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Program Contact Information - Chattanooga

Residency Programs
(ACGME-Accredited)
Program Chair and Coordinator Program Director and Associate Program Director

Emergency Medicine

  • ACGME Program # 1104721195
    Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Program # 1689110C0
    Continued Accreditation (Jan 15, 2025)
  • Program Length: 3 years
  • 24 positions approved by the ACGME (8 at each level)
  • Size: 21 positions total funded (6 at each level by Erlanger and 1 at each level by Apollo)

Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
Benjamin C. Smith, III, MD, FACEP

Allyson Hemsley, MPH
Program Coordinator, Emergency Medicine Residency

Department email:
UTem@erlanger.org 
Academic Office: 423.778.7628

UT Health Sciences College of Medicine – Chattanooga
Department of Emergency Medicine
Erlanger Health
975 East Third Street
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Office: 423.778.7628

Elijah Wyatt, MD, FACEP, FAEMUS
Interim Program Director,
Emergency Medicine Residency
Clinical Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine
Fellowship Director, Advanced Emergency Medicine Ultrasonography Fellowship

Karen S. Rogers, MD
Associate Program Director,
Emergency Medicine Residency
Assistant Professor,
Department of Emergency Medicine
Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education

Family Medicine

  • ACGME Program #: 1204731584
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Program #: 1689120C0 for our 6 Categorical Family Medicine Positions
  • NRMP Program #: #1689120C1 for our 1 Family Medicine Rural Track Position
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 22, 2025)
  • Designation as having a Rural Track Type 2 within the program that focuses on experience at Erlanger Bledsoe -- awarded Mar 25, 2024
  • Program Length: 3 years
  • 30 total positions approved by the ACGME (10 at each level)
  • Size: 21 total funded positions (6 positions at each level funded by Erlanger and 1 position at each level funded by special GME State Funds)

Leslie C. Griffin, MD, MPH
Chair, Department of Family Medicine
Associate Professor,
Department of Family Medicine

Elissa McCoy, MEd
Program Coordinator, Family Medicine Residency
Program email:  UTfammed@erlanger.org 
Academic Office: 423.778.2957

UT Family Practice Center
1100 East Third St
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Patient Appointments: 423.778.8837

Alexandria Cooke, MD
Program Director, Family Medicine Residency
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine

Steven Fox
Assistant Program Director, Family Medicine Residency
Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine

 

Internal Medicine

  • ACGME Program #: 1404711407
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Main Match 
    Program #: 1689140C0 (Categorical Medicine Track)
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 24, 2025)
  • Program Length: 3 years
  • Size: 36 total [30 categorical positions funded by Erlanger (10 at each level), 3 Preliminary Medicine positions funded and designated for Neurology, and 3 categorical positions funded by the VA Administration (1 at each level)]
  • 39 total positions approved by the ACGME (12 Categorical positions at each level, and 3 Preliminary Medicine positions designated for Neurology)

Harish Manyam, MD
Professor & Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Chief of Cardiology (Erlanger Heart and Lung Institute)

Holly Kell
Program Coordinator II, Internal Medicine Residency

Program email: UTintmed@erlanger.org 

UT Health Sciences College of Medicine – Chattanooga Department of Internal Medicine
975 East Third Street
Hospital Box 112
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Department email: UTintmed@erlanger.org 
Academic Office:  423.778.2998

L. Curtis Cary, MD, FAAP, FACP, MRCP-London
Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Associate Professor, Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics

Maria Tudor, DO
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

Neurology

  • ACGME Program #:  1804700002
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Main Match
    Program #: 1689180A0 Categorical Neurology
    (3 PGY-1 positions which  start as Preliminary Medicine Residents and then begin the 3-year Neurology Residency at the PGY-2 level the following July)
  • Initial Accreditation (Apr 4, 2023)
  • Program Length:  4 years (including the PGY-1 Preliminary Medicine year and 3 years of Neurology Residency -- all within our institution)
  • Size:  9 total positions starting at the PGY-2 level approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger.  As stated above, 3 Preliminary Medicine positions at the PGY-1 level are approved by both the Internal Medicine and Neurology RRC's.  All 12 positions are funded by Erlanger.
  • The first Class of PGY-1 Preliminary Medicine Residents began training July 1, 2024.
  • Graduating Residents will be at the PGY-4 level

Mounzer Yassin-Kassab, MD, MS
Professor & Chair, Department of Neurology

Stacey Blanks, C-TAGME, CAP
Program Coordinator, Neurology Residency
979 East Third Street
Suite B-810
Chattanooga, TN 37403
Academic Office:
423.778.3546

UT health Sciences College of Medicine – Chattanooga
Department of Neurology
UT and Erlanger Neurology
979 East Third Street
Suite C-830
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Patient Appointments: 423.778.9001

Mounzer Yassin-Kassab, MD, MS
Program Director, Neurology Residency

Cleopatra Thurman, DO
Associate Program Director, Neurology
Residency
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology

Obstetrics & Gynecology

  • ACGME Program #: 2204721274
  • Applications received through Residency CAS
  • NRMP Main Match
    Program #: 1689230C0
  • Program Length: 4 years
  • Continued Accreditation (Feb 5, 2025)
  • Size: 16 positions approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger (4 at each level)

Stephen DePasquale, MD, FACS
Professor & Chair, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Janie Swanger
Program Coordinator, Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency
Coordinator's Office: 423.778.7517
Department Office: 423.778.7515

UT Health Sciences College of Medicine – Chattanooga
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
979 East Third Street
Suite C-720
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Dept email: UTobgyn@erlanger.org 
Academic Office: 423.778.7515

Angela Yates, MD
Program Director, Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency 
Assistant Professor,
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Laura Willingham, MD
Associate Program Director
Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency

Orthopaedic Surgery

  • ACGME Program #: 2604711164
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Main Match
    Program #: 1689260C0
  • Program Length: 5 years
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 10, 2025)
  • Size: 15 positions approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger (3 at each level)

Jeremy R. Bruce, MD
Professor & Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Kimberly Davis, MEd, C-TAGME
Program Coordinator, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency

Program email: UTorthosurg@erlanger.org 
Academic Office: 423.778.9008

UT Health Sciences College of Medicine – Chattanooga
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
975 East Third Street
Hospital Box 260
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Office: 423.778.9008
Program email: UTorthosurg@erlanger.org  

Robert S. Quigley, MD
Program Director, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Michael Yee, MD
Associate Program Director, Orthopaedic Surgery Residency
Assistant Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Pediatrics

  • ACGME Program #: 3204711222
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Main Match
    Program #: 1689320C0
  • Program Length: 3 years
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 23, 2025)
  • 36 positions approved by the ACGME (12  at each level)
  • 30 total funded positions (9 at each level funded by Erlanger and 1 at each level funded by special GME State funds)

William (Bill) Basco, MD, MS
Professor & Chair, Department of Pediatrics

Michelle Bradley, MS
GME Program Manager, Pediatrics Residency
Program email:
UTpediatrics@erlanger.org 
Academic Office: 423.778.6217

Laura Bass, PhD
Assistant Coordinator, Department of Pediatrics

Tammy Elliott
Administrative Assistant and
Assistant Coordinator
Pediatrics Residency
Assistant's Office: 423.778.6696

UT Health Sciences College of Medicine – Chattanooga
Department of Pediatrics
Children's Hospital at Erlanger
901 Blackford Street
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Dept Office: 423.778.6217
Program email: UTpediatrics@erlanger.org 

Karla L. Garcia, MD, FAAP
Program Director, Pediatrics Residency
Associate Professor,
Department of Pediatrics

L. Curtis Cary, MD, FAAP, FACP, MRCP-London
Associate Program Director, Pediatrics Residency
Associate Professor, Departments of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine

Jason Zurawick, MD
Associate Program Director, Pediatrics Residency
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Vanessa Pigg, MD
Assistant Program Director, Pediatrics Residency
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics

Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

  • ACGME Program #: 3604711094
  • Applications received through the San Francisco Match Centralized Application Service
  • San Francisco Match Program https://sfmatch.org 
  • Program Length: 3 years (starting at the PGY-6 level after completing a Surgery Residency)
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 10, 2025)
  • Size: 5 positions (1-2 positions at each level)
  • 5 total funded positions available

Mark Brzezienski, MD, MS, FACS
Professor & Chair, Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery
Erlanger Medical Group Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Jason P. Rehm, MD, FACS
Vice Chair, Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Laura Bass, PhD
Residency Program and Research Coordinator, Plastic Surgery Residency
Academic Office: 423.778.9663

UT Health Sciences College of Medicine – Chattanooga
Department of Plastic Surgery
Erlanger Medical Group Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
901 Riverfront Parkway
Suite 100
Chattanooga, TN  37402
Academic Office: 423.778.9663
Patient Office: 423.778.9224

Mark A. Brzezienski, MD, MS, FACS
Program Director, Plastic Surgery Residency

Jimmy L. Waldrop, MD, FACS
Associate Program Director, Plastic Surgery Residency
Associate Professor, Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery

Surgery

  • ACGME Program #: 4404711320
  • NRMP Program #s:
    1689440C0  (Categorical) and 1689440P0 (Preliminary)
  • Program Length: 6 years (5 clinical years and 1 year of clinical research)
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 16, 2025)
  • Size: 32 total positions approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger (6 Categorical positions at each clinical level and 2 Preliminary Track 1st year positions)

Benjamin Dart, MD, FACS
Professor & Chair, Department of Surgery

Maggie Hamblen, C-TAGME, CAP
Program Coordinator II, Department of Surgery
Department email: utsurg@erlanger.org
Academic Office: 423.778.7695

UT Health Sciences College of Medicine – Chattanooga
Department of Surgery
979 East Third Street, Suite B-401
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Phone: 423.778.7695

W. Heath Giles, MD, FACS
Professor & Program Director, Surgery Residency

S. Dave Bhattacharya, MD, FACS
Associate Program Director,
Surgery Residency
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery

Christopher M. Bell, MD, FACS
Associate Program Director, Surgery Residency
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery

Urology

  • ACGME Program #: 4804700182
  • American Urological Association Urology Match Program
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • Program Length: 5 years
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 16, 2025)
  • Size: 10 positions (2 at each level) - 10 total positions funded by Erlanger

Amar Singh, MD, FACS
Professor & Chair, Department of Urology

Elizabeth Brinn
Program Coordinator, Urology Residency
Academic Office:  423.778.4691

UT Health Sciences College of Medicine – Chattanooga
Department of Urology
UT Erlanger Urology
979 East Third Street, Suite C-901
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Office: 423.778.4691

Jessica Lange, MD
Program Director, Urology Residency
Assistant Professor, Department of Urology

Amanda Threlkeld, MD
Associate Program Director, Urology Residency
Instructor, Department of Urology

Fellowship Programs
(ACGME-Accredited)
Program Chair and Coordinator Program Director and Associate Program Director

Cardiovascular Disease

  • ACGME Program #: 1414714279
  • NRMP Medical Specialist Fellowship Match Program #: 1689141F0
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • Program Length: 3 years (starting at the PGY-4 level after completing an Internal Medicine Residency)
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 24, 2025)
  • Size: 12 positions approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger (4 at each level)

Harish Manyam, MD
Professor & Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Chief of Cardiology (Erlanger Heart and Lung Institute)

Ellen Register
Program Coordinator, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship

Program email: UTcardio@erlanger.org   
Academic Office: 423.778.4465

UT Erlanger Cardiology
975 East Third Street
Hospital Box 88
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Office: 423.778.4465

Patrick Stevens, MD
Program Director, Cardiovascular Disease Fellowship
Program email: UTcardio@erlanger.org  

Colon & Rectal Surgery

  • ACGME Program #:  0604712071
  • NRMP Colon and Rectal Fellowship Match
    Program #:  1689060F0
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 24, 2025)
  • Program Length: 1 year [at the PGY-6 level after completing a Surgery Residency]
  • Size: 1 position approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger

Benjamin Dart, MD, FACS
Professor & Chair, Department of Surgery

Maggie Hamblen, C-TAGME, CAP
Program Coordinator II, Colon and Rectal Surgery Fellowship
Academic Office: 423.778.7695

UT Health Sciences College of Medicine – Chattanooga
Department of Surgery
979 East Third Street
Suite B-401
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Phone: 423.778.7695

J. Daniel Stanley, MD, FACS Professor & Program Director, Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship
Clerkship Director, Department of Surgery

Glendon "Alan" Hyde, MD, FACS
Associate Program Director, Colon & Rectal Surgery Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery

Emergency Medical Services 

  • ACGME Program #1124711002
  • NRMP Program # 1689112F0
  • Application information should be sent to the Program Director (Frank Tift, MD, FAEMS, FACEP)
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 15, 2025)
  • Program Length: 1 year
  • 1 position approved by the ACGME (at the PGY-4 level)
  • Size: 1 position funded by Erlanger

 

Benjamin C. Smith, III, MD, FACEP
Professor & Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine

Allyson Hemsley, MPH
Program Coordinator, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Fellowship
Academic Office: 423.778.7628

UT Health Sciences College of Medicine – Chattanooga
Erlanger Health 
Department of Emergency Medicine
975 East Third Street
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Office: 423.778.7628

Frank Tift, MD, FAEMS, FACEPProgram Director, EMS Fellowship
Associate Professor,
Department of Emergency Medicine

Gastroenterology

  • ACGME Program #:  144471423
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Medical Specialties Fellowship Match
    Program #:  1689144F0
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 24, 2025)
  • Program Length: 3 years [starting at the PGY-4 level after completing an Internal Medicine Residency]
  • Size: 6 positions approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger (2 at each level)

Harish Manyam, MD
Professor & Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Chief of Cardiology (Erlanger Heart and Lung Institute)

Rebecca Holloway
Program Coordinator, Gastroenterology Fellowship
Program email: UTgastro@erlanger.org 
Academic Office: 423.778.4465

UT Erlanger Gastroenterology
975 East Third Street
Hospital Box 88
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Academic Office: 423.778.4465

Arslan Kahloon, MD
Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine 

Program email: UTgastro@erlanger.org 

Sean Rice, MD
Associate Program Director, Gastroenterology Fellowship
Assistant Professor,
Department of Internal Medicine 
Program email:
UTgastro@erlanger.org 

Primary Care Sports Medicine

  • ACGME Program #: 1274712171
  • Applications are received through ERAS
  • NRMP Sports Medicine Fellowship Match
    NRMP Program #1689127F0
  • Initial Accreditation (Jan 24, 2024)
  • Program Length: 1 year [starting at the PGY-4 level after completing a Family Medicine Residency]
  • Size: up to 2 positions approved by the ACGME -- Erlanger funds 1 position currently

Leslie C. Griffin, MD, MPH
Professor & Chair, Department of Family Medicine
Academic Office:  423.778.2957

Jeremy R. Bruce, MD
Professor & Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Academic Office: 423.778.9008

Elizabeth Eaves, MS, ACT, LAT
Program Coordinator, Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Academic Office Phone: 423.778.8644

W. Garrett Hunter, MD
Program Director, Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Professor,
Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery

Matthew Chatfield, MD
Associate Program Director, Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Departments of Family Medicine and Orthopaedic Surgery

Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine

  • ACGME Program #:  1564714001
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Medical Specialties Fellowship Match
    NRMP #1689156F0
  • Initial Accreditation (Jan 19, 2024)
  • Program Length:  3 years (starting at the PGY-4 level)
  • Size:  6 positions approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger (2 at each level)
  • Positions for the first 2 Fellows will be recruited through the NRMP Medical Specialties March in the late Summer/Fall 2024 and will begin training on Jul 1, 2025

Harish Manyam, MD
Professor & Chair, Department of Internal Medicine
Chief of Cardiology (Erlanger Heart and Lung Institute)

Rebecca Holloway, BA
Program Coordinator, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship

Dept email: UTintmed@erlanger.org 
Department Office: 423.778.2998

UT Erlanger Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine
975 East Third Street
Hospital Box 88
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Department Office: 423.778.2998

Radhika Shah, MD
Program Director, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Professor,
Department of Internal Medicine

Anne Mainardi, MD
Associate Program Director, Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

Surgical Critical Care

  • ACGME Program #:  4424721091
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Surgical Critical Care Fellowship Match
    NRMP Program #:  1689442F0
  • Program Length: 1 year (starting midway in the PGY-4 level of training in January each year, finishing the 1 year fellowship at the end of December midway through the PGY-5 level of training
  • Continued Accreditation (Jan 16, 2025)
  • Each fellow returns into the Surgery Residency to complete the 6 year program.)
  • Size: 1-2 positions
  • Salary and benefits paid by the University GME programs and funded by Erlanger

Benjamin Dart, MD, FACS
Professor & Chair, Department of Surgery

Maggie Hamblen, C-TAGME, CAP
Program Coordinator II, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Dept Office: 423.778.7695

UT Health Sciences College of Medicine – Chattanooga
Department of Surgery
979 East Third Street
Suite B-401
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Dept Office: 423.778.7695

Robert Maxwell, MD, FACS
Program Director, Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Professor, Department of Surgery

Robert Jean, MD, FACS
Associate Program Director
Surgical Critical Care Fellowship
Associate Professor, Department of Surgery

Vascular Surgery

  • ACGME Program #:  4504721113
  • Applications received through ERAS
  • NRMP Vascular Surgery Fellowship Match
    NRMP Program #:  1689450F0
  • Program Length: 2 years (starting at the PGY-6 level after completing a Surgery Residency)
  • Continued Accreditation with Warning (Jan 16, 2025)
  • Size: 2 positions (1 at each level, approved by the ACGME and funded by Erlanger)

Benjamin Dart, MD, FACS
Professor & Chair, Department of Surgery


Mark Hayes, MPA
Administrative Assistant and Fellowship Coordinator
Dept Office: 423.778.7695

UT Health Sciences College of Medicine – Chattanooga
Department of Surgery
979 East Third Street
Suite B-401
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Dept Office: 423.778.7695

TBD
Program Director, Vascular Surgery Fellowship 

Charles Joels, MD, FACS
Associate Program Director
Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Non-Standard
Fellowship Programs
Program Chair and Coordinator Program Director and Associate Program Director

Emergency Medicine Advanced Ultrasonography

  • Our program is approved by the Emergency Ultrasound Fellowship Accreditation Council (EUFAC)
  • Applications are handled directly with the Department (email bensmith.md@gmail.com)
  • NRMP Emergency Medicine Fellowship Match
    NRMP Program #:  1689E01F0
  • Program Length: 1 year [starting after completing an Emergency Medicine Residency Program as an attending physician with the EM group]
  • Continued Approval from the EUFAC 
  • Size: 1 position [not filled every year] funded and hired by Apollo as an attending physician and faculty.  
  • Salary and benefits are provided by Apollo (the Emergency Medicine physician company that employs Emergency Medicine physicians at Erlanger).  These fellows are not paid by the University GME programs or Erlanger Health.

Benjamin C. Smith, III, MD, FACEP
Professor & Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine

Allyson Hemsley, MPH
Program Coordinator, Emergency Medicine Advanced Ultrasonography Fellowship

Department email: UTem@erlanger.org
Dept Office: 423.778.7628

UT Health Sciences College of Medicine – Chattanooga
Department of Emergency Medicine
Erlanger Health
975 East Third Street
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Dept Office: 423.778.7628

Elijah Wyatt, MD
Program Director, Emergency Medicine Advanced  Ultrasonography Fellowship
Instructor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Family Medicine Obstetrics at Clinica Medicos

  • Accredited by the American Board of Physician Specialties
  • Apply directly with the program at elizabeth@clinicamedicos.com 
  • Length of Program:  1 - 2 years
  • Size:  1 position each year
  • Funding is provided totally from Clinica Medicos.
  • Fellows are paid employees of Clinica Medicos but also have privileges at Erlanger as members of the Medical Staff.  

Leslie C. Griffin, MD, MPH
Professor & Chair, Department of Family Medicine
Dept Office: 423.778.2957

Clinica Medicos
1300 East 27th Street
Chattanooga, TN  37404
Practice Office:  423.760.4000

Philip Sutherland, MD
Program Co-Director, Family Medicine Obstetrics Fellowship at Clinica Medicos
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine

Elizabeth Swaggerty, MD
Program Co-Director, Family Medicine Obstetrics Fellowship at Clinica Medicos
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine

Neuro-Interventional Surgery

  • Program is a Non-Standard program that does not have official accreditation
  • Our program is sponsored by our Department of Surgery and the Erlanger Department of Radiology
  • To apply for a fellowship position, contact Annette Vickrey
  • Program Length: 1 year [must have completed a Radiology Program]
  • The fellow is paid as an attending physician by the Radiology group who provides radiology services for Erlanger]
  • Salary and benefits are paid by the Tennessee Interventional and Imaging Associates (TIAA) and not by the University and GME
  • Size: 1 position [not filled every year]

Andrew Hill, MD
Chief, Erlanger Department of Radiology
*Radiology is now a Division of the UT Department of Internal Medicine

Annette Vickrey
Administrative Assistant, Radiology
Radiology Office: 423.778.7371 or 7344

Tara Bode
Credentialing Coordinator
Radiology and Interventional Radiology
Tennessee Interventional and Imaging Associations

Erlanger Department of Radiology
975 East Third Street
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Radiology Office: 423.778.7371

Harris E. Hawk, MD
Program Director, Neuro-Interventional Surgery Fellowship
Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery

  • Accredited by the Orthopaedic Trauma Association
  • San Francisco Match Program which includes the application process through the Central Application System (CAS):  https://sfmatch.org 
  • Program Length: 1 year [starting at the PGY-6 level after completing an Orthopaedic Surgery Residency]
  • Continued Accreditation
  • Size: 1 position approved by the Orthopaedic Trauma Association and funded by Erlanger
  • Paid as a GME Fellow from the University of Tennessee GME payroll with benefits as fellows 

Jeremy R. Bruce, MD
Professor & Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Kimberly Davis, MEd, C-TAGME
Program Coordinator
Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Fellowship
Dept email: utorthosurg@erlanger.org
Dept Office:  423.778.9008

UT Health Sciences College of Medicine – Chattanooga
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
975 East Third Street
Hospital Box 260
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Dept Office: 423.778.9008

Warren "Ren" Gardner, II, MD
Program Director, Orthopaedic Trauma Surgery Fellowship
Associate Professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Urology Laparoscopy & Robotic Surgery

  • Accredited by the Endourological Society
  • The Fellowship Match and application process are handled through the American Urological Association Matching Program
  • Program Length:  1 year [starting after completing a 5-year Urology Residency Program and paid as an attending physician with the Urology group]
  • Accreditation granted by the Endourological Society
    Size:  1 position funded by Erlanger and hired as an attending physicians
  • Salary and benefits are provided directly by Erlanger - not by the University and GME programs

Amar Singh, MD, FACS
Professor & Chair, Department of Urology

Elizabeth Brinn
Program Coordinator, Laparoscopy & Robotic Surgery Fellowship
Dept Office:  423.778.4691

UT Health Sciences College of Medicine – Chattanooga
Department of Urology
UT Erlanger Urology
979 East Third Street
Suite C-901
Chattanooga, TN  37403
Dept Office: 423.778.4691

Benjamin Waldorf, MD
Program Director,Urology Laparoscopy & Robotic Surgery Fellowship
Assistant Professor,
Department of Urology
Aug 10, 2026