Physician - Faculty Family Medicine Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine - Battle Creek, MI

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Title

Physician - Faculty Family Medicine Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine - Battle Creek, MI

Faculty – Family Medicine

Department of Family and Community Medicine

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

Overview:

The Department of Family and Community Medicine (DFCM) at Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) is seeking 2 faculty to join our enlarging team.  These candidate must be dedicated to teaching, collaboration and serving our communities.  One position is in Battle Creek (OB optional) and the other is with OB in Kalamazoo.

Our Battle Creek 6-6-6 program launched in 2019 with tremendous community support. Its outpatient clinic is in a beautiful Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC). The faculty are encouraged to follow their passions and current faculty excel in POCUS, MSK USN, Lifestyle Medicine, Hospital Medicine, MOUD, Hepatitis C and skin care.  Known as “Cereal City, USA”, Battle Creek is a vibrant, diverse, well-resourced area.

Our dually accredited ACGME/AOA 9-9-9 Kalamazoo-based residency is housed in our new 20 room clinic with departmental offices ideally located to serve our diverse community.   We are excited and proud of our department’s street medicine program, OMM clinic, gender affirming care clinic, skin and procedures clinic, sports medicine and palliative care fellowships, and a substance use disorders clinic started in the fall of 2024, adding to our continuity clinic.

           

The DFCM is expanding and supports individual faculty interests and their skillsets.  If you are passionate about teaching and interested in modest housing costs, access to lakes, trails, parks, forests, rivers, music, art fairs, museums and 4 beautiful seasons, then this could be your new path! Benefits include CME funding, generous vacation time, and a defined pension plan in addition to a 457b plan for 1.0 FTE faculty.   

Responsibilities:

• Outpatient care and supervision of residents. 
• Cover precepting, inpatient and newborn services, (OB in Kalamazoo). 
• 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. 
• Opportunity for $10,000 research seed grants.
• 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. 

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

We are committed to excellence and health equity through transformative medical education, high-quality, patient- and family-entered care, innovative research, and community partnerships within a just culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging. Our vision is health equity for all in Southwest Michigan through innovation in the practice and study of medicine.

The medical school is a collaboration of Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo's two teaching health systems, Ascension Borgess and Bronson Healthcare. The medical school is a private nonprofit corporation supported by private gifts, clinical revenues, research activities, tuition, and endowment income. 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 South