Departments & Chairs: UTHSC College of Medicine-Chattanooga
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Department of Emergency Medicine
Benjamin C. Smith, MD, III, FACEP
Interim Chair
(also Program Director, Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography Fellowship)
GME Programs Sponsored:
Residency and Fellowship Program Coordinator
Allyson Hemsley
Academic Office:Ìý 423.778.7628
Department/Program email:Ìý UTEM@erlanger.orgÌý
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Department of Family Medicine
Leslie C. Griffin, MD, MPH
Associate Professor and Chair
GME Programs Sponsored:
Residency Program Coordinator (Family Medicine)
Elissa McCoy, MEd
Program email:Ìý ÌýÌýUTfammed@erlanger.org
Academic Office: 423.778.2957
UT Family Practice Center
Practice Office:Ìý 423.778.8837Ìý
Fellowship Program Coordinator (Primary Care Sports Medicine)
Elizabeth Eaves, MS, ATC, LAT
Academic Office: 423.778.8644
Fellowship Co-Director
(Family Medicine Obstetrics)
Elizabeth Swaggerty, MD
Clinica Medicos Office: 423.760.4000
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Department of Medicine
Harish Manyam, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Medicine
Erlanger Chief of Cardiology
GME Programs Sponsored:
Residency Program Coordinator II and Department Manager (Internal Medicine)
Deborah Fuller
Program email: UTintmed@erlanger.orgÌý
Department Phone:Ìý 423.778.2998
Fellowship Coordinators
- Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Holly Kell, Program Coordinator
Program email:Ìý UTCardio@erlanger.orgÌý
Academic Office: 423.778.4465 - Gastroenterology Fellowship
Holly Kell, Program Coordinator
Program Email: UTgastro@erlanger.org
Academic Office:Ìý 423.778.4465 - Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Rebecca Holloway, Program Coordinator
Department email:Ìý UTintmed@erlanger.orgÌý
Academic Office:Ìý 423.778.2998
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Department of Neurology
Mounzer Yassin-Kassab, MD, MS
Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology;Ìý
Program Director, Neurology Residency; and
Medical Director,Ìý
Erlanger Neuroscience Institute
UT Erlanger Neurology Practice Office Phone: 423.778.9001
GME Program Sponsored:
Residency Program Coordinator
Stacey Blanks, C-TAGME, CAP
Academic Office:Ìý 423.778.3546
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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Stephen DePasquale, MD, FACS
Professor and Chair
GME Programs Sponsored:
Residency and Fellowship Program Coordinator:
Janie Swanger
Coordinator Office:Ìý 423.778.7517
Department email: UTobgyn@erlanger.org
Academic Office:Ìý 423.778.7515
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Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Jeremy R. Bruce, MD
Professor and Chair
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
GME Programs Sponsored:
- Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
- Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Fellowship
- Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Program Coordinators:
- Orthopaedic Surgery ResidencyÌý
Kimberly Davis, MEd, C-TAGME
Program Coordinator - Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Fellowship
Kimberly Davis, MEd, C-TAGME
Program Coordinator
Department email:Ìý utorthosurg@erlanger.orgÌý
Academic Office: 423.778.9008
- Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Elizabeth Eaves, MS, ATC, LAT, Fellowship Program Coordinator
Academic Office: 423.778.8644
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Department of Pediatrics
William (Bill) Basco, MD, MS
Professor and ChairÌý
Department of Pediatrics
GME Program Sponsored:
Residency Program Coordinator II
Ashley Thurston, C-TAGME, CAP
Pediatrics Residency
Program email:UTpediatrics@erlanger.orgÌý
Academic Office: 423.778.6217
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Department of Plastic Surgery
Mark A. Brzezienski, MD, MS, FACS
Professor and Chair
Plastic Surgery Residency
Program Director
GME Program Sponsored:
Residency Program Coordinator:
Allison Ellis, CCMA, CST
Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Residency and Research Coordinator
Academic Office: 423.778.9663
Erlanger Medical Group Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery Practice Phone: 423.778.9224
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Department of Surgery
Benjamin W. Dart, MD, FACS, Professor and Chair
GME Programs Sponsored:
- Surgery Residency
- Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
- Neuro-Interventional Surgery Fellowship
- Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
- Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Residency and Fellowship Program Coordinators --
Maggie Hamblen, C-TAGME, CAP, Program Coordinator II
- Surgery ResidencyÌý
- Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship
- Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Academic Office: 423.778.7695
Cindy Rudolph, MS, Program Coordinator, Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Academic Office: 423.778.7695
Tara Bode, Credentialing Coordinator, Radiology and Neuro-Interventional Surgery
Radiology Office: 423.778.7371
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Department of Urology
Amar Singh, MD, FACS
Professor andÌýChair
GME Programs Sponsored:
Elizabeth Brinn
Program Coordinator
Urology Residency and Urology Laparoscopy and Robotic Surgery Fellowship
Academic Office Phone:Ìý 423.778.4691
Departments
- Emergency Medicine
- Family Medicine
- Medicine (includes Medical Subspecialties and Radiology)
- Neurology
- Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Orthopaedic Surgery
- Pediatrics
- Plastic Surgery
- Surgery
- Urology