College of Medicine Administration
Office of the Executive Dean
![G. Nicholas Verne, MD](https://uthsc.edu/images/headshots/gverne.jpg)
Interim Executive Dean and Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs
College of Medicine
![Andrea Malkin, JD](https://uthsc.edu/images/headshots/amalkin.jpg)
Chief of Staff
College of Medicine
![Sharlet Alexander](https://uthsc.edu/images/headshots/salexa15.jpg)
Executive Administrative Assistant
Office of the Executive Dean
901.448.5293
Faculty Affairs
![Alicia Diaz-Thomas, MD, MPH](https://uthsc.edu/images/headshots/placeholder.jpg)
Associate Dean
Faculty Affairs
Finance and Administration
Teresa Hartnett, EdD, MPA
Senior Associate Dean, Finance and Administration
thartnett@uthsc.edu
Helen Parsons, MBA
Director, Finance and Administration
hparsons@uthsc.edu
Dorothea Owens
Director, Analysis and Planning
dowens22@uthsc.edu
Graduate Medical Education and Continuing Medical Education
![Natascha Thompson, MD](https://uthsc.edu/images/headshots/nstone.jpg)
Associate Dean
Designated Institutional Official
Graduate Medical Education
![Aaron Haynes](https://uthsc.edu/images/headshots/ahaynes.jpg)
![Mark Bugnitz, MD](https://uthsc.edu/images/headshots/mbugnitz.jpg)
Assistant Dean, Program Improvement
Graduate Medical Education
Access and Engagement
Claudette Shephard, MD, MBA
Associate Dean, Access and Engagement
cshephard@uthsc.edu
Community Health Engagement
Altha Stewart, MD
Senior Associate Dean, Community Health Engagement
astewa59@uthsc.edu
Medical Education
![Michael Whitt, PhD](https://uthsc.edu/images/headshots/mwhitt.jpg)
Associate Dean and Chair
Medical Education
![Kristen A. Bettin, MD](https://uthsc.edu/images/headshots/kgrubb2.jpg)
Senior Assistant Dean
Clinical Curriculum
Kaushik Parthasarathi, PhD
Senior Assistant Dean, Basic Science Curriculum
kparthas@uthsc.edu
Aditi Kesari, PhD, MBBS
Assistant Dean, Curriculum Integration
akesari@uthsc.edu
Mark Miller, PhD
Assistant Dean, Basic Science Curriculum
mamiller@uthsc.edu
![William “Bill” Dabbs, MD](https://uthsc.edu/images/headshots/wdabbs.jpg)
Assistant Dean, Clinical Curriculum
Research
![Ramesh Narayanan, PhD, MBA](https://uthsc.edu/images/headshots/rnaraya4.jpg)
Interim Dean
Research
Student Affairs and Admissions
Catherine R. Womack, MD
Associate Dean, Student Affairs and Admissions
cwomack@uthsc.edu
Dustin Fulton, EdD
Assistant Dean, Admissions
dfulton2@uthsc.edu
Deirdre James, MD
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs
djames17@uthsc.edu
Christopher D. Jackson, MD, FACP, FSSCI
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs
cjacks67@uthsc.edu
Pallavi Khanna, MD, FACOG, MSCP
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs
pkhanna1@uthsc.edu
Ian Molyneaux, MD, D.ABA
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs
imolynea@uthsc.edu
Nia Zalamea, MD
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs
nzalamea@uthsc.edu
Matthew Ennis, MD
Director, Student Research
mennis@uthsc.edu
College of Medicine - Chattanooga
James W. Haynes, MD, MBA, FAAFP
Dean
College of Medicine - Chattanooga
jhayne20@uthsc.edu
Elizabeth Jones
Executive Assistant to the Dean
liz.jones@erlanger.org
Sudave Mendiratta, MD, FACEP
Interim Designated Institutional Official
Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
sudave.mendiratta@erlanger.org
Giuseppe Pizzorno, PhD, PharmD
Associate Dean, Research
giuseppe.pizzorno@erlanger.org
Mukta Panda, MD, MACP, FRCP-London
Assistant Dean, Well-Being and Medical Student Education
Mukta.Panda@erlanger.org
Crystal Maddox, MPA
Assistant Dean, Finance and Administration
crystal.maddox@erlanger.org
Pamela Scott, C-TAGME
Director, Graduate and Medical Student Education
pam.scott@erlanger.org
UT Graduate School of Medicine (UTGSM)
(College of Medicine - Knoxville campus)
Robert M. Craft, MD
Dean
UTGSM
rcraft@utk.edu
Kristi Roe
Administrative Specialist, Office of the Dean
kroe1@uthsc.edu
Amy Paganelli, CPA, MBA
Assistant Dean for Finance and Administration
apaganel@utmck.edu
Jonathan S. Wall, PhD
Director of Research
jwall@utmck.edu
Tina M. Dudney, MD
Designated Institutional Official (DIO) and Interim Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical
and Dental Education
tdudney@utmck.edu
Rajiv Dhand, MD
Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs
rdhand@utmck.edu
K. Paige Johnson, MD
Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education
KKESSLER@tennessee.edu
College of Medicine - Nashville
A. Brian Wilcox, Jr. MD
Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs and Graduate Medical Education
brian.wilcox@ascension.org
Brady Allen, MD
Assistant Dean
ballen35@uthsc.edu
Tristin Casteel
Director
tristin.casteel@sth.org