Physician Assistant - Precision Health
Meritus Health Inc
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Job summary
Meritus Health seeks a Physician Assistant to join the Meritus Personal Health Institute (MPHI) clinical team in Western Maryland. You will perform comprehensive health assessments, coordinate preventive plans, and interpret advanced diagnostic data to guide personalized care.
The role emphasizes precision medicine, population health, and longitudinal participant follow-up, collaborating with physicians, health coaches, and researchers to translate complex data into actionable health
Qualifications
- Master's degree from an accredited Physician Assistant program.
- Current NCCPA certification.
- Current Maryland Physician Assistant licensure.
- Current Maryland prescriptive authority.
- Current BLS certification.
Responsibilities
- Provide comprehensive clinical assessments for MPHI participants as part of the program's intake and longitudinal care model.
- Obtain comprehensive medical histories and perform physical examinations and preventive health assessments.
- Review and interpret laboratory, genomic, pharmacogenomic, imaging, metabolic, and cardiopulmonary testing results within the PA's scope of practice.
- Identify health risks, abnormal findings, and conditions requiring evaluation, treatment, or referral.
- Develop individualized preventive health and wellness plans with the MPHI team.
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Job description
Meritus Medical Center
Hagerstown, MD 21742, USA
Meritus Health is launching the Meritus Personal Health Institute (MPHI) — a first-of-its-kind population health and precision medicine initiative rooted in the rural communities of Western Maryland.
Backed by a $24M initial investment , MPHI will enroll approximately 10,000 residents in a longitudinal program combining whole genome sequencing, advanced laboratory testing and imaging, pharmacogenomics, metabolic profiling, personalized health coaching, and comprehensive preventive health assessments — at no cost to the patient .
The aspirational goal is to increase healthy life expectancy in rural Maryland by three years , while establishing Meritus Health as a national model for rural precision health.
The Physician Assistant will be an integral member of the MPHI clinical team, working closely with the Medical Director, other APPs, health coaches, technicians, navigators, researchers, and physicians across Meritus Health.
The PA will provide advanced practice clinical care throughout the participant journey, including comprehensive health assessments, preventive health planning, interpretation and application of advanced diagnostic information, risk-factor identification, care coordination, and longitudinal follow-up.
This position offers an exceptional opportunity for a PA who is interested in precision medicine, preventive health, population health, clinical innovation, and the future of personalized healthcare .
The successful candidate will help translate complex genomic, laboratory, imaging, and physiologic information into practical recommendations that participants and their healthcare teams can use to improve health outcomes.
Provide comprehensive clinical assessments for MPHI participants as part of the program's standardized intake and longitudinal care model.
Obtain comprehensive medical histories and perform physical examinations and preventive health assessments.
Review and interpret laboratory, genomic, pharmacogenomic, imaging, metabolic, and cardiopulmonary testing results within the PA's scope of practice.
Identify health risks, abnormal findings, and conditions requiring additional evaluation, treatment, or referral.
Develop individualized preventive health and wellness plans in collaboration with participants and the MPHI interdisciplinary team.
Provide appropriate clinical management and follow-up for identified health conditions and risk factors in collaboration with the Medical Director.
Utilize pharmacogenomic information and other precision-health data to support individualized clinical decision-making and medication management.
Educate participants about their health findings, risk factors, testing results, and personalized recommendations.
Help participants understand how lifestyle, nutrition, physical activity, sleep, stress, and other modifiable factors can influence long-term health.
Participate in the development and refinement of the 2.5-hour MPHI participant intake and assessment workflow .
Assist in developing clinical protocols, workflows, standardized procedures, and participant-care processes.
Coordinate appropriate referrals to primary care, specialty care, behavioral health, nutrition, physical therapy, and other services.
Communicate clinically significant findings and recommendations with participants' primary care providers and other members of their healthcare team.
Collaborate with MPHI health coaches and navigators to support participant engagement and adherence to personalized health plans.
Participate in longitudinal monitoring using laboratory testing, wearable technology, health assessments, and other available health data.
Recognize changes in participant health status that require clinical intervention or escalation.
Document assessments, findings, recommendations, care plans, and follow-up activities accurately in Epic.
Support development and optimization of Epic workflows involving clinical decision support, pharmacogenomic alerts, referrals, and care-team communication.
Participate in quality-improvement initiatives and outcomes tracking.
Collaborate with Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine faculty and research personnel on approved research initiatives, publications, presentations, and grant-supported programs.
Participate in education and outreach activities involving Meritus physicians, clinical teams, and community partners.
Maintain current knowledge of developments in precision medicine, genomics, preventive medicine, lifestyle medicine, population health, and advanced diagnostics.
Practice in accordance with applicable Maryland regulations, organizational policies, professional standards, and MPHI clinical protocols.
The PA will work within a comprehensive precision-health assessment model that may include:
Whole genome or exome sequencing and polygenic risk assessment
Pharmacogenomic testing
Coronary artery calcium scoring
DEXA body composition and bone-density assessment
VO₂ max and cardiopulmonary exercise testing
Advanced lipid testing, including Lp(a), ApoB, NMR particle sizing, and insulin-resistance phenotyping
Metabolic and nutritional profiling
Microbiome analysis
Frailty assessment
Cognitive and functional assessments
Circadian rhythm and sleep assessment
Wearable-device and longitudinal health-data integration
Advanced imaging, including total-body MRI when clinically appropriate
Preventive health and lifestyle assessment
The PA will help integrate information from these different clinical domains to create a comprehensive picture of each participant's health, risks, and opportunities for intervention .
The MPHI Physician Assistant will play an important role in helping participants understand and act on their health information.
The participant experience will emphasize:
The PA will help participants understand:
What their testing results mean
Which findings may represent health risks
What preventive measures may be appropriate
How lifestyle factors may affect their health
When additional evaluation or specialty care may be necessary
How genetic and pharmacogenomic information may influence clinical care
How personalized health recommendations can be incorporated into daily life
The goal is to make complex precision-health information understandable, actionable, and meaningful to each participant .
The PA will collaborate closely with:
MPHI Medical Director
Nurse Practitioners and other APPs
Health coaches
Meritus primary care physicians
Meritus specialty physicians
Pharmacists and medication-management teams
Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine faculty
Research and clinical research teams
Clinical informatics and Epic teams
Community and population-health partners
The PA will serve as an important clinical connection between MPHI and the participant's existing healthcare team, helping ensure that significant findings are appropriately communicated and acted upon.
MPHI is designed to function as both a clinical program and a longitudinal population-health initiative. The PA will have opportunities to participate in research and academic activities.
Responsibilities may include:
Supporting collection of high-quality clinical data for approved research studies
Participating in research protocols and longitudinal participant follow-up
Assisting with quality and outcomes data collection
Collaborating with MSOM faculty and research personnel
Contributing to abstracts, presentations, posters, and publications when appropriate
Supporting grant-funded initiatives
Participating in evaluation and development of innovative precision-health clinical models
Required:
Master's degree from an accredited Physician Assistant program
Current NCCPA certification
Current or eligible Maryland Physician Assistant licensure
Current or eligible Maryland prescriptive authority
Current BLS certification
Demonstrated clinical experience providing comprehensive patient care
Strong clinical assessment and communication skills
Ability to work effectively within a multidisciplinary team
Strongly Preferred:
Experience in primary care, preventive medicine, population health, or internal medicine
Experience with lifestyle medicine or health optimization
Familiarity with genetics, genomics, or pharmacogenomics
Experience interpreting advanced laboratory or diagnostic testing
Experience with Epic or another enterprise electronic health record
Experience with clinical informatics or clinical decision-support systems
Research experience or interest in clinical research
Experience working with rural or underserved populations
Experience with chronic disease prevention and risk-factor modification
Interest or experience in precision medicine
The ideal candidate is a clinically strong, intellectually curious, patient-centered Physician Assistant who is excited about building a new model of healthcare .
This individual should be comfortable working in an evolving environment where clinical workflows, protocols, and best practices are being developed as the program grows.
The successful candidate will be comfortable working across:
Clinical Medicine | Preventive Health | Precision Medicine | Patient Education | Population Health | Research | Care Coordination
A passion for helping patients live longer, healthier lives and an interest in the future of personalized healthcare are essential.
Build something new: Help establish a pioneering precision-health clinical program from the ground up.
Meaningful community impact: Provide advanced preventive and personalized healthcare to a rural population at no cost to participating patients.
Advanced technology: Work with genomic, pharmacogenomic, metabolic, imaging, wearable, and other emerging health technologies.
Academic collaboration: Work alongside Meritus School of Osteopathic Medicine faculty and researchers.
Clinical innovation: Help develop new approaches for integrating precision medicine into everyday healthcare.
Longitudinal impact: Follow participants over time and see how personalized interventions influence health outcomes.
National visibility: Contribute to an initiative with the potential to become a model for precision health in rural communities nationally.
Mission-driven work: Help advance the goal of increasing healthy life expectancy in Western Maryland.
MPHI represents an opportunity to move beyond traditional episodic healthcare toward a model emphasizing prevention, early identification of risk, personalization, and long-term health outcomes .
As an MPHI Physician Assistant, you will help turn some of the most advanced tools in modern medicine into meaningful, practical care for patients and families throughout Western Maryland.
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