Dr. Carl Werntz

Dr Werntz grew up outside Philadelphia, and has been living and practicing in Morgantown, WV since 1997.

After graduating from Drexel University, he worked 5 years in the compressed gas industry before attending the Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, in Kirksville, Missouri. 

Post-graduate education included an Osteopathic rotating internship at the Community General Osteopathic Hospital in Harrisburg, PA, followed by Internal Medicine and Occupational Medicine Residencies at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV.  He earned a Masters of Public Health at WVU.

His practice started with 16 years of Occupational Medicine at West Virginia University and he has been in the private practice of Occupational Medicine since 2018.  In addition to this practice, Dr. Werntz also does Federal Black Lung Exams at Cabin Creek Health near Charleston, WV, and is a Senior Consultant at NIOSH in Morgantown, WV.

Current Certifications/Authorizations include:

• Board Certified in Occupational Medicine by the American Board of Preventive Medicine

• Board Certified in Occupational Medicine by the American Osteopathic Board of Preventive Medicine

• FAA Senior Aviation Medical Examiner

• Certified Driver Medical Examiner (DOT)

• 413b Federal Black Lung Examiner

• Active Medical Licenses in WV (1602) and PA (OS009608-L)

Earlier in his career, Dr. Werntz was Program Director of an Occupational Medicine Residency program and served nationally on the Preventive Medicine Residency Review Committee.  He remains a frequent lecturer in all aspects of Occupational Medicine, and serves as Course Director for the Commercial Driver Medical Examiner course of the American Osteopathic College of Occupational and Preventive Medicine.

Dr. Werntz is an active volunteer with the Mountaineer Area Rescue Group and the Mountaineer Area Council of Scouting America.