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Program Information and Coordinators - Chattanooga

Residency Programs 
(ACGME Accredited)
Program Chairs and Coordinators Program Directors and Associate Program Directors

Emergency Medicine

  • ACGME Program No.: 1104721195
  • NRMP Program No.: 1689110C0
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 12, 2023)
  • Program Length: 3 years
  • 24 positions approved by the ACGME (8 at each level) 
  • Size: 21 positions total funded (6 at each level by Erlanger and 1 at each level by Apollo)

Sudave Mendiratta, MD, FACEP Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga

Velvet Green
Program Coordinator
Emergency Medicine Residency

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Emergency Medicine

Erlanger Health System
975 East Third Street
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Phone: 423.778.7628

W. Douglas Gregorie, MD, FACEP
Program Director
Emergency Medicine Residency

Karen Rogers, MD
Associate Program Director
Emergency Medicine Residency

Family Medicine

  • ACGME Program #: 1204731584
  • NRMP Program #: 1689120C0
  • Continuing Accreditation with Commendation for zero citations (Jan 24, 2024)
  • Designation as including a Rural Track Program with experience at Erlanger Bledsoe was awarded in early 2024
  • Program Length: 3 years
  • 30 total positions approved by the ACGME (10 at each level) 
  • Size: 21 total funded positions (6 positions at each level funded by Erlanger and 1 position at each level funded by special GME State Funds)

Leslie Griffin, MD, MPH
Chair, Department of Family Medicine
UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga

Elissa McCoy, MEd
Program Coordinator
Family Medicine Residency

UT Family Practice Center
Department of Family Medicine

1100 East Third Street
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Program email:  423.778.2957
Patient Care Phone:  423.778.8837

Steven Fox, MD
Program Director

Family Medicine Residency

Alexandria Cooke, MD
Associate Program Director
Family Medicine Residency

Internal Medicine

  • ACGME Program #: 1404711407
  • NRMP Program #: 1689140C0 (Categorical Medicine Track)
  • NRMP Program #:  1689140P0
    (Preliminary Medicine Track designated for Neurology)
  • Continued Accreditation with Commendation for zero citations (Jan 20, 2023)
  • Program Length: 3 years
  • Size: 36 total [30 categorical positions funded by Erlanger (10 at each level), 3 Preliminary Medicine positions funded and designated for Neurology, and 3 categorical positions funded by the VA Administration (1 at each level)]
  • 39 total positions approved by the ACGME (12 Categorical positions at each level, and 3 Preliminary Medicine positions designated for Neurology effective July 1, 2023)

Harish Manyam, MD
Interim Chair, Department of Medicine
UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga and
Chief of Cardiology (Erlanger Heart and Lung Institute)

Deborah Fuller
Program Coordinator II
Internal Medicine Residency
Program email: UTintmed@erlanger.org 

Internal Medicine Residency
UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Medicine

975 East Third Street, Hospital Box 112
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Phone: 423.778.2998

L. Curtis Cary, MD, FAAP, FACP, MRCP-London
Program Director
Internal Medicine Residency


Jensen Hyde, MD, MPH
Associate Program Director
Internal Medicine Residency


Radhika Shah, MD
Associate Program Director
Internal Medicine Residency

Neurology

  • Approved with Initial Accreditation:  effective April 4, 2023
  • ACGME Program #:  1804700002
    • NRMP Program #:  1689180A0 Categorical Neurology (3 PGY-1 positions which  start as Preliminary Medicine Residents and then begin the 3-year Neurology Residency at the PGY-2 level the following July)
  • Initial Accreditation approved by the ACGME (Apr 4, 2023)
  • Size:  9 total positions starting at the PGY-2 level approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger.  As stated above, 3 Preliminary Medicine positions at the PGY-1 level are approved by both the Internal Medicine and Neurology RRC's -- funded by Erlanger. 
  • The first Class of PGY-1 Preliminary Medicine Residents
    begin training July 1, 2024.

Mounzer Yassin-Kassab, MD, MS
Chair, Department of Neurology and Program Director
Advanced
Neurology Residency

 

Stacey Blanks, C-TAGME, CAP
Program Coordinator
Advanced Neurology Residency

979 East Third Street, Suite B-810
Academic Office:  423.778.3546

 

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Neurology
UT and Erlanger Neurology

979 East Third Street, Suite C-830
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Patient Appointments:  423.778.9001

Mounzer Yassin-Kassab, MD, MS
Chair, Department of Neurology and Program Director, Advanced Neurology Residency)

 

Cleopatra Thurman, DO
Associate Program Director
Advanced Neurology Residency

Obstetrics and Gynecology

  • ACGME Program #: 2204721274
  • NRMP Program #: 1689230C0
  • Program Length: 4 years
  • Continued Accreditation (Feb 13, 2023)
  • Size: 16 positions  approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger (4 at each level)

Stephen DePasquale, MD, FACS
Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Janie P. Boals
Program Coordinator

Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency
Phone:  423.778.7517

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

979 East Third Street, Suite C-720
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Phone: 423.778.7515
Program email:  UTobgyn@erlanger.org 

Angela Yates, MD
Program Director
OB/GYN Residency 

Laura Willingham, MD
Associate Program Director
OB/GYN Residency

Orthopaedic Surgery

  • ACGME Program #: 2604711164
  • NRMP Program #: 1689260C0
  • Program Length: 5 years
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 20, 2023)
  • Size: 15 positions approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger (3 at each level)

Jeremy Bruce, MD
Chair,
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Kimberly Davis, MEd, C-TAGME
Program Coordinator
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
Program email:  UTorthosurg@erlanger.org 

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

975 East Third Street, Hospital Box 260
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Phone: 423.778.9008
Program email:  UTorthosurg@erlanger.org 

Dirk Kiner, MD
Program Director
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency

Robert Quigley, MD
Associate Program Director
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency

Ryan Voskuil, MD
Associate Program Director
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency

 

Pediatrics

  • ACGME Program #: 3204711222
  • NRMP Program #: 1689320C0
  • Program Length: 3 years
  • 36 positions approved by the ACGME (12  at each level effective 7/1/2023)
  • 30 total funded positions (9 at each level funded by Erlanger and 1 at each level funded by special GME State funds)

Andrea Goins, DO
Interim Chair and Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Also Division Chief, General Pediatrics
UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga and
Children's Hospital at Erlanger

Ashley Thurston, C-TAGME, CAP
Program Coordinator II
Pediatrics Residency
Program email:  UTpediatrics@erlanger.org 

Tammy Elliott
Administrative Assistant and
Assistant Coordinator
Pediatrics Residency

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Pediatrics

Children's Hospital at Erlanger
901 Blackford Street
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Phone: 423.778.6217
Program email:  UTpediatrics@erlanger.org 

Karla L. Garcia, MD, FAAP
Program Director
Pediatrics Residency

L. Curtis Cary, MD, FAAP, FACP, MRCP-London
Associate Program Director
Pediatrics Residency

Jason Zurawick, MD
Associate Program Director
Pediatrics Residency


Vanessa Pigg, MD
Assistant Program Director
Pediatrics Residency

Amy Wells, MD
Assistant Program Director and Wellness Champion
Pediatrics Residency

Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

  • ACGME Program #: 3604711094
  • San Francisco Match Program
  • Program Length: 3 years (starting at the PGY-6 level after completing a Surgery Residency)
  • Size: 5 positions (1-2 positions at each level)

Mark Brzezienski, MD, MS, FACS
Professor. Chair, and Program Director
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Erlanger Medical Group Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Jason Rehm, MD
Vice Chair
Department of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

Allison Ellis, CCMA, CST
Residency Program and Research Coordinator
Plastic Surgery Residency

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Plastic Surgery4
Erlanger Medical Group Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery

901 Riverfront Parkway, Suite 100
Chattanooga, TN  37402
Academic Phone:  423.763.4525

Mark Brzezienski, MD, MS, FACS
Professor, Chair, and Program Director
Plastic Surgery Residency

Jimmy Waldrop, MD, FACS
Associate Program Director
Plastic Surgery Residency

Surgery

  • ACGME Program #: 4404711320
  • NRMP Program #s:
    1689440C0  (Categorical) and 1689440P0 (Preliminary)
  • Program Length: 6 years (5 clinical years and 1 year of clinical research)
  • Size: 34 total positions approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger (5 Categorical positions at each clinical level and 4 Preliminary Track 1st year positions)

 

Benjamin Dart, MD, FACS
Professor and Chair
Department of Surgery

R. Phillip Burns, MD, FACS
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Surgery

Maggie Hamblen, C-TAGME, CAP
Program Coordinator II

Department of Surgery

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Surgery

979 East Third Street, Suite B-401
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Phone: 423.778.7695

W. Heath Giles, MD, FACS
Program Director
Surgery Residency

S. Dave Bhattacharya, MD, FACSAssociate Program Director
Surgery Residency

Christopher M. Bell, MD, FACS
Associate Program Director
Surgery Residency

Urology

  • ACGME Program #: 4804700182
  • AUA Match Program
  • Program Length: 5 years
  • Size: 10 positions (2 at each level since 7/1/2022)

Amar Singh, MD, FACS
Chair
Department of Urology

Elizabeth Brinn
Program Coordinator
Urology Residency

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Urology
Erlanger and UT Urology

979 East Third Street, Suite C-901
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Phone: 423.778.4691

Jessica Lange, MD
Program Director
(as of July 1, 2024)
Urology Residency

Fellowship Programs
(ACGME Accredited)
Program Chairs and Coordinators Program Director and Associate Program Directors

Cardiovascular Disease

  • ACGME Program #: 1414714279
  • NRMP Program #: 1689141F0
  • Continuing Accreditation with Commendation for zero citations (Jan 20, 2023)
  • Program Length: 3 years (starting at the PGY-4 level after completing an Internal Medicine Residency)
  • Size: 12 positions approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger (4 at each level)

Harish Manyam, MD
Interim Chair, Department of Medicine
UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga and
Chief of Cardiology (Erlanger Heart and Lung Institute)

Holly Kell
Program Coordinator
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Program email: UTcardio@erlanger.org  

UT Erlanger Cardiology
975 East Third Street
Hospital Box 88
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Phone: 423.778.4465

Dharmendra Patel, MD
Program Director
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Program email:  UTcardio@erlanger.org 

Colon and Rectal Surgery

  • ACGME Program #:  0604712071
  • NRMP Program #:  1689060F0
  • Continuing Accreditation (Jan 27, 2023)
  • Program Length: 1 year [at the PGY-6 level after completing a Surgery Residency]
  • Size: 1 position approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger

Benjamin Dart, MD, FACS
Professor and Chair
Department of Surgery
UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga

R. Phillip Burns, MD, FACS
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Surgery

Maggie Hamblen, C-TAGME, CAP
Program Coordinator II
Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Surgery

979 East Third Street, Suite B-401
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Phone: 423.778.7695

J. Daniel Stanley, MD, FACSProgram Director
Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship and Surgery Clerkship Director

Glendon "Alan" Hyde, MD, Associate Program Director
Associate Program Director
[Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship and Surgery Residency]

Emergency Medical Services

  • ACGME Program #: 1124711002
  • NRMP Program #:
    1689112F0
  • Continued Accreditation with Commendation for zero citations (Jan 12, 2023)
  • Program Length: 1 year [starting at the PGY-4 level after completing an Emergency Medicine Residency]
  • Size: 1 position approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger

Sudave Mendiratta, MD, FACEP
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga

Velvet Green
Program Coordinator
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Fellowship

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Emergency Medicine
975 East Third Street
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Phone: 423.778.7628

Frank Tift, MD, FAEMS, FACEPProgram Director
EMS Fellowship

Gastroenterology

  • ACGME Program #:  144471423
  • NRMP Program #:  1689144F0
  • Continuing Accreditation with Commendation for zero citations (Jan 20, 2023)
  • Program Length: 3 years [starting at the PGY-4 level after completing an Internal Medicine Residency]
  • Size: 4 positions approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger (1-2 at each level)

Harish Manyam, MD
Interim Chair, Department of Medicine
UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga

Chief of Cardiology (Erlanger Heart and Lung Institute)

Holly Kell
Program Coordinator
Gastroenterology Fellowship
Program email:  UTgastro@erlanger.org  

UT Erlanger Gastroenterology
975 East Third Street
Hospital Box 88
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Phone: 423.778.4465

Arslan Kahloon, MD
Program Director
Gastroenterology Fellowship
Program email:  UTgastro@erlanger.org 

Sean Rice, MD
Associate Program Director
Gastroenterology Fellowship
Program email:
UTgastro@erlanger.org 

Pulmonary and Critical Care

  • ACGME Program #:  1564714001
  • NRMP #1689156F0
  • Initial Accreditation (Jan 19, 2024)
  • Program Length:  3 years (starting at the PGY-4 level)
  • Size:  6 positions approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger (2 at each level)
  • Positions for the first 2 Fellows will be recruited through the NRMP Medical Specialties March  in the late Summer/Fall 2024
  • The first 2 Fellows will begin the fellowship Jul 1, 2025

Harish Manyam, MD, Interim Chair, Department of Medicine
Interim Chair, Department of Medicine
UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga

Chief of Cardiology (Erlanger Heart and Lung Institute)

Deborah Fuller, Program Manager, Department of Medicine
Program Coordinator
Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship
deborah.fuller@erlanger.org 
Department Phone:  423.778.2998

UT Erlanger Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
975 East Third Street
Hospital Box 88
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Department Phone: 423.778.2998

Radhika Shah, MD, Program Director, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine

Surgical Critical Care

  • ACGME Program #:  4424721091
  • NRMP Program #:  1689442F0
  • Program Length: 1 year (starting midway in the PGY-4 level of training in January each year, finishing the 1 year fellowship at the end of December midway through the PGY-5 level of training.
  • Each fellow returns into the Surgery Residency to complete the 6 year program.)
  • Size: 1-2 positions 

Benjamin Dart, MD, FACS
Professor and Chair
Department of Surgery
UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga

R. Phillip Burns, MD, FACS
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Surgery

Maggie Hamblen, CAP
Program Coordinator II
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Surgery

979 East Third Street, Suite B-401
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Phone: 423.778.7695

Robert Maxwell, MD, FACS
Program Director
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Robert Jean, MD, FACS
Associate Program Director
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

 

Vascular Surgery

  • ACGME Program #:  4504721113
  • NRMP Program #:  1689450F0
  • Program Length: 2 years (starting at the PGY-6 level after completing a Surgery Residency)
  • Size: 2 positions (1 at each level)

Benjamin Dart, MD, FACS
Professor and Chair
Department of Surgery
UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga

R. Phillips Burns, MD, FACS
Professor and Vice Chair Department of Surgery

Cindy Rudolph, MS
Surgery Lead Coordinator
Vascular Surgery Fellowship

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Surgery

979 East Third Street, Suite B-401
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Phone: 423.778.7695

 

Neelima Katragunta, MD, FACS 
Program Director

Vascular Surgery Fellowship 

Charles Joels, MD, FACS
Associate Program Director
Vascular Surgery Fellowship

Fellowship Programs (Non-Standard)
Program Chairs and Coordinators Program Director

Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (MIGS)

  • Accredited by the AAGL
  • AAGL Fellowship Applications
  • NRMP Program #:  1689X40F0
  • Program Length: 2 years [starting after completing an OB/GYN Residency and paid as faculty at the PGY-5 and PGY-6 levels]
  • Size: 2 positions [1 at each level] approved by the American Association for Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL) and funded by Erlanger [hired as faculty]

Stephen DePasquale, MD, FACS
Professor and Chair
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga

Janie P. Boals
Program Coordinator
MIGS Fellowship

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
979 East Third Street, Suite C-720
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Phone: 423.778.7515

Todd Boren, MD
Fellowship Program Director 
MIGS Fellowship

Mitch Dizon, MD, MSCR, FACOG
Associate Program Director, MIGS Fellowship

Neuro-Interventional Surgery

  • To apply contact Brittany Faulkner
  • Program Length: 1 year [starting after completing a Radiology Program and paid as an attending physician with the Radiology group]
  • Size: 1 position [not filled every year]

Andrew Hill, MD
Chief, Erlanger Department of Radiology  (Radiology is now a Division of the UT Department of Medicine)

Brittany Faulkner
Fellowship Coordinator:
Phone:  423.778.6296

Erlanger Department of Radiology
975 East Third Street
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Radiology Department Phone: 423.778.7371

Harris Hawk, MD
Program Director
Neuro-Interventional Surgery Fellowship

 

Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery

  • Accredited by the Orthopaedic Trauma Association
  • San Francisco Match Program
  • Program Length: 1 year [starting at the PGY-6 level after completing an Orthopaedic Surgery Residency]
  • Size: 1 position approved by the Orthopaedic Trauma Association and funded by Erlanger

Jeremy Bruce, MD
Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga

Kimberly Davis, MEd, C-TAGME
Program Coordinator
Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Fellowship

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

975 East Third Street
Hospital Box 260
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Phone: 423.778.9008

Warren Gardner, II, MD
Program Director
Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Fellowship

Mastery in General Surgery

  • Approved by the American College of Surgeons (ACS)
  • ACS Mastery in General Surgery website
  • Program Length: 1 year [starting after completing at least a 5-year Surgery Program and as an attending physician with the USA group]
  • Size: 1 position [not filled every year], funded by University Surgical Associates, and appointed as faculty

Benjamin Dart, MD, FACS
Professor and Chair
Department of Surgery

R. Phillip Burns, MD, FACS
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Surgery

Cindy Rudolph, MS
Surgery Lead Coordinator
Mastery in General Surgery Fellowship

UT Department of Surgery
979 East Third Street, Suite B-401
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Phone: 423.778.7695

W. Heath Giles, MD, FACS
ACS Program Chief
Mastery in General Surgery Fellowship

Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography Fellowship

  • NRMP Program #:  1689E01F0
  • Program Length: 1 year [starting after completing an Emergency Medicine Residency Program as an attending physician with the EM group]
  • Size: 1 position [not filled every year] funded and hired by Apollo

Sudave Mendiratta, MD, FACEP
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine

Velvet Green
Program Coordinator
Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography Fellowship

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Emergency Medicine

Erlanger Health System
975 East Third Street
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Phone: 423.778.7628

Benjamin Smith, MD, FACEPProgram Director
Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography Fellowship

(Email Dr. Smith at the email link above if you have interest in applying for the Fellowship)

Urology Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery

  • Accredited by the Endourological Society
  • Match in conjunction with the AUA Matching Program
  • Program Length:  1 year [starting after completing a 5-year Urology Residency Program and paid as an attending physician with the Urology group]
  • Size:  1 position funded by Erlanger and hired as faculty

Amar Singh, MD, FACS
Chair, Department of Urology

Elizabeth Brinn
Program Coordinator
Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery Fellowship

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Urology

UT Erlanger Urology
979 East Third Street, Suite C-901

Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Phone: 423.778.4691

Benjamin Waldorf, MD
Program Director
Urology Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery Fellowship

 

Jul 9, 2024