Psychiatry & Neurodevelopment, Moghadam Family Endowed Chair

About the role

The West Virginia University Health System, comprising 18 hospitals and five institutes, is the state's largest health system and largest private employer. It also provides management services for other local hospitals through affiliate agreements.

Responsibilities

• Practice in Morgantown, WV
• Transform the lives of people with neurodevelopmental and neuropsychiatric conditions through innovation, compassion, and science-driven care
• Lead efforts to develop innovative, evidence-based models of care tailored to the unique needs of children and young adults requiring specialized psychiatric and/or neurodevelopmental care
• Develop care models designed for rural delivery, including telehealth and integrated primary-behavioral health approaches
• Improve the collaboration and integration of behavioral health, neuroscience, pediatrics, education, and family-centered care
• Translate research advances into practical, accessible clinical solutions, particularly for individuals in rural and underserved communities across West Virginia and the surrounding region
• Focus on functional outcomes, such as school performance, occupational performance, emotional regulation, family stability, and long-term independence
• Drive innovation and clinical impact by advancing initiatives such as new treatment and management strategies for ADHD, ASD, and co-occurring conditions, multidisciplinary programs addressing emotional regulation, attention, behavior, learning, and social development, and scalable clinical models for ADHD, ASD, and related neuropsychiatric conditions

Qualifications

• An MD or DO degree or foreign equivalent
• Completed psychiatry residency program
• Board certified in psychiatry