West Virginia is a rural state, entirely within the Appalachian region, 4 to 12 hours drive from most of the population centers of the eastern United States.

Our state has consistently had the lowest crime rate of any state in the nation. Our cost of living is lower than any nearby state. While coal, oil and natural gas have long been the mainstays of our economy, we are transitioning away from these natural resources toward forestry, tourism and information and technology oriented businesses.

Charleston, the state capitol, is the largest city in the state, yet maintains a small town atmosphere in many ways. We have a regional airport, a symphony orchestra, a university, 3 nearby colleges, several museums, a nearby state forest and many city parks. The latest enhancement to our extraordinary quality of life is the state-of-the-art Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences which opened this summer, and will house the West Virginia Symphony Orchestra, as well as our art museum, science center and theatre.
Unlike many other large, medical school affiliated teaching hospitals of its caliber, CAMC has several features that most other tertiary care centers lack. We are the 5th most active cardiac center in the country. We are the only tertiary care facility in a 30 to 100 mile radius. This results in our having the busiest medical helicopter in the nation. Most large urban centers have more than one tertiary care center with varying areas of excellence, which results in certain types of patients and medical problems being shunted to the most appropriate nearby tertiary care center, depriving residents at the other tertiary care centers experience with those types of problems. CAMC gets >90% of all tertiary care patients from a population of roughly 1 million. Our residents get to see lots of "1 in a million cases". Additionally, because we have a large, medically underserved population with a high incidence of poor health habits, we see lots of extreme pathology usually reserved for the 3rd world. On the other hand, being rural, we have fewer urban problems such as AIDS and overdoses, treating several a month rather than several a day while on a teaching service. Our residents see enough varied pathology to be adequately educated without being overwhelmed.

Our program is designed to meet all the requirements for combined IM/Peds residency programs while being as gentle and supportive as possible to the residents. You can refer to our web site to view a sample rotation schedule. The rigor imposed by dual training is sufficient in and of itself, so all ancillary support available, i.e. social services, IV therapy, phlebotomy, etc., are used to advantage by our residents. Furthermore, in order to maintain the educational nature and avoid overly burdensome service obligations, our residents are protected by limitations to work hours and admission numbers. We are supportive of residents requiring maternity/paternity leave or other similar special arrangements.

Our Med/Peds residents are a cohesive and collegial group meeting regularly for formal meetings with the program director and Med/Peds faculty, as well as informally for journal clubs and joint sessions with the Med/Peds student interest group. Residents are also formally evaluated twice each year by the directors of IM and Peds individually. There are annual inservice exams used to evaluate appropriate progress in both disciplines, but these are not used as prerequisites for graduation. Research activities are encouraged and supported. There are daily educational conferences in both IM and Peds which residents are expected to attend as much as possible. Residents are required to give presentations occasionally on topics of their choosing. Generally this occurs 3 to 4 times during the 4 year program.


We currently accept three PGY-1 residents each year. This is facilitated through the U.S. residency match program in conjunction with ERAS. Applications are accepted through the AAMC Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS) only.

Since you are on this page I suspect you're already somewhat familiar with the nature of combined internal medicine / pediatrics residencies. However if this is not the case I encourage you to utilize some World Wide Web offerings listed elsewhere on this pageAdditionally you can find further facts including sample schedules and facts about the hospital, the University, and the community elsewhere on this site.
Finally I encourage your questions by e-mail, directed to gclarke@hsc.wvu.edu or slgraham@hsc.wvu.edu

Chief Resident

Name: Nicholas Young, M.D. Present Position: Chief Resident Program: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics Education/Training: Xavier University 1996-2000 WVU School of Medicine 2000-2004 CAMC/WVU 2004-Present Research Interests: Ongoing research in Lacrosse Encephalitis as well as Rental Artery Stenosis and Chronic Kidney Disease Honors, Awards, Affiliations: 2004 GSIC-Outstanding Medical Student 2006-WV Team Medical Jeopardy Champion 2007-WV Team Medical Jeopardy Champion Hobbies: Volleyball, racquetball, basketball, reading, searching for new music. Personal Statement: I was born and raised in Charleston, West Virginia and after six years away, I returned for my 2two years of clinical rotation in medical school. Although I interviewed at various program in other states, the excellent training and camaraderie I found at CAMC made it my number one choice. Having my family close by and watching my kid sister grow up were added bonuses! The housing is excellent as well. Having resident sand students living in the same apartment complexes offers multiple opportunities for fun and relaxation. We are constantly getting games of basketball, volleyball, and wiffleball together.