Charleston Area Medical Center-CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine Program

Program Identity & Fit

This is the longest continuously operating Internal Medicine/Psychiatry residency in the country, an academic community-based program at Vandalia Health CAMC, a 1,138-bed regional referral center serving as a regional campus for WVU School of Medicine and West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine. The program emphasizes integrated dual-specialty training through a combined Med/Psych continuity clinic, faculty who are largely program graduates spanning both departments, and a chief Med/Psych resident leadership role, reflecting an institutional identity built on stability and cross-disciplinary continuity rather than subspecialty prestige. Research infrastructure is present but not central: residents can engage through the CAMC Institute's Center for Health Services and Outcomes Research, an annual Research Day with awards, and partnerships like WVCTSI, though this appears optional rather than a defining feature of the program. Graduates pursue diverse paths across academia, private practice, combined Med/Psych practice, and fellowships in either field, suggesting the program values flexibility and comfort operating across the medicine-psychiatry interface over narrow specialization.