Program Information and Coordinators - Chattanooga | Graduate Medical Education | College of Medicine Chattanooga

Program	Coordnator	Program Directors and Associate Program Directors
Emergency Medicine ACGME Program No.: 1104721195 NRMP Program No.: 1689110C0 Program Length: 3 years Size: 21 positions (7 at each level)	Velvet Green, Program Coordinator, Emergency Medicine Residency, EMS Fellowship, and Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship 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 Karen Rogers, MD, Associate Program Director
Family Medicine ACGME Program #: 1204731584 NRMP Program #: 1689120C0 Program Length: 3 years Size: 18 positions (6 at each level)	Robbin Williams, C-TAGME, Coordinator, Family Medicine Residency UT Family Practice Center 1100 East Third Street Chattanooga, TN 37403 Phone: 423.778.2975	Leslie Griffin, MD, MPH, Program Director Program email: UTfammed@erlanger.org Steven Fox, MD, Assistant Program Director Robert Zylstra, EdD, LCSW, Assistant Program Director
Internal Medicine ACGME Program #: 1404711407 NRMP Program #: 1689140C0 Program Length: 3 years Size: 30 positions (10 at each level)	Deborah Fuller, Coordinator, Internal Medicine Residency 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 Program email: UTintmed@erlanger.org Jensen Hyde, MD, MPH Associate Program Director Radhika Shah, MD, Associate Program Director
Obstetrics and Gynecology ACGME Program #: 2204721274 NRMP Program #: 1689230C0 Program Length: 4 years Size: 16 positions (4 at each level)	Paula Barnett, Coordinator, Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Jessica Howell, RN, Navigator, Women's Health (GYN Oncology) MIGS Fellowship Coordinator Manager, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 979 East Third Street, Suite C-720 Chattanooga, TN 37403 Phone: 423.778.7515	Mitch Dizon, MD, MSCR, FACOG, Program Director, Program email: UTobgyn@erlanger.org Sunanda Sadanandan, DO, MBA, Associate Program Director Angela Yates, MD, Associate Program Director
Orthopaedic Surgery ACGME Program #: 2604711164 NRMP Program #: 1689260C0 Program Length: 5 years Size: 15 positions (3 at each level)	Donna Gibson, Program Coordinator, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency and Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Fellowship UT Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 975 East Third Street, Hospital Box 260 Chattanooga, TN 37403 Phone: 423.778.9008	Jeremy Bruce, MD, Program Director Program email: UTorthosurg@erlanger.org Jesse Doty, MD, Associate Program Director Mark Freeman, MD, Associate Program Director
Pediatrics ACGME Program #: 3204711222 NRMP Program #: 1689320C0 Program Length: 3 years Size: 24 positions (8 at each level)	Ashley Thurston, CAP, Coordinator, Pediatrics Residency UT Department of Pediatrics 901 Blackford Street Chattanooga, TN 37403 Phone: 423.778.6217	Karla L. Garcia, MD, FAAP, Program Director Program email: UTpediatrics@erlanger.org Alicia Andrews, DO, Associate Program Director Jason Zurawick, MD, Associate Program Director
Plastic 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)	Marsha Williams, Coordinator, Plastic Surgery Residency and Research UT Department of Plastic Surgery 960 East Third Street, Suite 315 Chattanooga, TN 37403 Phone: 423.763.4549	Mark Brzezienski, MD, MS, FACS, Chair and Program Director Jason Rehm, MD, Associate Program Director
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: 32 positions (5 categorical positions at each level and 4 Prelim 1st year positions)	Cindy Rudolph, MS, Surgery Program Manager (Surgery Residency, Vascular Surgery Fellowship, and 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, Program Director S. Dave Bhattacharya, MD, FACS, Associate Program Director Benjamin Dart, MD, FACS, Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency and Surgical Critical Surgery Fellowship; and Vice Chair, Department of Surgery Richard Moore, MD, PhD, FACS, FASCRS, Associate Program Director Eric Charles Nelson, MD, FACS, FASCRS, Associate Program Director
Urology ACGME Program #: 4804700182 AUA Match Program Program Length: 5 years Size: 5 positions (1 at each level)	Stacey Blanks, CAP, C-TAGME, Program Coordinator, Urology Residency and Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery Fellowship UT Department of Urology 979 East Third Street, Suite C-901 Chattanooga, TN 37403 Phone: 423.778.4691	Anand Shridharani, MD, Program Director Benjamin Waldorf, MD, Associate Program Director

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Coordnator

Program Directors and Associate Program Directors

ACGME Program No.: 1104721195
NRMP Program No.: 1689110C0
Program Length: 3 years
Size: 21 positions (7 at each level)

Velvet Green, Program Coordinator, Emergency Medicine Residency, EMS Fellowship, and Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship
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

Karen Rogers, MD, Associate Program Director

Family Medicine

ACGME Program #: 1204731584
NRMP Program #: 1689120C0
Program Length: 3 years
Size: 18 positions (6 at each level)

Robbin Williams, C-TAGME, Coordinator, Family Medicine Residency
UT Family Practice Center
1100 East Third Street
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Phone: 423.778.2975

Leslie Griffin, MD, MPH, Program Director
Program email: UTfammed@erlanger.org

Steven Fox, MD, Assistant Program Director

Robert Zylstra, EdD, LCSW, Assistant Program Director

Internal Medicine

ACGME Program #: 1404711407
NRMP Program #: 1689140C0
Program Length: 3 years
Size: 30 positions (10 at each level)

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

Jensen Hyde, MD, MPH Associate Program Director

Radhika Shah, MD, Associate Program Director

Obstetrics and Gynecology

ACGME Program #: 2204721274
NRMP Program #: 1689230C0
Program Length: 4 years
Size: 16 positions (4 at each level)

Paula Barnett, Coordinator, Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency
Jessica Howell, RN, Navigator, Women's Health (GYN Oncology)
MIGS Fellowship Coordinator
Manager, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
979 East Third Street, Suite C-720
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Phone: 423.778.7515

Mitch Dizon, MD, MSCR, FACOG, Program Director,
Program email: UTobgyn@erlanger.org

Sunanda Sadanandan, DO, MBA, Associate Program Director

Angela Yates, MD, Associate Program Director

Orthopaedic Surgery

ACGME Program #: 2604711164
NRMP Program #: 1689260C0
Program Length: 5 years
Size: 15 positions (3 at each level)

Donna Gibson, Program Coordinator, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency and Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Fellowship
UT Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
975 East Third Street, Hospital Box 260
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Phone: 423.778.9008

Jeremy Bruce, MD, Program Director
Program email: UTorthosurg@erlanger.org

Jesse Doty, MD, Associate Program Director

Mark Freeman, MD, Associate Program Director

Pediatrics

ACGME Program #: 3204711222
NRMP Program #: 1689320C0
Program Length: 3 years
Size: 24 positions (8 at each level)

Ashley Thurston, CAP, Coordinator, Pediatrics Residency
UT Department of Pediatrics
901 Blackford Street
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Phone: 423.778.6217

Karla L. Garcia, MD, FAAP, Program Director
Program email: UTpediatrics@erlanger.org

Alicia Andrews, DO, Associate Program Director

Jason Zurawick, MD, Associate Program Director

Plastic 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)

Marsha Williams, Coordinator, Plastic Surgery Residency and Research
UT Department of Plastic Surgery
960 East Third Street, Suite 315
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Phone: 423.763.4549

Mark Brzezienski, MD, MS, FACS, Chair and Program Director

Jason Rehm, MD, Associate Program Director

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: 32 positions (5 categorical positions at each level and 4 Prelim 1st year positions)

Cindy Rudolph, MS, Surgery Program Manager (Surgery Residency, Vascular Surgery Fellowship, and 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, Program Director

S. Dave Bhattacharya, MD, FACS, Associate Program Director

Benjamin Dart, MD, FACS, Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency and Surgical Critical Surgery Fellowship; and Vice Chair, Department of Surgery

Richard Moore, MD, PhD, FACS, FASCRS, Associate Program Director

Eric Charles Nelson, MD, FACS, FASCRS, Associate Program Director

Urology

ACGME Program #: 4804700182
AUA Match Program
Program Length: 5 years
Size: 5 positions (1 at each level)

Stacey Blanks, CAP, C-TAGME, Program Coordinator, Urology Residency and Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery Fellowship
UT Department of Urology
979 East Third Street, Suite C-901
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Phone: 423.778.4691

Anand Shridharani, MD, Program Director

Benjamin Waldorf, MD, Associate Program Director

Fellowship Programs
(ACGME Accredited)

Program	Coordinator	Program Director
Cardiovascular Disease ACGME Program #: 1414714279 NRMP Program #: 1689141F0 Program Length: 3 years (starting at the PGY-4 level after completing an Internal Medicine Residency) Size: 12 positions (4 at each level)	Tammy Elliott, Program Coordinator, Cardiovascular Disease and Gasterology Fellowships UT Erlanger Cardiology 975 East Third Street, Hospital Box 88 Chattanooga, TN 37403 Phone: 423.778.4465	Dharmendra Patel, MD Program Director
Colon and Rectal Surgery ACGME Program #: 0604712071 NRMP Program #: 1689060F0 Program Length: 1 year (starting at the PGY-6 level after completing a Surgery Residency) Size: 1 position	Maggie Hamblen, CAP, Program Coordinator, Surgical Critical Care and Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowships) UT Department of Surgery 979 East Third Street, Suite B-401 Chattanooga, TN 37403 Phone: 423.778.7695	J. Daniel Stanley, MD, FACS, Program Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship, and Surgery Clerkship Director Richard Moore, MD, PhD, FACS, FASCRS, Associate Program Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship and Surgery Residency
Emergency Medical Services ACGME Program #: 1124711002 NRMP Program #: 1689112F0 Program Length: 1 year (starting at the PGY-4 level after completing an Emergency Medicine Residency) Size: 1 position	Velvet Green, Program Coordinator, Emergency Medicine Residency, EMS Fellowship, and Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship UT Department of Emergency Medicine 975 East Third Street Chattanooga, TN 37403 Phone: 423.778.7628	Frank Tift, MD, FAEMS, FACEP, Program Director
Gastroenterology ACGME Program #: 144471423 NRMP Program #: 1689144F0 Program Length: 3 years (starting at the PGY-4 level after completing an Internal Medicine Residency) Size: 4 positions (1-2 at each level)	Tammy Elliott, Program Coordinator, Cardiovascular Disease and Gasterology Fellowships UT Erlanger Gastroenterology 975 East Third Street, Hospital Box 88 Chattanooga, TN 37403 Phone: 423.778.4465	Arslan Kahloon, MD, Program Director
Surgical Critical Care ACGME Program #: 4424721091 NRMP Program #: 1689442F0 Program Length: 1 year (starting midway in the PGY-4 level of training) Size: 1-2 positions	Maggie Hamblen, CAP, Program Coordinator, Surgical Critical Care and Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowships) UT Department of Surgery 979 East Third Street, Suite B-401 Chattanooga, TN 37403 Phone: 423.778.7695	Robert Maxwell, MD, FACS, Program Director Benjamin Dart, MD, FACS, Associate Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship and Surgery Residency, and Vice Chair, Department of Surgery Philip Smith, MD, FACS, Associate Program Director
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)	Cindy Rudolph, MS, Surgery Program Manager (Surgery Residency, Vascular Surgery Fellowship, and Mastery in General Surgery Fellowship) UT Department of Surgery 979 East Third Street, Suite B-401 Chattanooga, TN 37403 Phone: 423.778.7695	Charles Joels, MD, FACS, Program Director Neelima Katragunta, MD, FACS Associate Program Director

Fellowship Programs (Non-Standard)

Program	Coordinator	Program Director
Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (MIGS) Accredited by the AAGL AAGL Fellowship Applications NRMP Program #: 1689X40F0 Program Length: 2 years (starting at the PGY-5 level after completing an OB/GYN Residency) Size: 2 positions (1 at each level)	Jessica Howell, RN, Women's Health Navigator (GYN Oncology), MIGS Fellowship Coordinator, and Manager for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 979 East Third Street, Suite C-720 Chattanooga, TN 37403 Phone: 423.778.7515	Todd Boren, MD, Program Director, MIGS Fellowship Mitch Dizon, MD, MSCR, FACOG, Associate Program Director, MIGS Fellowship, and Program Director, OB/GYN Residency Stephen DePasquale, MD, Associate Program Director, MIGS Fellowship; and Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Neuro-Interventional Surgery To apply contact kendall@tiiarad.com Program Length: 1 year (starting after completing a Radiology Program) Size: 1 position (not filled every year)	Kendall Morgan, Administrative Assistant, Radiology, and Coordinator, Neuro-Interventional Surgery Fellowship UT and Erlanger Department of Radiology 975 East Third Street Chattanooga, TN 37403 Phone: 423.778.6296	Harris Hawk, MD, Program Director
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	Donna Gibson, Program Coordinator, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency and Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Fellowship UT Department of Orthopaedic Surgery 975 East Third Street, Hospital Box 260 Chattanooga, TN 37403 Phone: 423.778.9008	Warren Gardner, MD, Program Director Dirk Kiner, MD, Associate Program Director
Mastery in General Surgery Approved by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) ACS Master in General Surgery website Program Length: 1 year (starting after completing at least a 5-year Surgery Program) Size: 1 position (not filled every year)	Cindy Rudolph, MS, Surgery Program Manager (Surgery Residency, Vascular Surgery Fellowship, and Mastery in General Surgery Fellowship) UT Department of Surgery 979 East Third Street, Suite B-401 Chattanooga, TN 37403 Phone: 423.778.7695	R. Phillip Burns, MD, FACS ACS Program Chief Professor Chair, Department of Surgery W. Heath Giles, MD, FACS ACS Associate Program Chief; Program Director, Surgery Residency
Clinical Ultrasound (Emergency Medicine) NRMP Program #: 1689E01F0 Program Length: 1 year (starting after completing an Emergency Medicine Residency Program) Size: 1 position (not filled every year)	Velvet Green, Program Coordinator, Emergency Medicine Residency, EMS Fellowship, and Clinical Ultrasound Fellowship Department of Emergency Medicine Erlanger Health System 975 East Third Street Chattanooga, TN 37403 Phone: 423.778.7628	Benjamin Smith, MD, FACEP, Program Director
Urology Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery Accredited by the Endourological Society Match in conjunction with the AUA Matching Program Program Length: 1 year (after completing a 5-year Urology Residency Program) Size: 1 position	Stacey Blanks, CAP, C-TAGME Program Coordinator, Urology Residency and Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery Fellowship UT Department of Urology 979 East Third Street, Suite C-901 Chattanooga, TN 37403 Phone: 423.778.4691	Benjamin Waldorf, MD, Program Director, Urology Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery; and Associate Program Director, Urology Residency

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