Job Description
Medical Director
Meritus Personal Health Institute (MPHI)
Full-time | Target Start: October 2026 | Hagerstown, Maryland
About the Meritus Personal Health Institute
Meritus Health is launching the Meritus Personal Health Institute (MPHI) — a bold, first-of-its-kind population health precision medicine initiative rooted in the rural communities of Western Maryland. Backed by a $24M initial investment, MPHI will enroll 10,000 residents in the program and launch a longitudinal study combining whole genome sequencing, advanced labs and imaging, pharmacogenomics, metabolic profiling, and personalized health coaching, a t no cost to the patient. By removing the cost barriers, we believe this will truly be a pioneering initiative, equitably providing the most advanced personalized care to an entire population.
The aspirational goal: increase healthy life expectancy in rural Maryland by three years, while establishing Meritus as the national model for rural precision health.
Key Responsibilities
- Serve as the clinical leader of MPHI from day one
- Lead a 10-person team including APPs, health coaches, technicians and navigators
- Design clinical protocols, SOPs, and the 2.5-hour participant intake workflow
- Direct Epic integration for pharmacogenomic (PGx) prescribing alerts, referral triggers, and information sharing with other members of the care team.
- Partner with Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine (MSOM) faculty on publications and grant applications
- Interface with the research department as a scientific leader in the studies that follow the clinical work of the department
- Engage Meritus physicians across the continuum of care
- Own quality and outcomes tracking, and present annual progress to the MPHI Governance team
- Support revenue development through research grants, private foundations, and value-based care arrangements
Testing Portfolio
The Medical Director will oversee a comprehensive, multimodal assessment protocol including:
- Whole genome or exome sequencing and polygenic risk scoring across cardiovascular, oncologic, metabolic, and neurological domains
- Pharmacogenomic profiling
- Coronary artery calcium scoring
- DEXA body composition and bone density
- VO₂ max / cardiopulmonary exercise testing
- Advanced lipid panels: Lp(a), ApoB, NMR particle sizing, insulin resistance phenotyping
- Microbiome analysis, nutrient profiling, heavy metal testing
- Frailty index, cognitive function, circadian rhythm and sleep assessment
- Wearable integration for longitudinal monitoring
- Annual total body MRI screening in high risk patients
Qualifications
Required:
- MD or DO with active licensure (or eligibility) in Maryland
- Demonstrated ability to lead clinical programs and multidisciplinary teams
- Familiarity with genomics and advanced diagnostics
Strongly preferred:
- Board certification in a primary care related specialty
- Research credibility
- Experience with Epic and clinical informatics
- Passion for rural health and increasing healthy life years in underserved communities
- Experience in lifestyle medicine and precision medicine
- Strong communicator comfortable engaging patients, physicians, and academic partners
Why Meritus Health
- Institutional commitment: $24M+ invested with board-level support and a defined 3-year milestone plan
- Academic partnership: deep integration with Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine for research, training, and publication
- Greenfield opportunity: build the program, name the model, define the science
- Community impact: serve a rural population with state-of-the-art precision tools
- National visibility: pathway to becoming a Framingham-scale longitudinal study and replication model for rural health systems nationally
