Partnership targets northern W.Va. doctor shortage
A health-care partnership is intended to alleviate a projected shortage of primary care physicians in north-central West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- A health-care partnership is intended to alleviate a projected shortage of primary care physicians in north-central West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania.
Mon General Hospital, Cornerstone Care Teaching Health Center and Mountain State Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institutions Inc. plan to offer a family medicine residency program.
Mon Health System President and CEO Darryl Duncan said the program is a way to recruit new physicians to the area.
The three-year program will be offered at Mon General in Morgantown, beginning July 1. It will be funded by a federal grant. Up to four residents can be accepted each year.
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. -- A health-care partnership is intended to alleviate a projected shortage of primary care physicians in north-central West Virginia and southwestern Pennsylvania.
Mon General Hospital, Cornerstone Care Teaching Health Center and Mountain State Osteopathic Postdoctoral Training Institutions Inc. plan to offer a family medicine residency program.
Mon Health System President and CEO Darryl Duncan said the program is a way to recruit new physicians to the area.
The three-year program will be offered at Mon General in Morgantown, beginning July 1. It will be funded by a federal grant. Up to four residents can be accepted each year.
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