Clerkship Directors

Family Medicine

Bill Dabbs, MD
Clerkship Director
Phone: 865.305.9352
Email: wdabbs@utmck.edu

Jennifer Parris-Horner
Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 865.305.5055 
Email: jparris@utmck.edu

Medicine

Janet Purkey, MD
Clerkship Director
Phone: 865.305.6521
Email: jpurkey@utmck.edu

Deanna Porter
Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 865.305.9340 
Email: dkporter@utmck.edu

Neurology

Stephen Rider, MD
Clerkship Director
Phone: 865.521.6174
Email: srider@utmck.edu

Heather Johnson
Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 865.305.5561
Email: hajohnson1@utmck.edu

OB-GYN

Paige Johnson, MD
Clerkship Director
Phone: 865.305.9306
Email: kpjohnson@utmck.edu

Vennessa Rucker
Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 865.305.9306
Email: vrucker@utmck.edu

Pediatrics

Joseph Peeden, MD
Clerkship Director
Phone: 865.541.8381
Email: josephpeeden@gmail.com

Tia Churchman
Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 865.541.8381
Email: tmchurchman@etch.com

Psychiatry

Paul Miller, MD
Clerkship Director
Phone: 865.982.2306 
Email: paulwarrickmiller@yahoo.com

Heather Johnson
Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 865.305.5561 
Email: hajohnson1@utmck.edu

Surgery

Ashton Brooks, MD
Clerkship Director
Email: ajbrooks@utmck.edu

Jody Huffaker
Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 865.305.9294
Email: jhuffaker1@utmck.edu

COM Knoxville Housing for Students

Please visit our website to review housing information at https://gsm.utmck.edu/students/housing.cfm if you need housing for a rotation.

Brittany Bracco, UME Coordinator
Office of Student Affairs
Graduate School of Medicine at UTMCK
1924 Alcoa Highway, Third Floor GSM Building, Room 327
Knoxville, TN 37920
Phone: 865.305.9618
Email: bbracco@utmck.edu

Family Medicine

Monica Juma, DO
Clerkship Director
Phone: 901.746.9757
Email: mjuma@uthsc.edu

Charles Busby, DO
Assistant Clerkship Director
Phone: 901.866.8588
Email: cbusby2@uthsc.edu 

Leslie Ghandi
Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 901.448.7574
Email: lghandi@uthsc.edu

Website: Family Medicine Clerkship

Medicine

Tina Mullick, MD
Clerkship Director
Phone: 901.448.6820
Email: dborsche@uthsc.edu

Sarah Dunnavant
Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 901.448.6809
Email: sdunnava@uthsc.edu

Website: Internal Medicine Clerkship 

Neurology

Katherine Nearing, MD
Clerkship Director
Phone: 901.448.6661
Email: knearing@uthsc.edu

Cheran Elangovan, MD
Assistant Clerkship Director
Phone: 901.448.7674
Email: celangov@uthsc.edu 

Wendy Elliott
Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 901.448.6971
Email: welliot3@uthsc.edu

Website: Neurology Clerkship

OB-GYN

Pallavi Khanna, MD, FACOG, NCMP
Clerkship Director
Phone: 901.448.7278
Email: pkhanna1@uthsc.edu

Florene Odulana, MD
Assistant Clerkship Director
Phone: 901.448.4795
Email: fdixon1@uthsc.edu 

Martha Velez
Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 901.448.5859
Email: mvelez@uthsc.edu

Website: OB/GYN Clerkship

Pediatrics

Lauren Burge, MD
Clerkship Director

Kristen Bettin, MD, MEd
Assistant Clerkship Director
Phone: 901.287.6321
Email: kbettin@uthsc.edu

Angie Cooper
Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 901.287.6321
Email: acoope28@uthsc.edu

Website: Pediatrics Clerkship

Psychiatry

Khyati Kothari, MD
Clerkship Director
Phone: 901.448.1677
Email: kkothari@uthsc.edu

Terika Miller
Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 901.448.4561
Email: tmille20@uthsc.edu

Website: Psychiatry Clerkship

Surgery

Martin Fleming, DO
Clerkship Director
Email: mflemin6@uthsc.edu

Justin Monroe, MD
Assistant Clerkship Director
Email: jmonroe1@uthsc.edu 

Courtney Bishop
Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 901.448.8370
Email: cbishop@uthsc.edu

Website: Surgery Clerkship

Family Medicine

Christopher Knight, MD
Clerkship Director
Email: cknigh13@uthsc.edu

Heather Cavness
Clerkship Coordinator
Email: hgreenwa@uthsc.edu

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Family Medicine

Amanda Miller, MD
Clerkship Director
amanda.miller8@ascension.org
 
Alex Hill
Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 615.396.6454
Email: fmnashville@ascension.org

Medicine

Benjamin Maddox, MD
Clerkship Director
Phone: 615.284.3033
Email: benjamin.maddox@ascension.org

Nicole Blount
Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 615.284.3387
Email: imnashville@ascension.org

OB/GYN

Georgia Ferrell, MD
Clerkship Director
Email: Georgia.Ferrell@ascension.org

Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 615.284.3292
Email: obgynnashville@ascension.org

Surgery

Julia Boll, MD
Clerkship Director
Email: jboll@tsclinic.com

Melissa Riley
Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 615.222.4075
Email: melissa.riley@ascension.org

COM Nashville Housing for Students

Please contact the Onboarding Coordinator for information about student housing.

LaQuinta Murphy, Onboarding Coordinator
Email: laquinta.murphy@ascension.org