Breast Surgeon (Assistant Professor of Oncology) - Marshall Oncology
Compensation
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- Employment & setting
- Full-Time
- Call expectations
- Not specified
- Weekends
- Not specified
Job Description
Breast Surgeon (Assistant Professor of Oncology): Provide surgical care including breast surgical oncology care to patients as a faculty/attending physician at the facilities in Cabell County in West Virginia.
In affiliation with Marshall University, duties include, to provide supervision and clinical instruction to medical students, residents, and fellows in general surgery, breast surgical oncology and related areas. Participate in rounds and present at one or more Medical Grand Rounds per year.
SOC Code 25-1071 5% allocation of duties. Req. MD or professional equivalent level degree in Medicine; completion of 12 months Fellowship in Surgery-Breast Surgery or Breast Surgical Oncology; Board Certified or Board Eligible in General Surgery; and West Virginia Medical License eligibility.
Full-Time position w/ University Physicians & Surgeons Inc. d/b/a Marshall Health. CV to Jarrett Gerlach at jarrett.gerlach@mhnetwork.org EOE.
Key Responsibilities
Provide surgical care and breast surgical oncology services to patients at facilities in Cabell County. Supervise and provide clinical instruction to medical students, residents, and fellows in affiliation with Marshall University.
Requirements
Requires an MD or equivalent medical degree and completion of a 12-month fellowship in Breast Surgery or Breast Surgical Oncology. Candidates must be Board Certified or Board Eligible in General Surgery and eligible for a West Virginia Medical License.
Qualifications
- Education
- Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
- Experience
- 2+ years of experience
Certifications
Key Skills
Work-Life Balance Analysis
WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Breast Surgeon (Assistant Professor of Oncology) - Marshall Oncology at Marshall Health a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 10% in Oncology — ranked against 561 active Oncology listings on WeekdayDoc.
Oncology — Physician Career Context
Of the 36 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 14% are remote, 44% have no call, 42% require no weekends.
Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 8.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).
The cost-of-living index for West Virginia is 89.5 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.5% of West Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).
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Listing-based score
Top 10% in Oncology
Living in Huntington
- Typical 3-bedroom home value
- $153k
- Typical market rent
- $1,036/mo
- Residents’ average commute
- 19 min
- Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
- 88.4
- State income tax
- Up to 6.5%
Sources & methodology
Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.
BEA 2024 · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.
City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.
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