Physician Recruitment

King's Daughters Medical Staff includes more than 250 exceptional physicians in a wide range of primary and specialty care areas. Many of our clinicians completed training at programs in our region, including:

University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, Ky.
University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Ky.
Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine, Pikeville, Ky.
Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio
The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio
Joan C. Edwards Marshall University School of Medicine, Huntington, W.Va.
West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, Lewisburg, W.Va.

Our Medical Staff welcomes specialists from around the world, with more than 30 countries represented on the Staff. As a cap-exempt institution, we welcome H1B and J1 physicians. King's Daughters serves the tri-state region of eastern Kentucky, southern Ohio, and western West Virginia, with a population of more than 700,000.

Below are some of the current practice opportunities at King's Daughters. To find out more, please complete the information request. Or feel free to call King’s Daughters Physician Services at 800-237-3627.

Advance Practice Providers (Nurse Practitioners, Physician Assistants): Please click this link to view current opportunities. We cannot process applications/CVs for Advance Practice Providers through this portal.

Vascular Surgeon

Excellent Opportunity available for Vascular Surgeon

King's Daughters Medical Center, a 465-bed regional referral center in Ashland, Ky., is presenting a lucrative opportunity for a vascular surgeon. We have a high-quality heart and vascular program with 15 Cardiologists, 2 Endovascular Surgeons, 3 Cardiothoracic Surgeons and 2 Interventional Radiologists who work collaboratively along with PAs and APRNs. Our program features:

Hybrid OR
Interventional Radiology and Cardiology collaboration in one department
Collegial, collaborating groups
Seasoned Vascular Lab and OR staff comfortable with all cases
4 Phillips FD20 labs including Hybrid plus bi-plane x-ray system
Laser procedures, wavelength fistula system, multiple US guidance
EPIC electronic medical records system
The hospital-employed physician will receive a guarantee plus WRVUs
Signing Bonus/Loan Repayment
Excellent benefits (vacation, health, vision, dental, life, retirement)

King's Daughters Health System includes two hospitals, King's Daughters Medical Center in Ashland, Ky., and King's Daughters Medical Center Ohio in Portsmouth. Additionally, our network features 20 family care and multi-specialty clinics located throughout Ohio and Kentucky.

Our Tri-State region is renowned for family friendly communities with great schools and low crime. We also host some of the country’s finest state parks, featuring golf, skiing, boating, fishing, hunting and biking. We’re also a short drive to metro cities in Ohio (Cincinnati and Columbus) and Kentucky (Lexington and Louisville).

This opportunity will be at our main campus with opportunity for outreach clinic 1-day a month/bi-monthly. Our service area is over 700,000.

Cardiology

King's Daughters Medical Center, a 465-bed regional referral center in Ashland, Ky., is presenting a lucrative opportunity for a board eligible/certified cardiologist.

The hospital-employed physician will receive a competitive salary guarantee plus WRVU productivity compensation. Additional highlights include:

excellent benefits (health, vision, dental, life, retirement)
equitable call and manageable workload
signing bonus and student loan support

Best of all, King’s Daughters is presenting a ready-made practice with excellent referral resources – we feature a network of 20 primary care outreach facilities and care for a patient population of 700,000 throughout Kentucky and Ohio.

Our community features safe, family-friendly neighborhoods with excellent schools, diverse shopping and dining options, and affordable living. We also host some of the country’s finest state parks that feature golf, skiing, boating, fishing, hunting and biking. Metro cities in Ohio (Cincinnati and Columbus) and Kentucky (Lexington and Louisville) are nearby.

King’s Daughters Medical Center is an equal opportunity employer.

Cardiac Anesthesiology

Excellent Opportunity available for a fellowship trained Cardiac Anesthesiologist

King's Daughters Medical Center, a 465-bed regional referral center in Ashland, Ky., is presenting an excellent opportunity for a fellowship trained Cardiac Anesthesiologist who is certified in Advanced Perioperative TEE.

The hospital-employed physician will receive an annual salary.
The successful candidate would join two other full-time Cardiac Anesthesiologists and a team of five cardiac-dedicated CRNAs.
The OR work is mostly supervision.
The Cardiac Anesthesiologist would also perform anesthesia for Cath Lab cases including Electrophysiology and Structural Heart.
The department performs nearly 500 cardiac surgical cases per year, plus thoracic and vascular cases.
EPIC electronic medical records system
Signing Bonus/Loan Repayment
Excellent benefits (vacation, health, vision, dental, life, retirement)

Dermatology

King's Daughters Medical Center, a 465-bed regional referral center in Ashland, Kentucky, is presenting a lucrative opportunity for a board eligible/certified dermatologist.

The hospital-employed physician will receive a competitive salary guarantee plus WRVU productivity compensation. Additional highlights include:

excellent benefits (health, vision, dental, life, retirement)
no call or rounding
signing bonus and student loan support
malpractice insurance coverage
30 days for vacation; 5 days for CME; and a CME allowance for expenses

King’s Daughters is presenting a ready-made practice with excellent referral resources. The medical center features a network of 20 primary care outreach facilities, and cares for a patient population of 700,000 throughout Kentucky and Ohio.

The Ashland community features safe, family friendly neighborhoods with excellent schools, diverse shopping and dining options, and affordable living. The area has some of the country’s finest state parks that feature golf, skiing, boating, fishing, hunting and biking. Ashland is also a short drive to metro cities in Ohio (Cincinnati and Columbus) and Kentucky (Lexington and Louisville).

Gastroenterology

King’s Daughters Medical Center, a 465-bed regional healthcare system serving Kentucky and Ohio, is offering outstanding opportunities for board eligible/certified gastroenterologists.

Incoming physicians will earn generous salary guarantees, productivity bonuses and quality/customer incentives (income potential $575k to $800k). We also provide excellent benefits, paid malpractice, and a flexible work schedule that includes seven weeks off and manageable call.

Our collegial practice features seven gastroenterologists, supported by a team of experienced advanced providers. King’s Daughters serves a growing patient population of 750,000 in eastern Kentucky and southern Ohio. With a vast network of primary care providers, and referrals from 20 area hospitals, our gastroenterologists enjoy a vibrant practice.

Other program highlights:

Our GI physicians perform colonoscopy, EGD, EUS and ERCP (diagnostic and interventional), endoscopic resection, balloon enteroscopy, esophageal ablation and capsule endoscopy.
Two opportunities: the Kentucky position features manageable call (1:7), while the Ohio position has an option for NO call.
Surging referrals have advanced the construction of a new stand-alone endoscopy facility on our Kentucky campus.
King’s Daughters is powered by the EPIC electronic medical records system.

The practice locations include Ashland, Kentucky; and Portsmouth Ohio. Both are safe, family-friendly communities with great schools, affordable living and excellent local shopping and dining. Ashland and Portsmouth also feature local access to beautiful state and national parks and a variety of outdoor pursuits (hiking, skiing, whitewater rafting, golf, tennis, cave exploration, hunting and fishing). Both communities also are reasonable drives to Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio; and Lexington, Kentucky.

To learn more, please call Michael Reeves, King’s Daughters Medical Center, at 606.408.0414.

Geriatrics

King’s Daughters Medical Center, a 465-bed regional referral center in Ashland, Kentucky, is seeking a board eligible/certified geriatric physician to care for patients at Ashland-area nursing homes and rehabilitation facilities.

The nursing home physician will earn a salary guarantee plus benefits (health, vision, dental and retirement) and malpractice coverage.

Ashland is a family-friendly community of about 25,000 with great schools and low crime. It’s a great place to live, work and play. We also are a short drive to metro cities (Lexington, Ky.; Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio).

King’s Daughters Medical Center is an equal opportunity employer.

Hematology/Oncology

King’s Daughters Medical Center, a 465-bed regional healthcare system serving Kentucky and Ohio, is offering an outstanding opportunity for a board eligible/certified hematologist/oncologist.

The Incoming physician will earn generous salary guarantees, productivity bonuses and quality/customer incentives (income potential $500k to $650k+). We also provide excellent benefits, paid malpractice, and a flexible work schedule that includes seven weeks off and manageable call.

Our collegial practice features eight oncologists, supported by a team of experienced advanced providers. King’s Daughters serves a growing patient population of 750,000 in eastern Kentucky and southern Ohio. With a vast network of primary care providers, and referrals from 20 area hospitals, our oncologists enjoy a vibrant practice.

Other program highlights:

Our Oncology Center of Excellence also features a dedicated Breast Surgeon. King’s Daughters’ medical staff includes skilled and collegial radiation oncologists, thoracic and general surgeons and interventional radiologists.
Our Oncology Center of Excellence also includes a large infusion center, along with a dedicated lab and pharmacy.
With 30+ years of ACOS accentuation, our full-service program features nurse navigators, research nurses, social workers, nutritionists and financial counselors.
King’s Daughters is powered by the EPIC electronic medical records system.

The practice location, Ashland, Kentucky, is a safe, family-friendly community with great schools, affordable living and excellent local shopping and dining. Ashland also features access to beautiful state and national parks and a variety of outdoor pursuits (hiking, skiing, whitewater rafting, golf, tennis, cave exploration, hunting and fishing). Ashland also is a reasonable drive to Cincinnati and Columbus Ohio; and Lexington, Kentucky.

To learn more, please call Michael Reeves, physician recruiter, at 606.408.0414.

Hospitalist

King’s Daughters Medical Center, a 465-bed regional healthcare system serving Kentucky and Ohio, is offering an outstanding opportunity for a board eligible/certified hospitalist (family medicine, internal medicine and med-peds).

Incoming physicians will earn a generous salary guarantee, productivity bonuses and quality/customer incentives (income potential $275k to $350k+). We also provide excellent benefits, paid malpractice, signing bonus and student loan support.

Our collegial and welcoming hospitalist team features 26 physicians and several additional advanced providers. They are a valuable resource for King’s Daughters Medical Center’s primary care and specialty physicians. Our healthcare system, which includes 500+ providers, cares for 750,000 eastern Kentucky and southern Ohio residents. We also receive referrals from 20 regional hospitals.

Other program highlights:

Hospitalists work seven days on/off; typical day begins at 8 am and concludes at 5 pm.
Long call and nocturnist shifts are equitably distributed.
Average daily census is 18-22.
Team utilizes the EPIC electronic medical records system.

To learn more, please call Michael Reeves, physician recruiter, at 606.408.0414.

Neurology

King’s Daughters Medical Center, a 465-bed regional healthcare system serving Kentucky and Ohio, is offering an outstanding opportunity for a board eligible/certified neurologist.

The Incoming physician will earn generous salary guarantees, productivity bonuses and quality/customer incentives (income potential $350k to $500k+). We also provide excellent benefits, paid malpractice, and a flexible work schedule that includes seven weeks off and manageable call.

Our collegial practice features five neurologists with fellowship training in a variety of disciplines including epileptology, vascular, neuromuscular and headache. We are seeking to recruit additional general or subspecialty neurologists. Our program also features excellent support from an experienced team of advanced providers, and we recently welcomed a neuropsychologist.

King’s Daughters serves a growing patient population of 750,000 in eastern Kentucky and southern Ohio. With a vast network of primary care providers, and referrals from 20 area hospitals, our neurologists enjoy a vibrant practice.

Other program highlights:

Our NEURO physicians perform EEG, ambulatory EEG, V-EEG, and NCV/EMG (with assistance from experienced neurodiagnostic techs).
A certified Primary Stroke Center since 2010, King’s Daughters offers exceptional care, including thrombolytics and mechanical thrombectomy.
Our award-winning program also recently earned the AHA/ASA Get with the Guidelines Stroke Gold Plus Quality Award, with Target: Stroke Honor Roll Elite Plus and Target: Diabetes Honor Roll.
This is an outpatient clinic position that involves infrequent inpatient call and NO after-hours call (TeleNeuro after 5 pm).
King’s Daughters is powered by the EPIC electronic medical records system.

To learn more, please call Michael Reeves, physician recruiter, at 606.408.0414.

Pain Anesthesia

King's Daughters Medical Center, a 465-bed regional referral center in Ashland, Kentucky, is presenting a lucrative opportunity for a board eligible/certified anesthesiologist / pain medicine specialist.

The hospital-employed physician will receive a competitive salary guarantee plus WRVU productivity compensation. Additional highlights include:

excellent benefits (health, vision, dental, life, retirement)
equitable call and manageable workload
signing bonus and student loan support

Best of all, King’s Daughters is presenting a ready-made practice with excellent referral resources - we feature a network of 20 primary care outreach facilities, and we care for a patient population of 700,000 throughout Kentucky and Ohio.

Our community features safe, family friendly neighborhoods with excellent schools, diverse shopping and dining options, and affordable living. We also host some of the country’s finest state parks that feature golf, skiing, boating, fishing, hunting and biking. We are a short drive to metro cities in Ohio (Cincinnati and Columbus) and Kentucky (Lexington and Louisville).

King’s Daughters Medical Center is an equal opportunity employer.

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

King's Daughters Medical Center, a 465-bed regional referral center in Ashland, Kentucky, is presenting a lucrative opportunity for a board eligible/certified physiatrist.

The hospital-employed physician will receive a competitive salary guarantee plus WRVU productivity compensation. Additional highlights include:

excellent benefits (health, vision, dental, life, retirement)
equitable call and manageable workload
signing bonus and student loan support
malpractice insurance coverage
30 days of vacation; 5 days for CME; CME allowance for expenses

King’s Daughters is presenting a ready-made practice with excellent referral resources - we feature a network of 20 primary care outreach facilities, and we care for a patient population of 700,000 throughout Kentucky and Ohio.

Our community features safe, family friendly neighborhoods with excellent schools, diverse shopping and dining options, and affordable living. The area has some of the country’s finest state parks that feature golf, skiing, boating, fishing, hunting and biking. Ashland is a short drive to metro cities in Ohio (Cincinnati and Columbus) and Kentucky (Lexington and Louisville).

King’s Daughters Medical Center is an equal opportunity employer.

Primary Care

King’s Daughters Medical Center, a 465-bed regional healthcare system serving Kentucky and Ohio, is offering outstanding opportunities for board eligible/certified primary care physicians (family medicine, internal medicine and med-peds).

Incoming physicians will earn generous salary guarantees, productivity bonuses and quality/customer incentives (income potential $250k to $300k+). We also provide excellent benefits, paid malpractice, signing bonus and student loan support.

Well established in the communities they serve, King’s Daughters Family Care Centers provide high-quality primary and preventive healthcare, along with lab and imaging services. They also are a valuable outreach resource for King’s Daughters Medical Center, which serves 750,000 residents in eastern Kentucky and southern Ohio. In addition to our growing team of primary care providers, we also receive referrals from 20 regional hospitals.

Other program highlights:

We promote work-life balance: four-day work week, no rounding, and limited call( ONE WEEK ANNUALLY).
King’s Daughters Family Care Center network is powered by the EPIC electronic medical records system.

The practice locations include Olive Hill, Kentucky; and Portsmouth, Ohio. Both are safe, family-friendly communities with great schools, affordable living and excellent local shopping and dining. Olive Hill and Portsmouth also feature local access to beautiful state and national parks and a variety of outdoor pursuits (hiking, skiing, whitewater rafting, golf, tennis, cave exploration, hunting and fishing). Both communities also are reasonable drives to Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio; and Lexington, Kentucky.

To learn more, please call Michael Reeves, physician recruiter, at 606.408.0414.

Urology

King’s Daughters Medical Center, a 465-bed regional healthcare system serving Kentucky and Ohio, is offering an outstanding opportunity for a board eligible/certified urologist.

The Incoming physician will earn generous salary guarantees, productivity bonuses and quality/customer incentives (income potential $500k to $750k+). We also provide excellent benefits, paid malpractice, and a flexible work schedule that includes seven weeks off and manageable call.

Our collegial practice features five urologists, supported by a team of experienced advanced providers. King’s Daughters serves a growing patient population of 750,000 in eastern Kentucky and southern Ohio. With a vast network of primary care providers, and referrals from 20 area hospitals, our urologists enjoy a vibrant practice.

Other program highlights:

King’s Daughters features dedicated urology-specific surgery teams, quick room turnarounds, and da Vinci robotics. Our newest procedures include Aquablation and Urolift for BPH, and Bulkamid for urinary stress incontinence.
We also feature a vibrant on-campus Urology Procedure Center that provides urodynamics, prostate seed implants, prostate biopsy, cystoscopy and stent removal.
King’s Daughters is powered by the EPIC electronic medical records system.

To learn more, please call Michael Reeves, physician recruiter, at 606.408.0414.

Orthopedic Surgery

Two Lucrative Opportunities for Orthopedic Surgeons

King’s Daughters Medical Center (KDMC), a 465-bed regional referral center in Ashland, Kentucky, is offering an outstanding opportunity for a board eligible/certified orthopedic surgeon.

King's Daughters has two open positions. One is for a general Orthopedic Surgeon and the other is for an Orthopedic Surgeon who specializes in Hand Surgery. The incoming physician will earn a salary guarantee plus productivity based on WRVUs and quality/customer bonuses. We also provide a signing bonus, student loan repayment, excellent benefits, paid malpractice insurance, 30 days of vacation time, five days for CME, and an allowance for CME expenses.

Our Tri-State region (Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia) is a safe, family friendly community with great schools and a low cost of living. The Tri-State also has some of the country’s finest state parks that feature golf, boating, fishing, hunting and biking. KDMC is located about 20 minutes from Huntington, WV, the home of Marshall University. Our facility is located about two hours from the New River Gorge National Park located in West Virginia, and renowned for whitewater rafting and many other outdoor activities. The mountains of WV also offer great skiing at multiple resorts within a 2 to 3 hour drive. We’re also located a short 2 to 2 1/2 hour drive to several large cities in KY and OH - Columbus and Cincinnati in Ohio, and Lexington and Louisville in Kentucky.

Sleep Medicine

King's Daughters Medical Center, a 465-bed regional referral center in Ashland, Kentucky, is presenting a lucrative opportunity for a fellowship trained, board eligible/certified Sleep Medicine physician.

The hospital-employed physician will join a talented and collegial team of eight pulmonologists. He/she will receive a salary guarantee and WRVU productivity compensation. The incoming physician will also receive a signing bonus, student loan repayment, excellent benefits (health, vision, dental, life, retirement), malpractice insurance, 30 days of vacation, five days for CME, and an allowance for CME expenses.

King’s Daughters is offering the incoming physician a ready-made practice with excellent referral resources. We feature a network of 22 primary care outreach facilities, and we care for a patient population of 700,000+ throughout Kentucky and Ohio. KDMC will consider candidates who are interested in a full-time Sleep practice, as well as candidates who are interested in a position where he/she would be doing part-time Sleep and part-time Pulmonology.

Ashland, KY is a town of about 25,000 people, located along the Ohio River. It is a clean town with minimal traffic, a beautiful and active performing arts theater, indoor tennis, a large downtown park, and boutique shopping. The Tri-State region (Kentucky, Ohio and West Virginia) is renowned for safe, family friendly communities with an excellent cost of living.

The Tri-State area has some of the country’s finest state parks that feature golf, skiing, boating, fishing, hunting and biking. The area has four seasons – all of which are relatively mild. Ashland, KY is a short drive to metro cities in Ohio (Cincinnati and Columbus) and Kentucky (Lexington and Louisville). Ashland is also about 20 minutes from Huntington, WV, a town about twice the size of Ashland and the home of Marshall University. About two hours away in West Virginia, there is excellent snow skiing and the New River Gorge National Park, which offers multiple outdoor activities such as whitewater rafting, rock climbing, hiking, etc.

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