University Health

Physician

• Provides regular input into the strategic planning and resource allocation processes of WVU Medicine as it applies to Utilization Management.
• Conducts physician education sessions to share data, trends, practice patterns, and other relevant information as requested.
• Investigates avoidable delay concerns referred by case management & utilization management staff that affect patients’ outcomes during their hospital stay.
• Investigates and studies new developments in medical practice models, regulatory requirements, and third party coverage as assigned by the Chief.
• Participates in the development and implementation of new patient care programs, and consideration of hospital/medical staff ventures.
• Identifies denial trends and works with the medical staff and hospital administration to resolve the issue.
• Reports practice pattern trends and opportunities to service line or department specific meetings at the request of the CMO or hospital leadership.
• The Physician Advisor will be required to submit quarterly time sheets verifying successful completion of the number of contractually agreed upon hours to this pursuit.
• He/she will be a credentialed member of all system hospitals.
• The physician advisor will travel to and be a consulting representative.
• He/she will also represent Utilization Management at various hospital assigned committees.

Physician Advisor

General

• The successful candidate will practice in the areas of gastroenterology and hepatology.
• In addition to providing excellent patient care, the successful candidate will also be actively involved in teaching medical students, residents, and fellows.

Academic Gastroenterology Physician

• Practice in the areas of Urologic Oncology
• Provide excellent patient care
• Be actively involved in teaching at various levels

Faculty Physician – Urologic Oncology

Emergency Medicine

• The successful candidate will practice in the areas of Emergency Medicine.
• Provide comprehensive outpatient clinical care to patients in an emergency medicine capacity.
• Establish preventive health practices for patients.

PRN APP – Emergency Medicine

• Provide comprehensive inpatient clinical care to patients with disease and injuries of the human internal organ system
• Establish preventive health practices for patients

Physician Hospitalist

• Provide comprehensive inpatient clinical care to patients with disease and injuries of the human internal organ system and establish preventive health practices for patients.

• Provides strategic, operational, and clinical leadership for radiology services across all system hospitals, ambulatory centers, and free-standing emergency departments.
• Maintain active clinical practice, delivering high-quality diagnostic interpretations within the system-owned group's standard clinical workflow.
• Serve as the clinical backstop, rapidly stepping into the reading rotation to cover unexpected physician callouts, sudden volume surges, or critical staffing shortages.
• Coordinate emergency triage schedules across both system-employed and independent contracted groups to ensure zero disruption to emergency department or inpatient imaging services.
• Manage independent physician contracts, serving as the primary administrator holding external private practice radiology groups accountable to established Service Level Agreements (SLAs).

Physician Advisor

Academic Gastroenterology Physician

Faculty Physician – Urologic Oncology

PRN APP – Emergency Medicine

Physician Hospitalist

Physician Hospitalist

Chief of Radiology, Physician