West Virginia University Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is a university-based combined Internal Medicine/Pediatrics program at WVU Medicine in Morgantown, a tertiary academic center serving the Appalachian region, with a curriculum built on alternating IM/Peds continuity clinics and 3-4 month rotation blocks across wards, ICUs, and required peds selectives spanning cardiology, endocrinology, nephrology, and other subspecialties. Graduate outcomes are heavily weighted toward primary care and hospitalist practice (community and academic), with a meaningful minority pursuing single-specialty fellowships (pulmonary/critical care, allergy, nephrology, ID) after completing dual training. Roughly half the pediatrics faculty are research-engaged through the Pediatric Research Unit, which focuses on Appalachian child health, translational and population-level studies, and a dedicated coordinating infrastructure, though this research emphasis is departmental rather than a defining feature of the med-peds track itself. The program also connects to a Population Health Management fellowship for primary care physicians, signaling institutional investment in generalist and population-health career paths alongside subspecialty options.