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GMEC Composition

Role Name Title/Area
GMEC Chair & Designated Institutional Official Natascha Thompson, MD Associate Dean, GME, Associate Professor - Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
GMEC Secretary Branette Smith Assistant Director, GME Accreditation
GME Administration
(one vote each)
Aaron Haynes Assistant Dean, GME
  Mark Petzinger, JD Assistant Dean, Academic Success
GMEC Subcommittee Chairs (not listed otherwise) Mark Bugnitz, MD Assistant Dean, Program Improvement/ GMEC Program Improvement Subcommittee Chair
  Emilee Dobish, MD GMEC Wellbeing Subcommittee
  Jason Yaun, MD GMEC Clinical and Educational Work Hour Subcommittee Chair
Peer Selected Resident Representatives
(one vote each)
Zach Deberry, MD Anesthesiology, PGY-3
  Julia Firnhaber, MD General Surgery-Memphis, PGY-3
  Elizabeth Gaudio, MD Neurology, PGY-3
  Haydy George, MD Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, PGY-2
  Virginia Nisbet, MD Emergency Medicine - Nashville, PGY-3
  Sunny Patel, MD Vascular Surgery, PGY-7
  Madeline Stark, MD Internal Medicine, PGY-2
  Jane Yao, MD Internal Medicine - Nashville, PGY-3
Hospital Representatives
(one vote per hospital)
Lakisha Bah-Stewart Baptist Memorial Hospital, Systems Manager of Programs and Projects 
  Martin Croce, MD Regional One Health, Chief Medical Officer
  Tim Minniear, MD St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Program Director  - Infectious Disease
  Chris Trabue, MD Ascension Saint Thomas,  Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs, GME - Nashville
  Gina Raymond, MD VA Medical Center, Associate Chief of Staff for Education/DEO
  Robin Womeodu, MD Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Senior Vice President/DIO
Program Directors
(one vote each)
Bindiya Bagga, MD Pediatrics
  Jaclyn Bergeron, MD Internal Medicine 
  Alex Feliz, MD General Surgery /Peds Surgical Critical Care 
  Brian Green, MD Diagnostic Radiology/ Memphis Radiological PC Rep
  Colleen Hastings, MD Nephrology Fellowships (Adult and Pediatrics)
  Khyati Kothari, MD Psychiatry
  Ashley N. Matthews, MD Family Medicine - Saint Francis 
  Ramona Phinehas, MD OB-GYN - Memphis
  Anand Raju, MD Pediatric Radiology 
  Grant Studebaker, MD Family Medicine - Jackson/West Tennessee Healthcare rep
  Dan Wells, MD Internal Medicine-Pediatrics 
Coordinator Representatives
(one vote)
Bethany Brashier Psychiatry
  Renee Farrell Anesthesiology
Other Voting Members Sharon Booker Regional One Health, Medical Education Coordinator (alternate hospital rep)
  Travis Brooks Associate Director of GME (alternate GME administration rep)
  Tristin Casteel Director of Medical Education, Ascension St. Thomas (alternate hospital rep)
  Kim Huch, MD Physician Consultant and Chair of Internal Review Panel
  Lori Kessler, PharmD Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Director of Education (alternate hospital rep)
  Kent Lee, MD Baptist Memorial Hospital, Chief Academic Officer/Associate Designated Institutional Official
  Elisha McCoy, MD Quality Improvement/Patient Safety - Le Bonheur and Med-Peds Faculty
  John Phillips, MD VA Medical Center, Deputy Associate Chief of Staff of Education/DEO (alternate hospital rep) 
  Claudette Shephard, MD Associate Dean of Access and Engagement/ OB-GYN, Associate Professor
  Ajay Talati, MD Pediatric Fellowship Office, Director / Pediatric - Neonatology, Professor
Non-Voting Attendees Austin Mann GME Data Analyst
  Casey Montgomery GME Business Manager
  Kathleen Pierce Accreditation Specialist
  Miranda Sealy Accreditation Specialist
  Haley Smith Accreditation Specialist
Jul 14, 2026