Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

Job Description Overview: The Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) continues to lead change for health care in Michigan. The DFCM is seeking an additional, OB-optional faculty member for its 6-6-6 Family Medicine Residency in Battle Creek, MI. Launched in 2019 with tremendous community support, the Battle Creek program partners with Bronson Battle Creek Hospital and Grace Health, a beautiful Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) that houses the residency's outpatient practice. This program successfully graduated its first class in 2022 and remains one of the only residencies in the state to be based entirely in an FQHC. Known as "Cereal City, USA", Battle Creek is a vibrant, diverse, well-resourced area with numerous opportunities for collaboration, as the program develops rich learning experiences for trainees while demonstrating its commitment to improving community health. This program joins the established WMed Family Medicine Residency in Kalamazoo, both led by a new department chair emphasizing faculty development, education, seed grants, and supported by generous institutional CME and licensing provisions. The two programs work collaboratively to enhance the education of all students and residents, leveraging each group's unique talents and offerings to strengthen the department. As a community supported residency with the backing of an academic university program we have the best of both worlds. Our residents are trained to competently practice the full scope of family medicine, including outpatient, inpatient, newborn care and obstetrics to serve the community needs of their future practices. The program is open to supporting leading edge skills and innovation in its faculty. Responsibilities: Provide clinical services through resident supervision and develop a personal patient panel. Cover precepting, inpatient, and newborn services; OB is optional. Recruitment, supervision, education, and assessment of resident physicians. Participate in quality improvement, utilization review, and outcomes management. Opportunity to participate and lead in committees and initiatives with our partners. Provide high-quality instruction for undergraduate and graduate medical education. Other duties as assigned by the Department. Qualifications: MD or DO degree. Completion of an accredited residency program. Board certification or eligibility by the American Board of Family Medicine or the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians. Eligibility for Michigan license. Dedicated commitment to providing a quality educational experience for residents and medical students. A sense of adventure and willingness to work as a team player as we continue to excel as a new Family Medicine Residency. Compensation will be commensurate with education, experience, and qualifications.

Job Description Overview: The Department of Medicine at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) seeks a full-time, board-certified or board eligible Internal Medicine faculty to expand and enhance clinical services, research, medical student and resident training in Internal Medicine. This faculty will be a part of the Division of General Internal Medicine within Department of Medicine. The faculty body of the department comprises of a diverse group of community faculty as well as faculty employed by the medical school. The Internal Medicine residency program has 36 residents and Medicine Pediatric residency program has 16 residents, and is fully accredited with all subspecialty care and tertiary care capabilities. Responsibilities: All General Internal Medicine faculty participate in the education of medical students and residents, ongoing scholarly activities, and clinical services in the Internal Medicine clinics and inpatient hospital-based services which are supported by full-time medical social workers, dieticians, and dedicated nursing staff. Additional responsibilities: Participating in the systems of quality improvement, utilization review, and outcomes management. Participating in inpatient academic internal medicine clinical service. Working closely with the department chairs for: Recruitment, selection, supervision, education, and evaluation of resident physicians. Strategic planning. Regular participation in department and medical school meetings. Providing high-quality instruction for medical education of students and residents as determined by the department chair. Other duties as assigned by the department chair. Qualifications: Candidates must have an MD/DO and strong interest and passion for medical students, resident education, and scholarly activities in addition to being a superb clinician. Leadership and organizational skills are desirable. The candidate must be board-certified or board-eligible by the American Board of Internal Medicine and be eligible for full licensure to practice in Michigan. Additional opportunities to formally engage in undergraduate medical education may be available, based on individual interest, expertise and need. WMed offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits. Academic rank and salary are commensurate with experience and qualifications.

Job Description Overview: The Department of Medicine at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) is hiring faculty for the division of Infectious Diseases. Applicants with interests in ambulatory and inpatient clinical infectious diseases, teaching medical students and residents, and at all faculty ranks will be considered. There are also opportunities and resources to support clinical, laboratory, and educational research. The division has plans to start an accredited infectious disease fellowship program in the near future. Leadership opportunities within the division and/or department are available to candidates with experience and a track record of academic achievement and leadership. Interested faculty candidates without prior experience but with a desire for future leadership opportunities may be groomed internally for future leadership roles within the institution. There are also clinical opportunities for applicants who are dually board-certified in adult and pediatric infectious diseases. Responsibilities: Division faculty offer a comprehensive range of inpatient and ambulatory clinical services and educational programs for residents and medical students. Faculty members provide inpatient consultations (with no admissions to Division faculty) at Beacon Kalamazoo Health System and Bronson Health System, in addition to outpatient clinics. This position is optimum for candidates who want to expand their clinical practice under an umbrella of a university faculty practice. The compensation package is market competitive and would include a heavily incentivized clinical productivity model in addition to a base salary. New faculty members are expected to spend approximately ninety to ninety five percent of their time with clinical and teaching responsibilities. Academic effort is optional and would be up to five or ten percent. Call is shared with the division physicians in proportion to the clinical responsibilities assigned to the faculty. Depending on candidate's interest and availability, there are substantial opportunities for developing clinical research in collaboration with the medical school's Center for Clinical Research, pursuing academic endeavors, and expanding clinical services based on candidate sub-specialty training and career interests. One current member of the division is dually board-certified in adult and pediatric infectious diseases. Outpatient care for HIV and Chronic Viral Hepatitis is an integral part of the outpatient clinic activities of the division. Further information includes: Broad general infectious disease practice with opportunities to expand clinical services. Inpatient ID service provides consultations only, with no direct admissions to the ID service. Outpatient clinic at state-of-the-art facilities. Shared call rotation with other faculty. Ninety to ninety-five percent of time spent on clinical and teaching responsibilities. Large state-of-the-art Simulation Center and Innovation Center. Established Center for Clinical Research allows opportunities and resources for developing clinical research programs. Qualifications: Board certification or board eligibility. Completion of Infectious Disease Fellowship. Eligibility for Michigan medical license. A dedicated commitment to providing a high-quality educational experience for residents and medical students in a clinical setting. Faculty rank and base salary are commensurate with credentials and experience.

Job Description Overview: The department of Psychiatry, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) seeks a board eligible or board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist to join its growing academic department. The psychiatry residency program is a fully accredited program with 24 residents (6 per year with accreditation up to 8 per year). This is a newer medical school that is looking to expand and enhance psychiatric clinical services, research, and both medical student and resident training. There are significant clinical and research collaborations with community mental health care (SWMBH and ISK), the VA system (BCVHA), and collaborative care psychiatry arrangements with a number of Bronson primary care, family medicine, obstetrics and pediatric practice groups. Western Michigan University has a long history of teaching and training for individuals with autism spectrum disorder, and is a leader this area regionally. In addition, there is a strong group of doctoral level psychologists within the Department of Pediatrics, providing subspecialty care to children in the community. Responsibilities: We are seeking board certified or eligible psychiatrists who are interested and passionate about patient care, teaching and clinical research. The candidate will join 1.5 full-time child psychiatrists who are currently on the faculty. Clinical responsibilities will include a combination of inpatient adolescent and partial program, outpatient through the community mental health provider (CMH), Integrated Services of Kalamazoo (ISK), and consultative work. For a qualified candidate, the possibility of building a child and adolescent fellowship program will be explored. This opportunity features: Mentorship and strong support for individualized career planning and development. Practice with a collegial team of psychiatrists (including two child psychiatrists), several doctoral level psychologists, and social workers focused on quality patient care. Enjoy clinical time incorporated with supervision medical students and psychiatry residents in their ACGME-accredited residency program. Be a part of a department that is fully supportive of growth and change for any academic interests with potential for leadership. Enjoy protected academic time for administrative and research endeavors. Option to focus on either inpatient service in their 6-bed adolescent unit or 12-bed partial program, psychiatric consults in the Bronson Children's Hospital, or outpatient care in a CMH clinic. Excellent salary and comprehensive benefits package with up to 7 weeks of PTO annually. Qualifications: An MD/DO degree or equivalent Licensure to practice medicine in Michigan Board Certified in General Psychiatry Board Certified or Eligible for Board Certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Compensation will be commensurate with education, experience, and qualifications.