Administration
UT Health Sciences GME Organizational Chart
Natascha Thompson, MD - Chair
ACGME requires every sponsoring institution to have a Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC). Some of the responsibilities of this committee are to establish and implement policies and procedures regarding the quality of education and the work environment for residents, review and make recommendations on resident stipends and benefits, establish and maintain oversight of program directors, establish and implement policies regarding duty hours, ensure programs provide appropriate supervision, review all ACGME program accreditation letters, and approve correspondence to ACGME.
The Program Coordinator Committee consists of GME Administration and Program Coordinators from all residency and fellowship programs in the College of Medicine. The Committee is used as a way for the GME Office to communicate necessary information to the programs, create closer working relationships among the coordinators, and determine/implement best practices. Two members of the committee are selected in March to serve on the Graduate Medical Education Committee.
| Member | Program |
|---|---|
| Branette Smith, Chair | Assistant Director for GME Accreditation |
| Kathleen Pierce | Accreditation Specialist |
| Haley Smith | Accreditation Specialist |
| Miranda Sealey | Accreditation Specialist |
| Michelle Bollenbach | GME Program Specialist |
| Victoria West | Allergy & Immunology and Pediatrics Critical Care |
| Renee Farrell | Anesthesiology |
| Mackenna Darling | Cardiology (Nashville) |
| Tia Coleman | Child Neurology and Child Psychiatry |
| Brooke Bishop | Clinical Neurophysiology, Neurocritical Care, and Vascular Neurology |
| Erica Franklin | Dermatology and Hospice and Palliative Medicine |
| Tim Fullen, BS, CAP, C-TAGME, Notary Public | Emergency Medicine (Memphis) |
| Deb Denton | Emergency Medicine (Nashville) |
| Heather Cavness | Family Medicine (Jackson) |
| Kathryn Foster | Family Medicine (Memphis) |
| Alex Hill | Family Medicine (Nashville) |
| Nikki Hull | Family Medicine - Sports Medicine |
| Cynthia Tooley | General Surgery (Memphis) |
| Melissa Riley | General Surgery (Nashville) |
| Kariton Parnell | Gynecologic Oncology, Maternal-Fetal Medicine, and Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility |
| <vacant> | Hematology/Oncology and Cardiac Electrophysiology |
| Amanda Roberts | Internal Medicine (Memphis) |
| Nicole Blount | Internal Medicine (Nashville) |
| Kayla Eubanks | Internal Medicine (Maury) |
| <vacant> | Medicine - Cardiology and Cardiology Interventional |
| Anjel Echols, MHA | Medicine - Gastroenterology and Nephrology |
| Melissa Hayes | Medicine - Pediatrics |
| Jimmy Laguerre | Medicine - Pulmonary/Critical Care and Sleep Medicine |
| Cody Morris | Medicine - Rheumatology and Endocrinology |
| Calandra Smith | Neurology |
| Ashley King Long | Neurosurgery |
| Paula Odom | OB/GYN (Memphis) |
| Chelsea Davis | OB/GYN (Nashville) |
| Kelli Moses, CAP, C-TAGME | Ophthalmology |
| Rosemary Bankston | Orthopaedic Hand, Pediatric, and Sports Medicine |
| Ginae Owens | Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Jalisa Bishop, MHA | Otolaryngology |
| Misty Nichols | Pathology and Forensic Pathology |
| Derrell Bryant | Pediatrics |
| Archie Todd | Pediatrics – Cardiology, Pulmonology, and Nephrology |
| Maninka Chatterjee | Pediatrics Development Behavioral, Pediatric Endocrinology, and Pediatrics Neonatal Perinatal Medicine |
| Nalisha Brown | Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine, Gastroenterology, and Hospital Medicine |
| Trachia Wilson | Pediatrics - Infectious Disease |
| Carla Griffin-Crouthers | Pediatric - Radiology |
| Eva Hutton | Plastic Surgery |
| Bethany Brashier | Psychiatry |
| April Hollis | Radiology - Diagnostic |
| Shannae Staten | Surgery - Pediatric, Pediatric Surgical Critical Care |
| Twain Wilkerson | Surgical Critical Care, Surgical Oncology, and Vascular Surgery |
| Latrice Anderson | Transplant Nephrology |
| Matthew Isaacs | Urology and Urology - Pediatrics |
Overview
The Resident Forum is a group for residents and fellows to communicate and exchange information about their programs, their educational and work environments, and any other issues they may face during training.
The forum is an opportunity to keep residents and fellows informed about important issues that affect their careers as well as provide an organized voice to raise and resolve concerns. Any topics discussed by members of the forum that warrant further discussion are presented to the GMEC. Residents and fellows can conduct the forum without the DIO, faculty members, or other administrators present.
In addition, each UT Health Science Center residency and fellowship program is encouraged to have a resident/fellow only platform where residents/fellows can communicate without faculty members or other administrators present.
2026 - 2027 Resident Forum Leadership
Chair: Elizabeth Gaudio, MD, PGY-2, Neurology (2nd year)
Chair: Haydy George, MD, PGY-2, Medicine-Pediatrics (1st year)
Members:
- Zach Deberry, MD, Anesthesiology, PGY-3
- Julia Firnhaber, MD, Surgery-Memphis, PGY-3
- Sunny Patel, MD, Vascular Surgery, PGY-7
- Madeline Stark, MD, Internal Medicine-Memphis, PGY-2
- Virginia Nisbet, MD, Emergency Medicine Nashville, PGY-3
- Jane Yao, MD, Internal Medicine Nashville, PGY-3