Surgical/Hematopathologist - Lancaster General Health

Position Description:

The Department of Pathology at Penn Medicine - Lancaster General Health is seeking a BC/BE anatomic/clinical pathologist with Hematopathology fellowship training for an employed position. You will join a diverse group of 8 pathologists with various subspecialty training, one clinical chemist, and one clinical microbiologist. Training or interest in molecular pathology and coagulation is desirable but not required.

This position includes both hematopathology and general surgical pathology sign out in a centralized and supportive environment. Heme responsibilities are shared with two other hematopathologists and include reading in-house flow cytometry, bone marrow biopsies, lymphomas, peripheral blood, and body fluids with integration of morphology, flow cytometry, molecular data, and cytogenetics into reports. Heme sign out will be alternated with blocks of surgical pathology sign out. No autopsies or grossing required. Frozen section interpretation and light call responsibilities for AP and CP, including plasma exchange, are shared with 8 other pathologists. On boarding with increasing degree of responsibility will be utilized. The position includes a competitive salary, paid time off, CME time and funding, and benefits package.

Lancaster General Health is a 631-bed not-for-profit health system that is a member of the Penn Medicine network, whose partnership brings together the strengths of a nationally recognized community healthcare system and a world-renowned academic medical center. The Department of Pathology serves Lancaster General Hospital (LGH), Women’s and Babies Hospital, and the Suburban Outpatient Pavilion, all of which are within 3 miles of each other. Pathology offices and sign out are performed centrally at LGH. Approximate yearly workload in anatomic pathology includes 26,600 surgicals, 2600 non-Gyn cytology cases, and 13,000 pap smears. Hematopathology cases include 560+ bone marrow biopsies and over 700 flow cytometry cases, including blood and tissue.

Lancaster General Hospital is among an elite group of "Best of the Benchmark Hospitals"- institutions that have achieved 100 Top Hospital honors for seven of the last nine years. The hospital has been recognized as a Magnet facility for nursing excellence and has received HealthGrades® Distinguished Hospital Award for Patient Safety. Lancaster General Hospital has also been named a "Best Hospital" by U.S. News & World Report for heart surgery, orthopedics, urology, hormonal disorders and ear, nose & throat.

Lancaster County has a diverse population of approximately 500,000 in the metropolitan area. Lancaster City has an active downtown with many restaurants, coffee shops, and art, music, and theater venues. Located in south central Pennsylvania, Lancaster has easy access to Amtrak trains to Philadelphia (1 hour) and New York City (3 hours), and is a only a few hours from Washington DC and Baltimore. Major airports within two hours include both Baltimore-Washing Airport (BWI) and Philadelphia. It’s a great place to live and work with great access for travel.

Position Requirements

• Medical degree (MD or DO) from an accredited institution
• AP/CP Board certification or eligibility
• Hematopathology fellowship training required
• Pennsylvania medical license or eligibility required.
• Lancaster General Health and our outpatient locations are not designated as MUA/P (Medically Underserved Areas/Populations) or HPSA locations.

Why Penn Medicine?

• Featured as a Forbes Top Employer
• Featured as a Forbes Top Employer
• Comprehensive benefits package inclusive of PSLF eligibility, strong retirement, dependent tuition benefit, CME and time off programs
• Onboarding/orientation program designed for individual education and support, including EMR training
• Employee wellness resources and work/life programs including active efforts to reduce in-basket burden and after-hours clinical work
• Access to in-system referrals for patients
• Networking and connection to colleagues across all specialties throughout Penn Medicine