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Louisville, Kentucky

Physician - Medical Oncologist - Brown Cancer Center

OncologyIncludes callFull-Time

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Posted 7mo ago

Job Description

Primary Location: UofL Health - Brown Cancer Center - UMC Address: 529 S. Jackson St. Louisville, KY 40202 Shift: Job Description Summary: UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with five hospitals, four medical centers, nearly 200 physician practice locations, more than 700 providers, the Frazier Rehab Institute and Brown Cancer Center.

With more than 12,000 team members—physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists, and other highly skilled health care professionals—UofL Health is focused on one mission: delivering patient-centered care to each and every patient each and every day.

Job Description: UofL Health, in collaboration with the University of Louisville Division of Hematology/Oncology is seeking applicants for a medical oncologist with the organization.

This position will provide care for patients with hematologic and oncologic diseases and provide primary care to patients during diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up care.

Duties include: On-call coverage and service rotation at the University of Louisville Health hospital, with primary deployment at the Bluegrass Avenue site at Mary & Elizabeth Hospital. This position will occasionally support UofL Health’s affiliated hospitals and clinics in Louisville, KY.

Assist with the development and contribution to the respective multi-disciplinary cancer programs and the design and development of clinical trials and translational research. Require board certification or eligibility in Medical Oncology and must have or be able to obtain a Kentucky medical license.

The Brown Cancer Center encourages candidates to apply who have demonstrated the capacity to create inclusive work environments, will work effectively on increasingly diverse teams, and will serve the increasingly diverse students we admit and want to attract.

Interested candidates please send your CV and letter of interest to Stephanie Rogers, CPRP, physician recruiter with UofL Health - stephanie.rogers@uoflhealth.org Additional Job Description: Education: Medical Doctorate degree Experience: Epic EMR experience is preferred.

Strong computer and keyboarding skills Licensure: Physician license for the state of Kentucky Certification: ACLS/BLS Certification UofL Health is a fully integrated regional academic health system with nine hospitals, four medical centers, Brown Cancer Center, Eye Institute, nearly 200 physician practice locations and more than 1,000 providers in Louisville and the surrounding counties, including southern Indiana.

Additional access to UofL Health is provided through a partnership with Carroll County Memorial Hospital.

With more than 14,000 team members – physicians, surgeons, nurses, pharmacists and other highly-skilled health care professionals, UofL Health is focused on one mission: to transform the health of communities we serve through compassionate, innovative, patient-centered care. Please login into Workday and search for Job Hub.

Key Responsibilities

This position involves providing comprehensive care to patients suffering from hematologic and oncologic diseases throughout their diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up phases. Duties also include participating in on-call coverage, service rotations, and contributing to the development of multi-disciplinary cancer programs and clinical trials.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a Medical Doctorate degree and be board certified or eligible in Medical Oncology, along with holding or obtaining a Kentucky medical license. Preferred experience includes proficiency with the Epic EMR system, strong computer skills, and current ACLS/BLS certifications.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Oncology — Physician Career Context

Of the 39 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 13% are remote, 56% have no call, 28% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 1.6% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Kentucky is 90.2 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 61.6% of Kentucky clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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<$550k
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$550k-600k
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$625k
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2
$700k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks11 jobs

401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Sign-on bonus
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Relocation assistance
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Work-life snapshot

median 2.4this job 1.5
Better work-life than 20% of Oncology listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 624 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • Includes call

Living in Louisville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$277k
Typical market rent
$1,353/mo
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
93.1
State income tax
Up to 4.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026).

BEA 2024 · Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.