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Otolaryngologist – Head & Neck Physician (Assistant Professor of Surgery) - Marshall Surgery

Surgery Top 25% in SurgeryFull-Time

Compensation

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Employment & setting
Full-Time
Call expectations
Not specified
Weekends
Not specified
Posted 1mo ago

Job Description

Otolaryngologist – Head & Neck Physician (Assistant Professor of Surgery): Provide medical care to patients in otolaryngology – head & neck surgery as a faculty/attending physician at the facilities in Cabell county in West Virginia.

In affiliation with Marshall University, duties include, to provide supervision and clinical instruction to medical students, residents, and fellows in otolaryngology - head & neck surgery related areas. Participate in rounds and present at one or more Medical Grand Rounds per year.

SOC Code 25-1071 5% allocation of duties. Req. MD or professional equivalent level degree in Medicine; completion of 60 months Residency Program in Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery; & West Virginia Medical License eligibility. F/T position w/ University Physicians & Surgeons Inc. d/b/a Marshall Health. Send CV to Jarrett Gerlach at jarrett.gerlach@mhnetwork.org EOE.

Key Responsibilities

Provide medical care to patients in otolaryngology and head and neck surgery as a faculty physician. Supervise and provide clinical instruction to medical students, residents, and fellows in affiliation with Marshall University.

Requirements

Requires an MD or professional equivalent degree and completion of a 60-month residency program in Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery. Candidates must be eligible for a West Virginia Medical License.

Qualifications

Education
Doctoral or professional degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
5+ years of experience

Key Skills

Medical supervisionPatient careSurgical proceduresMedical education

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Otolaryngologist – Head & Neck Physician (Assistant Professor of Surgery) - Marshall Surgery at Marshall Health a 6.6 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the top 25% in Surgery — ranked against 886 active Surgery listings on WeekdayDoc.

Surgery — Physician Career Context

Of the 50 active Physician listings this role was benchmarked against, 4% are remote, 78% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is up 8.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Aug 2026).

The cost-of-living index for West Virginia is 89.5 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 62.5% of West Virginia clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

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401k / retirement match
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CME allowance
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Relocation assistance
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Sign-on bonus
6%
Loan repayment
3%

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Work-life snapshot

6.6/ 10
Listing-based score

Top 25% in Surgery

Living in Huntington

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$153k
Typical market rent
$1,036/mo
Residents’ average commute
19 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
88.4
State income tax
Up to 6.5%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Aug 2026), Zillow market rents (Aug 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

BEA 2024 · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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