Department of Psychiatry

Faculty- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine

Overview:

The department of Psychiatry, Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed) seeks a board eligible or board-certified child and adolescent psychiatrist to join its growing academic department. The psychiatry residency program is a fully accredited program with 24 residents (6 per year with accreditation up to 8 per year). This is a newer medical school that is looking to expand and enhance psychiatric clinical services, research, and both medical student and resident training. There are significant clinical and research collaborations with community mental health care (SWMBH and ISK), the VA system (BCVHA), and collaborative care psychiatry arrangements with a number of Bronson primary care, family medicine, obstetrics and pediatric practice groups. Western Michigan University has a long history of teaching and training for individuals with autism spectrum disorder, and is a leader this area regionally. In addition, there is a strong group of doctoral level psychologists within the Department of Pediatrics, providing subspecialty care to children in the community.

Responsibilities:

We are seeking board certified or eligible psychiatrists who are interested and passionate about patient care, teaching and clinical research. The candidate will join 1.5 full-time child psychiatrists who are currently on the faculty. Clinical responsibilities will include a combination of inpatient adolescent and partial program, outpatient through the community mental health provider (CMH), Integrated Services of Kalamazoo (ISK), and consultative work. For a qualified candidate, the possibility of building a child and adolescent fellowship program will be explored. This opportunity features:

• Mentorship and strong support for individualized career planning and development.
• Practice with a collegial team of psychiatrists (including two child psychiatrists), several doctoral level psychologists, and social workers focused on quality patient care.
• Enjoy clinical time incorporated with supervision medical students and psychiatry residents in their ACGME-accredited residency program.
• Be a part of a department that is fully supportive of growth and change for any academic interests with potential for leadership.
• Enjoy protected academic time for administrative and research endeavors.
• Option to focus on either inpatient service in their 6-bed adolescent unit or 12-bed partial program, psychiatric consults in the Bronson Children’s Hospital, or outpatient care in a CMH clinic.
• Excellent salary and comprehensive benefits package with up to 7 weeks of PTO annually.

Qualifications:

• An MD/DO degree or equivalent
• Licensure to practice medicine in Michigan
• Board Certified in General Psychiatry
• Board Certified or Eligible for Board Certification in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

About Western Michigan University Homer Stryker M.D. School of Medicine (WMed)

We are committed to excellence and health equity through transformative medical education, high-quality, patient- and family-entered care, innovative research, and community partnerships within a welcoming, supportive, and engaging culture. Our vision is health equity for all in Southwest Michigan through innovation in the practice and study of medicine.

The medical school is a collaboration of Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo's two teaching health systems, Beacon and Bronson Healthcare. The medical school is a private nonprofit corporation supported by private gifts, clinical revenues, research activities, tuition, and endowment income. WMed is the recipient of a $100 million foundational gift and the Empowering Futures Gift, a philanthropic commitment of $300 million to support the mission of the medical school. WMed contributes to the economic vitality of Southwest Michigan through the services we provide, as well as the creation of 1,600 new jobs, with an estimated annual economic impact of $353 million in Kalamazoo and Calhoun counties.

WMed is fully accredited by the Liaison Committee on Medical Education and the Higher Learning Commission. The medical school offers a comprehensive, innovative four-year Doctor of Medicine degree program, as well as a Master of Science degree program in Biomedical Sciences. We train physicians in 10 accredited residency programs and five accredited fellowship programs, all of which are recognized by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. To support our educational mission, we have Joint Accreditation for interprofessional continuing education, which incorporates accreditation by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education.

WMed Health is the clinical practice of the medical school with more than 300 providers offering comprehensive primary care and specialty services in several locations throughout the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek areas. Faculty in the Department of Pathology serve as the Office of the Medical Examiner for counties throughout Michigan and northern Indiana.

The W.E. Upjohn M.D. Campus located in downtown Kalamazoo serves as the primary educational facility with student study and social spaces, team-based learning halls, faculty and administrative offices, a state-of-the-art Simulation Center accredited by the Society for Simulation in Healthcare, basic science research labs, as well as toxicology and forensic pathology labs.

WMed builds upon Kalamazoo’s century-long foundation of drug discovery and medical device development with a strategic investment in clinical, laboratory, community, and educational research. The Center for Immunobiology, Center for Clinical Research, Research Histology Lab, Innovation Center, and Human Research Protection Program contribute to the medical school’s advancement of knowledge through innovation and discovery. 

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer in compliance with applicable State and Federal law.

Questions and inquiries can be directed to Dr. Eric Achtyes, Chair and Professor, Psychiatry at eric.achtyes@wmed.edu; qualified applicants should apply online at www.wmed.edu (click on employment) or directly here.