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Posted: 19-Aug-25
Location: Seattle, Washington
Type: Full Time
Salary: $326,804 - $368,900
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Internal Number: 172276
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center (Fred Hutch) and the University of Washington (UW) are jointly recruiting a full-time faculty member at the Assistant Professor or Associate Professor level without tenure due to funding (WOT), in the Clinical Research Division of the Fred Hutch (primary appointment) and the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine (PCCSM), Department of Medicine at the UW (joint appointment). The academic appointment at the University of Washington will be commensurate with experience, qualifications, and academic rank. University of Washington Assistant Professors WOT are eligible for multi-year appointments and Associate Professors WOT hold indefinite appointments that both align with a 12-month service period (July 1-June 30). Faculty with 12-month service periods are paid for 11 months of service over a 12-month period (July-June), meaning the equivalent of one month is available for paid time off.
The successful candidate will be appointed on the Clinician Scholar track and will have protected time for research, teaching, and mentorship. They will be expected to contribute to our mission of delivering outstanding clinical care and developing excellence in clinical research primarily focused on patients with lung disease.
There is opportunity to conduct clinical research with existing comprehensive clinical databases and ongoing prospective studies. The candidate will also have the opportunity and resources to develop their own clinical research programs. Relevant areas of research include but are not limited to lung cancer diagnosis, nodule management, pulmonary infections in the immunocompromised host, and pulmonary complications relating to cancer immunotherapies and bone marrow transplantation.
The candidate will evaluate and manage patients in Pulmonary ambulatory service lines, including the Pulmonary Consult Clinic and the Lung Cancer Early Detection and Prevention Clinic (LCEDPC). The Pulmonary Consult Clinic manages clinical concerns including lung complications of hematopoietic cell transplantation including lung graft-versus-host disease, pneumonitis from cancer immunotherapies, immunocompromised host lung infection, and general pulmonary disease. The LCEDPC handles pulmonary nodules, lung cancer diagnosis and staging, as well as referrals for advanced bronchoscopy including EBUS and navigational bronchoscopy. The candidate will have the opportunity to perform bronchoscopy in a state-of-the-art procedure suite. Teaching responsibilities involve oversight of PCCSM Fellows during their outpatient clinical rotation or continuity clinics, and lectures at various FHCC conferences targeted for Hematology/Oncology faculty and mid-level providers. As a joint faculty member with UW PCCSM, there will be opportunity to participation in UW teaching conferences.
The position will involve significant interaction with colleagues in Infectious Diseases, Heme/Onc and Marrow Transplantation, as well as PCCSM colleagues across the UW enterprise. This position will be based at the South Lake Union main campus but may require the incumbent to participate in inpatient consultative and / or ICU services at UWMC-Montlake.
Fred Hutch and University of Washington faculty engage in teaching, research, and service. Teaching responsibilities will involve oversight of advanced practice providers and fellows during inpatient and outpatient rotations, and delivery of informal teaching sessions and formal lectures to providers and the general medical community.
Faculty are expected to perform their primary activities on-site at Fred Hutch.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center is an independent, nonprofit organization providing adult cancer treatment and groundbreaking research focused on cancer and infectious diseases. Based in Seattle, Fred Hutch is the only National Cancer Institute-designated cancer center in Washington.
With a track record of global leadership in bone marrow transplantation, HIV/AIDS prevention, immunotherapy and COVID-19 vaccines, Fred Hutch has earned a reputation as one of the world’s leading cancer, infectious disease and biomedical research centers. Fred Hutch operates eight clinical care sites that provide medical oncology, infusion, radiation, proton therapy and related services, and network affiliations with hospitals in five states. Together, our fully integrated research and clinical care teams seek to discover new cures to the world’s deadliest diseases and make life beyond cancer a reality.
At Fred Hutch we value collaboration, compassion, determination, excellence, innovation, integrity and respect. Our mission is directly tied to the humanity, dignity and inherent value of each employee, patient, community member and supporter. Our commitment to learning across our differences and similarities make us stronger. We seek employees who bring different and innovative ways of seeing the world and solving problems.
Anticipated Start Date: Calendar Year 2026
Qualifications
Applicants must have:
- MD/DO degree (or foreign equivalent)
- Board certification or eligibility (or foreign equivalent) in pulmonary critical care medicine
- Eligibility for medical licensure in the state of Washington.
Experience with advanced bronchoscopy procedures such as EBUS and navigational bronchoscopy is highly desirable.
The ideal candidate will have a record of and primary interest in clinical research as demonstrated by peer-reviewed publications, grants and/or clinical trial experience. Relevant areas of research include lung cancer diagnosis, nodule management, pulmonary infections in the immunocompromised host, and pulmonary complications relating to cancer immunotherapies and hematopoietic cell transplantation.
Application Instructions
Interested candidates should submit the following:
- Letter of interest addressed to the Chair of the Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine Search Advisory Committee, Dr. Guang-Shing Cheng
- Curriculum vitae
- Concise (maximum 1 page) statement of career goals including a description of clinical research goals
- 1 page Mentorship and Training statement addressing the following prompt: What is your mentorship philosophy and approach, and what has informed them? Please describe specific actions you have taken or plan to take to create a collaborative and effective training and mentorship environment in which all trainees and staff can thrive
- List of three to five (3-5) references (references will not be contacted without first discussing this with the applicant).
The annual base salary range for this position is from $326,804 to $352,295 for faculty hired at the Assistant Professor rank and from $344,123 to $368,900 for faculty hired at the Associate Professor rank. Pay for Faculty positions is based on a variety of factors, including degree, specialty, clinical practice and experience. This position is eligible for relocation assistance or a sign-on bonus.
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center offers employees a comprehensive benefits package designed to enhance health, well-being, and financial security. Benefits include medical/vision, dental, flexible spending accounts, life, disability, retirement, family life support, employee assistance program, onsite health clinic, tuition reimbursement, paid vacation (22 days per year), paid sick leave (up to 30 calendar days per occurrence of a qualifying reason), paid holidays (up to 13 days per year), and paid parental leave (up to 4 weeks).