Well-Being Task Force

In partnership with our  primary training site and our major affiliated hospital, Erlanger Health System (EHS), our campus (The University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga) has initiated a program and appointed a joint Well-Being Task Force that are dedicated to:

• Understanding and promoting healthcare professionals, physicians, and trainees engagement and well-being
• Providing resources for healthcare professionals, physicians, and trainees that help them promote their own wellness
• Discovering personal and organizational approaches to prevent and address healthcare professionals, physicians, and trainees distress
• Creating a workplace culture that is energy replenishing
• Developing and promoting practices that focus on ongoing, mission-driven, systematic recruitment and retention of a diverse and inclusive workforce of Residents, Fellows, Faculty, Senior Administrative Staff Members, and other relevant members of the GME Community

Dr. Panda updated the UT-Erlanger Well-Being Task Force and Resident Advisory Board Members at a joint meeting on our work over the past several years on June 15, 2022:  "Our Journey - Well-Being Efforts".

Important Well-Being Task Force Links:

• UT - Erlanger Well-Being Task Force Partnership
• 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 

Task Force Chair

• Mukta Panda, MD, MACP, F-RCP, London
  Professor and Assistant Dean for Well-Being & Undergraduate Medical Education 

Members

• Natasha Amjed, DO, Instructor & Administrative Chief Resident, Internal Medicine
• Elizabeth Appling, Chief Diversity Officer, Erlanger Health System
• Donald Barker, MD, FACS, Interim Chief Medical Officer for Erlanger Health System (Baroness Erlanger Campus; and Professor, Surgery
• Stacey Blanks, C-TAGME, Program Coordinator, Urology Residency
• Steve Burkett, Vice President, Network Development and the Erlanger Medical Group (EMG)
• Floyd Chasse, MS, MPHR, Vice President, Human Resources, Erlanger Health System
• Jim Coleman, Jr., President and Chief Executive Officer, Erlanger Health System (as of July 11, 2022)
• Alexandria Cooke, MD, Faculty, Family Medicine
• Gregory Daniel, Chaplain Services, Erlanger Health System
• "Nico" Domingo, MD, Faculty, Plastic Surgery
• Hayley Everett, MD, PGY-5, Surgery Resident; House Staff Association President; and Chair of the Resident Advisory Board
• W. Heath Giles, MD, FACS, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Surgery Residency 
• Charles Gober, MD, PGY-3 Chief Resident, Family Medicine; and TMA Governing Council Board of Trustee Delegate
• W. Douglas Gregorie, MD, FACEP, Assistant Professor and Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency 
• Rachel Harris, BSN, RN, Senior Vice President and Chief Nurse Executive, Erlanger Health System
• Audrey Haywood, MD, UT Erlanger Respiratory and Critical Care
• James W. Haynes, MD, FAAFP, Professor and Dean, University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga
• Jacqueline Hogan, CAP, GME Financial Specialist 
• Jessica Howell, RN, Program Coordinator, MIGS Fellowship; and Navigator, GYN Oncology Women's Services, Erlanger Health System
• Jessica Lange, MD, Instructor, Urology
• Sudave Mendiratta, MD, FACEP, Interim DIO; and Chair, Emergency Medicine
• Sharif Murphy, MD,  Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology (representing the Medicine Fellowships)
• Chris Poole, MD, Medical Staff Representative, Erlanger Health System
• Pamela Scott, C-TAGME, Director, Graduate and Medical Student Education
• Laurie-Anne Swaby, MD, Assistant Professor, Gastroenterology
• Julie Taylor, Vice President and  Development Officer, Erlanger Foundation
• Ravi Viradia, MD, PGY-8 Chief Resident, Plastic Surgery; & Vice Chair of the Governing Council, Tennessee Medical Association (TMA)
• David Wallace, MD, Neurosurgeon, UT Erlanger Neurosurgery
• Amy Wells, MD, Assistant Program Director, Pediatrics Residency
• Lucy White, MEd, LPC/MHSP, Counselor, Academic Educational & Behavioral Services
• Charles Woods, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Children's Hospital at Erlanger; and Chair, Department of Pediatrics
• Chris Young, MD, Past Chief, Erlanger Medical Staff
• Director of Behavioral Science, Family Medicine (position being recruited)
• Faculty Representative, Obstetrics and Gynecology
• GME Lead Coordinator (position being recruited)

The Well-Being Task Force meetings for 2023 will be announced soon and poste at the bottom of this page.  We anticipate quarterly meetings.