Chair of Internal Medicine
Job Description / Duties
Charleston Area Medical Center Health System (CAMC), part of Vandalia Health, in Charleston, West Virginia, invites applications and nominations for the position of Chair of Internal Medicine (Chair). The next Chair will be an experienced, collaborative, and dynamic leader who will lead and support the academic, clinical, and research activities of the rapidly growing department and its multiple divisions and training programs. This is an outstanding opportunity to substantially build upon and establish new clinical and training programs for West Virginia's premier academic medical center.
Charleston Area Medical Center Health System is a nonprofit, 982-bed regional referral center made up of seven hospitals as well as the CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine and the CAMC Foundation. More than 1,100 providers are members of the medical and advanced practice staff of CAMC. CAMC prides itself as a leading teaching institution and academic medical center serving the healthcare needs of West Virginia and the surrounding region. Two regional medical school campuses, West Virginia University and West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, are located onsite at CAMC. Additionally, CAMC serves as a major clinical teaching site for other graduate medical education programs and undergraduate health sciences programs, hosting more than 1,000 students on any given day.
Vandalia Health was formed in September 2022 through the combination of CAMC Health System and Mon Health System. Continuing this growth, several hospitals and another system, Davis Health, have also been added. With this extensive network featuring 17 hospitals, providers, outpatient locations, and telemedicine centers, Vandalia Health is providing care across West Virginia with additional locations in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Virginia.
Reporting to the Chief Academic Officer, the Chair will set a vision across the department for its clinical, educational, and research endeavors. The department currently has more than 50 faculty, an excellent Internal Medicine Residency Program, and multiple existing and planned fellowships. The Chair is also accountable to the WVU Medical School Charleston Campus Regional Dean for medical student education and collaborates with divisional and operational leadership to run the clinical mission across all divisions.
The successful candidate will be an accomplished leader in internal medicine with a minimum of 10 years' experience as a departmental chair, division chief, program director, or equivalent clinical leadership role in an academic medical center or equally complex environment. CAMC seeks a dynamic leader who is committed to recruiting and developing faculty, staff, and trainees. Candidates must demonstrate a strong vision for achieving excellence in clinical care and an understanding of the opportunities and challenges associated with running a large department within an academic medical center.
Candidates must possess an M.D., D.O., or equivalent degree, board certification in internal medicine, and warrant qualification for appointment to Associate or Full Professor at the CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine.
Nominations, expressions of interest, and applications should be submitted to the WittKieffer consultants assisting Charleston Area Medical Center Health System with this recruitment, preferably via email to Jeff Schroetlin, Megan Welch, and Charlotte Harris at CAMCInternalMedicine@wittkieffer.com.
Vandalia Health values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity for all persons regardless of age, color, disability, ethnicity, marital status, national origin, race, religion, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other status protected by law.