<p>A Family Medicine physician is needed to join an innovative, membership-based primary care practice in Kalamazoo, Michigan — a model built around physician autonomy, reduced patient volume, and the kind of continuity that defines excellent longitudinal care. Free from insurance billing and prior authorizations, this is direct primary care practiced the way it was trained: unhurried visits, same-day diagnosis and treatment, and a panel you actually know. For a clinician ready to help shape a growing clinic from the ground up, this is a rare opportunity to lead while still practicing.</p>
<h3>Perks and Benefits</h3> <ul> <li>Competitive compensation described as strong pay without the volume burden of a conventional clinic</li> <li>Monday through Friday schedule, 40 hours per week, with early release at noon on Friday — no weekends, no overnight call</li> <li>Full support infrastructure from day one, including two dedicated medical assistants per physician</li> <li>Clinical leadership pathway as the practice expands — opportunity to shape how this early-stage center operates</li> <li>National group backing with the autonomy and culture of an independent practice</li> <li>Michigan medical license support for candidates eligible to obtain licensure</li> </ul>
<h3>Practice Highlights</h3> <ul> <li>Direct primary care model — no insurance billing, no prior authorizations, no productivity metrics driving visit length</li> <li>Patient volume set at approximately half the load of a standard family medicine clinic, allowing visit length to be determined by clinical need</li> <li>Onsite laboratory and dispensary enable same-visit diagnosis and medication dispensing without sending patients elsewhere</li> <li>Two medical assistants per physician handle workflow so the physician practices at the top of licensure throughout the day</li> <li>Full-spectrum family medicine panel — predominantly adult patients with pediatric cases included, keeping the full skill set engaged</li> <li>Continuity-of-care model: physicians follow the same panel longitudinally, enabling detection of patterns a single-visit model would miss</li> <li>Early-stage clinic with direct physician input into how the center is structured and grown — genuine clinical leadership opportunity</li> </ul>
<h3>Qualifications</h3> <ul> <li>MD or DO with completed family medicine residency training</li> <li>Board certification or board eligibility in Family Medicine</li> <li>Minimum two years of post-training clinical experience</li> <li>Active Michigan medical license or demonstrated eligibility to obtain one</li> <li>Collaborative disposition with interest in contributing to a growing, mission-driven practice — not simply filling a seat</li> </ul>
<h3>About the Community</h3> <p>Kalamazoo is a vibrant college town anchored by Western Michigan University and Kalamazoo College, with a lively arts scene, nationally recognized craft brewing culture, and a cost of living well below coastal markets — meaning compensation goes meaningfully further here. Families benefit from the Kalamazoo Promise, a scholarship program that covers college tuition for graduates of local public schools. Lake Michigan's beaches and the resort towns of South Haven and Saugatuck are roughly an hour west, while Chicago and Detroit are each about two and a half hours away, with direct Amtrak service to Chicago — making this a genuinely connected Midwest base with four seasons of outdoor recreation, river paddling, rail trails, and nearby wine country.</p>