Physician – Academic General Surgery (Endocrine Surgery Focus)

Job Details

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. In addition, it includes five institutes, as well as providing 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.

Additional Job Description:

West Virginia University School of Medicine and the Department of Surgery seek a General Surgeon with advanced training or significant experience in Endocrine Surgery (rank available: Assistant Professor, Associate Professor, or Professor). The successful candidate will practice in Morgantown, WV.

Position Overview

This position is designed to support and further expand a high-volume, regional endocrine surgery practice. We are seeking a surgeon with formal endocrine surgery fellowship training or substantial clinical experience in thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal surgery.

Our endocrine surgery program receives referrals from across West Virginia and the surrounding region and maintains a large and growing referral base, supported by a strong and highly collaborative relationship with the Division of Endocrinology. The practice includes comprehensive management of benign and malignant thyroid disease, primary and secondary hyperparathyroidism, adrenal pathology, and complex reoperative endocrine cases.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate will:

• Help expand a busy endocrine surgery practice including thyroid, parathyroid, and adrenal surgery
• Participate in a collaborative, multidisciplinary endocrine care model
• Provide broad-spectrum general surgery care in support of the Division
• Participate in shared acute care surgery call, with weekend call averaging approximately one weekend per month
• Engage actively in the teaching of medical students and general surgery residents
• Contribute to academic initiatives, quality improvement, and potential research within endocrine and general surgery

The Division serves as a referral center for complex general surgery throughout the state and surrounding region.

Qualifications

• MD or DO degree
• Completion of an ACGME-accredited General Surgery residency
• Endocrine Surgery fellowship training strongly preferred, or substantial documented experience in endocrine surgery
• Board Certified or Board Eligible by the American Board of Surgery
• Eligible for West Virginia medical licensure

All qualifications must be met at the time of appointment.

About the Department

The Department of Surgery is dedicated to delivering exceptional patient care while advancing surgical education and academic excellence. Faculty in the Division of General Surgery provide expertise in robotic, laparoscopic, and endoscopic surgery across multiple specialties including hernia, foregut, endocrine, bariatrics, palliative general surgery, and acute care surgery.

You will join a highly collaborative surgical team in a dynamic academic environment committed to growing a premier endocrine surgery program while maintaining excellence in comprehensive general surgery care.