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Chattanooga GME Program Directors

Dharmendra Patel, MD, Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship

Dharmendra Patel, MD
Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Program email:  UTcardio@erlanger.org 

Samantha Bond
Fellowship Coordinator, Cardiovascular Disease and Gastroenterology
email:  samantha.bond@erlanger.org 
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.4465 

 

J. Daniel Stanley

J. Daniel Stanley, MD, FACS, FASCRS
Program Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship 
email:  jdanstanley@gmail.com 

Maggie Hamblen, C-TAGME, CAP
Program Coordinator II, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship 
email:  maggie.hamblen@universitysurgical.com
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.7695

 

Frank Tift

Frank Tift, MD, FAEMS, FACEP
Program Director, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Fellowship

Velvet Green
Program Coordinator, Emergency Medicine Residency
email:  velvet.green@erlanger.org

Hollie Daugherty, Administrative Assistant
Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Fellowship
email:  hollie.daugherty@erlanger.org 
Department email:  UTem@erlanger.org 
Academic Department Phone:  423.778.7628 

 

Douglas Gregorie

W. Douglas Gregorie IV, MD, FACEP
Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency 
email: william.gregorie@erlanger.org

Velvet Green
Program Coordinator, Emergency Medicine Residency
email:  velvet.green@erlanger.org
Department email:  UTem@erlanger.org 
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.7628

 

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

Leslie Griffin, MD, MPH
Program Director, Family Medicine Residency 
Also Interim Chair, Department of Family Medicine
email: Dr.Leslie.Griffin@erlanger.org

Elissa McCoy, MEd, CAP
Program Coordinator, Family Medicine Residency
email:  elissa.mccoy@erlanger.org
Department email:  UTfammed@erlanger.org 
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.2957

 

Arslan Kahloon, MD, Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship

Arslan Kahloon, MD
Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship 
Program email:  UTgastro@erlanger.org 

Samantha Bond
Fellowship Coordinator, Gastroenterology and Cardiovascular Disease
email:  samantha.bond@erlanger.org 
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.4465 

 

L. Curtis Cary

L. Curtis Cary, MD, FAAP, FACP, MRCP (London)
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency 
Associate Professor
Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
curtis.cary@erlanger.org

Deborah Fuller
Program Coordinator II, Internal Medicine Residency
email:  deborah.fuller@erlanger.org
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.2998

 

Todd Boren

Todd Boren, MD
Program Director, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery (MIGS) Fellowship

Jessica Howell, RN
Program Coordinator, MIGS Fellowship
Also, Navigator for Erlanger Women's Health (GYN Oncology) 
email:  Jessica.Howell@erlanger.org 
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.7515

 

Harris Hawk

Harris E. Hawk, MD
Program Director, Neuro-Interventional Surgery Fellowship   
email: harris.hawk@erlanger.org

Brittany Faulkner
Program Coordinator, Neuro-Interventional Surgery Fellowship
email:  bfaulkner@tiiarad.com 
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.6296

 

Mounzer Yassin-Kassab, MD, Chair and Program Director

Mounzer Yassin-Kassab, MD
Chair and Program Director
Advanced Neurology Residency (Initial Acceditation granted by ACGME Apr 4, 2023)
email:  mounzer.yassin-kassab@erlanger.org 

Program Coordinator (will be recruited later)
Contact:  Pamela Scott, C-TAGME
Director, Graduate & Medical Student Education
email:  pam.scott@erlanger.org 
GME Phone:  423.778.7442 or 7673

 

Angela Yates, MD, Interim Program Director

Angela Yates, MD
Program Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency 
email:  angela.yates@erlanger.org 

Program Coordinator, Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency [being recruited]
Department email:  UTobgyn@erlanger.org 
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.7515

 

Dirk Kiner, MD, Program Director, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency

Dirk Kiner, MD
Program Director, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency 
email: dirk.kiner@erlanger.org

Kimberly Davis, MEd
Program Coordinator, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
email:  kimberly.davis@erlanger.org 

Artnita Paris, Conference Coordinator and Medical Student Administrative Assistant
email: Artnita.Paris@erlanger.org

Department email:  UTorthosurg@erlanger.org 
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.9202

 

 Warren Gardner, II, MD, Program Director, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Fellowship

Warren E. Gardner, II, MD
Program Director, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Fellowship 
email: warren.gardner@erlanger.org 

Kimberly Davis, MEd, CAP
Program Coordinator, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Fellowship
email:  kimberly.davis@erlanger.org 
Department email:  UTorthosurg@erlanger.org 
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.9202

 

Karla Garcia

Karla L. Garcia, MD, FAAP
Program Director, Pediatrics Residency 
email: Karla.Garcia@erlanger.org

Ashley Thurston, C-TAGME, CAP
Program Coordinator II, Pediatrics Residency
email: Ashley.Thurston@erlanger.org
Department email:  UTPediatrics@erlanger.org 
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.6217

 

Mark A. Brzezienski

Mark A. Brzezienski, MD, MS, FACS
Professor, Chair, and Program Director, Plastic Surgery Residency
email:  brzezienskim@refinedlooks.com 

Rosalyn Stewart-Kalaukoa
Program and Research Coordinator, Plastic Surgery Residency
email:  stewartkalaukoar@refinedlooks.com
Academic Office:  423.763.4549

 

W. Heath Giles

W. Heath Giles, MD, FACS
Program Director, Surgery Residency 
email: heath.giles@universitysurgical.com 

Maggie Hamblen, C-TAGME, CAP
Program Coordinator II, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
email: maggie.hamblen@universitysurgical.com
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.7695

 

Robert Maxwell

Robert A. Maxwell, MD, FACS 
Program  Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
email: Robert.Maxwell@universitysurgical.com

Maggie Hamblen, C-TAGME, CAP
Program Coordinator II, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
email: 
maggie.hamblen@universitysurgical.com
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.7695

 

Neelima Katragunta, MD

Neelima Katraguntra, MD, FACS
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship

Cindy Rudolph, MS
Department of Surgery Lead Coordinator and Vascular Surgery Fellowship, Coordinator
email: cindy.rudolph@universitysurgical.com
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.7695

 

Benjamin Smith

Benjamin Smith, MD, FACEP
Program Director, Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship

Velvet Green
Program Coordinator, Emergency Medicine Residency
email: velvet.green@erlanger.org

Hollie Daugherty
Administrative Assistant, Ultrasound Fellowship
email:  hollie.daugherty@erlanger.org 
Department email:  UTem@erlanger.org 
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.7628

 

Anand Shridharani, MD, Program Director

Anand Shridharani, MD
Program Director, Urology Residency
email: anand.shridharani@erlanger.org

Stacey Blanks, C-TAGME, CAP
Program Coordinator, Urology Residency 
email: stacey.blanks@erlanger.org 
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.4691

 

Benjamin Waldorf, MD, Program Director, Urology Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery Fellowship

Benjamin Waldorf, MD
Program Director, Urology Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery 
email: benjamin.waldorf@erlanger.org 

Stacey Blanks, C-TAGME, CAP
Program Coordinator, Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery Fellowship 
email: stacey.blanks@erlanger.org
Academic Office Phone:  423.778.4691

 

 

Apr 26, 2023