Radiologist Mammography Physician for Maywood, IL (Perm)
Job Summary
Occupation
Physician
Specialty
Mammography
Degree Required
MD/DO
Position Type
Full-Time
Work Environment
Hospital
Clinic/Private Practice
Location
60153, Maywood, Illinois, United States
Visa Sponsorship
No
Job Description
Last Update:
6/15/24
Loyola University Chicago (LUC) Stritch School of Medicine has an excellent full-time opportunity for a Board Certified Diagnostic Radiologist with extensive experience or fellowship training in Breast Imaging to join the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging located in Maywood, Illinois.
Job Description:
- Board Certified Diagnostic Radiologist with extensive experience or fellowship training in Breast Imaging is required
- The candidate who takes this role will have the opportunity to join an experienced breast imaging team at our rapidly growing breast care program in the Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging at Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine.
- Our group is committed to provide excellent patient care and high-quality breast imaging, which has led to great relationships with our referring surgeons, oncologists, and primary care providers.
- This opportunity will include coordination with breast surgeons, plastic reconstruction surgeons, pathologists, and oncologists with regularly scheduled case conferences.
- You will be joined by a highly skilled, credentialed team of technologists, nurses, and radiologists.
- Loyola is a premier academic medical center that integrates health-related initiatives: education, research, and patient care.
- Practice setting: hospital-based and outpatient
- Number of Radiologists in Practice: 6 FTE in breast, 41 FTE in department
- Support Staff: mammo techs and dedicated ultrasound tech
- Locations for coverage may include Loyola Outpatient Center, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, Loyola Center for Health at Burr Ridge, and MacNeal Hospital.
- Trauma Level/Designation: Loyola Medical Center (Trauma I), Gottlieb Memorial Hospital (Trauma II) and MacNeal Hospital (Trauma II)
- Average Number of Cases Per Day: varies by location, Diagnostics = 15-24/day, Screeners = 40-70/day, Procedures = 2-6/day
- Patient Age Demographic: adult
- Proficiency in reading digital mammography/tomosynthesis, breast ultrasound, breast MRI, and interventional skills for all modality biopsy guidance is required.
- The breast centers at Loyola Medical Center, Gottlieb Hospital and MacNeal Hospital are equipped with digital mammography/Hologic 3D mammography units, diagnostic US units, ABUS, breast MRI (3T), dedicated biopsy suites for stereotactic (3D) and US-guided biopsies.
- Do You Use Teleradiology? No
- EMR: Powerscibe with voice recognition for reports. Hologic 2D/3D with high resolution (12megapixel) monitors. New Samsung ultrasound units and 3D Tomo stereotactic guided biopsy
- Credentialing timeline: usually 2-3 months (depends on if physician has IL license in hand or not)
- Not accepting Locums providers
- Board Certified (ABR or ABOR) in Radiology
- Fellowship-Trained -or- Extensive Practice Experience in Breast Imaging
- IL license (or willing to obtain)
- BLS (by time of start)
- Procedures (note experience in "Experience" field): Proficiency in reading digital mammography/tomosynthesis, breast ultrasound, breast MRI, and interventional skills for all modality biopsy guidance is required
- COVID-vaccinated
- BLS
- Board Certified
- Illinois
- Breast Imaging Fellowship-Trained (or Equivalent Work Experience), Required Procedures, COVID Vaccinated
About Loyola University Medical:
Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) is a 61 acre medical center campus conveniently located in Maywood, 13 miles west of the Chicago Loop. LUMC is a quaternary care facility with 547 licensed beds, a Level I Trauma Center, nationally recognized Burn Center, renowned Transplant Center and a special 20-bed unit for patients undergoing stem cell transplant. The center provides top hospital care in all medical specialties, including orthopedics, nephrology, cardiology, cancer, ophthalmology and surgery.
LUMC's Stroke Center has been honored by the American Stroke Association for its expert collaboration of professionals from emergency medicine, neurology, neurosurgery, rehabilitative services, social work, nutrition, pharmacy and other specialties.
The medical center was again designated a Level III Perinatal Center by the Illinois Department of Public Health, a designation recognizing centers that have demonstrated the highest level of expertise in caring for women with high-risk pregnancies, their unborn babies and critically ill newborns.
LUMC has a close partnership with Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital. Most faculty members have joint appointments at Hines and Loyola students and resident physicians rotate through Hines as part of their training. Researchers from Loyola and Hines collaborate closely on many federally funded studies
Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine (LUCSSOM) is committed to scholarship and the education of medical professionals and biomedical scientists. The school, including its faculty, trainees, and staff are called to go beyond facts, experimentation, and treatment of disease to prepare people to lead extraordinary lives and treat the human spirit in an environment that encourages innovation, embraces diversity, respects life, and values human dignity.
LUCSSOM believes that thoughtful scholarly excellence, service, stewardship, and continuing reflection advance our ability to contribute high-impact research and provide the highest-quality education.
Loyola University Health System (LUHS) is a private, Catholic-Jesuit healthcare provider based in the western suburbs of Chicago. With 800 licensed beds and over $1B in revenues, LUHS is a nationally recognized academic medical center with a rich tradition of going beyond the illness to treat the whole person. LUHS believes that its Catholic heritage and Jesuit traditions of excellence, leadership, inclusiveness, respect and concern for others, and desire to help those who are less privileged in life advances the healing mission in the communities it serves. LUHS also believes that thoughtful stewardship, learning and constant reflection on experience improves all it does as it strives to provide the highest quality healthcare.
LUHS includes a core academic hospital (Loyola University Medical Center) located on its main campus in Maywood, a community hospital (Gottlieb Memorial Hospital) located three miles from the main campus in Melrose Park, and an extensive network of more than 28 specialty and primary care centers in Cook, Will and DuPage counties. LUHS is home to approximately 7,000 staff members, 650 full-time faculty members, and 600 residents and fellows. LUHS is a member of Trinity Health, one of the largest Catholic Health Systems in the United States.
For more information on Loyola University Health System, please visit https://www.loyolamedicine.org.
About the Community:
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