WVU’s Rayan Ihle, MD FACP Named CAMC Pulmonary Critical Care Division Chief

Rayan Ihle, MD, FACP, has been named the CAMC pulmonary critical care division chief. In this new role, Ihle will advance the strategic plan for the institution including recruitment, clinical operations and academic endeavors.

Ihle also is an associate professor of medicine at the West Virginia University School of Medicine Charleston Campus and program director for the Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship at CAMC. In addition to teaching medical students, residents and fellows, Ihle has been active in research serving on the Institution’s IRB, a peer reviewer for four journals and has grant support for her research endeavors.

Clinically, Ihle is the medical director of the Lung Cancer Screening Program and ECMO services, supports the Clinical Integration Council as a subject matter expert, and serves on numerous hospital committees in pulmonary and critical care. She also serves the state on the WV Board of Respiratory Care, founded the state chapter of the Thoracic Society, and contributed to the WVDHHR development in COVID therapeutics protocols and allocation.

“Dr. Ihle has brought passion and leadership to vital pulmonary/critical care needs across the region that has had a massive impact on the excellent care CAMC provides,” said James Campbell, MD, FACP, chair of medicine at WVU School of Medicine Charleston Campus and at the CAMC Institute for Academic Medicine. “Additionally, she created and oversees our pulmonary/critical care fellowship, which is bringing immensely talented young physicians to West Virginia.”