Pediatrics Chattanooga Faculty and Leadership

John Heise, MD
Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Adolescent Medicine
Medical School: University of Miami
Residency: Children's Hospital of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City 
Fellowship: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Curt Chaffin, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Medicine - Memphis
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Fellowship: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
 

Marc W. Cromie, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Fellowship: Medical College of Georgia
 

Michael C. Hollie, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Fellowship: National Jewish Medical Center
 

Todd Levin, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Fellowship: Medical College of Georgia
 

Lee Perry, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency and Fellowship: Medical College of Georgia

Jessica Van Mason, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Missouri - Kansas City
Residency and Fellowship: Children's Mercy Kansas City
 

Russell L. Walker, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Medicine - Memphis
Residency: David Grant USAF Medical Center
Fellowship: Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
 

Robert E. Younger, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Medicine - Memphis
Residency: University of Tennessee - Memphis
Fellowship: LeBonheur Children's Hospital

Wesley Davis, MD
Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency and Fellowship: Medical College of Georgia 

Brandon Morrical, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Residency and Fellowship: Mayo Clinic

Jeb Raulston, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Residency and Fellowship: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Yuvraj Kalra, MD
Associate Professor
Division Chief, PICU
Medical School: Kasturba Medical College, India
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Stephanie Conrad, MD 
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Marvin N. Hall, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Associate Professor
Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine
Residency and Fellowship: University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)

Claire Jones, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia (Augusta)
Residency: Medical College of Georgia (Augusta)
Fellowship: UT Southwestern Medical Center 

Paige Klingborg, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: American University of the Caribbean
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Fellowship:  University of Tennessee Health Sciences -Memphis

Mark A. Rowin, MD
Associate Professor
Medical School: University of Texas
Residency: Duke University
Fellowship: University of Utah

Wesley King Galen, MD
Clinical Professor
Medical School:  Tulane University School of Medicine (New Orleans, LA)
Residency:  Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)

Jason Susong, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Medicine - Memphis
Residencies: Oregon Health and Sciences University (Gen Surgery)
San Antonio Military Medical Consortium (Dermatology)
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic

Lorena Ferreira Corzo, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru
Residency: John H. Stroger Hospital, Chicago, IL
Fellowship: University of Chicago
Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Jenesis Yanez, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Residency and Fellowship: Monroe Carell Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

Sarah Sterner, MD
Division Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia
Fellowship: University of Alabama Birmingham  

Elise Brown, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Florida, Orlando, FL
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Thomas Bruns, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of South Dakota
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Fellowship: Emory University

Whitney Buss, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: University of Vermont
Fellowship: Dell Children's Hospital, Austin, TX

Tamarrah Davis, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Alabama - Birmingham
Residency: University of Alabama - Birmingham
Fellowship: Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO

Jordan Foutch, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Medicine - Memphis
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Fellowship: Medical University of South Carolina 

Lonnie King, MD 
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
Residency and Fellowship: University of Louisville (KY)

Lindsay McHale, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: Nova Southeastern University College of Medicine
Residency: University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Medicine - Memphis
Fellowship: University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Medicine - Memphis

Shelley Murphy, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: Florida State University
Residency: University of Florida at Orlando Health
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Alexandra Martin, MD
Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Pediatric Endocrinology
Medical School: University of Chicago
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Fellowship: University of Alabama - Birmingham

Rita Shridharani, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Massachusetts
Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell
Fellowship: Medical College of Wisconsin

Douglas Laman, MD
Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Medicine - Memphis
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic 

Christine Denton, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School:  East Tennessee State University
Residency:  University of Florida, Sacred Heart Children's
Fellowship: St. Louis University School of Medicine

Jeffrey Lee, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School:  Morehouse School of Medicine
Residency:  Shand's Children's Hospital
Fellowship: Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital, MUSC, Charleston, SC

Fernando Windemuller, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine - Chicago
Residency:  University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Fellowship:  State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate 

Andrea Goins, DO
DIO, UTCOMC
Division Chief, General Pediatrics
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga

Robin Balser, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: Medical College of Georgia

Karla Garcia, MD
Associate Professor
Program Director, Pediatrics Residency
Medical Director, Child Protection Team 
Medical School: University of Miami School of Medicine
Residency: University of Miami School of Medicine

Heather Gilliam, DO
Assistant Professor 
Medical School: DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga

Jennifer Justice, DO
Assistant Professor 
Medical School: Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga

Vanessa Pigg, MD
Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director, Pediatrics Residency
Medical School:  Ross University School of Medicine
Residency:  University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga

Amy Wells, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School:  University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Residency:  Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth (Portsmouth, VA)

Cathy A. Stevens, MD 
Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Medicine - Memphis
Residency: University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Medicine - Memphis
Fellowship: University of Utah

Avery Mixon, MD
Associate Professor
Division Chief, Hematology/Oncology
Medical School: University of Mississippi
Residency: University of South Florida
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

William Gaylord, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School:  American University of the Caribbean
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Fellowship: Indiana University School of Medicine/Riley Hospital for Children

Katye Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School:  University of Mississippi Medical Center
Residency: University of Mississippi Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Virginia - Charlottesville

Jeffrey Bennett, MD, MBOE
Associate Professor
Division Chief, Pediatric Inpatient/General Pediatrics
Pediatrics Quality Champion
Senior Quality Physician for the UT College of Medicine Chattanooga
Director for Pediatrics PA Student Rotations
Medical School: Texas A&M University Health Science Center
Residency: Wright-Patterson Medical Center, Dayton, OH
Fellowship: Uniformed Svcs Univ of Health Sciences-Bethesda, MD

Alicia Andrews, DO
Assistant Professor
Assistant Program Director/Resident Liason, Pediatrics Residency
Medical School:  Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Residency:  University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Fellowship: Oklahoma University Health Science Center

William Basco, MD
Professor and Chair
Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine - New Orleans
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University

L. Curtis Cary, MD
Associate Professor
Medical School: University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Residency: University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center

Kathryn Hines, MD
Associate Professor
Pediatrics Clerkship Director
Medical School: University of Alabama - Birmingham
Residency:  University of Alabama - Birmingham

Rachel Nelson, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Residency: University of California Davis Medical Center

Caroline Roth, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Sciences-Memphis
Residency: Eastern Virginia Medical
Fellowship: Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans, LA

Wilson Thomas, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Residency: Loma Linda University Children's Hospital

Jason Zurawick, MD
Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director, Pediatrics Residency
Medical School: East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga

Ghussai Abdelgadir, MD
Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Infectious Disease
Medical School: University of Khartoum (Sudan)
Residency and Fellowship: State University of New York Health Science Center

Shannon Rigler, MD
Associate Professor
Division Chief, NICU
Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Residency: Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Fellowship: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Brittnea Adcock, DO
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Residency: St. Louis University
Fellowship: University of Kentucky

Alexander Berwick, DO
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency and Fellowship: East Carolina University - Greenville, NC

Scott Guthrie, MD
Professor
Medical School: East Tennessee State University College of Medicine
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University

Stephanie Holt, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Sciences-Memphis
Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center - Houston
Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine

Marcelo Rains, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Residency: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of Mississippi Medical Center

Anuj Sinha, DO
Clinical Associate Professor
Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences
Residency: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine

Michelle Spencer, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Loma Linda School of Medicine
Residency and Fellowship: University of Florida

Rachael Tindell, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Sciences-Memphis
Residency and Fellowship: University of Alabama - Birmingham

Lynn Zeits, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Michigan State College of Human Medicine
Residency: Barbara Bush Children's Hospital
Fellowship: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

James Atherton, MD
Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Pediatric Nephrology
Medical School:  Louisiana State University College of Medicine
Residency University of Tennessee Health Sciences-Memphis                    Fellowship: University of Tennessee Health Sciences-Memphis

Noel Delos Santos, MD
Associate Professor
Medical School:  University of Mississippi
Residency: University of Mississippi
Fellowship: University of Tennessee Health Sciences-Memphis

Lewis "Coy" Miller, III, MD
Division Chief, Pediatric Neurology
Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Pediatric Neurology
Medical School:  Mercer University 
Residency and Fellowship: Wake Forest University

Day Breen, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
Residency and Fellowship: Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center

Alexia Flangini, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Charles University, Czech Republic
Residency: SUNY Downstate Medical Center
Fellowships: University of Chicago Medical Center & Miami Children’s Hospital

Thomas A. Ireland, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: University of Alabama
Fellowships: University of Alabama & Emory University

Paula Nicola, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of South Alabama
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga & University of Texas - Houston

Ed Peterson, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Utah School of Medicine
Residency: University of Kentucky
Fellowship: University of Kentucky

Robert Quigley, MD
Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Medical School:  Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Residency: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of Utah

Charles Gomez, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Sciences-Memphis
Residency: Loma Linda University
Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Wendell Moses, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Residency: Loma Linda University
Fellowship: Shriners Hospital for Children - Greenville, SC

NON-SURGICAL PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS

Merritt Adams, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Sydney (Australia)
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Fellowship: University of Wisconsin 

Parker Plant, DO
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Edward Via College of Medicine
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Fellowship: Norton Children's - Louisville, KY

Michael Sigsworth, MD
Assistant Professor and Medical Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
Medical School: Loma Linda University
Residency: University of South Carolina - Columbia
Fellowship: University of South Carolina - Columbia

Ken Pittman, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: East Tennessee State Quillen College of Medicine
Residency: Indiana University

Olivia Demario, PsyD
Assistant Professor
Graduate School: Mercer University
Doctorial Internship: Emory University

Margaret Wilkins, PhD
Assistant Professor
Graduate School: Auburn University
Doctoral Internship: Baylor College of Medicine - Houston Post-Doctoral Fellowship: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Houston, TX
Post-Doctoral Resident:  Nemours Children's Clinic - Jacksonville, FL

Devon Greene, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
Acting Division Chief, Pediatric Pulmonology
Medical School:  Medical College of Georgia
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Fellowship: University of Tennessee Health Sciences - Memphis

Matthew A. Kreth, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston
Residency: University of Alabama - Birmingham
Fellowship: University of Alabama - Birmingham

Adam Van Mason, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Residency: Children's Mercy Kansas City
Fellowship: Children's Mercy Kansas City

Adam Campbell, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor
Graduate: East Tennessee State University
Doctorial: University of South Florida
Post-Doctorial Fellowship: University of Amsterdam

Joseph Oros, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Sciences - Memphis
Residency: Baylor University Medical Center
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Lisa Buckley, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Lauren Fox-Bergvin, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga

Stephanie Mueller, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine - Chattanooga

Curt Koontz, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Pediatric Surgery
Medical School: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Residency:University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Medicine - Memphis
Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine

S. Dave Bhattacharya, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Medicine - Memphis
Residency:Duke University Medical Center
Fellowship: Barnes Jewish Hospital/Washington University

Jeremy Fisher, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine
Residency: Emory University School of Medicine
Fellowship: The Ohio State University College of Medicine Nationwide Children's Hospital

Lisa Smith, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: Hannemann University School of Medicine
Residency:University of Tennessee Health Sciences College of Medicine - Chattanooga
Fellowship: Miami Children's Hospital

V. Rama Jayanthi, MD
Professor                          

Medical School: The Ohio State University College of Medicine 
Residency: Albany Medical Center Hospital - Albany, NY 
Fellowship: The Hospital for Sick Children - Toronto