TANYA SIDDIQI, M.D.
Medical Director, Lymphoma, City of Hope Orange County
Director, Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia Program, Toni Stephenson Lymphoma Center
Professor, Division of Lymphoma, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Join Our Team of Lifesaving Heroes
There are moments in our careers that will stay with us forever. That time is now, here. The team at City of Hope Orange County has answered the call to fulfill a $1.5 billion vision to bring access to highly specialized cancer care and lifesaving clinical trials closer to home for our family, friends and neighbors. And we’re calling on more like-minded individuals to join us.
Clinical and non-clinical roles are available at all our locations in Orange County, including the county’s only hospital exclusively focused on treating and curing cancer— opening in 2025. This 73-bed, six-story hospital is bringing new opportunities for career growth while serving a mission that will benefit generations to come.
At City of Hope Orange County, you’re joining an organization built on City of Hope’s century-long legacy of being at the epicenter of new discoveries and cures that benefit 100 million people each year. It’s a place where science meets compassion, and it’s where our outcomes and our fulfilling culture led us to be named both a 2024 Top Workplace in U.S. Healthcare by Modern Healthcare and among the top five cancer centers by U.S. News & World Report
And it’s all thanks to the most extraordinary health care professionals—cancer heroes— who’ve convened right here to embody a spirit of entrepreneurship and excellence.
Now is your time. Answer the call to make hope a reality for all those impacted by cancer in this region and beyond.
ANNETTE WALKER President, City of Hope Orange County
CHRISTIAN C. LU, M.D., M.H.S. Palliative Care and Internal Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine
Advancing Your Career in Orange County
We’ve brought the best of what City of Hope is known for around the world directly to Orange County, California, and new opportunities to you. Be a part of a fast-paced, growing and collaborative team that is speeding research, science and expertise to our community. Join the team that’s turning hope into reality for generations to come.
WELCOME TO ORANGE COUNTY
There is no place in the world quite like Orange County. It’s a great place to work, to thrive and to live! From its stunning beaches, world-famous attractions and cultural activities to magnificent weather and award-winning schools, it is a great place for families as well as individuals
seeking an exceptional lifestyle. Orange County is the center of business and technological innovation, and its residents tend to be highly educated and affluent. In fact, Orange County claims five of the nation’s top 20 cities for highest household income. The city of Irvine, the home of the City of Hope Orange County campus, has been ranked No. 1 safest city in America. It’s a multicultural epicenter, where residents speak 88 different languages. Irvine boasts a 90 percent high school graduation rate, and 70.5 percent earn bachelor’s degrees.
As a resident of Orange County, you will have the opportunity to change the course of its health care delivery.
NIKKI ZAHABI, D.O. Hospital Medicine
Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine
Thrive in a Culture of Compassion, Diversity and Inclusion
Caring for the whole person—not just the body—is the center of our compassionate approach to patient care and our approach to the employee experience. The City of Hope Orange County team is part of a supportive organizational culture that nurtures innovation and each other. We challenge the status quo and search for new ways of thinking.
Diversity and inclusion are at the heart of our mission and we believe that diversity produces innovation in the areas of research, treatment, philanthropy and education. Your voice and insights matter here.
Work with a team and in an environment where you can thrive at work and at home with your family.
CITY OF HOPE ORANGE COUNTY IS LOOKING FOR PHYSICIANS IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS:
• Hospitalists/Nocturnists
• Pulmonary Critical Care
• Leukemia
• Lymphoma/Myeloma
• Medical Oncology
• Cardiology
• Endocrinology
• Gastroenterology
• Infectious Disease
• Neurology Psychiatry Psychology
• Supportive Medicine
• Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
• Surgery
• Radiology
• Interventional Radiology
• Pathology
• Contracted Services
• In-Patient Surgery Coverage
JENNIFER TSENG, M.D.
Medical Director, Division of Breast Surgery, City of Hope Orange County
Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Breast Surgery, Department of Surgery
Unlock Exceptional Benefits When You Join Our Team
At City of Hope, we’re dedicated to supporting your physical, emotional, and financial well-being. When you join our team, you gain access to a comprehensive benefits package designed to help you thrive in both your professional and personal life.
HEALTH & WELL-BEING BENEFITS
• Plan options provided by Kaiser Permanente or Anthem Blue Cross. Each plan is primarily paid for by the company and the cost for dependent coverage is shared. All medical plans include prescription drug coverage and selected in-network preventive care services are covered at 100%.
• Vision, Dental and Flexible Spending Account programs
• Basic Life, Accidental Death & Disability (AD&D) and Disability Insurance with supplemental coverage options
• Employee Assistance Program, including confidential mental health support
• AccessHope Cancer Support Services
• Wellness programs, including:
» Annual vaccinations
» Group exercise classes
» Diversity and inclusion resource groups
» Healthy food choices in cafeterias and vending machines
» Community mentoring programs
» Childcare resources
» Employee wellness workshops
FINANCIAL BENEFITS
• 401k Retirement Plan funded by the medical group with 20% of your base salary, not to exceed the plan (which has a compensation limit of $305,000) and/or the IRS annual compensation limit.
• Employees may make additional tax-deferred contributions to their accounts up to the federal IRS limit.
PAID TIME OFF
• Seven holidays
• 18 sick days*
• 3 personal days
• 4 weeks of vacation*
• Up to 10 days of Paid Meeting Time for Continuing Medical Education
*Vacation and sick leave may be prorated based on full-time employment status.
VOLUNTARY BENEFITS
• Auto, home and pet insurance
• Legal services coverage
• Back-Up child and adult/elder care
ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS
• Rideshare program and shuttle service to Metrolink
• Employer subsidy and discounts for Public Transportation
Completing the Continuum of Advanced Cancer Research and Treatment
City of Hope Orange County is redefining the boundaries of what’s possible in cancer research and treatment. We’re bringing access to our scientific expertise and highly specialized cancer care closer to home by building OC’s only cancer specialty hospital at our comprehensive cancer campus in Irvine, California. Once open in late 2025, it will deepen our treatment capabilities and seamlessly connect to City of Hope Orange County Lennar Foundation Cancer, OC’s most advanced cancer center. Surrounded by a regional network of care, the Irvine campus is a beacon of hope for the nation’s sixth largest county.
The cancer specialty hospital responds to a cancer incidence rate in Orange County that will increase by 18% between 2018 and 2028 as OC ages faster than the national average. Where other hospitals must serve the full spectrum of health conditions, every team member at our cancer specialty hospital and all 73 beds are entirely dedicated to treating and curing cancer. It doubles our surgical capabilities, delivers even more evidence-based therapies and further expands access to clinical trials — many of which are only available in an inpatient setting. Now the full continuum of cancer treatment will be closer to home.
FLOOR 1
8 Evaluation and Treatment Center Beds
Café
Gift Shop
FLOOR 2
Surgical Suites and Services Including 4 OR Suites
Radiology
Blood Bank/Lab
FLOOR 3
Med-Surg Unit
20 Beds
Patient Gym
FLOOR 5
ICU/ Flex Med-Surg
20 Beds
Spiritual Care Center
FLOOR 6
Med-Surg Unit
17 Med-Surg Beds Including 2 Patient Family Suites
FLOOR 7
Dedicated Hematology Unit
8 Med-Surg Beds
8 ICUs
Pharmacy
EDWARD
S. KIM, M.D., M.B.A. Physician-in-Chief,
Vice Physician-in-Chief,
City of Hope Orange County
City of Hope National Medical Center
“Our more than 600 physicians and more than 1,000 researchers and scientists comprise many of the best minds in the world for preventing, treating and curing cancer. This team is transforming our ability to address cancer for generations.”
AMRITA KRISHNAN, M.D.
Executive Medical Director, Hematology, City of Hope Orange County
Director, Judy and Bernard Briskin Multiple Myeloma Center
Professor, Department of Hematology & Hematopoietic Cell Transplantation
Points of Distinction
With a 110-year legacy of scientific expertise and compassionate care, City of Hope is making hope a reality for patients for all those touched by cancer.
City of Hope now serves more than 115,000 patients and their families annually at locations in California, Arizona, Illinois and Georgia. The discoveries made here benefit more than 100 million people each year across the globe.
Our campus is a focal point for innovation, where the best minds—minds like yours—can focus on one thing: ending cancer.
Distinguishing clinical services includes:
LIFESAVING CLINICAL TRIALS
Each year, City of Hope conducts more than 800 clinical trials, more than anywhere else in California. We enroll thousands of patients to provide them with promising new treatments long before they become the standard of care.
BREAKTHROUGH TREATMENTS
Targeted immunotherapies, including CAR T cell therapy, robotic minimally invasive surgeries and MRI-guided radiation oncology are innovations that have demonstrated improved outcomes and a better quality of life for patients in treatment.
LEADING-EDGE TECHNOLOGY
The latest and most comprehensive suite of market-leading radiology, interventional radiology and radiation oncology equipment, provide a powerful combination of high tech and high touch.
INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE
We are among the country’s leaders in techniques to improve the emotional and spiritual wellbeing of those with cancer and natural therapies that help in cancer prevention and healing. The Cherng Family Center for Integrative Oncology is a national model for combining the best of Western medicine and evidence-based complementary therapies, such as acupuncture, massage and meditation.
CANCER PREVENTION
Programs identify people and families with elevated cancer risk, utilizing genetic risk assessments, biomarker panels and environmental surveys to help manage that risk.
EARLY DETECTION
Novel blood testing and imaging techniques find cancer early, when it is still easily curable. Patients are among the first in the nation to access City of Hope’s new Center for Cancer Prevention and Early Detection.
PRECISION MEDICINE
Best-in-class genomic testing profiles a patient’s tumor and determines the treatment that will be most effective for their cancer.
SCREENING AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES
A suite of state-of-the-art imaging equipment and procedural suites gives patients convenient access to mammography, colonoscopy, robotic bronchoscopy and other lifesaving services.
A CLINICAL RESEARCH UNIT
The epicenter for clinical investigational research that speeds the development of new drugs and interventions to the bedside, allowing patients to receive the latest treatments in cancer care. Discoveries made at City of Hope impact more than 100 million lives each year.
SURGICAL ONCOLOGY
An outpatient and inpatient surgery department that offers advanced perioperative care, an endoscopy suite and operating rooms with robotic-assisted surgical capabilities.
SUPPORTIVE CARE
City of Hope is a national leader in evidence based supportive care. The Sheri & Les Biller Patient and Family Resource Center at our comprehensive cancer center in Irvine helps patients and their families ease the physical, emotional and psychological burdens of a lifechanging diagnosis so they can focus on getting well and what matters most in their lives
EXCEPTIONAL OUTCOMES
As one of the top five cancer centers in the nation, City of Hope leads in five- to 10-year cancer survival rates for Southern California and consistently gets better results for all stages of breast, colorectal, lung and prostate cancers than most other medical centers.
Bringing the OC Vision to Life
EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP TEAM
ANNETTE M. WALKER, M.H.A.
President, City of Hope Orange County
Annette Walker is the visionary healthcare leader behind City of Hope’s comprehensive cancer campus and regional network in Orange County. Prior to joining City of Hope, she served as President of Strategy for Providence St. Joseph Health, where she was instrumental in bringing together two noted health organizations to form the nation’s third-largest health system. She is the recipient of numerous health care, leadership, and innovation honors. Modern Healthcare magazine recognized her as one of the 100 most influential leaders in U.S. healthcare and one of the 25 most influential women leaders.
EDWARD S. KIM, M.D., M.B.A.
Physician-in-Chief, City of Hope Orange County
Dr. Edward S. Kim holds a dual role as Physician-in-Chief for City of Hope Orange County and Vice Physician-in-Chief for City of Hope National Medical Center. He is an esteemed physician executive who is also among the country’s foremost researchers in personalized therapies for lung, head, and neck cancers.
NISHAN TCHEKMEDYIAN, M.D., M.B.A.
Deputy Physician-in-Chief,, City of Hope Orange County
Dr. Tchekmedyian supports clinical operations, research, education, staffing and recruitment activities, working closely with City of Hope leadership teams to ensure more people benefit from our advanced cancer research and treatment. Dr. Tchekmedyian has been repeatedly recognized as an Orange County Medical Association Physician of Excellence.
ANNETTE MORGAN
Chief Operating Officer, City of Hope Orange County
Annette leads administrative operations and manages the strategy, design and development of the cancer campus and network. An executive whose commitment is deeply tied to community wellness and innovation, she has extensive experience in leading the design and market entry of new health care services.
THE CITY OF HOPE ORANGE COUNTY TEAM BUILT OUR VISION FROM THE GROUND UP. BECOME PART OF THE FINISHED PRODUCT.
LARRY ZEIBER
Vice President, Philanthropy, City of Hope Orange County
A development executive who has managed multi-billion-dollar fundraising efforts at major institutions, Larry leads the fundraising for City of Hope Orange County. He is committed to growing individual and corporate contributions, expanding our donor base, and solidifying relationships with the philanthropic community.
DARRIN GODIN
Vice President, Marketing and Communications, City of Hope Orange County
Darrin leads the marketing and communications for our Irvine campus and network of care in Orange County. He focuses on building awareness, expanding City of Hope’s reputation, and establishing new partnerships. He is also the host of the Talking Hope podcast.
GLORIA PRECIADO
Chief
of Staff,
City of Hope Orange County
As the Chief of Staff for the President of City of Hope Orange County, Gloria Preciado offers strategic guidance and serves as a trusted advisor at the highest levels. With her expertise in strategic planning, executive advisory, transformational change, reputation management, and partnership development, she plays a critical role in shaping the organization’s direction.
JOSHUA COHEN, M.D., F.A.C.O.G., F.A.C.S.
Medical Director, Gynecologic Cancer Program, City of Hope Orange County
Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Gynecologic Oncology, Department of Surgery