Pediatrics Chattanooga Faculty and Leadership

Key Program Leadership

Bill Basco, MD, MS
Pediatrics Chair
Professor
Specialty: General Pediatrics/Hospitalist
Medical School: Louisiana State University School of Medicine - New Orleans
Residency: Medical University of South Carolina
Fellowship: Johns Hopkins University

Karla Garcia

Karla L. Garcia, MD
Residency Program Director, Pediatrics
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Medical Director, Child Protection Team
Specialty: General Pediatrics
Medical School: University of Miami
Residency: University of Miami - Jackson Memorial Hospital

Jason Zurawick

Jason G. Zurawick, MD
Associate Program Director, Pediatrics Residency
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Specialty: General Pediatrics/Hospitalist
Medical School: East Tennessee State University Quillen College of Medicine
Residency: University of Tennessee College of Medicine Chattanooga

Dr. Vanessa Pigg

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

Dr. Amy Wells

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

Curtis Cary

Curtis Cary, MD
Associate Program Director/ Resident Liaison
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Internal Medicine
Specialty: General Pediatrics
Medical School: University of Kentucky College of Medicine
Residency: University of Kentucky (Med/Peds)

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Alicia Andrews, DO
Assistant Program Director, Pediatrics Residency
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Specialty: General Pediatrics/Hospitalist
Medical School: Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences
Residency: Oklahoma University Health Science Center

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Katy Hines, MD
Pediatrics Clerkship Director
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics
Specialty: General Pediatrics/Hospitalist
Medical School: University of Alabama Birmingham
Residency and Fellowship: University of Alabama Birmingham

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Ashley Thurston, C-TAGME
Coordinator, Pediatrics Residency

Tammy Elliott
Asst. Coordinator, Pediatrics Residency

Adolescent Medicine

Allergy/Immunology

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

Cardiology

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

Critical Care

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

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 Carribean
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

Dermatology

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

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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

Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics

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

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

Emergency Medicine

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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 Springer, MD

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 Irwin, MD

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

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

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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

Endocrinology

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

Gastroenterology

Doug Laman, MD

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

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

General Pediatrics

Andrea Goins, DO

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

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

Karla Garcia, MD

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

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

Vanessa Pigg, MD

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

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)

Genetics

Hematology/Oncology

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

Pediatric Hospitalists

Jeffrey Bennett, MD

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

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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

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

Curtis Cary, MD

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

Katy Hines, MD

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

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

Infectious Diseases

Neonatology

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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

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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

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

Stephanie Holt, MD

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

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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

Nephrology

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

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

Neurology

Coy Miller, MD

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

Ophthalmology

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

Orthopaedic Surgery

Robert Quigley, MD

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

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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

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

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

Plastic Surgery

Psychiatry

Psychology

Pulmonology

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

Quality and Patient Safety

Radiology

Rheumatology

Rural Pediatrics

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

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

Surgery

Urology

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