Description
Regional Chair, Department of Internal Medicine – Eastern Division
WVU Medicine / West Virginia University School of Medicine
Martinsburg, West Virginia
This is an exceptional leadership opportunity for a visible leader with unwavering commitment to excellence in clinical care, education, and research. The Regional Chair, Department of Internal Medicine – Eastern Division at WVU Medicine / West Virginia University School of Medicine, will play a critical role in supporting and developing faculty, staff and learners as this regional campus expands to serve its growing community.
The Opportunity
The Regional Chair is responsible for overall clinical, educational, scholarship/research, and service provided by the Department in the Eastern Division. This includes ensuring the highest quality of care and service, consistency in the standard of practice, maintaining excellence across the educational spectrum, and enabling scholarly advances in the field. This new leader will also have strong working relationships with hospital leadership, other clinical departments within the Eastern Division, departments and administrators at the School of Medicine in Morgantown, West Virginia, and key community stakeholders, including the Veteran’s Administration system. A key focus for this position will also be programmatic growth, focusing on increasing the ambulatory footprint as well as initiation of additional inpatient and outpatient clinical service lines.
The Ideal Candidate
The Regional Chair will be a collaborative leader and an accomplished clinician with experience in an academic medical center or large healthcare system. This individual must understand the operational and strategic components necessary to support GME, program development, administration, clinical quality, recruitment, financial management, mentorship, and scholarly activity/research. Candidates must be ABIM certified and eligible for West Virginia medical licensure.
The Organization
Established as an autonomous branch campus of West Virginia University School of Medicine in 1998, the Eastern Division has grown significantly in the ensuing 27 years. Now fully integrated with WVU Medicine and in the setting of intense population growth, the Eastern Division is expanding to become a tertiary academic medical center to meet the needs of its region, including a new bed tower scheduled for completion in 2027. Recruitment has been robust, and in 2025 alone, the eastern division expanded several GME programs and launched 10 new programs, including an Internal Medicine Residency Program. Today, in addition to the AMC, there is a critical access hospital and a network of outpatient primary and specialty care clinics across nine counties in the eastern panhandle. WVU Medicine is investing more than $260 million in Berkeley and Jefferson counties, reflecting a bold vision for the[BM1] [CT2] [3] future of healthcare in the region.
WVU Medicine is a top 5 system for the delivery of rural medicine and is West Virginia's largest health system and private employer with 25 hospitals, 5 institutes, and $7 billion in total operating revenues. WVU Medicine primarily serves West Virginia, but extends into parts of PA, MD, and OH. Additionally, WVU Medicine has a significant economic impact on the region.
The Region
Martinsburg, WV, offers a diverse and rapidly developing lifestyle, combining small-town charm with suburban conveniences and easy access to major metro areas. Outdoor enthusiasts enjoy 18 public parks, and convenient access to the Potomac River and Appalachian Trail for hiking, kayaking, and fishing.
Nominations and inquiries are greatly appreciated, please contact:
Ellen Lockhart, MD, Principal
Bryant Murphy, MD, MBA, Principal
Charlotte Tinsley, Consultant - c/o Charlotte.Tinsley@AMNhealthcare.com
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