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Duke Health
Mooresville, North Carolina

OB/GYN Generalist Physicain | Help Build Duke Women's Health at Lake Norman

OB/GYNFull-Time

Compensation

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Job Description

  • Qualifications & Requirements
  • What We’re Looking For
  • MD or DO degree
  • Completion of an ACGME-accredited OB/GYN residency
  • Commitment to compassionate, high-quality patient care
  • Experienced physicians and recently trained physicians are encouraged to apply

Duke is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to providing employment opportunity without regard to an individual's age, color, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, race, religion, (including pregnancy and pregnancy related conditions), sexual orientation, or military status.

Duke aspires to create a community built on collaboration, innovation, creativity, and belonging. Our collective success depends on the robust exchange of ideas—an exchange that is best when the rich diversity of our perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences flourishes.

To achieve this exchange, it is essential that all members of the community feel secure and welcome, that the contributions of all individuals are respected, and that all voices are heard. All members of our community have a responsibility to uphold these values.

Please Note

To be considered for this position, please attach your CV, select SUBMIT APPLICATION, and complete the application questions.

Compensation & Benefits

Compensation plan rewarding clinical productivity and academic excellence

Salary and faculty title commensurate with training, experience and role

Duke Benefits Include

  • Health insurance
  • Retirement planning
  • CME
  • Relocation assistance
  • College tuition assistance for dependent children

Job Description

Duke Obstetrics and Gynecology is seeking an OB/GYN Generalist Physician to help launch and grow a new Duke Women’s Health practice serving Mooresville and the greater Lake Norman region.

This is an opportunity to do more than join an established practice. You can help build one.

Why Consider Duke Health Lake Norman?

  • Help build a new Duke Women’s Health practice from the ground up
  • Play an active role in shaping the practice’s culture, workflows and community presence
  • Build your practice in the rapidly growing Lake Norman/Charlotte region
  • Combine community-based practice with connection to Duke
  • Maintain a broad clinical practice across obstetrics, gynecology and gynecologic surgery
  • Participate in departmental Grand Rounds and continuing education
  • Access Duke Maternal-Fetal Medicine, Gyn-Onc, Urogyn, REI and MIGS consultations when needed, virtually at a minimum
  • Join a multidisciplinary Duke OB/GYN department focused on clinical care
  • Clinical Opportunity
  • Low-risk prenatal obstetric care
  • Labor and delivery
  • Postpartum care
  • Comprehensive gynecologic care across the lifespan
  • Well-woman care
  • Contraception and family planning
  • Menopause care
  • Evaluation and treatment of gynecologic conditions da Vinci robotic surgery
  • Laparoscopic surgery
  • Hysteroscopic surgery
  • Deliveries and surgical procedures performed at Duke Health Lake Norman Hospital
  • The Duke Advantage
  • Join the Duke Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Opportunity to participate in Duke departmental Grand Rounds and continuing education
  • Life at Lake Norman
  • Practice in Mooresville, North Carolina
  • Approximately 25 miles north of Charlotte
  • Located along the shores of Lake Norman
  • Access to waterfront living and the broader Charlotte metropolitan area
  • Duke’s existing posting highlights the area's schools and small-town feel
  • Duke Health describes the hospital as minutes from Lake Norman with convenient access to Charlotte and surrounding lakeside communities
  • Why This Role Stands Out
  • Build rather than inherit
  • Shape a new practice rather than step into an established model
  • Establish your own presence in a growing market
  • Maintain broad-spectrum OB/GYN practice and surgery
  • Combine the advantages of community practice with the resources and academic environment of Duke
  • Help define the future of women’s health services at Lake Norman
  • Build Your Next Chapter with Duke
  • Help launch the practice.
  • Help shape the culture.
  • Build relationships in the community.
  • Grow your clinical practice.
  • Help create the future of Duke Women’s Health at Lake Norman.

Key Responsibilities

The physician will help launch and grow a new Duke Women’s Health practice in the Lake Norman region. Responsibilities include providing comprehensive obstetric and gynecologic care, performing surgeries, and shaping the practice's culture and workflows.

Requirements

Candidates must hold an MD or DO degree and have completed an ACGME-accredited OB/GYN residency. The role is open to both experienced and recently trained physicians committed to high-quality patient care.

Qualifications

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

Key Skills

Prenatal care

OB/GYN — Physician Career Context

Physician pay on WeekdayDoc is down 3.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Oct 2026).

The cost-of-living index for North Carolina is 94.3 (US average = 100; BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)). 59.2% of North Carolina clinicians report burnout symptoms in WeekdayDoc's Burnout Index (2026-01 data).

Physician by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Listed paynot listedPhysician median $365k (middle half $310k–$406k)215 comparable listings, Nov 2026
Cost of livingNorth Carolina index 94.3US average = 100BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Physician listings in North Carolina509 active22,747 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedNorth Carolina Physician listings: 31% state a sign-on bonus (median $30k) · 18% offer loan repayment509 active listings, Nov 2026
OB/GYN hiring demand#7 of 28 specialtiespostings stay open a median 42 days · 40% state a sign-on bonusWeekdayDoc Hiring Index, October 2026 · 308 postings, 192 closed
New OB/GYN listings344 in the last 30 days247 the 30 days before (+39%)U.S., first seen on WeekdayDoc, Nov 2026
Physician pay trend−3.3% vs prior quarter—through Oct 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index, BEA Regional Price Parities (2024), WeekdayDoc Hiring Index; as of Nov 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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8 matches · ranked by pay

Salary Distribution

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3
$465k-535k

Annual compensation range

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#2

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#3

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#4

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Work-life snapshot

median 2.4this job 1.5
Better work-life than 30% of Ob/gyn listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 797 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About Duke Health

Hospitals and Health Care
Durham, North Carolina
1,001-5,000 employees

Benefits & Perks

Health insurance
Retirement planning
CME
Relocation assistance
College tuition assistance for dependent children

Living in Mooresville

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$392k
Typical market rent
$1,675/mo
Residents’ average commute
25 min
Metro price indexU.S. average = 100
97.3
State income tax
Up to 4.8%
Sources & methodology

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

BEA 2024 · Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC metro prices. Housing figures are city-level.

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