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Gundersen Health System
Whitehall, Wisconsin

MD/DO - Family Medicine Whitehall

Family MedicineNo callFull-Time

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Job Description

Practice medicine where relationships still matter.

There is something special about practicing Family Medicine in a community where you have the opportunity to truly know your patients — caring for individuals and families over time, building trust, and seeing the difference your work makes beyond a single visit.

Join our Emplify Health by Gundersen Family Medicine team in Whitehall, Wisconsin, and become part of a community-based practice where physicians can build meaningful relationships while having the support and resources of a larger integrated health system behind them.

Your Practice Glance

Build a broad and meaningful Family Medicine practice with the support of a team designed to help you care for patients across all stages of life.

Work-life balance with flexibility to choose part-time or full-time practice

Dedicated clinical support, including MAs and RNs

Integrated support services, including an on-site social worker, diabetes education, pharmacy support, anticoagulation services, and interpreter services

Broad-scope Family Medicine, including preventive care, chronic disease management, women’s health, pediatrics, and optional OB/prenatal care

  • Opportunity to perform office-based procedures based on your interests and experience
  • Newly built 24-bed critical access hospital connected to the clinic, providing inpatient care, rehabilitation, specialty services, and emergency care
  • Telephone-only call
  • 24/7 specialty consultation through the broader Emplify Health by Gundersen network
  • Air and ground ambulance support
  • Flexibility to shape your practice around your clinical interests
  • Outreach specialty services including Cardiology, Gastroenterology, Oncology, Otolaryngology, Podiatry

About Whitehall

For the physician who appreciates knowing the people they care for, becoming part of the community, and having room for both a meaningful career and life outside of medicine, Whitehall offers something increasingly difficult to find.

Located in scenic Trempealeau County, Whitehall has the welcoming feel of a smaller community with convenient access to some of the region’s larger cities. Nestled between La Crosse and Eau Claire, both are approximately an hour away, while the Minneapolis–St. Paul area is just over two hours from the community.

Surrounded by rolling hills, wooded landscapes, and abundant outdoor recreation, the area reflects much of what makes western Wisconsin such a beautiful place to call home. Physicians can enjoy a quieter pace of life and a close-knit community while still being within an easy drive of shopping, dining, entertainment, and regional airports.

Why Join Emplify Health by Gundersen

Comprehensive Support: Join a collaborative, patient centered health system with access to specialists, advanced practice providers, and resources designed to deliver high-quality care in a rural setting.

Flexible Work Options: Enjoy a work environment that supports both your personal and professional needs, offering options such as a four-day workweek, ensuring fulfillment and well-being.

Mission Driven Culture: At Gundersen, together we inspire your best life through relentlessly caring, learning, and innovating. We are dedicated to contributing to a future of healthy people and thriving communities, making a meaningful difference in the lives of those we serve. Be part of a system committed to improving the health in rural communities while providing exceptional care.

Compensation that Reflects Your Impact: At Gundersen, we recognize that great physicians, whether experienced or new, make a real difference. Our salary structure is designed to reflect your skills, potential, and commitment to exceptional patient care, recognizing the value you bring to our team and the community.

Outstanding Benefits: Including loan forgiveness, relocation assistance, a competitive 401K match, personal liability insurance, and more, all designed to support your well-being and professional growth.

We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values — belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility — our pillars set our foundation and our future.

Must have completed an accredited graduate medical training program and be board certified or eligible within the area of medicine stated. In addition, must have or be able to obtain a license to practice in our multi-state region with no restrictions or limitations.

Medical staff in our system will supervise advanced practice clinicians. Medical staff may need to provide outreach service as part of their role in the system. Teaching students, residents, fellows or clinical staff is cornerstone to our Medical Education philosophy and an expectation of all medical staff.

Primary Recruiter

Shari Kjos

Recruiter Email Address

SKKjos@emplifyhealth.org

We inspire your best life by relentlessly caring, learning and innovating. This is our purpose. Together with our values — belonging, respect, excellence, accountability, teamwork and humility — our pillars set our foundation and our future.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Key Responsibilities

Provide broad-scope family medicine services including preventive care, chronic disease management, and inpatient care at a critical access hospital. Supervise advanced practice clinicians and participate in the education of students, residents, and fellows.

Requirements

Must have completed an accredited graduate medical training program and be board certified or eligible. Must possess or be able to obtain a valid, unrestricted medical license for the region.

Qualifications

Experience
2+ years of experience

Certifications

Board Certification

Key Skills

Clinical supervision

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates MD/DO - Family Medicine Whitehall at Gundersen Health System a 6.9 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Family Medicine — ranked against 2,385 active Family Medicine listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no on-call duties.

Family Medicine — Physician Career Context

In Wisconsin, the Family Medicine weighted monthly median benchmark on WeekdayDoc is ~$307k (20 salary observations; 147 listings), vs ~$262k nationally (1,188 salary observations; 5,702 listings). Monthly aggregates cover 2025-12-01 through 2026-09-01; these are not the modal's selected comparable-job medians.

Of the 50 active Family Medicine listings this role was benchmarked against, 14% are remote, 48% have no call, 58% require no weekends.

Family Medicine pay on WeekdayDoc is up 7.1% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for Wisconsin is 94.1 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 60.7% of Wisconsin clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Top Family Medicine Jobs

50 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution50 jobs · 35 employers

15
<$325k
21
$325k-355k
6
$355k-385k
4
$385k-415k
4
$415k+

Annual compensation range

Benefits & Perks43 jobs · 35 employers

401k / retirement match
86% this job
Sign-on bonus
70%
CME allowance
63%
Relocation assistance
51% this job
Loan repayment
35% this job

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$100-$200/hr
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Work-life snapshot

median 6.2this job 6.9
Better work-life than 70% of Family Medicine listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 2,385 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

  • No call

Living in Whitehall

Median resident rent
$829/mo
Residents’ average commute
22 min
State income tax
Up to 7.7%
Sources & methodology

Sources: U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

City-level figures. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.

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About Gundersen Health System

Hospitals and Health Care
La Crosse, WI
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Loan Forgiveness
Relocation Assistance
Competitive 401K Match
Personal Liability Insurance
Flexible Work Options (4-day workweek)
Part-time or Full-time options