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Chattanooga UT Surgery Residents

1st Year Surgery Residents

Kay Buerster

Kay Buerster, MD
1st Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School: Mercer University School of Medicine

Richard Killeen

Richard Killeen, MD
1st Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School:  University of Louisville school of Medicine

 

Laura Holder

Laura Holder, MD
1st Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School: University of Arkansas of Medical Sciences

 

year 1

Lynch Major, DO
1st Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Auburn

Hunter Parmer

Hunter Parmer, MD
1st Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School:  Medical College of Georgia

 

Ben Kiesling

Ben Kiesling, MD
1st Year Preliminary Surgery Resident
Medical School: Northeast Ohio Medical University

 

Colton Petty
 

Colton Petty, MD
1st Year Preliminary Surgery Resident
Medical School: Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine 

 

Steven Pulliam

Steven Pulliam, MD
1st Year Preliminary Surgery Resident
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia

 

 

2nd Year Surgery Residents

Dr. Justin Bailey

Justin Bailey, MD
2nd Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School:  University of Illinois (Rockford)

 

Dr. Alex Buttress

Alexander Buttress, MD
2nd Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School:  University of South Carolina (Greenville)

 

Dr. Levin Fairchild

Levin Fairchild, MD
2nd Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School:  Louisiana State University (New Orleans)

Dr. Jordan Raine

Jordan Raine, MD
2nd Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School:  University of Tennessee 

 

Dr. Nathaniel Walter

Nathaniel Walter, MD
2nd Year Categorical Surgery Resident
Medical School:  University of Tennessee



3rd Year Surgery Residents

Dr. Justin Beasley

Justin Beasley, MD
3rd Year Surgery Resident
Medical School:  University of South Alabama

 

Dr. Lauren Favors

Lauren Favors, MD
3rd Year Surgery Resident
Medical School:  Medical College of Georgia

 

Dr. Clay McGeehan

Clay McGeehan, MD
3rd Year Surgery Resident
Medical School:  University of Illinois

 

Dr. Aaron Pollock

Aaron Pollock, MD
3rd Year Surgery Resident
Medical School:  University of Central Florida

 

Dr. Alexander Urevick

Alexander Urevick, MD
3rd Year Surgery Resident
Medical School:  University of Louisville School of Medicine

 

4th Year Surgery Residents

Dr. Eric Briscoe

Eric Briscoe, MD
4th Year Surgery Resident
Medical School:  University of Mississippi

 

Dr. Nadia Froehling

Nadia Froehling, MD
4th Year Surgery Resident
Medical School:  University of Illinois

 

Dr. Austin Gilchrist

S. Austin Gilchrist, MD
4th Year Surgery Resident
Medical School:  University of Alabama

 

Dr. Chace Hicks

Robert "Chace" Hicks, MD
4th Year Surgery Resident
Medical School:  Texas A & M University

 

Dr. Mitchell Parker

Mitchell Parker, MD
4th Year Surgery Resident
Medical School:  Indiana University

 


5th Year Surgery Residents

Haley Everett

Haley Everett, MD
5th Year Surgery Resident
House Staff Association President
Medical School:  Louisiana State University

 

Kevin Friedrich

Kevin Friedrich, MD
5th Year Surgery Resident and 
Surgical Critical Care Fellow (Jan-Dec 2022)
Medical School:  Medical College of Georgia

 

William Hunt

William Hunt, MD
5th Year Surgery Resident and 
Surgical Critical Care Fellow (Jan-Dec 2022)
Medical School:  University of Louisville

 

Michael Hurst

Michael Hurst, MD
5th Year Surgery Resident
Medical School:  University of South Carolina

 

John Pickering

John Pickering, MD
5th Year Surgery Resident
Medical School:  University of Alabama

 


6th Year Chief Residents

Luke Couch

Luke Couch, MD
Chief Resident, General Surgery Residency
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia

 

Victoria Miles

Victoria Miles, MD
Chief Resident, General Surgery Residency
Medical School: University of Mississippi 

 

Jonathan Moss

Jonathan Moss, MD
Chief Resident, General Surgery Residency
Medical School: Louisiana State University

 

Jillian McCabe

Jillian Scott McCabe, MD
Chief Resident, General Surgery Residency
Medical School: University of Tennessee

 

Dresden Melton Soderstrom

Dresden Melton Soderstrom, MD
Chief Surgery Resident
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia

 

 

In Memorium

Walter Capote, MD

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.

 

Feb 6, 2023