Wellness Champions
If you or one of your peers is having trouble or need to talk with someone, please feel free to contact your program’s wellness champion.
We have a list of wellness activities submitted by programs in their Annual Program Evaluation or to the GMEC Wellness Subcommittee.
| Program | Champion |
| Cardiology (Memphis) | Adedayo Adeboye, MD |
| Cardiology Interventional | Uzoma Ibebuogu, MD |
| Child Neurology | Marianna Rivas, MD and Jenny Schmidt, MD |
| Child Psychiatry | Andres Ramos, MD and Khyati Kothari, MD |
| Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology | Sunil Jha, MD |
| Clinical Neurophysiology | Saji Bushnaq, MD |
| Emergency Medicine (Nashville) | Kristin Brown, MD |
| Family Medicine (Nashville) | Simone Ilia, DO and Bindusri Paruchuri, MD |
| Family Medicine St. Francis | Monica Juma, DO |
| Forensic Pathology | Lauren King, MD |
| Internal Medicine (Memphis) | Desiree Burroughs-Ray, MD, Tina Dao, MD (PGY-3), and Autumn Robinson, MD (PGY-3) |
| Internal Medicine (Nashville) | Ben Maddox, MD |
| Interventional Cardiology | Uzoma Ibebuogu, MD |
| Neurocritical Care | Saji Bushnaq, MD |
| Neurology | Saji Bushnaq, MD |
| OB-GYN (Nashville) | Georgia Ferrell, MD |
| Ophthalmology | Lauren Ditta, MD |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | Clayton Bettin, MD |
| Pathology | Lauren King, MD |
| Pediatrics | Bindiya Bagga, MD |
| Pediatrics - Cardiology | Thomas Yohannan, MD |
| Pediatrics - Critical Care | Laurel Metzler, MD |
| Pediatrics - Developmental-Behavioral | Toni M. Whitaker, MD |
| Pediatrics - Emergency Medicine | Mindy Longjohn, MD |
| Pediatrics - Endocrinology | Kathryn Sumpter, MD |
| Pediatric - Hospital Medicine | Swati Chokshi, MD and Stephanie Payton, MD |
| Pediatric Subspecialties | Bindiya Bagga, MD |
| Psychiatry | Kelsey Bastian, MD |
| Surgery (Memphis) | Emily Lenart, DO |
| Surgery (Nashville) | Zachary Callahan, MD |
| Surgical Critical Care | Emily Lenart, DO |
| Vascular Neurology | Saji Bushnaq, MD |
