UT Family Medicine Chattanooga Faculty
Faculty

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
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, 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

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 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 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
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
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, 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

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 A. Sutherland, MD
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
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Elizabeth (Elliott) Swaggerty, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine
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Tiffany Good, MD
Clinica MedicosÌý
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Administrative Support

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


