Faculty - Residency Program Director - Obstetrics and Gynecology

Overview:

The OB/GYN residency program is a fully accredited program with 16 residents (4 per year). This is a new residency program that is graduating its first class of residents in June of 2022. We are looking to expand its clinical services, research, and both medical student and resident training.

Responsibilities:

1. With authority and accountability for the operation of the Obstetrics and Gynecology residency program, administrative responsibilities will include residency program development and evaluation; resident recruitment and selection; resident evaluation and supervision; course/rotation scheduling, monitoring and evaluation; and representation of the Department at accrediting entities and professional organizations.
2. This position includes clinical duties appropriate to the training and experience of the candidate.

This opportunity features:

• Practice with a collegial team of 3 full time faculty members, 2 physician assistants and over 30 community faculty members to provide excellent clinical patient care.
• Enjoy clinical time incorporated with supervision of medical students and OB/GYN 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.

Excellent salary and comprehensive benefits package with up to 7 weeks of PTO annually.

Qualifications:

Qualifications:

• Valid M.D. or D.O degree.
• Licensure to practice medicine in Michigan or Eligibility for such Licensure.
• Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology.
• 3+ years of teaching experience.
• Based on training and career interests, specific clinical and other academic responsibilities will be negotiated.

About Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed)

Our vision is health equity for all in Southwest Michigan through innovation in the practice and study of medicine.

WMed is the recipient of a $100 million foundational gift and the Empowering Futures Gift, a philanthropic commitment of $300 million to support the mission of the medical school. WMed contributes to the economic vitality of Southwest Michigan through the services we provide as well as the creation of 1,600 new jobs and an annual estimated economic impact of $353 million in Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties.

We train physicians in 10 residencies and five fellowships accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. To support our educational mission, we have Joint Accreditation for interprofessional continuing education, which incorporates accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

WMed Health is the clinical practice of the medical school with more than 300 providers offering comprehensive primary care and specialty services in several locations throughout the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek areas. Faculty in the Department of Pathology serve as the Office of the Medical Examiner for counties throughout Michigan and northern Indiana.

The W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus located in downtown Kalamazoo serves as the primary educational facility with student study and social spaces, team-based learning halls, faculty and administrative offices, a state-of-the-art Simulation Center accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, basic science research labs, as well as toxicology and forensic pathology labs.

WMed builds upon Kalamazoo’s century-long foundation of drug discovery and medical device development with a strategic investment in clinical, laboratory, community, and educational research. The Center for Immunobiology, Center for Clinical Research, Research Histology Lab, Innovation Center, and Human Research Protection Program contribute to the medical school’s advancement of knowledge through innovation and discovery.

We provide a drug- and tobacco-free workplace.

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