General Medicine: Faculty Recruitment

Join our expanding Academic Primary Care faculty. This position will provide direct patient care in an outpatient setting with teaching opportunities. There are also opportunities to engage in population management and quality/safety activities. Prior training or clinical experience in an academic teaching environment is preferred.

Currently hiring at the following UM-Health Primary Care locations:

• Brighton Health Center
• Canton Health Center

*We may be hiring at additional UM-Health sites in spring-summer 2026. 

The Division of General Medicine is the largest division within the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, with over 175 faculty and over 175,000 primary care patient visits annually. The Division is committed to transforming primary care delivery to provide high value, accessible and patient-centered care; eliminating healthcare disparities; enhancing the engagement and clinical experience of our faculty; supporting innovative research; enhancing medical student and resident education in primary care; and developing the next generation of general medicine clinicians, researchers and leaders. The Vice Chief for Clinical Strategy and Community Engagement will work in partnership with the General Medicine Division Chief and Division Administrator to implement this mission.

Responsibilities

The University of Michigan, Division of General Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine is seeking board certified/eligible candidates for a faculty position to join our dynamic and well-established division. The successful candidate will be expected to participate in direct patient care as well as activities such as teaching, scholarship and quality improvement in our expanding Academic Primary Care Group. Excellent benefits and compensation package with guaranteed salary plus incentive bonuses. Relocation support provided.

Required Qualifications

Applicant must hold an MD or DO degree and postgraduate clinical training. They should hold or have the ability to obtain the appropriate medical license in the State of Michigan as well as be board certified or board eligible in Internal Medicine. Candidates should be able to collaborate effectively with other clinicians. Good oral and written communication skills are essential. Evidence of clinical competence and didactic teaching is expected. Prior training or clinical experience at a major academic medical center is preferred.

How to Apply

Please submit a cover letter that includes a statement of current and future career interests, description of clinical, education and leadership experience, and include a CV with contact information to [email protected].

Application review will continue until the positions are filled.

Underfill Statement

This position is posted as Clinical Instructor - Clinical Professor. The rank of the selected candidate will depend upon candidate's qualifications.

Mission Statement

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations, and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research, and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education, and research that together enhance our contribution to society.

Michigan Medicine seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serve the diverse people of Michigan and to maintain the excellence of the University. We welcome applications from anyone who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching, and clinical mission, including women, members of minority groups, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. The University of Michigan as a whole, is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for all persons and will not discriminate against any individual because of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, height, weight, or veteran status. The University of Michigan is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

Background Screening

Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background screenings. Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Position Summary

The Department of Internal Medicine seeks a nationally recognized, dynamic, and visionary leader to become its next division chief of General Medicine. The Division of General Medicine was founded in 1976. Since that time, the division has grown to over 160 faculty and has become nationally recognized for an exemplary record of patient care, research, education and training. This position offers an opportunity to reinforce and amplify the division’s many strengths and to provide the leadership necessary to steward the academic vision and clinical growth in an expanding health system. The next division chief will be an optimistic, collaborative, and creative leader who will inspire talented faculty, staff, and learners to achieve impact across the division’s missions and in partnership with others in Michigan Medicine. The division chief will be a champion for innovation and have an inclusive leadership mindset that supports multidisciplinary teams functioning in a matrixed environment. 

Mission & History

The Division of General Medicine at the University of Michigan was formally established in 1976 and has grown into one of the nation's leading academic general internal medicine divisions. The division expanded from a small faculty group with modest research activity into a nationally recognized division distinguished by excellence in clinical care, research, education, and health policy.  Our mission is to harness our skills and talents to deliver exceptional primary care for our patients and community, pursue research and innovations that transform care delivery and change lives, develop the next generation of leaders in research and clinical care, and provide a space for our faculty and staff to thrive.

The division has served as the home for numerous influential programs and innovations with national reach, including the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, the National Clinician Scholars Program, the VA Center for Clinical Management Research, Value-Based Insurance Design (V-BID), and the Cancer Surveillance and Outcomes Research Team (CanSORT). Today, the division is a national leader in health services research, aging and dementia research, cancer outcomes research, implementation science, and healthcare policy, while maintaining a large and diverse clinical enterprise that delivers care across multiple ambulatory sites throughout Southeast Michigan and the Veterans Affairs Ann Arbor Healthcare System. 

Clinical

The Division of General Medicine provides general and preventive medicine for adults and children (through medicine-pediatrics trained faculty) at eleven clinical sites across Ann Arbor, Brighton, Canton, Northville and the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System. We treat patients in all aspects of their health, including arthritis, asthma, diabetes, hypertension, gastroenterological diseases, infectious diseases and heart disease, and provide preventive care such as immunizations, health counselling, and sports physicals. Our division is home to innovative programs for weight management, opioid use disorder treatment, and sports medicine.  We are also proud of our focus on supporting the professional engagement and wellbeing of our clinical faculty through dedicated mentoring programs and the Gradwohl Art of Primary Care.

Education

The Division of General Medicine is committed to providing superior and comprehensive education and training to students, residents and fellows, in the classroom and in our clinics. All internal medicine and medicine-pediatric residents have clinical rotations at one of our teaching sites. Our goal is to prepare all learners to become outstanding physicians and leaders in their fields. In addition, many of our faculty members help guide medical student education, holding leadership positions at the U-M Medical School, U-M Internal Medicine Residency Program and U-M Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation National Clinician Scholars Program.

Research

The Division of General Medicine is home to faculty with innovative and diverse research interests. Our faculty are leading research programs to address some of the biggest challenges in general internal medicine and have a robust portfolio of extramurally funded research spanning topics in health and healthcare disparities, clinical decision-making and behavior science, health economics, healthcare quality, safety and value, implementation science and quality improvement, primary care transformation, and health services research related to aging, pain management, cardiometabolic and vascular disease, obesity, cancer and women’s health.  Among our accomplished general medicine faculty, five are members of ASCI, three of AAP, and six are members of the National Academy of Medicine. Three of our faculty have received the SGIM John M. Eisenberg National Award for Career Achievement in Research, and many have received local and national recognitions for mentorship and teaching. Seven of our faculty hold endowed professorships. Several General Medicine faculty members have secondary appointments in other departments, including School of Public Health, Learning Health Sciences, and Institute for Social Research, thereby fostering collaborations and enabling opportunities for funded research studies. In the 2025 fiscal year, the division received over $9 million in federal, industry, and foundation funding to support our research activities.

Key Responsibilities and Desired Outcomes

The division chief of General Medicine will focus on the following:

• Develop and execute a vision that advances clinical excellence, fosters innovation, and responds to the changing needs of patients, faculty, leaners, and the health system.

• Partner with Department and Ambulatory Care leadership to create and sustain an environment that enables faculty and leaners to thrive in clinical care, education, and   scholarly or academic activities.

• Ensure excellence in patient care; identify and grow new clinical programs and sites of service that contribute to the success of the University’s clinical mission.

• Identify and develop areas of opportunity in health services and health policy research that will enhance the academic impact and national reputation of the Division of General Medicine, including through recruitment of research-focused faculty and collaborative efforts across the Medical School.

• Support the career development and wellbeing of trainees and faculty.

• Manage and mentor faculty members, supporting their professional growth and fostering a culture of clinical and academic excellence. This includes conducting performance evaluations, setting goals, and promoting career development as well as managing opportunities for improvement when challenges arise.

• Recruit and retain faculty to sufficiently meet the demand of sustaining a large, complex service across multiple sites.

• Engage the medical, nursing and senior administrative staff in measuring, monitoring and reporting data and processes to continuously improve clinical care and outcomes.

• Work collaboratively with leaders of education and training programs, UME and GME, to meet the high standards expected at the University of Michigan.

• Oversee Division operations, including fiscal management, resource allocation, and capacity planning. Ensure alignment with institutional goals and maintain financial sustainability.

• Partner with the Michigan Medicine Office of Development to build philanthropic support for divisional faculty and research activities.

Experiences and Professional Qualifications

The successful candidate is expected to be an M.D. or an M.D./Ph.D. with board certification by the American Board of Internal Medicine. Extensive academic, research, administrative, and clinical experience is valued. A strong track record of scholarly activity is required, and a track record of extramural funding is highly desirable. Enthusiasm for leading excellence in the tripartite missions of clinical care, research, and education is essential. Candidates should be, or be qualified to be, licensed in the State of Michigan. The successful candidate should have scholarly credentials appropriate to be proposed for appointment as Associate Professor or Professor of Medicine at the University of Michigan.

Michigan Medicine

Michigan Medicine is the academic medical center of the University of Michigan, comprising the U-M Health System, Medical School, and Medical Group. It is one of the largest hospitals in Michigan and a leader in biomedical research, education, and innovation, with over 26,000 faculty and staff. It offers a wide range of clinical services, from primary care to specialized treatments, and operates multiple centers of excellence. 

As one of the nation's top academic medical centers, Michigan Medicine brings together world-class experts from research, patient care, and education to make groundbreaking discoveries that create life-changing medicine. Michigan Medicine is home to one of the largest healthcare complexes in Michigan. It has been the site of many medical and technological advancements since the Medical School first opened. 

Michigan Medicine’s Mission: To advance health to serve Michigan and the World 

Michigan Medicine’s Vision: Our discoveries change care. Our care changes lives.

Core Values

• Caring: I will treat everyone with dignity, kindness and respect, promoting the well-being of self and others.

• Innovation: I will promote a culture of creativity, flexibility and curiosity that inspires new ideas and ways of thinking, behaving and improving the world. 

• Inclusion: I will foster an environment where every individual has a sense of belonging, a voice that is heard, and the opportunity to achieve and thrive.

• Integrity: I will adhere to the highest ethical standards, demonstrating courage, truth and transparency in my words and actions.

• Teamwork: We will work together with a shared purpose rooted in equity and fairness where diversity is celebrated, respected and valued.

For 2026, the University of Michigan Health was named one of the World’s Best Hospitals in 2026, and 12^th in the United States by Newsweek and Statista. In 2025, U-M Health was also named to the nation’s Honor Roll of Best Hospitals, a designation that ranks the hospital #1 in the state of Michigan and among the nation’s best in 11 different specialties. Additionally, U-M Health was recognized as one of America’s Best-in-State Employers for 2025 by Forbes.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

The vibrant city of Ann Arbor is a cultural hub and consistently rated as one of the nation’s top college towns and #1 among “Best Places to Live in the U.S.” In addition to its world-class university, Ann Arbor is home to high-tech research companies and charming neighborhoods with a rich mix of cultures. Downtown Detroit, with its eclectic mix of entertainment and professional sports is less than an hour’s drive away.  Detroit Metro Airport hosts multiple airlines, making this airport a gateway to the world and is only a 30-minute drive from Ann Arbor. 

Procedure for Candidacy

The search committee will begin reviewing candidates immediately and will continue until the position is filled. Applications should include a detailed curriculum vitae and a letter of interest that highlights the applicant’s personal vision and relevant leadership experience. To ensure full consideration, inquiries, nominations, and applications should be submitted electronically in confidence, to: 

Dr. Stephanie Taylor
Chief, Division of Hospital Medicine, Professor of Internal Medicine
Chair, Division of General Medicine Chief Search Committee
[email protected]        
Phone: 734.615.8490

Compensation

Compensation arrangements are competitive and commensurate with both experience and achievement.

Background Screening

University of Michigan Health System conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third-party administrator to conduct background screenings. Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act.

U-M EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

The University of Michigan, Division of General Medicine in the Department of Internal Medicine seeks board certified/board eligible internists to join our dynamic and well-established division. We invite applications for faculty positions at the rank of Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor to develop and conduct independently funded research focused on health services and health policy. We are searching broadly for researchers with MD, MD/PhD, MD/MPH, or equivalent degrees and demonstrated academic excellence appropriate for career stage. Academic rank, faculty track, and salary will be commensurate with experience.

Responsibilities

Successful applicants will be expected to develop or continue a robust extramurally funded research program that complements current strengths within the Division. Any area of health services research will be considered; however, we particularly encourage applicants with active peer-reviewed research and a track record at the early or midcareer level. Areas of particular interest include but are not limited to, healthcare disparities, clinical decision-making and behavioral science, health economics, healthcare quality, safety and value, implementation science and quality improvement, primary care transformation, and health services research related to aging, dementia, diabetes, cardiometabolic and vascular disease, and cancer. University of Michigan investigators in the Division of General Medicine have the opportunity to engage in research, teaching, and mentoring and to become Members of the Institute for Healthcare Policy and Innovation.  General Internist health services researchers with a background and interest in VA health services research and clinical care are also encouraged to apply. Application review will continue until the position is filled. 

Why Join the University of Michigan?

• A leader in cutting-edge medicine and research
• Robust research infrastructure
• Multi-disciplinary clinics
• Individualized mentorship and career development programs
• Diverse, collaborative, and collegial environment
• Excellent work-life balance
• Excellent Benefits
• Ann Arbor is a family-friendly city - voted #1 as a great place to live by Livability.com

Required Qualifications

Applicant must hold an MD or DO degree and postgraduate clinical training. MD/DO candidates should hold or have the ability to obtain the appropriate medical license in the State of Michigan as well as be board certified or board eligible in Internal Medicine. Evidence of scholarly ability (e.g., training in health services research, publications in competitive peer-reviewed journals, preferably first-author papers, independent grant funding) is also a pre-requisite. Candidates at the associate or full professor levels are expected to have a track record of research funding and funding through active grants. The candidate should be able to carry out research tasks independently yet collaborate effectively with other research faculty and staff. Excellent oral and written communication skills are essential. Prior training or clinical experience at an academic medical center is preferred.  

How to Apply

Please submit a cover letter that includes a statement of interest in the position, current and future research plans, a brief description of clinical and leadership experience, and include a CV with contact information to [email protected].

Underfill Statement

This position is posted as Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor. The rank and faculty track of the selected candidate will depend upon the candidate's qualifications.

Background Screening

Michigan Medicine conducts background screening and pre-employment drug testing on job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent job offer and may use a third-party administrator to conduct background screenings. Background screenings are performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Report Act. 

Mission Statement

Michigan Medicine improves the health of patients, populations, and communities through excellence in education, patient care, community service, research, and technology development, and through leadership activities in Michigan, nationally and internationally. Our mission is guided by our Strategic Principles and has three critical components; patient care, education, and research which together enhance our contribution to society.

Michigan Medicine seeks to recruit and retain a diverse workforce as a reflection of our commitment to serving the diverse people of Michigan and to maintaining the excellence of the University. We welcome applications from anyone who would bring additional dimensions to the University’s research, teaching, and clinical mission, including women, members of minority groups, protected veterans, and individuals with disabilities. The University of Michigan as a whole, is committed to a policy of nondiscrimination and equal opportunity for all persons and will not discriminate against any individual because of race, color, national origin, age, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, religion, height, weight, or veteran status. The University of Michigan is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.

UM EEO/AA Statement

The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.