Clerkship Directors

Family Medicine

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

Clerkship Coordinator: Heather Johnson
Phone: 865.305.5055 
Email: hajohnson1@utmck.edu

Medicine

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

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

Neurology

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

Clerkship Coordinator: Lolita Davis
Phone: 865.305.5561
Email: lodavis@utmck.edu

OB-GYN

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

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

Pediatrics

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

Clerkship Coordinator: Lolita Davis
Phone: 865.305.5561
Email: lodavis@utmck.edu

Psychiatry

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

Anna Shugart (Director, EHRC)
Phone: 865.982.2306 
Email: ashugart@bmnet.com

Surgery

Mike McNally, MD
Email: mmcnally@utmck.edu

Rachel Roberts
Phone: 865.305.9294
Email: rechols@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.

Lolita Davis, Administrative Coordinator
Office of Student Affairs
Graduate School of Medicine at UTMCK
1924 Alcoa Highway, Third Floor GSM Building, Room 327
Knoxville, TN 37920
Phone: 865.305.5561
Email: lodavis@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

Stefano Cannioto, MTh
Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 901.448.6809
Email: scannio1@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 

Andrea Jones
Clerkship Coordinator
Email: ajcoppage@uthsc.edu
Phone: 901.448.6971

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

Kristen Bettin, MD, MEd
Clerkship Co-Director
Phone: 901.287.6292
Email: kbettin@uthsc.edu

Lauren Burge, MD
Clerkship Co-Director
Email: lburge2@uthsc.edu 

Desiree Burroughs-Ray, MD, MPH
Assistant Clerkship Director:
Email: dburroug@uthsc.edu

Jennifer Wilson
Clerkship Coordinator
Phone: 901.287.6292
Email: jmcadoo3@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

Jeremiah Deneve, DO
Clerkship Director
Phone: 901.448.2919
Email: jdeneve@uthsc.edu 

Justin Monroe, MD
Assistant Clerkship Director
Phone: 901.448.2919
Email: jmonroe1@uthsc.edu 

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

Website: Surgery Clerkship

Family Medicine

Craig Glass, MD
Email: dudley.glass@ascension.org

Clerkship Coordinator: Melissa Poteet
Phone: 615.396.6454
Email: melissa.poteet@ascension.org

Medicine

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

Clerkship Coordinator: Debra Hinton 
Phone: 615.284.3387
Fax:  615.284.1694
Email: debra.hinton@ascension.org

OB/GYN

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

Clerkship Coordinator: Pamela Underwood
Phone: 615.284.3292
Email: pamela.underwood@ascension.org

Surgery

Julia Boll, MD
Email: jboll@tsclinic.com

Clerkship Coordinator: Alyssa Miller
Phone: 615.222.4075
Email: alyssa.miller@ascension.org

COM Nashville Housing for Students

Please contact the Onboarding coordinator for information about student housing.

Rachel McLaughlin, Onboarding Coordinator
Email: rachel.mclaughlin1@ascension.org