WVU School of Medicine Eastern Campus welcomes 12 residents across 2 residency programs
With the summer in full swing and the fall semester right around the corner, the West Virginia University School of Medicine’s Eastern Campus excitedly welcomed 12 new residents to campus across the two residency programs in July.
The incoming cohort brings the total enrollment across the Harpers Ferry Rural Family Medicine and Berkeley Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Programs to 30 trainees.
The incoming cohort represents 10 institutions across five states and four countries. Among them, three students are graduates of the WVU School of Medicine – two of whom completed their training on the Eastern Campus in Martinsburg.
“We are delighted to continue expanding the educational opportunities available on our campus, as we now welcome more new residents to our campus than ever before,” said Richard Thomas, MD, DDS, Eastern Campus Dean. “We eagerly look forward to working closely with all 12 of these trainees over the next several years of their specialty training. We are also proud to continue the pipeline of welcoming former students from our campus to our training programs, as they carry on serving the eastern panhandle community.”
The Harpers Ferry Rural Family Medicine Residency Program provides trainees with full-spectrum family medicine in a unique rural setting. The three-year program accepts six residents per year and the main practice site is located at Harpers Ferry Family Medicine, where faculty and residents see more than 30,000 patients each year.
The Berkeley Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program provides physicians with comprehensive internal medicine residency training that encompasses a full range of general medicine and medical specialties. The three-year program officially launched in 2025 and accepts six trainees per year. The program is primarily hosted at the Berkeley Medical Center in Martinsburg – a 200-bed hospital with a 24-bed ICU and a high-volume ED.
In 2027, it is anticipated that the two programs will bring a total of 36 residents to the Eastern Panhandle, as the Berkeley Medical Center Internal Medicine Residency Program continues to add residents throughout the required years of training.
To learn more about the residency programs on the Eastern Campus, visit medicine.hsc.wvu.edu/eastern/residents.