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Chairperson Family Medicine Vandalia Health - Charleston Area Medical Center Institute for Academic Medicine Charleston, WV

Position Summary: Vandalia Health and the CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine seek an accomplished and forward-thinking Chairperson for our expanding Family Medicine Department (ranks available: Associate Professor, or Professor).

Join us to lead a well-established, mission-driven Family Medicine Department with a legacy of excellence in education and patient care. Home to West Virginia's first Family Medicine Residency Program, founded in 1974, our ACGME-accredited program trains 18 residents and has a strong track record of success, with the majority of graduates choosing to build their careers in West Virginia. Join a stable, collaborative environment that is deeply committed to developing the next generation of family physicians while making a lasting impact on the health of our communities.

The Chairperson will provide strategic, clinical, and academic leadership to advance patient care, research, and education, while championing new models of care tailored to diverse Appalachian populations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide leadership and direction for all clinical, academic, and administrative activities in the department including expansion of clinical service
• Recruit, mentor, and retain high-caliber faculty and clinical staff
• Collaborate with hospital and system leadership to expand Service Lines
• Lead and implement innovative care delivery models including:
• Telemedicine and virtual consult frameworks
• Data-informed clinical decision tools and informatics innovation
• Collaborate across service lines to create meaningful experiences in outpatient, inpatient, and community-based care.
• Champion health equity and access by addressing social determinants of health across training and service missions and expand family medicine and primary care throughout the region
• Promote scholarly activity and foster a spirit of inquiry, reflection, and professional growth.

Ideal Candidate Qualifications:

• Must have an MD, DO or foreign equivalent and obtain a state medical license
• Board Certification in Family Medicine with academic appointment at Associate or Professor level.
• Proven record of progressive leadership experience in an academic setting
• Demonstrated success in clinical excellence, education and scholarly activity
• Experience leading in academic learning environments and creating and/or expanding service lines

Other Considerations:

• Fluency in emerging technologies, including telehealth platforms and EHR-based learning tools.
• Enthusiasm for interdisciplinary collaboration and community engagement.

Join Us!

• This role is ideal for a proven leader who sees Family Medicine not just as a specialty, but as a calling to transform systems of care for those too often left behind. You ll join a collaborative team dedicated to training resilient, community-minded physicians equipped to lead the future of health care.

Vandalia Health Charleston Area Medical Center is a nonprofit, 1,138-bed regional referral center comprising seven hospitals across southern West Virginia as well as the CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine and the CAMC Foundation. More than 1,500 providers serve on its medical staff.

The CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine is West Virginia s premier medical teaching facility, hosting more than 1,000 learners every day in programs leading to health professions degrees and certifications.

The Institute offers continuing education, outreach, research support and patient education. It also sponsors more than 20 ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship programs, as well as three pharmacy residencies, a clinical psychology internship and post graduate position, and a School of Nurse Anesthesia (affiliated with the University of Charleston since 2024). Programs designed to meet the needs of the community in which we serve are constantly being developed.

The CAMC Center for Learning and Research, home to the Institute, provides advanced simulation-based clinical training in a realistic environment. The facility includes operating rooms, a critical care room, a labor and delivery suite and multiple inpatient and outpatient training rooms to help learners practice skills and procedures safely.