Physician – Academic General Surgery (Endocrine Surgery Focus)
Reported by 128 physicians · national cohort · total comp, not the employer's posted pay
Overview
- Location
- Ruby Memorial Hospital (WVUH)
- Schedule
- 40 hours per week · Acute care surgery call shared, approximately one weekend per month
- SalaryDr Signal range
- $476k – $626k
- Practice
- Academic medical center
128 physician reports · not the employer's posted pay
Role summary
This academic General Surgery position with an Endocrine Surgery focus is at a 700+ bed academic medical center in Morgantown, WV, involving a high-volume regional endocrine surgery practice, shared acute care surgery call approximately one weekend per month, active teaching of students and residents, and participation in research and quality initiatives. The role includes general and endocrine surgery patient care within a large referral network in a 40-hour workweek schedule.
What the posting highlights
- Shared acute care surgery call
- Care setting: General surgery and endocrine surgery practice including thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, acute care surgery
- Patient population: Regional referrals for endocrine and complex general surgery patients from West Virginia and surrounding region
- Research or clinical-trial participation is noted
SalaryDr summary based on the original posting
Posted base pay vs physician-reported total comp
Physician-reported range shown; the employer did not post pay for this role.
Compensation
- What physicians report
- $476k – $626k
- Pay context
- SalaryDr Signal · physician-reported
- Report sample
- 128 recent physician reports · national cohort
- Compensation basis
- Estimated total compensation
This is a SalaryDr Signal computed from 128 recent, approved physician reports (national cohort). It is not an employer offer or posted pay; this employer did not disclose pay.
Employer
WVU Medicine / West Virginia University Health System (WV)
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Facility & Community
- Practice setting
- Academic medical center
- Facility type
- Academic medical center
- Beds
- 700
- Patient population
- Regional referrals for endocrine and complex general surgery patients from West Virginia and surrounding region
- EHR
- Not stated in posting
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Work Design
- Schedule
- 40 hours per week
- Call burden
- acute care surgery call shared, approximately one weekend per month
- Shift type
- exempt
- Inpatient / outpatient
- general surgery and endocrine surgery practice including thyroid, parathyroid, adrenal, acute care surgery
- Coverage model
- shared acute care surgery call
- FTE
- 1
- Teaching
- Yes
- Research
- Yes
Visa & Eligibility
- Remote
- No
Source & Verification
- Source
- Official employer source
- Salary label
- SalaryDr Signal
- First seen
- 2 mo ago
- Last verified
- today
- Extraction confidence
- 90%
Full description
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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.
WVU Medicine is West Virginia University’s affiliated health system, West Virginia’s largest private employer, and a national leader in patient safety and quality. The WVU Health System is comprised of fourteen member hospitals and seven hospitals under management agreements, anchored by its flagship hospital, J.W Ruby Memorial Hospital in Morgantown, a 700+ bed academic medical center that offers tertiary and quaternary care. WVU Medicine has more than 1,000 active medical staff members and 18,000 employees who serve hundreds of thousands of people each year from across the state of West Virginia and the nation.
Morgantown, West Virginia is located just over an hour south of Pittsburgh, PA and three hours from Washington, D.C. and Baltimore, MD. Morgantown is consistently rated as one of the best small metropolitan areas in the country for both lifestyle and business
climate. The area offers the cultural diversity and amenities of a large city in a safe, family-friendly environment. There is also an excellent school system and an abundance of beautiful homes and recreational activities.
Build your legacy as you serve, teach, learn and make a difference from day one. To learn more, https://medicine.hsc.wvu.edu/surgery/ and apply online at www.wvumedicine.org/careers.
For additional questions, please contact Megan Core, Senior Physician Recruiter,