Internal Medicine Chattanooga Faculty
Key Leadership

Harish Manyam, MD
Chair, Department of Medicine
Professor, Department of Medicine
Erlanger Chief of Cardiology
Harish.Manyam@erlanger.org

L. Curtis Cary, MD, FAAP, MRCP-London
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Associate Program Director and Resident Liaison, Pediatrics Residency
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Pediatrics
Curtis.Cary@erlanger.org

Maria Tudor, DO, FACP
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
maria.tudor@erlanger.org

Gracelyn Bose, MD
Instructor/Administrative Chief Resident
Department of Medicine
gracelyn.bose@erlanger.org
Academic Department Phone: 423.778.2998

Dharmendra Patel, MD
Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine

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

Radhika Shah, MD
Program Director, Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Radhika.Shah@erlanger.org
Academic Department Phone: 423.778.2998

Patrick Koo, MD
Division Chief, Pulmonary Critical Care
Clerkship Director, Department of Medicine (Medical and PA Students)
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Specialty: Respirator, Pulmonary, and Critical Care
Cardiovascular Disease
Harish Manyam, MD
Division Chief, Cardiovascular Disease
Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine
Dharmendra Patel, MD
Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Diana Alvarez, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
William Blalock, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Walter Few, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Alvaro Manrique Garcia, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Rehan Kahloon, MD
Affiliated Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Michael Love, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor (Retired), Department of Medicine
Joseph Pendley, DO
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Jennifer Mirza, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Poonam Puri, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Jonathan Powell, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Kinsman Wright, MD
Affiliated Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Patrick Stevens, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Endocrinology
Division Chief
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Gastroenterology
Arslan Kahloon, MD
Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship
Division Chief, Gastroenterology
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Samuel Igbinedion, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Steven R. Kessler, DO
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Laxmi Parsa, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Sean Rice, MD
Associate Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Laurie-Anne Swaby, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Priya Vijayvargiya, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
General Internal Medicine
Sachin Amin, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Shadi Ayyoub, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Curtis Cary, MD, FAAP, MRCP-London
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Liz Culler, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Michael Davis, MD
Director, Global and Community Health
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Roger DeVersa, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Tracy Dozier, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Roshan Gamage, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Monica Gefter, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Leahanne Giffin, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Mark Jones, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Gregory Nieckula, DO
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Nick Pumilia, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Stephen Scorey, DO
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Purvi Sheth, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Cody Smith, DO
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Robert Vince Smith, MD
Division Chief, General Internal Medicine
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Marshall Spears, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Lisa Staton, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Maria Tudor, DO
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Laura Youngblood, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Geriatrics
Luther Frank Chandler, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Joshua Hornsby, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Greg Phelps, MD
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Hematology/Oncology
Robert Matt Graham, MD
Division Chief, Hematology/Oncology
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
John McCravey, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Sumana Nagireddy, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Larry Schlabach, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor (Retired), Department of Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Infectious Disease
James Sizemore, MD
Division Chief, Infectious Disease
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Nephrology
Christopher Poole, MD
Division Chief, Nephrology
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Lindsay Crawford, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Donald Franklin, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Brant Holt, MD
Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine
Kenneth Kokko, MD
Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine
Ralph Stafford, MD
Clinical Instructor, Department of Medicine
Psychiatry
Vijaya Lakshmi Appareddy, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Jonathan Cohen, MD
Division Chief, Psychiatry
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Lydia Haren, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Audrey Hyme, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Pulmonary/Critical Care
Radhika Shah, MD
Program Director, Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
John Boldt, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Upasana Bardhan Chakraborty, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Elwyn Clark, DO
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Aaron Cohen, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Jeremy Greenberg, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Audrey Haywood, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Patrick Koo, MD
Associate Professor and Clerkship Director (Medicine)
Department of Medicine
Richard Loynd, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Anne Mainardi, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Brett Schaeffer, MD
Affiliated Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Rheumatology
Jayne Crowe, MD
Division Chief, Rheumatology
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Jonathan Mills, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Elizabeth Turner, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Pathology
Richard Hessler, MD
Chief of Pathology, Erlanger Health
Affiliated Associate Professor, Department of Medicine
Radiology
Andrew Hill, MD
Chief of Radiology, Erlanger Health
Clinical Assistant Professor (Radiology), Department of Medicine
Jose Barriocanal, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor (Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology), Department
of Medicine
Harigovinda Challa, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor (Pediatric Radiology), Department of Medicine
Harris E. Hawk, MD
Program Director, Neuro-Interventional Surgery Fellowship
Clinical Assistant Professor (Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology), Department
of Medicine
Samuel Porter, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor (Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology), Department
of Medicine
Steven Quarfordt, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor (Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology), Department
of Medicine
Trenton Willingham, MD
Clinical Instructor (Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology), Department of Medicine


