Southwestern Vermont Medical Center - Information and Services - Medical Staff

Medical Staff

SVMC has more than 130 physicians on its medical staff. In addition to primary care, the medical staff has a variety of specialists including cardiology, pulmonology, gastroenterology, oncology, and infectious disease. Recently, recruiting new physicians to medical staff has become more challenging. In 2006, a state-appointed committee recognized that physician pay and other factors had led to in a shortage of primary care and specialists in hospitals throughout Vermont. The shortage was particularly acute in 2007 when the hospital had 25 vacant positions on the staff. The hospital responded to physician shortage by increasing its efforts to recruit physicians using innovative techniques such as a special website devoted to recruiting physicians. The efforts paid off. Within a few months of changing their recruiting strategy, the hospital had filled 10 of the 25 open positions.