Dr. Vic Wood

Dr. Vic Wood practices at Primary Care One in Wheeling.

Before turning to medicine, Wood spent time in law enforcement. He graduated from West Liberty State College in 1978 with a degree in sociology and minors in psychology and history, then entered the West Virginia State Police Academy in 1979. He was stationed in Keyser until 1983, qualified as an expert marksman, and earned several commendations for his work in criminal investigation.

Wood started medical school at the West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine in Lewisburg in 1983, where he served as student government president. His rotations took him through Florida, Missouri, Ohio, and Oklahoma. In 1987 he began a rotating internship at Ohio Valley Medical Center, and after finishing it the following year, he was recruited to serve as Medical Director of Doctors Urgent Care.