Chattanooga UT Surgery Residents
1st Year Surgery Residents
Kay Buerster, MD
1st Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School: Mercer University School of Medicine
Richard Killeen, MD
1st Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School: University of Louisville school of Medicine
Laura Holder, MD
1st Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School: University of Arkansas of Medical Sciences
Lynch Major, DO
1st Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Auburn
Hunter Parmer, MD
1st Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Ben Kiesling, MD
1st Year Preliminary Surgery Resident
Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University
Colton Petty, MD
1st Year Preliminary Surgery Resident
Medical School: Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
Steven Pulliam, MD
1st Year Preliminary Surgery Resident
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
2nd Year Surgery Residents
Justin Bailey, MD
2nd Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School: University of Illinois (Rockford)
Alexander Buttress, MD
2nd Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School: University of South Carolina (Greenville)
Levin Fairchild, MD
2nd Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School: Louisiana State University (New Orleans)
Jordan Raine, MD
2nd Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Nathaniel Walter, MD
2nd Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School: University of Tennessee
3rd Year Surgery Residents
Justin Beasley, MD
3rd Year Surgery Resident
Medical School: University of South Alabama
Lauren Favors, MD
3rd Year Surgery Resident
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Clay McGeehan, MD
3rd Year Surgery Resident
Medical School: University of Illinois
Aaron Pollock, MD
3rd Year Surgery Resident
Medical School: University of Central Florida
Alexander Urevick, MD
3rd Year Surgery Resident
Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
4th Year Surgery Residents
Eric Briscoe, MD
4th Year Surgery Resident
Medical School: University of Mississippi
Nadia Froehling, MD
4th Year Surgery Resident
Medical School: University of Illinois
S. Austin Gilchrist, MD
4th Year Surgery Resident
Medical School: University of Alabama
Robert "Chace" Hicks, MD
4th Year Surgery Resident
Medical School: Texas A & M University
Mitchell Parker, MD
4th Year Surgery Resident
Medical School: Indiana University
5th Year Surgery Residents
Haley Everett, MD
5th Year Surgery Resident
House Staff Association President
Medical School: Louisiana State University
Kevin Friedrich, MD
5th Year Surgery Resident and
Surgical Critical Care Fellow (Jan-Dec 2022)
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
William Hunt, MD
5th Year Surgery Resident and
Surgical Critical Care Fellow (Jan-Dec 2022)
Medical School: University of Louisville
Michael Hurst, MD
5th Year Surgery Resident
Medical School: University of South Carolina
John Pickering, MD
5th Year Surgery Resident
Medical School: University of Alabama
6th Year Chief Residents
Luke Couch, MD
Chief Resident, General Surgery Residency
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Victoria Miles, MD
Chief Resident, General Surgery Residency
Medical School: University of Mississippi
Jonathan Moss, MD
Chief Resident, General Surgery Residency
Medical School: Louisiana State University
Jillian Scott McCabe, MD
Chief Resident, General Surgery Residency
Medical School: University of Tennessee
Dresden Melton Soderstrom, MD
Chief Surgery Resident
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
In Memorium
Walter Capote, MD
April 1, 1989 - August 5, 2021
It has been just over a year since we lost one of our Surgery Residents, Walter Capote, MD. He passed away on Thursday, August 5, 2021. The entire Department of Surgery acknowledges that this is a tremendous loss to the University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga, University Surgical Associates, Erlanger Health System, and our entire community. Walter was a beloved colleague, physician, and friend who was recognized for his teaching skills and for doing everything possible for his patients. He was survived by his mother, father, brother, and many other family members.
Walter was born in Havana, Cuba and arrived to America in July 11, 1994 (4 years old), and he completed his undergraduate degree at Florida State University before entering medical school and graduating from the Universidad Central del Caribe in 2016.
Walter joined our Surgery Residency as a first year Preliminary Surgery Resident on July 1, 2016. The following year he matched as a first year Categorial Surgery Resident and would have completed our program on June 30, 2023. He was a Surgical Critical Care Fellow at the time of his death. We still miss him -- he was part of our family.