Academic Hepatologist Physician

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The West Virginia University Health System, the state’s largest health system and largest private employer, comprises 18 hospitals throughout the state and bordering states, five institutes, and management services for other local hospitals through affiliate agreements. Whether you are caring for our patients at one of the critical access hospitals, community sites, regional or academic medical centers, we are all one WVU Health System.

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West Virginia University School of Medicine and the Department of Medicine are seeking a full‑time hepatologist (assistant, associate, or professor) to join a growing academic program. The ideal candidate should be board‑certified or board‑eligible in transplant hepatology and gastroenterology and will practice in Morgantown, WV.

• Clinical duties: outpatient hepatology clinic, general endoscopy, and attendance on the inpatient gastroenterology/hepatology consult service (approximately 1:8).
• With sufficient growth of the hepatology section, the division plans to create a separate hepatology inpatient consult service.
• Provide excellent patient care and be actively involved in teaching medical students, residents, and fellows (the gastroenterology fellowship currently comprises 12 fellows, 4 per year).

• MD, DO, or foreign equivalent; eligible for state medical license.
• Completed an accredited internal medicine residency program, gastroenterology fellowship, and transplant hepatology fellowship.
• Board‑eligible or board‑certified in gastroenterology and transplant hepatology; all qualifications must be met by the time of appointment.

Our GI and Hepatology service line offers a complete range of diagnostic and therapeutic procedures, treats a medically diverse population, and provides exposure to clinically challenging cases. A new and expanding endoscopy center features state‑of‑the‑art suites for advanced procedures and ERCPs, with close access to adjacent specialty clinics. The team includes 11 gastroenterology physicians (including 3 hepatologists) and 5 APPs, including one full‑time hepatology nurse practitioner.

WVU Medicine is West Virginia’s affiliated health system, a national leader in patient safety and quality, and part of the WVU Health System with 25 hospitals and affiliates. The flagship hospital, J. W. Ruby Memorial in Morgantown, is an 881‑bed academic medical center offering tertiary and qua ternary care.

Scheduled weekly hours: 40. Exempt/Non‑Exempt:
Exempt. Shift: United States of America.

Cost Center: 8062 UHA Medicine GI and Hepatology. Address: 1 Medical Center Drive, Morgantown, West Virginia.

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Contact:
Joe Lombardi, Physician Recruiter, joseph.lombardi
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