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UT Family Medicine Chattanooga Faculty

Faculty

Leslie Griffin, MD, MPH, Program Director, Family Medicine Residency

Leslie Griffin, MD, MPH
Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Leslie.Griffin@erlanger.org

  • Hometown: Cookeville, TN
  • Medical School: St. George's University
  • Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga (Family Medicine)
  • Interests: Infant and Maternal Health and Preventative Health Care

 

Steven Fox, MD, Associate Program Director

Steven Fox, MD
Program Director and Associate Professor
Family Medicine Residency
Also, Director of the Lifestyle Medicine Curriculum
Steven.Fox@erlanger.org 

  • Medical School:  Marshall University (Huntington, WV)
  • Residency: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Chattanooga (Family Medicine)
  • Interests:  Lifestyle Medicine and Teaching

 

J. Lacie Bradford

J. Lacie Bradford, PharmD, BCPS
Assistant Professor and Pharmacist, Department of Family Medicine

  • Graduate training: Union University, Jackson, TN
  • Internship/Residency: Jackson-Madison County General Hospital, Jackson TN
  • Interests: Interprofessional Education; Chronic Disease State Management; Quality Improvement Initiatives

 

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Thomas W. Bishop, PsyD, MA
Associate Professor and Director of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Family Medicine

  • Hometown:  Flint, MI
  • Graduate Training:  Central Michigan University & Wheaton College in Illinois
  • Internship: Wichita Clinical Psychology Internship Consortium
  • Interests:  Behavioral health and integration, interprofessional education and collaboration, rural health, and positive/sports/performance psychology

thomas.bishop@erlanger.org

 

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Lydia Cook MD
Assistant Professor 

lydia.cook@erlanger.org

  • Hometown: Bloomington, Indiana
  • Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Family Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Chattanooga
  • Interests: General Family Medicine

 

Sara Conway, MD, Family Medicine Clerkship Director

Sara E. Conway, MD
Assistant Professor and Clerkship Director (M3 Students)
sara.conway@erlanger.org 

  • Hometown: Chattanooga, TN
  • Medical School: East Tennessee State University
  • Residency: Family Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Chattanooga
  • Interests: General Family Medicine

 

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Lindsey Merkle Moore, MD
Assistant Professor 
lindsey.moore@erlanger.org  

Hometown: Nashville, TN
Medical School: East Tennessee State University
Residency: Johnson City Family Medicine Residency, East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine
Interests: Women's Health, Geriatrics

 

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Emily Noggle Martin, MD
Assistant Professor
emily.nogglemartin@erlanger.org  

Hometown: Knoxville, TN
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine
Residency: Family Medicine, John Peter Smith Hospital, Fort Worth, TX
Interests: Women's Health, Endoscopy, Procedures in Primary Care

 

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April O. Gunn, DO
Associate Professor, Clinic Director

April.Gunn@erlanger.org 

  • Hometown:  Phoenix, AZ
  • Medical School: Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University
  • Residency: Family Medicine Residency, UC Davis, Modesto
  • Interests:  Women's and Children's Health, including Obstetrics, and Global Medicine

 

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Andrew W. Smith, MD
Assistant Professor
Site Director:  Family Medicine Residency Rural Track at Erlanger Primary Care - Bledsoe
andrew.smith@erlanger.org  

Hometown:  Pikeville, TN
Medical School:  East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine
Residency:  Family Medicine Residency at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC

 

Malissa Talbert, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine

Malissa Talbert, MD
Assistant Professor
Malissa.Talbert@erlanger.org

  • Hometown: Lawrenceburg, TN
  • Medical School: The University of Tennessee College of Medicine
  • Residency: Internal Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center (Memphis)
  • Fellowship:  Rheumatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas)  
  • Fellowship:  Geriatric Medicine, University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga

Clinica Medicos Faculty

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Kelly Arnold, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Medical Director, Clinica Medicos

  • Hometown: Memphis, TN
  • Medical School: The University of Tennessee College of Medicine
  • Residency: Family Medicine, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Chattanooga
  • Special Interest: Obstetrics and Ultrasound

 

Philip Sutherland, MD, Faculty, Department of Family Medicine

Philip A. Sutherland, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine

 

Elizabeth Swaggerty, MD, Co-Director, Fellowship

Elizabeth (Elliott) Swaggerty, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine

 

Tiffany Meador, MD, Faculty, Department of Family Medicine

Tiffany Good, MD
Clinica Medicos 

 

Administrative Support

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Elissa McCoy, M.Ed., C-TAGME, CAP
Family Medicine Residency Coordinator
email:  elissa.mccoy@erlanger.org 
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.2957

 

Charity Ross

Charity Ross, MBA
Administrative Assistant and
Student Coordinator
Department of Family Medicine
email:  charity.ross@erlanger.org 
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.2957

Mar 10, 2026