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Family Medicine Residency Program Director and Medical Director of Academic Family Medicine

Job Description / Duties

Novant Health – New Hanover Regional Medical Center is seeking a dynamic leader and experienced academic clinician to successfully lead an established family medicine residency program in coastal southeastern North Carolina. Established over 25 years ago, the program is fully accredited with 18 residents with a long history of graduating outstanding residents with many practicing across our region and state. Affiliated with the Universtiy of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, its faculty are members of the UNC statewide family medicine faculty. The program is actively developing a new rural training track intended to produce the next generation of rural primary care physicians in rural North Carolina. The position will include leadership, administrative, teaching, scholarly, and patient care responsibilities, with authority and accountability for the overall program.

Primary responsibilities include:

Program leadership, growth and development

Mentorship of family medicine faculty, residents and students through administrative, academic, and clinical activities

Foster a culture acceptance and promote diversity, equity and inclusion

Practice provides full spectrum family medicine, inclusive of opportunities for outpatient, acute inpatient care, maternal care, obstetrics, and a variety of procedures.

Exceptional Benefits and More:

Academic faculty appointment at the UNC Department of Family Medicine commensurate with physician’s credentials and experience

Highly competitive salary with a sign-on bonus and relocation assistance

Comprehensive benefits options including 403b with up to 6% match, dental, vision, and life insurance

Additional Physician Pre-Tax Savings Plan 457 (b) 

Short-term disability and Long-term disability coverage with supplemental wrap-around policy

Employer paid liability insurance with tail coverage

CME allowance


Contact Information

If interested in learning more, please email your CV with a note of interest to Kathy Gresham at Kathryn.Gresham@novanthealth.org