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GMEC Composition

Role Name Title/Area
Chair Natascha Thompson, MD Associate Dean for GME, Designated Institutional Official
GMEC Secretary Branette Smith Assistant Director, GME Accreditation
GME Administration
(one vote each)
Aaron Haynes Assistant Dean, GME
  Mark Petzinger, JD Assistant Dean, Academic Success
GMEC Subcommittee Chairs (not listed otherwise) Desiree Burroughs-Ray, MD GMEC Wellbeing Subcommittee Chair
  Mark Bugnitz, MD Assistant Dean, Program Improvement/ Chair of Program Improvement Subcommittee
  Jason Yaun, MD GMEC Clinical and Educational Work Hour Subcommittee Chair
Peer Selected Resident Representatives
(one vote each)
Elizabeth Gaudio, MD Neurology, PGY-2
  Ethan Holland, MD Psychiatry, PGY-3
  Mackensie Terry, MD Internal Medicine, PGY-2
  Jake Myers, MD Pediatrics, PGY-2
  Virginia Nisbet, MD Emergency Medicine - Nashville, PGY-2
  Julia Pedo-Freitas, MD General Surgery - Memphis, PGY-4
  Robert Tatum, MD Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, PGY-2
  Jane Yao, MD Internal Medicine - Nashville, PGY-2
Hospital Representatives
(one vote per hospital)
Chris Trabue, MD Ascension Saint Thomas,  Associate Dean of Clinical Affairs, GME - Nashville
  Martin Croce, MD Regional One Health, Chief Medical Officer
  Robin Womeodu, MD Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Senior Vice President/DIO
  Anne Sullivan, MD Baptist  Memorial Hospital, Chief Academic Officer/Designated Institutional Official
  Gina Raymond, MD VA Medical Center, Associate Chief of Staff for Education/DEO
Program Directors
(one vote each)
Jaclyn Bergeron, MD Internal Medicine
  Grant Studebaker, MD Family Medicine - Jackson/West Tennessee Healthcare rep
  Ashley Matthews, MD Family Medicine - Saint Francis 
  Ramona Phinehas, MD OB GYN - Memphis
  Alex Feliz, MD General Surgery Memphis
  Brian Green, MD Diagnostic Radiology/ Memphis Radiological PC Rep
  Colleen Hastings, MD Nephrology Fellowship (Adult)
  Anand Raju, MD Pediatric Radiology
  Dan Wells, MD Internal Medicine-Pediatrics 
Coordinator Representatives
(one vote)
Kelli Moses Ophthalmology  
  Amanda Roberts Internal Medicine
Other Voting Members Lakisha Bah-Stewart Baptist Memorial Hospital, Systems Manager of Programs and Projects (alternate hospital rep)
  Travis Brooks Associate Director, GME (alternate GME administration rep)
  Tristin Casteel Director of Medical Education, Ascension St. Thomas (alternate hospital rep)
  Kim Huch, MD Physician Consultant and Chair of Internal Review Panel
  Cheri Lowe, MSN, RN UT GME Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Officer
  Elisha McCoy, MD Le Bonheur Quality Improvement/Patient Safety Officer / Internal Medicine-Pediatrics, Associate Professor
  Kayla Ingram Regional One Health, Medical Education Coordinator (alternate hospital rep)
  Lori Kessler, PharmD Methodist Le Bonheur Healthcare, Director of Education (alternate hospital rep)
  Claudette Shephard, MD Associate Dean of Access and Engagement/ OB-GYN, Associate Professor
  Ajay Talati, MD Pediatric Fellowship Office, Director / Pediatric - Neonatology, Professor
Non-Voting Attendees Austin Mann GME Data Analyst
  Casey Montgomery GME Business Manager
  Kathleen Pierce Accreditation Specialist
  Miranda Sealy Accreditation Specialist
  Haley Smith Accreditation Specialist
Jun 11, 2025