Emergency Medicine Residency Faculty
Leadership
Benjamin C. Smith III, MD, FACEP
Professor
Interim Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
Program Director, Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography Fellowship
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Residency: University of Alabama at Birmingham (Emergency Medicine)
Fellowship: ACEP Teaching Fellowship
W. Douglas Gregorie IV, MD, FACEP
Assistant Professor
Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency
Medical School: University of South Carolina
Residency: Maine Medical Center (Emergency Medicine)
Fellowship: Massachusetts General Hospital (Wilderness Medicine); and ACEP Teaching Fellowship
Karen Rogers, MD
Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency
Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga
Medical School: Vanderbilt University
Residency: Vanderbilt University
Frank Tift, MD, FACEP, FAEMS
Associate Professor
Program Director, Emergency Medical Services Fellowship
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: Georgetown University (Emergency Medicine)
Fellowship: UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga (EMS)
Faculty
Erlanger Baroness campus:
Vlatka Agnetta, MD, FACEP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Karen J. Bowers, MD, FACEP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Research Director
Ron Buchheit, MD, FAAEM
Clinical Assistant Professor
Pre-hospital Medicine Director
James "Pat" Capes, MD, FACEP
Clinical Associate Professor
Systems Medical Director
Jeffrey Clinkscales, MD, FACEP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Mark Copeland, MD, FACEP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Jackie Fane, MD, FACEP
Clinical Instructor
Darria Gillespie, MD, MBA, FACEP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Jacob Hennings, MD, FACEP
Clinical Associate Professor
Medical Student Clerkship Director
Simulation Director
Connor Kimbrell, MD, FACEP
Clinical Instructor
Kenneth Maniscalco, MD, FACEP
Clinical Instructor
Shoshana Rosenthal, MD, FACEP
Clinical Instructor
EMS Faculty
Benjamin C. Smith III, MD, FACEP
Clinical Professor
Ultrasound Director
Frank Tift, MD, FACEP, FAEMS
Clinical Associate Professor
EMS Fellowship Director
David Wharton, MD, FACEP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Jessica Whittle, MD, PhD, FACEP
Clinical Professor
Eli Wyatt, MD, FACEP
Clinical Instructor
Ultrasound Fellowship Director
Kara Wyatt, PhD
Clinical Researcher
Erlanger East campus:
Clint Christensen, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Jocelyn De Guzman, MD, FACEP, FAEMS
Clinical Assistant Professor
EMS Associate Program Director
Robert Hamilton, MD, FACEP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical Director, Erlanger East
Bernadette Helton, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Amy Hess, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
John-Ryan McAnnally, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Charles Meyer, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Brian Reuhland, MD
Clinical Instructor
Stephanie Willer, MD
Clinical Instructor
Erlanger North campus:
James Bardoner, MD, FACEP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Warren English, MD, FACEP
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical Director, Erlanger North
Steven Peterson, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Larry Stone, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor