Well-Being Task Force

In partnership with our  primary training site and our major affiliated hospital, Erlanger Health System (EHS), our campus has appointed a Well-Being Task Force that is dedicated to:

• Understanding and promoting physician and trainee engagement and well-being
• Providing resources for physicians and trainees that help them promote their own wellness
• Discovering personal and organizational approaches to prevent and address physician and trainee distress
• Creating a workplace culture that is energy replenishing

Important Well-Being Task Force Links:

• Well-Being Task Force Update (5/13/2020)   
• Well-Being GME Policy 
• Promoting the R in RVU-Relationship Valued Unit- An EHS and UTCOMC Partnership
• 2018 Erlanger Burnout Survey Results
• 2016 Erlanger Burnout Survey Results 

Chair

• Mukta Panda, MD, MACP, FRCP-London
  Professor and Assistant Dean for Medical Student Education and Well-Being 

Members

• R. Bruce Shack, MD, FACS, Professor and Dean
• Robert C. Fore, EdD, FACEHP, CHCP, Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs/DIO
• William L. Jackson Jr., MD, MBA, Erlanger  CEO and Chief Medical Officer
• Julie Adams, MD,  UT Professor Orthopaedic Surgery 
• Stephen Adams, MD, UTProfessor of Family Medicine, Erlanger Chief Information Officer
• Stacey Blanks, Urology Residency Coordinator 
• Steve Burkett, Erlanger VP Network Dev, EMG
• Floyd Chasse, MS, MPHR, Vice President, Erlanger Human Resource
• Anthony Falzone, FP-C, CCp NRP, Erlanger Paramedic, Emergency Department 
• W. Heath Giles, MD, FACS, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Surgery Residency 
• Heather Gilliam, DO, Assistant Professor (Affilaited), Pediatrics Residency
• Tara Gray, Plastic Surgery Residency Coordinator
• W. Douglas Gregorie, MD, FACEP, UT Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine Program Director  
• Rachel Harris, BSN RN, Erlanger Interim Senior Vice Presdient and Chief Nurse Executive
• Jacqueline Hogan, GME Financial Specialist 
• Jessica Howell, RN, Women's Health Division Obstetrics and Gynecology Program Manager
• Kimberly Judd, MSEd, GME Lead Coordinator 
• Alan Kohrt, MD, UT Professor and Assistant Dean of Faculty Development
• Sudave Mendiratta, MD, FACEP, Assistant Professor and Chair, Emergency Medicine, and Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency
• Olivia Morin, MD, PGY-6 Surgery Resident, House Staff Association President and Resident Advisory Board Chair 
• Sharif Murphy, MD,  Affiliated Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology Fellowship (representing the Department of Medicine)
• Jetina Okereke, MD, PGY-3, Internal Medicine Resident, Chair of the Resident Wellness Subcommittee and Member of the Resident Advisory Board
• Chris Poole, MD, Erlanger Medical Staff Representative
• Charlean Roberson, DAHC Representative, Erlanger Behavorial Helath SS/DA 
• Sunanda Sadanandan, DO, Associate Program Director Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Pamela Scott, C-TAGME, Director, Graduate and Medical Student Education
• Laurie-Anne Swaby, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor for the Gastroenterology Fellowship
• Benjamin Waldorf, MD, UT Associate Program Director, Urology Residency
• Robert Zylstra, EdD, LCSW, Professor and Assistant Program Director, and Director of Behavioral Science, Family Medicine Residency

The Well-Being Task Force scheduled meetings (held via Zoom until further notice): 

• September 9, 2020 
• November 11, 2020 
• January 13, 2021 
• March 10, 2021 
• May 12, 2021 
• July 14, 2021 

 Zoom Meetings start at 4:30pm