Physician Recruitment

Welcome to the Physician Recruitment section of the CVPH Website. CVPH and Clinton County, New York are great places to practice medicine. Our physicians live where others come to vacation. What follows is a brief description of the recruitment efforts currently under way. We have approximately 151 physicians on our Medical Staff; more than 93 percent are Board Certified (a requirement within three years of joining the staff). The staff consists primarily of private practitioners in solo or small group practice. Our geographic area is ideal for those who place a high value on quality of life in combination with a satisfying professional career. The hospital offers assistance with relocation expenses. This is a wonderful place to live and raise a family; one of the area's most treasured assets is the progressive Medical Center which provides a wide range of quality programs and services for its Medical Staff and community.

If an opportunity listed below appeals to you, please contact Lisa VanNatten, our Director of Physician Search. She may be reached by e-mail at Lvannatten@cvph.org, phone 800-562-7441, fax 518-562-7012 or mail - CVPH, 75 Beekman Street, Plattsburgh, NY 12901. You may click on the specialties of interest or review a brief summary of the Medical Center and community before arriving at the opportunities now available. Thank you for your time.

CVPH Medical Center

• A regional referral hospital, CVPH provides high quality care to 160,000 residents of a tri-county area. Last year, the average daily census was 260.
  
  
• There are more than 156 physicians on the Medical Staff, 92 percent of whom are Board Certified.
  
  
• Some 2006 statistics: 11,751 admissions, 972 births, and 18,104 surgical procedures.
  
  
• CVPH offers excellent, accredited continuing medical education programs.
  
  
• The Medical Center provides a supportive environment in which to practice.
  
  
• This year CVPH is introducing open-heart surgery and coronary angioplasty services to meet a significant community need.

Plattsburgh, New York

• It is a community of 38,000 on the shores of Lake Champlain near the Adirondack Mountains.
  
  
• Plattsburgh offers a great family environment, good school systems, affordable homes, an active community arts council, and many family-oriented social and cultural activities.
  
  
• There are a wide variety of recreational activities centered on Lake Champlain and the Olympic-Lake Placid region.
  
  
• We're an hour from Montreal, a very cosmopolitan, European-style city of three million.
  
  
• Plattsburgh is home to a 6,200 student branch of the State University of New York.
  
  
• We enjoy a diverse and expanding manufacturing and service sector, combined with an established base of tourism and retail, which helps support the area's economy.
  
  
• Nationally recognized several years running as a Top 5 U.S. small town for business development.

For information about the local area, visit the Area Information page.