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Chattanooga Program Contact Information

Residency Programs
(ACGME-Accredited)
Program Chair and Coordinator Program Director and Associate Program Director

Emergency Medicine

  • ACGME Program # 1104721195
    Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Program # 1689110C0
    Continued Accreditation (Feb 7, 2024)
  • 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
Associate Professor,
Department of Family Medicine
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Velvet Green
Program Coordinator
Emergency Medicine Residency
Department email:
UTem@erlanger.org 
Academic Office: 423.778.7628

UT College of Medicine- Chattanooga
Department of Emergency Medicine
Erlanger Health
975 East Third Street
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Office: 423.778.7628

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

Department of Emergency Medicine
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Karen S. Rogers, MD
Associate Program Director
Emergency Medicine Residency
Assistant Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
(also Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education)

Family Medicine

  • ACGME Program #: 1204731584
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Program #: 1689120C0 for our 6 Categorical Family Medicine Positions
  • NRMP Program #: #1689120C1 for our 1 Family Medicine Rural Track Position
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 24, 2024)
  • Designation as having a Rural Track within the program that focuses on experience at Erlanger Bledsoe -- awarded Mar 25, 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 C. Griffin, MD, MPH
Chair, Department of Family Medicine
Associate Professor

Department of Family Medicine
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Elissa McCoy, MEd
Program Coordinator
Family Medicine Residency
Program email:  UTfammed@erlanger.org 
Academic Office: 423.778.2957

UT Family Practice Center
1100 East Third St
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Patient Appointments: 423.778.8837

Steven N. Fox, MD
Program Director, Family Medicine Residency
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine

UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Alexandria Cooke, MD
Associate Program Director
Family Medicine Residency
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine

 

Internal Medicine

  • ACGME Program #: 1404711407
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Main Match 
    Program #: 1689140C0 (Categorical Medicine Track)
  • NRMP Main Match
    Program #:  1689140P0
    (Preliminary Medicine Track designated for Neurology)
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 19, 2024)
  • 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)

Harish Manyam, MD
Professor & Chair
Department of Medicine

UTHSC College of Medicine- Chattanooga
Chief of Cardiology (Erlanger Heart and Lung Institute)

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

Department of Medicine
UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Medicine
975 East Third Street
Hospital Box 112
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Department email: UTintmed@erlanger.org 
Academic Office:  423.778.2998

L. Curtis Cary, MD, FAAP, FACP, MRCP-London
Program Director
Internal Medicine Residency
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Maria Tudor, DO
Associate Program Director
Internal Medicine Residency
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine

Neurology

  • ACGME Program #:  1804700002
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Main Match
    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 (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.  All 12 positions are funded by Erlanger.
  • The first Class of PGY-1 Preliminary Medicine Residents began training July 1, 2024.

Mounzer Yassin-Kassab, MD, MS
Professor & Chair, Department of Neurology
Program Director

Neurology Residency
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Stacey Blanks, C-TAGME, CAP
Program Coordinator
Neurology Residency
979 East Third Street
Suite B-810
Chattanooga, TN 37403
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
Program Director Neurology Residency,
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Cleopatra Thurman, DO
Associate Program Director, Neurology
Residency
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology

Obstetrics & Gynecology

  • ACGME Program #: 2204721274
  • Applications received through Residency CAS
  • NRMP Main Match
    Program #: 1689230C0
  • Program Length: 4 years
  • Continued Accreditation (Apr 29, 2024)
  • Size: 16 positions approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger (4 at each level)

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

Janie Swanger
Program Coordinator
Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency
Coordinator's Office: 423.778.7517
Department Office: 423.778.7515

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
979 East Third Street
Suite C-720
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Dept email: UTobgyn@erlanger.org 
Academic Office: 423.778.7515

Angela Yates, MD
Program Director
Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency 
Assistant Professor

Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Laura Willingham, MD
Associate Program Director
Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency

Orthopaedic Surgery

  • ACGME Program #: 2604711164
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Main Match
    Program #: 1689260C0
  • Program Length: 5 years
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 19, 2024)
  • Size: 15 positions approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger (3 at each level)

Jeremy R. Bruce, MD
Professor & Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Kimberly Davis, MEd, C-TAGME
Program Coordinator
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
Program email: UTorthosurg@erlanger.org 
Academic Office: 423.778.9008

UTHSC College of Medicine- Chattanooga
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
975 East Third Street
Hospital Box 260
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Office: 423.778.9008
Program email: UTorthosurg@erlanger.org  

Dirk W. Kiner, MD
Professor & Program Director
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Robert Quigley, MD
Associate Program Director
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
Associate Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Ryan Voskuil, MD
Associate Program Director
Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Pediatrics

  • ACGME Program #: 3204711222
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Main Match
    Program #: 1689320C0
  • Program Length: 3 years
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 22, 2024)
  • 36 positions approved by the ACGME (12  at each level)
  • 30 total funded positions (9 at each level funded by Erlanger and 1 at each level funded by special GME State funds)

William (Bill) Basco, MD, MS
Professor & Chair 
Department of 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 
Academic Office: 423.778.6217

Tammy Elliott
Administrative Assistant and
Assistant Coordinator
Pediatrics Residency
Assistant's Office: 423.778.6696

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Pediatrics
Children's Hospital at Erlanger
901 Blackford Street
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Dept Office: 423.778.6217
Program email: UTpediatrics@erlanger.org 

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

Department of Pediatrics
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

L. Curtis Cary, MD, FAAP, FACP, MRCP-London
Associate Program Director
Pediatrics Residency
Associate Professor
Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine

Jason Zurawick, MD
Associate Program Director
Pediatrics Residency
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Vanessa Pigg, MD
Assistant Program Director
Pediatrics Residency
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Amy Wells, MD
Assistant Program Director & Wellness Champion Pediatrics Residency
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

  • ACGME Program #: 3604711094
  • Applications received through the San Francisco Match Centralized Application Service
  • San Francisco Match Program
  • Program Length: 3 years (starting at the PGY-6 level after completing a Surgery Residency)
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 25, 2024)
  • Size: 5 positions (1-2 positions at each level)
  • 5 total funded positions available

Mark Brzezienski, MD, MS, FACS
Professor & Chair
Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Erlanger Medical Group Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

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

Allison Ellis, CCMA, CST
Residency Program and Research Coordinator
Plastic Surgery Residency
Academic Office: 423.763.4525

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Plastic Surgery
Erlanger Medical Group Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
901 Riverfront Parkway
Suite 100
Chattanooga, TN  37402
Academic Office:  423.763.4525
Patient Office: 423.756.7134

Mark A. Brzezienski, MD, MS, FACS
Professor & Program Director
Plastic Surgery Residency

Jimmy L. Waldrop, MD, FACS
Associate Program Director
Plastic Surgery Residency
Associate Professor
Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

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)
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 4, 2024)
  • 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 & Chair
Department of Surgery
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

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

Maggie Hamblen, C-TAGME, CAP
Program Coordinator II
Department of Surgery
Department email: utsurg@erlanger.org
Academic Office: 423.778.7695

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
Professor & Program Director
Surgery Residency
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

S. Dave Bhattacharya, MD, FACS
Associate Program Director

Surgery Residency
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery

Christopher M. Bell, MD, FACS
Associate Program Director
Surgery Residency
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Urology

  • ACGME Program #: 4804700182
  • American Urological Association Urology Match Program
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • Program Length: 5 years
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 16, 2024)
  • Size: 10 positions (2 at each level)

Amar Singh, MD, FACS
Professor & Chair, Department of Urology
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Elizabeth Brinn
Program Coordinator
Urology Residency
Academic Office:  423.778.4691

UTHSC College of Medicine- Chattanooga
Department of Urology
UT Erlanger Urology
979 East Third Street, Suite C-901
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Office: 423.778.4691

Jessica Lange, MD
Program Director 
Urology Residency
Assistant Professor
Department of Urology
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Amanda Threlkeld, MD
Associate Program Director
Urology Residency
Instructor
Department of Urology

Fellowship Programs
(ACGME-Accredited)
Program Chair and Coordinator Program Director and Associate Program Director

Cardiovascular Disease

  • ACGME Program #: 1414714279
  • NRMP Medical Specialist Fellowship Match Program #: 1689141F0
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • Program Length: 3 years (starting at the PGY-4 level after completing an Internal Medicine Residency)
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 19, 2024)
  • Size: 12 positions approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger (4 at each level)

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

Holly Kell
Program Coordinator
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Program email: UTcardio@erlanger.org   
Academic Office: 423.778.4465

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

Dharmendra Patel, MD
Program Director
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga
Program email: UTcardio@erlanger.org  

Patrick Stevens, MD
Associate Program Director
Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship

Colon & Rectal Surgery

  • ACGME Program #:  0604712071
  • NRMP Colon and Rectal Fellowship Match
    Program #:  1689060F0
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 4, 2024)
  • 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 & 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
Academic Office: 423.778.7695

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, FACS Professor & Program Director
Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship
(also Surgery Clerkship Director)
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Glendon "Alan" Hyde, MD
Associate Program Director
Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Emergency Medical Services 

 

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

UTHSC College of Medicine- Chattanooga

Velvet Green
Program Coordinator
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Fellowship
Academic Office: 423.778.7628

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Erlanger Health 
Department of Emergency Medicine
975 East Third Street
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Office: 423.778.7628

Frank Tift, MD, FAEMS, FACEPProgram Director
EMS Fellowship
Associate Professor

Department of Emergency Medicine
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Gastroenterology

  • ACGME Program #:  144471423
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Medical Specialties Fellowship Match
    Program #:  1689144F0
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 19, 2024)
  • Program Length: 3 years [starting at the PGY-4 level after completing an Internal Medicine Residency]
  • Size: 6 positions approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger (2 at each level)

Harish Manyam, MD
Professor & 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 
Academic Office: 423.778.4465

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

Arslan Kahloon, MD
Program Director
Gastroenterology Fellowship
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine (Division of Gastroenterology)

UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga
Program email: UTgastro@erlanger.org 

Sean Rice, MD
Associate Program Director
Gastroenterology Fellowship
Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine (Division of Gastroenterology)
Program email:
UTgastro@erlanger.org 

Primary Care Sports Medicine

  • ACGME Program #: 1274712171
  • Applications are received through ERAS
  • NRMP Sports Medicine Fellowship Match
    NRMP Program #1689127F0
  • Initial Accreditation (Jan 24, 2024)
  • Program Length: 1 year [starting at the PGY-4 level after completing a Family Medicine Residency]
  • Size: 1 position approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger

Leslie C. Griffin, MD, MPH
Chair, Department of Family Medicine
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga
Academic Office:  423.778.2957

Jeremy R. Bruce, MD
Professor & Chair Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga
Academic Office: 423.778.9008

Elizabeth Eaves, MS, ACT, LAT
Program Coordinator, Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Academic Office Phone: 423.778.8644

W. Garrett Hunter, MD
Program Director, Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Professor

Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Matthew Chatfield, MD
Associate Program Director Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Professor
Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

  • ACGME Program #:  1564714001
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Medical Specialties Fellowship Match
    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

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

Rebecca Holloway, BA
Program Coordinator
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Dept email: UTintmed@erlanger.org 
Department Office: 423.778.2998

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

Radhika Shah, MD
Program Director, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Professor

Department of Medicine (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care)
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Anne Mainardi, MD
Associate Program Director
Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine (Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care)

Surgical Critical Care

  • ACGME Program #:  4424721091
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Match
    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
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 4, 2024)
  • Each fellow returns into the Surgery Residency to complete the 6 year program.)
  • Size: 1-2 positions
  • Salary and benefits paid by the University GME programs

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

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

Maggie Hamblen, C-TAGME, CAP
Program Coordinator II
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Dept Office: 423.778.7695

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Surgery
979 East Third Street
Suite B-401
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Dept Office: 423.778.7695

Robert Maxwell, MD, FACS
Professor and Program Director
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Department of Surgery
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Robert Jean, MD, FACS
Associate Program Director
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery

Vascular Surgery

  • ACGME Program #:  4504721113
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Vascular Surgery Fellowship Match
    NRMP Program #:  1689450F0
  • Program Length: 2 years (starting at the PGY-6 level after completing a Surgery Residency)
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 4, 2024)
  • Size: 2 positions (1 at each level, approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger)

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

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

Cindy Rudolph, MS
Program Coordinator
Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Dept Office: 423.778.7695

UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Department of Surgery
979 East Third Street
Suite B-401
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Dept Office: 423.778.7695

Neelima Katragunta, MD, FACS 
Program Director
Vascular Surgery Fellowship 
Associate Professor

Department of Surgery
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Charles Joels, MD, FACS
Associate Program Director
Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Non-Standard
Fellowship Programs
Program Chair and Coordinator Program Director and Associate Program Director

Emergency Medicine Advanced Ultrasonography

  • Our program is approved by the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Accreditation Council (EUFAC)
  • Applications are handled directly with the Department (email bensmith.md@gmail.com)
  • NRMP Emergency Medicine Fellowship Match
    NRMP Program #:  1689E01F0
  • Program Length: 1 year [starting after completing an Emergency Medicine Residency Program as an attending physician with the EM group]
  • Continued Approval from the EUFAC 
  • Size: 1 position [not filled every year] funded and hired by Apollo as an attending physician and faculty.  
  • Salary and benefits are provided by Apollo (the Emergency Medicine physician company that employs Emergency Medicine physicians at Erlanger).  These fellows are not paid by the University GME programs or Erlanger Health.

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

Velvet Green
Program Coordinator
Emergency Medicine Advanced Ultrasonography Fellowship
Department email: UTem@erlanger.org
Dept Office: 423.778.7628

UTHSC College of Medicine- Chattanooga
Department of Emergency Medicine
Erlanger Health
975 East Third Street
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Dept Office: 423.778.7628

Benjamin Smith, MD, FACEP
Professor & Program Director
Emergency Medicine Advanced Ultrasonography Fellowship
Department of Emergency Medicine

UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Elijah Wyatt, MD
Assistant Program Director
Emergency Medicine Advanced  Ultrasonography Fellowship
Instructor Department of Emergency Medicine

Family Medicine Obstetrics at Clinica Medicos

  • Accredited by the American Board of Physician Specialties
  • Apply directly with the program at elizabeth@clinicamedicos.com 
  • Length of Program:  1 - 2 years
  • Size:  1 position each year
  • Funding is provided totally from Clinica Medicos.
  • Fellows are paid employees of Clinica Medicos but also have privileges at Erlanger as members of the Medical Staff.  

Leslie C. Griffin, MD, MPH
Chair, Department of Family Medicine
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga
Dept Office: 423.778.2957

Clinica Medicos
1300 East 27th Street
Chattanooga, TN  37404
Practice Office:  423.760.4000

Philip Sutherland, MD
Program Co-Director
Family Medicine Obstetrics Fellowship at Clinica Medicos
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Elizabeth Swaggerty, MD
Program Co-Director
Family Medicine Obstetrics Fellowship at Clinica Medicos
Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine

Minimally Invasive Gynecologic and Laparoscopic Surgery (MIGS)

  • Accredited by the AAGL
  • Our program is not participating in the NRMP OB/GYN Fellowship Match in 2024 and will not offer a first year position for July 2025
  • Program Length: 2 years [starting after completing an OB/GYN Residency and paid as faculty at the PGY-5 and PGY-6 levels]
  • Continued Accreditation from the AAGL
  • Size: 2 positions [1 at each level] approved by the American Association for Gynecologic Laparoscopists (AAGL) and funded by Erlanger
  • Fellows are hired as attending physicians with salary and benefits paid directly by Erlanger and not the University GME programs

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

Janie Swanger
Program Coordinator
MIGS Fellowship
Department email: utobgyn@erlanger.org 
Coordinator's Office: 423.778.7517
Dept Office: 423.778.7515

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

Todd Boren, MD
Program Director 
MIGS Fellowship
Assistant Professor

Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Mitch Dizon, MD, MSCR, FACOG
Associate Program Director MIGSFellowship
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Neuro-Interventional Surgery

  • Program is a Non-Standard program that does not have official accreditation
  • Our program is sponsored by our Department of Surgery and the Erlanger Department of Radiology
  • To apply for a fellowship position, contact Annette Vickrey
  • Program Length: 1 year [must have completed a Radiology Program]
  • The fellow is paid as an attending physician by the Radiology group who provides radiology services for Erlanger]
  • Salary and benefits are paid by the Tennessee Interventional and Imaging Associates (TIAA) and not by the University and GME
  • 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

Annette Vickrey
Administrative Assistant, Radiology
Radiology Office: 423.778.7371 or 7344

Tara Bode
Credentialing Coordinator
Radiology and Interventional Radiology
Tennessee Interventional and Imaging Associations

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

Harris E. Hawk, MD
Program Director
Neuro-Interventional Surgery Fellowship
Assistant Professor Department of Medicine (Division of Radiology)

UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery

  • Accredited by the Orthopaedic Trauma Association
  • San Francisco Match Program which includes the application process
  • Program Length: 1 year [starting at the PGY-6 level after completing an Orthopaedic Surgery Residency]
  • Continued Accreditation
  • Size: 1 position approved by the Orthopaedic Trauma Association and funded by Erlanger
  • Paid as a GME Fellow from the University of Tennessee GME payroll with benefits as residents or fellows in ACGME accredited programs

Jeremy R. Bruce, MD
Professor & Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Kimberly Davis, MEd, C-TAGME
Program Coordinator
Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Fellowship
Dept email: utorthosurg@erlanger.org
Dept Office:  423.778.9008

UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
975 East Third Street
Hospital Box 260
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Dept Office: 423.778.9008

Warren Gardner, II, MD
Program Director
Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Fellowship
Associate Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Dirk W. Kiner, MD
Associate Program Director
Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Fellowship
(
andProgram Director, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency)
Vice Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Urology Laparoscopy & Robotic Surgery

  • Accredited by the Endourological Society
  • The Fellowship Match and application process are handled through the American Urological Association 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]
  • Accreditation granted by the Endourological Society
    Size:  1 position funded by Erlanger and hired as an attending physicians
  • Salary and benefits are provided directly by Erlanger - not by the University and GME programs

Amar Singh, MD, FACS
Professor & Chair, Department of Urology
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga

Elizabeth Brinn
Program Coordinator
Laparoscopy & Robotic Surgery Fellowship
Dept Office:  423.778.4691

UTHSC College of Medicine- Chattanooga
Department of Urology
UT Erlanger Urology
979 East Third Street
Suite C-901
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Dept Office: 423.778.4691

Benjamin Waldorf, MD
Program Director
Urology Laparoscopy & Robotic Surgery Fellowship
Assistant Professor

Department of Urology
UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga
Nov 25, 2024