal transplantation. Division members have access to three Da Vinci surgical robots.  The Division is centered at the Kipnes Urology Centre (KUC), a state-of-the-art ambulatory urologic facility. KUC’s facilities include administration, clinic and research space, lithotripsy, cystoscopy and urodynamics, and the CJ Woods Prostate Health Clinic.  The successful candidate will join a busy group practice providing more than 100,000 patient encounters a year.  

The position will have a job description that includes a commitment to clinical care delivery, education, and research:

Clinical Care:

·       Practice focused on robotic prostate and renal surgery as well as bladder cancer, in addition to other urologic oncology cases and general urology

·       The successful candidate will care for surgical inpatients and outpatients, as well as participate in the on-call rotation supporting the Edmonton Corridor

·       Remuneration at this time will be on a fee-for service basis with billing directly to Alberta Health. 

Education:

·       Participation in the undergraduate and post-graduate surgery curricula at the University of Alberta will also be a key component of the position

Research:

·       The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to conduct clinical outcomes or translational research as it applies to urologic oncology supported by ACURE.

·       Seed funding sources to support research are available through innovation funds held within the University and Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundations.

Applicants must hold an MD or equivalent, an Urologic Oncology Fellowship and must be eligible for licensure in the Province of Alberta.

More information about the University of Alberta, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, and Department of Surgery can be found at www.med.ualberta.ca. Information about Alberta Health Services and the City of Edmonton can be found at www.albertahealthservices.ca and www.edmonton.ca respectively.

We thank all applicants for their interest, however only those individuals selected for an interview will be contacted. Interested applicants should arrange to have a current curriculum vitae, a letter of intent, and the names of three references forwarded to:

Dr. Trevor Schuler
Associate Professor & Divisional Director, Division of Urology, University of Alberta

Zone Section Head, Urology, Alberta Health Services