Assoc/Full Professor - Division Chief, Hematology & Oncology

The Chronicle Of Higher Education, Inc.; Lubbock (TX); On-site; USD 2,790,000 - 3,906,000; Full time

Job summary

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is seeking an Assoc/Full Professor as the Chief of the Division of Hematology & Oncology. This leader will drive the strategic, clinical, and operational direction of the division and the University Medical Center TLC² Foundation Cancer Center.

The role includes overseeing clinical services, enhancing academic scholarship, and leading a multidisciplinary oncology program while maintaining an active clinical practice.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of clinical practice required.
• 2+ years of clinical leadership experience required.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic, clinical, academic, and operational leadership for the Division.
• Continue development of a premier multidisciplinary oncology program.
• Direct multi-disciplinary clinical services.
• Increase clinical trials and strengthen collaborations.
• Advance academic scholarship efforts.
• Retain, recruit, mentor, and develop faculty.
• Advise and oversee the Fellowship Program.
• Engage in direct patient care through ongoing clinical practice.

Skills

Clinical leadership experience

Research experience

Success in clinical trials

Success in scholarship

Success in extramural funding

Education

MD or DO

ABMS Board Certified in Internal Medicine

ABMS Board Certified in Hematology & Oncology

Job description

Position Title

Assoc/Full Professor – Division Chief, Hematology & Oncology

Position Summary

Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center seeks an outstanding physician‑leader to serve as Chief of the Division of Hematology & Oncology and Medical Director of the University Medical Center TLC² Foundation Cancer Center. The role involves strategic, clinical, academic and operational leadership for the division, the cancer center and affiliated service lines.

Career‑Defining Opportunity

The new 124,000‑sq‑ft comprehensive academic cancer center opened on April 20, 2026. It offers advanced radiation oncology, infusion and chemotherapy services, outpatient adult and pediatric oncology clinics, dedicated infusion and specialty pharmacies, research space and clinical trials (Phase I‑III), as well as integrative medicine services.

Major/Essential Functions

• Provide strategic, clinical, academic, and operational leadership for the Division, the Center, and the service line.
• Continue development of a premier multidisciplinary oncology program recognized regionally.
• Direct multi‑disciplinary clinical services, spanning pediatric through adult, inclusive of surgery, radiation oncology, palliative care, and additional subspecialties, toward a team‑oriented, patient‑focused program.
• Increase clinical trials (Phase I–III) and strengthen collaborations with NCI, DoD, CPRIT‑funded researchers, cooperative groups, and industry‑sponsored trials.
• Advance academic scholarship efforts while increasing extramural funding.
• Retain, recruit, mentor, and develop Hematology/Oncology faculty.
• Advise and provide oversight of the Hematology/Oncology Fellowship Program.
• Lead a practitioner, engage in direct patient care through ongoing clinical practice, inclusive of supervision and teaching.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of clinical leadership experience.
• 5+ years of research experience.
• Demonstrated success in clinical trials.
• Demonstrated success in scholarship.
• Demonstrated success in extramural funding.

Required Qualifications

• MD or DO.
• ABMS Board Certified in Internal Medicine.
• ABMS Board Certified in Hematology & Oncology.
• 5+ years of clinical practice.
• 2+ years of clinical leadership experience.

Other Job Details

• Pay: Salary commensurate with related education, experience, and skills.
• Pay Basis: Monthly.
• Work Location: Lubbock.
• Job Type: Full Time.
• Travel: Up to 25%.
• Requisition ID: 44866BR.

EEO Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information or status as a protected veteran.