Chattanooga Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC)
2021 - 2022 GMEC Meeting Dates (usually conducted monthly - 4th Tuesday's -- except December and June each year). Currently all meetings are held via Zoom from 5 - 6 PM ET:
- July 27, 2021
- No meeting in August 2021
- September 28, 2021
- No meeting in October 2021
- November 23, 2021
- No meeting in December 2021
- January 25, 2022
- February 22, 2022
- March 22, 2022
- April 26, 2022
- May 24, 2022
- No meeting in June 2022
Robert C. Fore, EdD, Associate Dean/Designated Institutional Official, and Chair of the GMEC
The Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) requires every Sponsoring Institution to have a Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) that, in cooperation with the Designated Institutional Official (DIO), oversees the GME Programs sponsored by the institution. Meetings must be conducted at least once each quarter. The ACGME requires that voting members must include:
- Designated Institutional Official (DIO)
- A minimum of two Program Directors of ACGME-Accredited Programs
- A minimum of two peer-selected Residents from its ACGME-Accredited Programs
- A quality improvement or patient safety officer or designee
Our GMEC is chaired by the DIO (Dr. Robert Fore). Voting Members include:
- All Department Chairs
- All Program Directors
- Dean, College of Medicine Chattanooga Campus
- Associate Dean, Research
- Assistant Dean, Medical Student Education and Well-Being
- Assistant Dean, Finance
- CLER Quality Director
- Peer-selected Residents/Fellows from each Department
- House Staff Association Officers
- Erlanger CEO
- Erlanger Interim Chief Medical Officer
- Director of Finance and Administration
- Director of Graduate and Medical Student Education
Non-Voting Members include:
- All Associate Program Directors (may vote when representing a Chair and/or Program Director)
- Erlanger Chief Nursing Officer
- Erlanger Chief Information Officer
- Erlanger Chief Medical Information Officer
- Chief Medical Officer, Erlanger Medical Group
- Chief, Medical Staff, Erlanger Health System
- Other Erlanger Administration, e.g., Chief Financial Officer (may vote if representing Erlanger Administration)
- GME Lead Coordinator
We ask that at least one department official (Chair, Program Director, or Associate Program Director) represent each Department at the GMEC meetings. Our GMEC usually meets ten times per year -- the fourth Tuesday of each month except December and June).
Each GMEC meeting must be attended by at least one resident representative. Minutes must be maintained and must document the requirements and responsibilities identified as part of the ACGME Institutional Requirements. Minutes and GMEC documentation for our Campus are the responsibility of the Director of Graduate and Medical Student Education.
Responsibilities of the GMEC include:
Oversight of:
- the ACGME accreditation status of the Sponsoring Institution and each of its ACGME-accredited programs;
- the quality of the GME learning and working environment within the Sponsoring Institution, each of its ACGME-Accredited programs, and its participating sites;
- the quality of educational experiences in each ACGME-accredited program that lead to measurable achievement of educational outcomes as identified in the ACGME Common and specialty-/subspecialty-specific Program Requirements;
- the ACGME-accredited program(s)’ annual program evaluations and self-studies;
- all processes related to reductions and closures of individual ACGME-accredited programs, major participating sites, and the Sponsoring Institution; and,
- the provision of summary information of patient safety reports to residents, fellows, faculty members, and other clinical staff members. At a minimum, this oversight must include verification that such summary information is being provided.
Review and Approval of:
- institutional GME policies and procedures;
- annual recommendations to the Sponsoring Institution’s administration regarding resident/fellow stipends and benefits;
- applications for ACGME accreditation of new programs;
- requests for permanent changes in resident/fellow complement;
- major changes in each of its ACGME-accredited programs’ structure or duration of education;
- additions and deletions of each of its ACGME-accredited programs’ participating sites;
- appointment of new program directors;
- progress reports requested by a Review Committee;
- responses to Clinical Learning Environment Review (CLER) reports;
- requests for exceptions to clinical and educational work hour requirements;
- voluntary withdrawal of ACGME program accreditation;
- requests for appeal of an adverse action by a Review Committee; and,
- appeal presentations to an ACGME Appeals Panel.
- is 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 GMEC must demonstrate effective oversight of the Sponsoring Institution’s accreditation through an Annual Institutional Review (AIR).
The GMEC must identify institutional performance indicators for the AIR, to include, at a minimum:
- the most recent ACGME institutional letter of notification;
- results of ACGME surveys of residents/fellows and core faculty members; and,
- each of its ACGME-accredited programs’ ACGME accreditation information, including accreditation statuses and citations.
The DIO must annually submit a written executive summary of the AIR to the Sponsoring Institution’s Governing Body. The written executive summary must include:
- a summary of institutional performance on indicators for the AIR; and,
- action plans and performance monitoring procedures resulting from the AIR.
The GMEC must demonstrate effective oversight of underperforming program(s) through a Special Review process. The Special Review process must include a protocol that:
- establishes criteria for identifying underperformance; and
- results in a report that describes the quality improvement goals, the corrective actions, and the process for GMEC monitoring of outcomes.
Role | Name | Title/Area |
Chair, GMEC (Voting Member) | Robert C. Fore, EdD | Associate Dean and Designated Institutional Official |
Vice Chair, GMEC (Voting Member) | Sudave Mendiratta, MD, FACEP | Chair, Department of Family Medicine |
Deans and Dean's Office Administration (Voting Members) | James W. Haynes, MD, MBA, FAAFP | Interim Dean, UT College of Medicine Chattanooga (and Chair, Department of Family Medicine) |
Jeffrey Bennett, MD, MBOE | CLER Quality Director | |
Jane Clay | Director, Finance and Administration | |
Cindy Olson | Assistant Dean, Finance and Administration | |
Mukta Panda, MD, MACP, FRCP-London | Assistant Dean, Well-Being and Medical Student Administration | |
Giuseppe Pizzorno, PharmD | Associate Dean, Research (and Erlanger Chief Research Officer) | |
GME Administration (Voting Member) | Pamela D. Scott, C-TAGME | Director, Graduate and Medical Student Education |
GME Administration (Non-Voting Members) | Jacqueline Hogan, CAP | GME Financial Specialist |
Vacant | GME Lead Coordinator | |
Erlanger Administration (Voting Members) | William Jackson, MD, MBA | President and CEO, Erlanger Health System |
Donald Barker, MD, FACS | Interim Chief Medical Officer, Erlanger Health System | |
Erlanger Administration (Non-Voting Members. One of these may vote to represent either the Erlanger CEO or CMO if not present) | Dave Garrett | Chief Information Officer, Erlanger Health System |
TBA | Chief Medical Information Officer, Erlanger Health System | |
Doug Brewer, MD, FASCRS, MSc, CPE | Chief Medical Officer, Erlanger Medical Group (and a Gastroenterologist) | |
Christopher Poole, MD | Chief, Medical Staff, Erlanger Health System | |
Rachel Harris, BSN, RN | Chief Nursing Executive, Erlanger Health System | |
Adam Campbell, Phd | Vice President for Quality & Patient Safety (Quality Officer), Erlanger Health System | |
Chairs (Voting Members) | Jigme Sethi, MD, FACP | Interim Chair, Department of Medicine |
Mounzer Yassin-Kassab, MD, MS | Chair, Department of Neurology | |
Stephen DePasquale, MD, FACS | Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology | |
Richard Alvarez, MD | Interim Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery | |
Charles Woods, Jr, MD, MS, FAAP | Chair, Department of Pediatrics (also Chief Medical Officer, Children's Hospital at Erlanger) | |
Mark Brzezienski, MD, MS, FACS | Chair and Residency Program Director, Department of Plastic Surgery | |
Justin Calvert, MD | Chair, Department of Radiology | |
R. Philip Burns, MD, FACS | Chair, Department of Surgery, and Erlanger Board Member | |
Amar Singh, MD, FACS | Chair, Department of Urology | |
Program Directors (Voting Members) | Dharmendra Patel, MD | Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship |
J. Daniel Stanley, MD, FACS, FASCRS | Program Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship | |
Frank Tift, MD, FAEMS, FACEP | Program Director, Emergency Medical Services Fellowship | |
W. Douglas Gregorie, MD, FACEP | Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency | |
Leslie Griffin, MD, MPH | Program Director, Family Medicine Residency | |
Arslan Kahloon, MD | Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship | |
L. Curtis Cary, MD, FAAP, FACP, MRCP (London) | Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency (also Faculty, Pediatrics Residency) | |
R. Phillip Burns, MD, FACS |
Program Director, Mastery in General Surgery Program (American College of Surgeons-approved) |
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Todd Boren, MD | Program Director, Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery Fellowship (AAGL Accredited) | |
Harris Hawk, MD | Program Director, Neuro-Interventional Surgery Fellowship | |
Mitch Dizon, MD, MSCR, FACOG | Program Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency (also Associate Program Director for the MIGS Fellowship) | |
Jeremy Bruce, MD | Program Director, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency | |
Warren Gardner, II, MD | Program Director, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Fellowship (Accredited by the Orthopaedic Trauma Association) | |
Karla Garcia, MD, FAAP | Program Director, Pediatrics Residency | |
W. Heath Giles, MD, FACS | Program Director, Surgery Residency Junior Associate Director, ACS Mastery in General Surgery |
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Robert Maxwell, MD, FACS | Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship | |
Charles Joels, MD, FACS, RPVI | Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship | |
Anand Shridharani, MD | Program Director, Urology Residency | |
Associate Program Directors (may vote if representing a Chair or Program Director) | Richard Moore, MD, PhD, FACS, FASCRS | Associate Program Director, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship and Surgery Residency |
Karen Rogers, MD | Associate Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency | |
Robert Zylstra, EdD, LSW | Assistant Program Director, Family Medicine Residency | |
Jensen Hyde, MD | Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency | |
Radhika Shah, MD | Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency | |
Angela Yates, MD |
Associate Program Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency |
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Jesse Doty, MD | Associate Program Director, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency | |
Dirk Kiner, MD | Associate Program Director, Orthopaedic Trauma Fellowship | |
Vanessa Pigg, MD | Assistant Program Director, Pediatrics Residency | |
Amy Wells, MD | Assistant Program Director, Pediatrics Residency | |
Jason Zurawick, MD | Associate Program Director, Pediatrics Residency | |
Jason Rehm, MD | Associate Program Director, Plastic Surgery Residency | |
S. Dave Bhattacharya, MD, FACS | Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency | |
Benjamin Dart, MD, FACS | Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, and Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency | |
Eric Nelson, MD, FACS, FASCRS | Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency | |
Darren Hunt, MD, FACS | Associate Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship | |
Phillip Smith, MD, FACS | Associate Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship | |
Benjamin Waldorf, MD | Associate Program Director, Urology Residency | |
Peer-Selected Residents/Fellows (one voting member per program) | Joshua Davis, DO | Cardiovascular Diseaes Fellow Representative, 3rd Year, PGY-6 |
Connor Kimbrell, MD | Emergency Medicine Resident Representative, PGY-3, Chief Resident | |
Kelsey Chason, MD | Emergency Medicine Resident Representative, PGY-3, Chief Resident (Backup) | |
Matthew Plott, MD | Emergency Medicine Resident Representative, PGY-3, Chief Resident (Backup) | |
Kaitlyn Greer, MD | Family Medicine Resident Representative, PGY-3, Chief Resident | |
Krista Cowan, MD | Family MedicineResident Representative, PGY-3, Chief Resident (Backup) | |
Maaz Sohail, MD | Gastroenterology Fellow Representative, 3rd Year Fellow, PGY6 | |
Natasha Amjed, DO, MPH, MA | Internal Medicine Resident Representative, PGY-3 | |
William Oelsner, MD | Internal Medicine Resident Representative, PGY-3, House Staff Association Secretary | |
Chanda Hall, MD | OB/GYN Resident Representative, PGY-4 | |
Joseph Bird III, MD | OB/GYN Resident Representative, PGY-3 | |
Burton Dunlap, MD | Orthopaedic Resident/Fellow Representative, PGY-5 Chief Resident | |
Tyler Ward, MD | Orthopaedic Resident/Fellow Representative, PGY-5 Chief Resident (Backup) | |
Benjamin Welborn, MD | Orthopaedic Resident/Fellow Representative, PGY-5 Chief Resident (Backup) | |
Pahola Rodriguez, MD | Pediatrics Resident Representative, PL-1 | |
Brittney Johnston, MD | Pediatrics Resident Representative, PL-1 (Backup) | |
Luke Boone, MD | Plastic Surgery Resident Representative, PGY-8, Chief Resident | |
Phuoc Nguyen, MD | Plastic Surgery Resident Representative, PGY-9, Chief Resident (Backup) | |
Hayley Everett, MD | Surgery Resident/Fellow Representative, PGY-4, House Staff Association President | |
Chace Hicks, MD | Surgery Resident/Fellow Representative, PGY-3, House Staff Association Treasurer | |
Dresden Melton-Soderstrom, MD | Surgery Resident/Fellow Representative, PGY-5, House Staff Association Vice President | |
Michael Tonzi, MD | Urology Resident Representative, PGY-3 | |
Matthew Watson, MD | Urology Resident Representative, PGY-5, Chief Resident (Backup) | |
Invited Guess (Non-Voting Members) | Samantha Bond | Cardiovascular & Gastreonterology Fellowships Coordinator |
Maggie Hamblen, CAP | Surgery Residency and Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship Coordinator | |
Hollie Daugherty | Emergency Medical Services Administrative Assistant/Coordinator | |
Velvet Green | Emergency Medicine Residency Coordinator | |
Robbin Williams, C-TAGME | Family Medicine Residency Coordinator | |
Deborah Fuller | Internal Medicine Residency Coordinator | |
Jessica Howell, RN | OB/GYN Residency Coordinator | |
Donna Gibson, CAP | Orthopaedic Surgery Residency Coordinator | |
Ashley Thurston, CAP | Pediatrics Residency Coordinator | |
Marsha Williams | Plastic Surgery Residency and Research Coordinator | |
Cindy Rudolph, MS | Surgery Residency Lead Coordinator; and Coordinator for the Vascular Surgery Fellowship) | |
Stacey Blanks, CAP, C-TAGME | Urology Residency Coordinator | |
Other Guests (Non-Voting) | Jetina Okereke, MD | Instructor/Administrative Chief Resident, Internal Medicine |
Kathryn Oelsner, MD | Instructor/Administrative Chief Resident, Pediatrics |