Medical Director Pathologist

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PGDx by Labcorp is seeking a Medical Director - Pathologist to join our team in Baltimore MD.

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday 1st shift

Job Summary:

The Medical Director - Pathologist provides on-site medical leadership for the Baltimore laboratory and supports Labcorp Oncology precision oncology testing. The role includes clinical interpretation and sign-out of tissue- and blood-based oncology testing; tissue adequacy review and quality control for PGDx assays Plasma Detect Genome and future oncology assays; and medical oversight of assay development validation clinical studies companion diagnostic programs and product launches. The position supports clinical quality turnaround time operational scale and growth with a primary focus on minimal residual disease (MRD).

Job Responsibilities:

• Review interpret and sign out tissue- and blood-based precision oncology cases in a timely manner.
• Provide on-site medical coverage and medical oversight for the Baltimore laboratory and the PGDx testing portfolio including Plasma Complete Plasma Detect elio tissue complete (ETC) and elio plasma focus (EPF).
• Perform tissue adequacy review and quality control for PGDx assays OmniSeq INSIGHT Plasma Detect Genome and future oncology assays including landmark tissue assessment for tumor-informed MRD testing.
• Provide pathology leadership for Plasma Detect Genome V2 development and launch including tissue quality-control processes clinical validation evidence-generation studies and operational readiness.
• Provide pathology consultation for challenging specimens test selection case triage and medical or technical questions.
• Support assay development verification validation product enhancement and launch activities for precision oncology products.
• Provide pathology leadership for clinical studies evidence-generation programs companion diagnostic activities and biopharma collaborations.
• Contribute to study design data interpretation abstracts presentations peer-reviewed publications and scientific meetings.
• Support quality systems SOP development and review quality metrics proficiency and competency activities investigations corrective and preventive actions accreditation requirements laboratory inspections and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with Medical Affairs R&D bioinformatics digital pathology data science Operations Quality Commercial marketing customer service and clinical teams.
• Provide medical and scientific support for provider inquiries field education product positioning medical messaging launch readiness customer engagement molecular tumor boards webinars and clinical outreach.
• Build effective relationships with external physicians investigators customers and strategic partners.
• Identify and implement improvements to tissue workflows digital pathology processes turnaround time consistency scalability business continuity and clinical quality.

Minimum Qualifications:

• MD or DO degree from an accredited institution
• Board certification in Anatomic Pathology by the American Board of Pathology
• Fellowship training in Molecular Genetic Pathology (MGP) or equivalent advanced molecular diagnostics training.
• 3 or more years years of post-training practice experience in anatomic pathology and/or molecular pathology.
• 3 or more years of experience practicing in a CLIA-certified CAP-accredited high-complexity molecular diagnostics laboratory.
• 2 or more years of experience interpreting and reporting molecular oncology testing including NGS-based genomic profiling liquid biopsy or related precision oncology assays.
• 2 or more years in development verification validation or implementation of at least one clinical molecular oncology assay.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 3 or more years of experience practicing in oncology or precision oncology diagnostics organization.
• 3 or more years experience with solid-tumor NGS comprehensive genomic profiling liquid biopsy MRD testing digital pathology histology quality control or biomarker testing.
• 3 or more years experience with assay validation clinical studies evidence generation companion diagnostics biopharma-sponsored research product launches or commercial medical support.
• 2 or more years of experience with liquid biopsy ctDNA MRD or blood-based oncology testing.
• 3 or more years of experience supporting assay development validation product launch or clinical implementation of molecular diagnostics.
• 3 or more years of experience with advanced molecular platforms including RNA sequencing whole transcriptome sequencing whole-exome sequencing multi-omic analyses biomarker discovery or AI-enabled precision oncology applications.

Additional Job Standards:

• Eligibility for medical licensure in Maryland and New York and for all credentialing and privileging required for assigned clinical duties.
• Track record of scholarly contributions demonstrated through peer-reviewed publications national presentations clinical studies translational research guideline development or evidence-generation programs. 5 or more peer-reviewed publications or equivalent scholarly contributions.
• Experience in laboratory programmatic or medical leadership experience within a molecular diagnostics precision oncology or pathology service.
• Demonstrated scholarship in an anatomic pathology subspecialty through research publications presentations or collaborative projects
• Clinical expertise in anatomic pathology molecular oncology tissue assessment and precision oncology testing.
• Knowledge of CLIA CAP federal state quality accreditation and compliance requirements applicable to assigned responsibilities.
• Ability to provide medical leadership across clinical operations assay development validation studies and product launches.
• Clear written and verbal communication with laboratory teams clinicians customers investigators and strategic partners.
• Strong collaboration professionalism accountability sound judgment and commitment to patient care and quality.
• Ability to manage priorities in a growing high-complexity oncology laboratory while protecting turnaround time and business continuity.

Pay Range: $290k - $320k

All job offers will bebased on a candidates skills and prior relevant experience applicabledegrees/certificationsas well as internal equity and market data.

The position is also eligible for an annual bonus under the Labcorp Bonus are payable based on corporate and/or business segment performance and are subject to individual performance modifiers. Compensation may also include discretionary short- and long-term incentive packages.

Benefits:Employees regularly scheduled to work 20 or more hours per week are eligible for comprehensive benefits including: Medical Dental Vision Life STD/LTD 401(k) Paid Time Off (PTO) or Flexible Time Off (FTO) Tuition Reimbursement and Employee Stock Purchase regularly scheduled to work less than 20 hours Casual Intern and Temporary employees are only eligible to participate in the 401(k) more detailed information pleaseclick here.

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Labcorp strives for inclusion and belonging in the workforce and does not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind. We make employment decisions based on the needs of our business and the qualifications and merit of the individual. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race religion color national origin sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions) family or parental status marital civil union or domestic partnership status sexual orientation gender identity gender expression personal appearance age veteran status disability genetic information or any other legally protected characteristic. Additionally all qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable law.

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