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Wellness Champions

If you or one of your peers is having trouble or need to talk with someone, please feel free to contact your program’s wellness champion.

We have a list of wellness activities submitted by programs in their Annual Program Evaluation or to the GMEC Wellness Subcommittee.

Program Champion
Cardiology (Memphis) Adedayo Adeboye, MD
Cardiology Interventional Uzoma Ibebuogu, MD
Child Neurology Marianna Rivas, MD and Jenny Schmidt, MD
Child Psychiatry Andres Ramos, MD and Khyati Kothari, MD
Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology Sunil Jha, MD
Clinical Neurophysiology Saji Bushnaq, MD
Emergency Medicine (Nashville) Kristin Brown, MD
Family Medicine (Nashville) Simone Ilia, DO and Bindusri Paruchuri, MD
Family Medicine St. Francis Monica Juma, DO
Forensic Pathology Lauren King, MD
Internal Medicine (Memphis) Desiree Burroughs-Ray, MD, Tina Dao, MD (PGY-3), and Autumn Robinson, MD (PGY-3)
Internal Medicine (Nashville) Ben Maddox, MD
Interventional Cardiology Uzoma Ibebuogu, MD
Neurocritical Care Saji Bushnaq, MD
Neurology Saji Bushnaq, MD
OB-GYN (Nashville) Georgia Ferrell, MD
Ophthalmology Lauren Ditta, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery Clayton Bettin, MD
Pathology Lauren King, MD
Pediatrics Bindiya Bagga, MD
Pediatrics - Cardiology Thomas Yohannan, MD
Pediatrics - Critical Care Laurel Metzler, MD
Pediatrics - Developmental-Behavioral Toni M. Whitaker, MD
Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine Mindy Longjohn, MD
Pediatrics - Endocrinology Kathryn Sumpter, MD
Pediatric - Hospital Medicine Swati Chokshi, MD and Stephanie Payton, MD
Pediatric Subspecialties Bindiya Bagga, MD
Psychiatry Kelsey Bastian, MD
Surgery (Memphis) Emily Lenart, MD
Surgery (Nashville) Zachary Callahan, MD
Surgical Critical Care Emily Lenart, MD
Vascular Neurology Saji Bushnaq, MD
Jun 11, 2025