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UT Family Medicine Chattanooga Faculty

Faculty

Leslie Griffin, MD, MPH, Program Director, Family Medicine Residency

Leslie Griffin, MD, MPH
Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Leslie.Griffin@erlanger.org

  • Hometown: Cookeville, TN
  • Medical School: St. George's University
  • Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga (Family Medicine)
  • Interests: Infant and Maternal Health and PreventativeÌýHealth Care

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Steven Fox, MD, Associate Program Director

Steven Fox, MD
Program Director and Associate Professor
Family Medicine Residency
Also, Director of the Lifestyle Medicine Curriculum
Steven.Fox@erlanger.orgÌý

  • Medical School: ÌýMarshall University (Huntington, WV)
  • Residency: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Chattanooga (Family Medicine)
  • Interests: ÌýLifestyle Medicine and Teaching

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J. Lacie Bradford

J. Lacie Bradford, PharmD, BCPS
Assistant Professor and Pharmacist, Department of Family Medicine

  • Graduate training: Union University, Jackson, TN
  • Internship/Residency: Jackson-Madison County General Hospital, Jackson TN
  • Interests: Interprofessional Education; Chronic Disease State Management; Quality Improvement Initiatives

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Thomas W. Bishop, PsyD, MA
Associate Professor and Director of Behavioral Medicine, Department of Family Medicine

  • Hometown: ÌýFlint, MI
  • Graduate Training: ÌýCentral Michigan University & Wheaton College in Illinois
  • Internship: Wichita Clinical Psychology Internship Consortium
  • Interests: ÌýBehavioral health and integration, interprofessional education and collaboration, rural health, and positive/sports/performance psychology

thomas.bishop@erlanger.org

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Lydia Cook MD
Assistant ProfessorÌý

lydia.cook@erlanger.org

  • Hometown: Bloomington, Indiana
  • Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
  • Residency: Family Medicine, º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ College of Medicine Chattanooga
  • Interests: General Family Medicine
Alexandria Cooke, MD, Associate Program Director

Alexandria Cooke, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, and Associate Program Director, Family Medicine Residency
Specialty:Ìý Family Medicine and Obstetrical Care
email:Ìý alexandria.cooke@erlanger.orgÌý
Academic Phone:Ìý 423.778.2957
UT Family Practice Center Patient Appointments:Ìý 423.778.8837

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Sara Conway, MD, Family Medicine Clerkship Director

Sara E. Conway, MD
Assistant Professor and Clerkship Director (M3 Students)
sara.conway@erlanger.orgÌý

  • Hometown: Chattanooga, TN
  • Medical School: East TennesseeÌýState University
  • Residency: Family Medicine, º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ College ofÌýMedicineÌýChattanooga
  • Interests: General Family Medicine

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Andrew W. Smith, MD, Site Director, FM Rural Track

Andrew W. Smith, MD
Assistant Professor

Site Director:Ìý Family Medicine Residency Rural Track at Erlanger Primary Care - Bledsoe
andrew.smith@erlanger.orgÌý

  • Hometown:Ìý Pikeville, TN
  • Medical School:Ìý East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine
  • Residency:Ìý Family Medicine Residency at Self Regional Medical Center in Greenwood, SC

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April O. Gunn, DO
Associate Professor, Clinic Director

April.Gunn@erlanger.orgÌý

  • Hometown: ÌýPhoenix, AZ
  • Medical School: Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine of Midwestern University
  • Residency: Family Medicine Residency, UC Davis, Modesto
  • Interests: ÌýWomen's and Children's Health, including Obstetrics, and Global Medicine

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Malissa Talbert, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine

Malissa Talbert, MD
Assistant Professor
Malissa.Talbert@erlanger.org

  • Hometown: Lawrenceburg, TN
  • Medical School: The University of Tennessee College of Medicine
  • Residency: Internal Medicine, º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ (Memphis)
  • Fellowship:Ìý Rheumatology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (Dallas)ÌýÌý
  • Fellowship:Ìý Geriatric Medicine, University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga

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Ryan Shibata, MD, Assistant Professor

Ryan Shibata, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
Specialty:Ìý Family Medicine
email:Ìý ryan.shibata@erlanger.orgÌý
Academic Office Phone:Ìý 423.778.2957
Patient Appointment Phone:Ìý 423.778.8827

  • Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine in the West Indies
  • Residency:Ìý Family Medicine, UTHSC College of Medicine - Chattanooga at Erlanger Health

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Clinica Medicos Faculty

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Kelly Arnold, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Medical Director, Clinica Medicos

  • Hometown: Memphis, TN
  • Medical School: The University of Tennessee College of Medicine
  • Residency: Family Medicine, º¬Ð߲ݴ«Ã½ College of Medicine Chattanooga
  • Special Interest: Obstetrics and Ultrasound

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Philip Sutherland, MD, Faculty, Department of Family Medicine

Philip A. Sutherland, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine

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Elizabeth Swaggerty, MD, Co-Director, Fellowship

Elizabeth (Elliott) Swaggerty, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine

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Tiffany Meador, MD, Faculty, Department of Family Medicine

Tiffany Good, MD
Clinica MedicosÌý

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Administrative Support

Elissa McCoy, MEd, Family Medicine Residency Coordinator

Elissa McCoy, MEd
Family Medicine Residency Coordinator
email:Ìý elissa.mccoy@erlanger.orgÌý
Academic Office Phone:Ìý 423.778.2957

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Charity Ross

Charity Ross, MBA
Administrative Assistant and
Student Coordinator
Department of Family Medicine
email:Ìý charity.ross@erlanger.orgÌý
Academic Office Phone:Ìý 423.778.2957