Physician, Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging

Position Summary

The Department of Medicine and the Division of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (NMMI) at the University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital is looking for 2 full-time Attending Physicians (start dates in 2026 and 2027).

Responsibilities

Successful candidates will be expected to participate in a variety of clinical duties as well as education and academic opportunities and initiatives at the University of Ottawa. This position works under the general direction of the Division Head of NMMI, Department of Medicine at the Ottawa Hospital.

Clinical responsibilities are comprised of an average of 3-4 clinic days per week, including rotating coverage of general and cardiac studies performed at the General Campus, general studies at the Civic campus, BMDs from the Riverside, PET, and consultation clinic for therapies. Average weekend calls will number 8-9 per year, including 1-2 long weekends or STAT holidays. Additional clinical duties will include, but may not be limited to, representation at various tumour boards.

Division members are expected to attend and/or present at Division interesting case/hot seat rounds, M&M rounds, journal clubs, City-Wide Grand Rounds, in-training examinations, and academic half-day lectures. Additionally, the candidate will be expected to provide teaching and mentorship to House staff, which includes Nuclear Medicine and Radiology residents and fellows, off-service subspecialty residents, and medical students.

The candidate will be expected to participate in or conduct research and collaborate in multicenter trials that further Division goals.

Qualifications

Broad competency with the full breadth of Nuclear Medicine imaging is required. This includes, but is not limited to, PET/CT for oncology and cardiovascular indications and multimodality nuclear cardiology. Comfort managing cardiac stress testing is a must. Skill in cross-sectional hybrid SPECT/CT and PET/CT is also expected. Recent experience with various radioisotope therapies must include Lu-177 Dotatate PRRT, Ra-223, I-131, and Lu-177 PSMA.

The successful candidates must hold an MD degree; be a member of, or be eligible to be a member of, the Canadian Medical Protective Association; have, or be eligible for certification in Nuclear Medicine by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, and have, or be eligible for, licensure in Ontario. Successful Certification Board of Nuclear Cardiology examination and current ACLS training is expected. The successful candidate will be eligible to hold an academic appointment at the rank of an Assistant Professor or higher at the University of Ottawa. Academic rank will be commensurate with the candidate’s qualifications and experience.

The University of Ottawa and The Ottawa Hospital are bilingual institutions and therefore in the case of potentially successful candidates of equal ability, a bilingual (French/English) candidate is preferred.

Additional Information

The Division has 8 part time and full-time members who are all Nuclear Medicine specialists. We work closely with more than 20 medical radiation technologists, Manager, a radiochemist and dedicated Medical Physicist.

The Division is a moderate to large sized practice that sees a yearly volume of 9000 general nuclear medicine studies on 10 SPECT cameras, 4000 studies on 1 PET/CT camera, and 7000 bone densitometry studies on 2 DEXA machines. We treat more than 200 new therapy patients per year.

The Ottawa Hospital is a 1150 bed tertiary-care hospital serving Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec at four inpatient sites (Civic, General, Heart Institute, and the Rehabilitation Centre) and one ambulatory centre (Riverside). There are approximately 50,000 inpatient admissions, 160,000 emergency visits and over one million outpatient visits annually.

Ground-breaking medical research is conducted through The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute. We rank 5th in Canada for competitive, peer-reviewed grants from the prestigious Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Over 2,300 researchers are publishing more than 2,200 studies yearly, with hundreds being high-impact publications (top 10% or citations).

The Department of Medicine is a research-intensive Department. Members currently hold 25 University Research Chairs. The Department receives approximately $60 million per year in external research funding and members publish approximately 1200 peer-reviewed publications annually.

The Faculty of Medicine is a nationally recognized leader, ranked among Canada’s top-tier medical faculties. As the most research-intensive Faculty at the University of Ottawa, the Faculty of Medicine contributes significantly to the University being ranked 5th in the country for total research revenues (Research InfoSource), routinely 2nd or 3rd in Canada for research intensity in Medicine/Science grants (McLean’s), 4th in Canada for citations (2022 THE rankings) and 1st for overall growth in Tri-council funding over the past two decades. The University of Ottawa is the largest bilingual (English/French) university in the world and the Faculty of Medicine first and largest bilingual medical school in Canada. The Faculty of Medicine has a long history of conducting the highest quality basic and clinical research, in close partnership with five affiliated academic hospitals and six research institutes. The Web of Science recently published a list of the most highly cited researchers in the world, where seven out of eight researchers identified from the uOttawa are from the Faculty of Medicine. Together, these remarkable achievements are a strong testament to the competitiveness and excellence of our Faculty that extend to all our educational programs.

The City of Ottawa provides a thriving multicultural and bilingual environment. Ottawa boasts numerous cultural activities as well as readily accessible sporting and natural resources, making it an ideal family and healthy living environment.

The Department of Medicine is committed to upholding the values of equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility in our living, learning, and work environments. We encourage qualified applicants from all groups with historical and/or current barriers to equity to apply. Upon request, accommodations due to a disability are available throughout the recruitment process.

Please note Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. We sincerely thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

Terms of Employment

The income for this position is derived from a variety of sources including but not limited to clinical billings (fee-for-service), salary support (AFP) as well as honorariums/stipends. Health and welfare benefits including extended health, dental and disability insurance as well as life insurance are offered to full-time physicians.

Applications

Please forward a 1-2 page letter of intent, 3 references (who will not be contacted without permission) and a CV to Dr Eugene Leung, Division Head of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital at euleung@toh.ca.

Closing Date: June 30, 2026

Last updated on: November 5th, 2025