Jeff Goode
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I’ve gained so much from this state and the people that live here; it was important to me to give back to the community.
Jeff Goode applied to schools in Pennsylvania and West Virginia, but knew he always wanted to be a Mountaineer.
He graduated in 1989 with a bachelor’s degree in physical therapy and received his MBA from the Graduate College of West Virginia in 1997. He only applied to physical therapy school one time. Jeff gave himself one try to get in and if he didn’t make it, he was going to move on to something else. Luckily he was accepted.
Today, he is vice president for Ambulatory Services at Charleston Area Medical Center (CAMC), the biggest healthcare system in the state. He oversees several ambulatory care areas including residency-training centers for family medicine, internal medicine, OB-GYN and pediatrics, an urgent care facility and the David Lee Cancer Center.
Jeff also is president of Integrated Healthcare Providers, Inc., an affiliate of CAMC. In this role he oversees practice operations of employed physicians. There are 17 different physician practices ranging from physical therapy to orthopedic trauma and plastic surgery.
He has always liked taking care of people, and physical therapy gave him that opportunity. The exciting part of this career is providing access to quality care in a cost effective/efficient manner for the people of our region. “We are seeing healthcare evolve and change rapidly because of technology and the ability to provide more care in the outpatient environment.
“Physical therapy afforded me a lot of opportunities to get involved in program development,” Jeff explains. He was able to become a leader in building and developing programs, and, one thing led to another, and the path of developing programs led to more hospital administration responsibilities. He has had the opportunity to work with a variety of people in developing health care services. In 2004 he completed an administrative residency and fellowship in health administration at CAMC after serving as a chief operating officer for another hospital in the state.
Jeff says he has no regrets about the path he chose for his education and career. Though, if he could change anything, he would have stayed in school longer.
His fondest memory of his time at WVU was the time he spent with his classmates. “Their quality and character were unbelievable,” he says. Jeff and his classmates studied, supported each other and had fun together. “We wouldn’t let each other fail. It was all about physical therapy.” The highly competitive physical therapy school only took 18 students from the 300 to 500 that applied.
He served as WVU student representative to the American Physical Therapy Association. He spoke highly of the physical therapy school and faculty at WVU, noting that the education was superior to other schools.
Jeff is a clinical assistant professor at the WVU School of Medicine and a member of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He recently won the American College of Healthcare’s Reagent award for West Virginia. This award is bestowed on an early careerist who exemplifies outstanding qualities in healthcare administration.
Originally from Wellsburg, W.Va., Jeff, his wife, Kim, and their two children chose to reside in the state. He moved back after living in Pittsburgh for a while, saying that he feels a commitment to West Virginia. “I’ve gained so much from this state and the people that live here; it was important to me to give back to the community,” he says. He stays very involved, having served in several leadership positions at St. Andrew United Methodist Church in St. Albans. He currently is the president of Lakewood Swim Club.