Family Medicine (Core Faculty)

Meritus Health in Hagerstown, MD, is seeking Core Faculty for its ACGME-accredited Meritus Family Medicine Residency (MFMR). A foundational goal of the program is to train exceptional family physicians to meet the needs of patients, families and communities. Fundamentally, the program seeks to inspire residents along their individual journey and to promote their unique passions and aspirations as family physician leaders. This is accomplished through purposeful dialogue about building spiritual, emotional, physical and intellectual capacity in the chaotic world of medicine. We are searching for a core faculty who value these approaches in teaching, learning, modeling and leading.

The MFMR began in 2019 and graduated its first class in 2022. Currently the program is accredited for 18 (6-6-6) resident trainees. The program has received excellent reviews from each ACGME site visit and inspection, and currently holds no citations. Further, the program maintains outstanding support from senior health system leadership. Administrative duties will account for 0.6 FTE and clinical duties account for 0.4 FTE. Clinical duties are flexible and tailored to your interests. These can include inpatient, outpatient, obstetrics and/or osteopathic manipulation. The program has an Osteopathic Recognition designation by the ACGME. Preference for physicians who can perform and teach osteopathic manipulation but not required.

Meritus Health is committed to growing and supporting medical education at all levels by transitioning to an academic institution. This transition includes development of the Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine which welcomed its first class in July 2025. Meritus also has a new psychiatry residency which welcomed its first class in July 2025. Further GME expansion planning includes addition of a general surgery residency, internal medicine residency, sports medicine fellowship and potential others. The MFMR core faculty will have resources to assist the program director in advancing the program in line with the educational mission of the system, with support from all levels of the organization and community.

Core Faculty Qualifications:

• MD or DO degree with current board certification and participation in maintenance of certification by the American Board Family Medicine or the American Osteopathic Board of Family Physicians.

• Current or past experience teaching medical students and/or residents.

• Current or past experience creating education curricula

• Demonstrated excellence and passion for clinical care, clinical teaching, and scholarly activity that advance clinical medicine and institutional service

• Strong and collaborative leadership style with the interest and ability to lead by example.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills which demonstrate professional behavior and serve as a positive role model.

• Possession of or eligibility for licensure in the State of Maryland, CDS, and DEA.

• Eligibility for medical staff privileges at Meritus Health.

Core Faculty Essential Functions/Job Duties:

• Demonstrate the evidence-based knowledge and skill necessary to provide quality care to the full spectrum of patients within Family Medicine.

• Provide resident supervision in multiple patient settings. Advise and direct panel of resident advisees

• Demonstrate scholarship by one or more of the modalities approved by the ACGME

• Provide input into the development of resident clinic and rotation schedules. Regularly participate in organized clinical discussions, rounds, journal clubs and conference.

• Participate in Quality Improvement and Patient Safety projects/initiatives in the clinic and inpatient settings. Prepare and present lectures as part of didactic

• Participate in the Program Evaluation Committee (PEC). Participate in the Clinical Competency Committee (CCC). Participate in medical staff committees.

• Oversight of an area of the curriculum and/or rotations (to be determined at the time of hiring based on program needs and interest of faculty member)