Graduate Medical Education Chattanooga

Accreditation and Overview ... What is GME?

Graduate Medical Education (GME) is the Graduate Medical Education training of physicians who are pursuing residency and fellowship specialty training following graduation from medical school. The University of Tennessee Health Science Center is a statewide system with campuses in Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, and Chattanooga.

Our Sponsoring Institution is the University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine - Chattanooga, and is approved by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) to sponsor physician residency and fellowship programs in Chattanooga.  On January 3, 2023, the ACGME and its Institutional Review Committee (IRC) again awarded Continued Accreditation to our institution based on the review of all our ACGME WebAds annual updates.  We were commended for meeting all institutional accreditation standards without any citations.

Not only does our Sponsoring Institution hold Continued Accreditation --  all 16 of our ACGME Programs are also accredited.  Most of these programs hold Continued Accreditation with Commendation for having no citations.  Currently we have 193 Residents and Fellows enrolled in our GME Programs..

• Chief Executive Officer and Dean [University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga]:  James W. Haynes, MD, MBA, FAAFP (Family Medicine)
• Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and ACGME Designated Institutional Official (DIO): 
  Paul M. Schwartzberg, DO, MBA, FAAP

A core faculty of approximately 140 paid physicians is joined by more than 300 physicians who volunteer their support and represent the major medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties. The Chairs of the UT College of Medicine - Chattanooga Departments report directly to our Dean and not to the chairs of corresponding departments at the main medical school campus in Memphis.

The Office of Graduate and Medical Student Education in Chattanooga administers medical student rotations as well as the residency and fellowship programs for our campus.  Administrative Staff include:

• Tiffany Nabors, CMA, AAMA:  Medical Student Services Specialist, 423.778.7442 (Main GME and UME Phone)
• Jacqueline Hogan, CAP:  GME Financial Specialist, 423.778.3899
• Rosalyn Stewart-Kalaukoa:  GME Lead Coordinator, 423.778.3894
• Pamela D. Scott, C-TAGME:  Director, Graduate and Medical Student Education, 423.778.7673

The Chattanooga Campus offers a full-time, licensed Counselor located within the Deans Office:  Lucy White, MEd, LPC/MHSP.  She is available for individual, confidential counseling and support sessions, and can provide didactics and other group discussions for departments and programs.  Her services are available to all Medical and PA Students, Residents, Fellows, and Departmental administrative staff at no charge.  Communication with the Counselor is absolutely confidential.  No one else has access to the Counselor's phone (423.778.9420) or email (lucy.white@erlanger.org).

The University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga is part of a Statewide System of Graduate Medical Education. Additional GME Programs at other UTHSC campuses include:

• GME Programs at the flagship UTHSC College of Medicine in Memphis and Jackson
• GME Programs at the UT College of Medicine Nashville
• GME Programs at the UT Graduate School of Medicine Knoxville

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