Pediatrics Chattanooga Faculty and Leadership

John Heise, MD
Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Adolescent Medicine
Medical School: University of Miami
Residency: Children's Hospital of Oklahoma, Oklahoma City 
Fellowship: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH

Curt Chaffin, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Memphis
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga
Fellowship: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
 

Marc W. Cromie, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga
Fellowship: Medical College of Georgia
 

Michael C. Hollie, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga
Fellowship: National Jewish Medical Center
 

Todd Levin, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga
Fellowship: Medical College of Georgia
 

Lee Perry, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency and Fellowship: Medical College of Georgia

Jessica Van Mason, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Missouri - Kansas City
Residency and Fellowship: Children's Mercy Kansas City
 

Russell L. Walker, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Memphis
Residency: David Grant USAF Medical Center
Fellowship: Wilford Hall USAF Medical Center
 

Robert E. Younger, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Memphis
Residency: University of Tennessee Memphis
Fellowship: LeBonheur Children's Hospital

Wesley Davis, MD
Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Pediatric Cardiology
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency and Fellowship: Medical College of Georgia 

Brandon Morrical, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Indiana University School of Medicine
Residency and Fellowship: Mayo Clinic

Jeb Raulston, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Residency and Fellowship: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Yuvraj Kalra, MD
Associate Professor
Division Chief, PICU
Medical School: Kasturba Medical College, India
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Stephanie Conrad, MD 
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Maryland
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Marvin N. Hall, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Associate Professor
Medical School: Emory University School of Medicine
Residency and Fellowship: University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)

Claire Jones, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia (Augusta)
Residency: Medical College of Georgia (Augusta)
Fellowship: UT Southwestern Medical Center 

Paige Klingborg, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: American University of the Caribbean
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Chattanooga
Fellowship:  University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis

Mark A. Rowin, MD
Associate Professor
Medical School: University of Texas
Residency: Duke University
Fellowship: University of Utah

Gregory Talbott, MD 
Associate Professor
Medical School: Duke University 
Residency and Fellowship: University of Washington

Wesley King Galen, MD
Clinical Professor
Medical School:  Tulane University School of Medicine (New Orleans, LA)
Residency:  Tulane University (New Orleans, LA)

Jason Susong, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Residencies: Oregon Health and Sciences University (Gen Surgery)
San Antonio Military Medical Consortium (Dermatology)
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic

Lorena Ferreira Corzo, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru
Residency: John H. Stroger Hospital, Chicago, IL
Fellowship: University of Chicago
Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Melissa Gonzalez, PhD 
Clinical Assistant Professor
PhD: Louisiana State University (Clinical Psychology)
Postdoc: Johns Hopkins University (Behavior Psychology)

Jenesis Yanez, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: FIU Herbert Wertheim College of Medicine
Residency and Fellowship: Monroe Carell Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt

Sarah Sterner, MD
Division Chief, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children, Philadelphia
Fellowship: University of Alabama Birmingham  

Elise Brown, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Florida, Orlando, FL
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Thomas Bruns, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of South Dakota
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga
Fellowship: Emory University

Whitney Buss, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: University of Vermont
Fellowship: Dell Children's Hospital, Austin, TX

Tamarrah Davis, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Alabama Birmingham
Residency: University of Alabama Birmingham
Fellowship: Children's Mercy Hospital, Kansas City, MO

Jordan Foutch, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Memphis
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga
Fellowship: Medical University of South Carolina 

Lonnie King, MD 
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Louisville School of Medicine
Residency and Fellowship: University of Louisville (KY)

Shelley Murphy, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: Florida State University
Residency: University of Florida at Orlando Health
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

Alexandra Martin, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Chicago
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga
Fellowship: University of Alabama Birmingham

Rita Shridharani, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Massachusetts
Residency: New York Presbyterian Hospital, Weill Cornell
Fellowship: Medical College of Wisconsin

Douglas Laman, MD
Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Pediatric Gastroenterology
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine Memphis
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga
Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic (Ohio)

Christine Denton, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School:  East Tennessee State University
Residency:  University of Florida, Sacred Heart Children's
Fellowship: St. Louis University School of Medicine

Jeffrey Lee, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School:  Morehouse School of Medicine
Residency:  Shand's Children's Hospital
Fellowship: Shawn Jenkins Children's Hospital, MUSC, Charleston, SC

Rashmi Patil, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School:  University of Michigan Medical School
Residency:  University of Alabama at Birmingham
Fellowship: UPMC Children's Hospital in Pittsburgh

Fernando Windemuller, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Illinois College of Medicine Chicago
Residency:  University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga
Fellowship:  State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate 

Andrea Goins, DO
Interim DIO
Division Chief, General Pediatrics
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: UT College of Medicine, Chattanooga

Robin Balser, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: Medical College of Georgia

Karla Garcia, MD
Associate Professor
Program Director, Pediatrics Residency
Medical Director, Child Protection Team 
Medical School: University of Miami School of Medicine
Residency: University of Miami School of Medicine

Heather Gilliam, DO
Assistant Professor 
Medical School: DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: UT College of Medicine, Chattanooga

Vanessa Vasconcelos Pigg, MD
Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director, Pediatrics Residency
Medical School:  Ross University School of Medicine
Residency:  University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga

Amy Wells, MD
Assistant Professor
Assistant Program Director, Pediatrics Residency
Medical School:  University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Residency:  Naval Medical Center, Portsmouth (Portsmouth, VA)

Cathy A. Stevens, MD 
Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine  Memphis
Residency: University of Tennessee Memphis
Fellowship: University of Utah

Avery Mixon, MD
Associate Professor
Division Chief, Hematology/Oncology
Medical School: University of Mississippi
Residency: University of South Florida
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine

William Gaylord, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School:  American University of the Caribbean
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga
Fellowship: Indiana University School of Medicine/Riley Hospital for Children

Katye Taylor, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School:  University of Mississippi Medical Center
Residency: University of Mississippi Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Jeffrey Bennett, MD, MBOE
Associate Professor
Division Chief, Pediatric Inpatient/General Pediatrics
Pediatrics Quality Champion
Senior Quality Physician for the UT College of Medicine Chattanooga
Director for Pediatrics PA Student Rotations
Medical School: Texas A&M University Health Science Center
Residency: Wright-Patterson Medical Center, Dayton, OH
Fellowship: Uniformed Svcs Univ of Health Sciences-Bethesda, MD

Alicia Andrews, DO
Assistant Professor
Assistant Program Director, Pediatrics Residency
Medical School:  Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Residency:  University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga
Fellowship: Oklahoma University Health Science Center

William Basco, MD
Professor and Chair
Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine - New Orleans
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University

L. Curtis Cary, MD
Associate Professor
Associate Program Director/ Resident Liaison, Pediatrics Residency
Medical School: University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Med/Peds Residency: University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center

Kathryn Hines, MD
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics Clerkship Director
Medical School: University of Alabama Birmingham
Residency:  University of Alabama Birmingham

Rachel Nelson, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Residency:  University of California Davis Medical Center

Jason Zurawick, MD
Assistant Professor
Associate Program Director, Pediatrics Residency
Medical School: East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga

Ghussai Abdelgadir, MD
Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Infectious Disease
Medical School: University of Khartoum (Sudan)
Residency and Fellowship: State University of New York Health Science Center

Shannon Rigler, MD
Associate Professor
Division Chief, NICU
Medical School: Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Residency: Naval Medical Center Portsmouth
Fellowship: Walter Reed National Military Medical Center

Brittnea Adcock, DO
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Residency: St. Louis University
Fellowship: University of Kentucky

Alexander Berwick, DO
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Rowan University School of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency and Fellowship: East Carolina University, Greenville, NC

Stephanie Holt, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Residency: University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Fellowship: Emory University School of Medicine

Marcelo Rains, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Residency: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of Mississippi Medical Center

Benjamin Reed, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Wright State University School of Medicine
Residency: Cleveland Children's Hospital
Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Anuj Sinha, DO
Clinical Associate Professor
Medical School: Western University of Health Sciences
Residency: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Fellowship: Baylor College of Medicine

Michelle Spencer, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Loma Linda School of Medicine
Residency and Fellowship: University of Florida

Rachael Tindell, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of  Tennessee Health Science Center
Residency and Fellowship: University of Alabama at Birmingham

Nicholas Wells, MD
Associate Professor
Medical School: Uniformed Services University
Residency: Portsmouth Naval Medicine Center
Fellowship: National Capital Region (NCR) Consortium

Lynn Zeits, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Michigan State College of Human Medicine
Residency: Barbara Bush Children's Hospital
Fellowship: St. Christopher's Hospital for Children

James Atherton, MD
Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Pediatric Nephrology
Medical School:  Louisiana State University College of Medicine
Residency and Fellowship: University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Noel Delos Santos, MD
Associate Professor
Medical School:  University of Mississippi
Residency: University of Mississippi
Fellowship: University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Lewis "Coy" Miller, III, MD
Division Chief, Pediatric Neurology
Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Pediatric Neurology
Medical School:  Mercer University 
Residency and Fellowship: Wake Forest University

Day Breen, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical University of South Carolina
Residency and Fellowship: Our Lady of the Lake Regional Medical Center

Thomas A. Ireland, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: University of Alabama
Fellowships: University of Alabama & Emory University

Paula Nicola, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of South Alabama
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga & University of Texas Houston

Ed Peterson, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Utah School of Medicine
Residency and Fellowship: University of Kentucky

Robert Quigley, MD
Assistant Professor
Division Chief, Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Medical School:  Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Residency: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of Utah

Charles Gomez, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Residency: Loma Linda University
Fellowship: Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Wendell Moses, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Loma Linda University School of Medicine
Residency: Loma Linda University
Fellowship: Shriners Hospital for Children (Greenville, SC)

NON-SURGICAL PEDIATRIC ORTHOPAEDICS

Merritt Adams, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Sydney (Australia)
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga
Fellowship: University of Wisconsin 

Parker Plant, DO
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Edward Via COM
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga
Fellowship: Norton Children's, Louisville, KY

Todd Thurston, MD, MSM
Clinical Associate Professor
Medical School: University of Alabama Birmingham
Residency: University of Kansas Medical Center
Fellowship: University of Michigan/CS Mott Children's Hospital

Ken Pittman, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: East Tennessee State Quillen College of Medicine
Residency: Indiana University

Margaret Wilkins, PhD
Assistant Professor
Graduate School: Auburn University
Residency: M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
Fellowship: Nemours Children's Clinic

Joel C. Ledbetter, MD
Associate Professor
Division Chief, Pediatric Pulmonology
Medical School:  University of Alabama Birmingham
Residency:  University of Mississippi
Fellowship: University of Alabama Birmingham

Matthew A. Kreth, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch-Galveston
Residency: University of Alabama Birmingham
Fellowship: University of Alabama Birmingham

Adam Van Mason, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine
Residency: Children's Mercy Kansas City
Fellowship: Children's Mercy Kansas City

Adam Campbell, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor
Graduate School: East Tennessee State University
PhD: University of South Florida
Post-Doc Fellowship: University of Amsterdam

Joseph Oros, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Residency: Baylor University Medical Center
Fellowship: Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Lisa Buckley, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Medical College of Georgia
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

Lauren Fox-Bergvin, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: DeBusk College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga

Stephanie Mueller, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Medical School: St. George's University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga

Curt Koontz, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Division Chief, Pediatric Surgery

S. Dave Bhattacharya, MD
Clinical Associate Professor

Jeremy Fisher, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Lisa Smith, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor

Israel Franco, MD
Assistant Professor
Medical School: Albert Einstein College
Residency: St. Vincent's Hospital
Fellowship: Pediatric Urology Associates