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Physician Wellness

Your residency or fellowship can be one of the most rewarding yet challenging times of your life. GME at the UT Health Science Center recognizes that you need to concentrate on your own mental and physical wellness to help you better serve your patients and lead a healthier, happier life. These resources can help maintain your well-being by lowering your stress, identifying problem areas, avoiding burnout, and learning how to achieve a healthy work/life balance.

24/7 Access to Support for Crisis and Non-Crisis Situations

  • National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 988
  • Tennessee Statewide Crisis Line: 855.274.7471
  • UT Health Science Center After Hours Counseling and Behavioral Health Emergency Line: 901.448.1877
  • For After Hours Counseling and Behavioral Health Emergency Line, please call 901.448.1877.

For After Hours Counseling and Behavioral Health Emergency Line, please call 901.448.1877.

  • For off-campus emergencies, please call 911 immediately.

Counselor and Academic Coaching

GME supports a resident and fellow-specific counselor on campus, who is available to provide counseling, academic coaching, and career coaching services to any residents or fellows free of charge. Contact information for Dr. Clay Woemmel, University Counseling and Behavioral Health Services, cwoemmel@uthsc.edu or 901.448.2775.

GME CARE Team

Are you concerned about the wellbeing of a resident or fellow? Share your concern confidentially with the GME Care Team using this form: GME CARE Concern.

For non-emergency questions, please email us at gmecares@uthsc.edu.

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Non-Crisis Resources

Tennessee Professional Screening Questionnaire (TNPSQ)

The Tennessee Professional Screening Questionnaire, or TNPSQ, is a free voluntary, confidential, completely anonymous mental health self-screening tool. This tool is intended for health professionals served by the TMF Physician’s Health Program to include residents and fellows. This is a NON-crisis service that will result in referrals to appropriate mental health resources and optional interaction with a program counselor. Call the TMF at 615.467.6411 if you or someone you know is struggling with substance use, addiction, or mental illness.

Optum Emotional Wellbeing Solutions (EWS)

Through Optum, you have three face-to-face counseling sessions with a counselor in your area, as well as videobased sessions (no cost). Legal assistance (30-minute consultation with an attorney), financial (30-minute telephone consultation with a qualified specialist), parenting (resources and referrals for childcare providers, before and after school programs, camps, adoption organizations, child development, prenatal care and more), eldercare (resources and referrals for home health agencies, assisted living facilities, social and recreational programs and long-distance caregiving), pet care (resources and referrals for pet sitting, obedience training, vets and pet stores), identity theft (60-minute consultation with a fraud resolution specialist).

Your employee assistance program (EAP) is now Emotional Wellbeing Solutions (EWS)

EWS: 1.866.374.6061
EWS web access: www.liveandworkwell.com
Access code: utgme

Memphis Medical Society

The mission of Thrive is to provide independent resources for the physician and medical resident community to confidentially seek counseling in a safe, convenient environment without judgment before they experience serious burnout. Thrive addresses these concerns proactively by providing a confidential hotline (901.286.3110) that practicing physicians and now residents/fellows can call or text to request an appointment with a licensed psychologist. The Memphis Medical Foundation will cover the costs of up to six sessions with this psychologist. A physician or resident can simply call or text 901.286.3110 to request an appointment. The resident/fellow can also fill out the form at hipaa.jotform.com/ACOOK24/thrive-request. A psychologist will be in touch immediately. Memphis Medical Foundation works with the psychologist to pay the costs of the first six appointments. After that, the physician can continue the relationship with the psychologist at their own cost. All initial information collected for the appointment is confidential.

Tennessee Medical Foundation

The Tennessee Medical Foundation maintains the Tennessee Professional Screening Questionnaire, an anonymous self-screening tool that can be used to identify mental health needs and help find appropriate local resources to support medical providers.

CoM Ombuds Services

Need a confidential resource to help navigate an issue? Consider reaching out to our ombudsperson:

Melody Cunningham, MD | mcunni16@uthsc.edu or 901.497.7467

Resident Forum Representatives

Elizabeth Gaudio
Neurology
egaudio1@uthsc.edu

Julia Pedo Freitas
General Surgery Memphis
jpedofre@uthsc.edu

Jake Myer
Pediatrics
jmyers64@uthsc.edu

Ethan Holland
Psychiatry
eholla15@uthsc.edu

Virginia Nisbet
Emergency Medicine Nashville
virginia.nisbet@ascension-external.org

Robert Tatum
Internal Medicine-Pediatrics
rtatum7@uthsc.edu

Mackensie Terry
Internal Medicine Memphis
dterry6@uthsc.edu

Jane Yao
Internal Medicine Nashville
jane.yao1@ascension-external.org


Confidential Reporting Mechanisms

Centralized GME Reporting
The GME anonymous comment form goes directly to the Associate and Assistant Dean of GME and is independently investigated and followed up on by the office. Ability for concern to be shared anonymously or not; there may be limited ability to investigate anonymous, non-specific concerns and the ability to close the communication loop with the complainant is lost. 
Discrimination/Harassment Concerns Reportable to the Office of Compliance
Staff, faculty, students, medical residents, post docs, applicants for employment or patients may raise complaints of discrimination, harassment, and violations of policy with the Office of Compliance. Individuals who feel they are being treated unfairly because of a protected status or in retaliation for engaging in a protected activity, or individuals who believe they are subjected to behavior that rises to the level of violating UT policy are encouraged to contact the Office of Compliance to arrange a confidential appointment with an appropriate staff member to discuss their concerns. Email: oc-hsc@uthsc.edu.
College of Medicine Professionalism Reporting
The COM Professionalism Policy Reporting form goes to the Associate Dean for Student Affairs, and from there is referred to the correct entity to deal with the professionalism violation (e.g. to dept. chair for faculty issues)


Additional Resources

Local Health and Wellness Resources
Lactation Room Locations

Memphis VAMC Lactation Room Information

Locations:

  • 4th floor, main bed tower (F406)- code press 2&4 at the same time and then press 3, semiprivate
  • Room# AWG11, PIV access, private
  • Room# 5206B, private

Milk Storage Capability: Milk storage is available for 4th floor and Locker Room

Point of Contact:
Charmin Thomas, DNSc, APN, BC
Women’s Veteran Program Manager
Memphis VAMC Women’s Center 5109 B
901.523.8990 Extension 6612
Charmin.Thomas@va.gov

Baptist Memorial Hospital Lactation Room Information

Location: GME Suite - 6025 Walnut Grove, Suite 417 – Plaza One

Milk Storage Capability: Same as above.

Regional One Health Lactation Room Information

Location: Rout Building Room E233 (when buzzed through the double doors take a right and it is the first door on the right).

Milk Storage Capability: Storage available in the Stollerman Library – Resident Lounge, Room A528

St. Jude Lactation Room Information

Locations:

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Milk Storage Capability: Located in most Mother’s room. Call Occupational Health for more details regarding refrigeration and storage.

Point of Contact for Mother Room Reservations:
Occupational Health
901.595.2531

Methodist University Hospital Lactation Room Information

Location: 1 Thomas, Administration Hallway

Milk Storage Capability: Same as above.

Le Bonheur Children’s Hospital Lactation Room Information

Location:

  • Main Hospital
    • 4th Floor (near Pod A and Pod C)
    • 5th floor (PICU area)
    • 9thand 11 floor.
  • Research Tower
    • Resident Education Space, 6th floor
    • Ground floor near North elevators.

Milk Storage Capability:

  • Main Hospital - Resident Work Room , 12th floor
  • Research Tower – Resident Education Space – 6th floor

Point of Contact for Research Tower Room Reservations:

Derrell Bryant - 901.287.5319
Vanessa Hodges - 901.287.6756

Ascension Saint Thomas Midtown

Location: OB/GYN Residency Offices, 7th floor

Milk Storage Capability: Same as above.

Ascension Saint Thomas Rutherford

Location: 3rd and 6th floor lactation rooms (near visitor elevators); EM Residency Offices; resident sleep rooms

Milk Storage Capability: Unit breakrooms and Emergency Medicine Residency offices

Ascension Saint Thomas West

Location: 4th floor lactation room; 1st floor medical education sleep room

Milk Storage Capability: Cardiology, Surgery, and Internal Medicine trainee work rooms

Saint Francis Hospital

Location: 7th floor at end of hall on postpartum unit.

Milk Storage Capability: Same as above.

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Apr 10, 2026