Medical Director - Molecular Oncology & Genomics

Responsibilities

• Identify, develop and/or maintain strong, collaborative working relationships with premier cancer center KOL champions, to promote understanding and adoption of our diagnostic technologies.
• Collaborate with commercial, market access, and medical affairs to set the agenda for and design clinical oncology research initiatives including collaborating with external KOLs to define publication strategies.
• Identify and help draft study protocols and publication plans, including drafting/first authoring of multiple abstracts and publications with external KOL coauthors.
• Help in leading Medical Science Liaison and Clinical Oncology Specialist teams to develop KOL champions at NCI centers and large oncology group strategic partners.
• Lead in major investigator-initiated, multicenter studies that expand our indications through validation and outcomes assessment.
• Stay updated on developments in clinical Heme/ONC including new applications, clinical trial data, presentations and publications on the clinical utility of molecular testing, emerging biomarkers that affect the use of current testing and the development of new test modalities.
• Provide leadership of educational and client support for the sales team and the managed care team in the area of oncology.
• Represent Quest at national and international oncology conferences and at focused meetings in medical, radiological and surgical oncology by collaboratively preparing abstracts and presenting data.
• Support other Quest medical affairs directors who are responsible for building and managing scientific and clinical community relationships and, upon request, helping mediate resolution of client queries.
• Work with the BioPharma team in collaborative research efforts with pharmaceutical companies around Hematology and Oncology.
• Work with the Business Development team in collaborative research efforts with large health care systems in implementing cancer management.

Qualifications

• M.D. or D.O. with board certification in Hematology/Oncology
• A minimum 6 years' experience providing clinical oncology patient care in a setting that utilizes molecular oncology testing to inform management and guide therapy.
• Comprehensive knowledge of clinical trials that address the use of molecular genetic testing in oncology care.
• Experience participating and leading molecular tumor boards where molecular oncology testing is presented and discussed.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Capable of networking both nationally and internationally with oncology colleagues.