ACGME Institutional Requirements (I.B.1.) state COM GMEC membership must include: a representative sample of program directors (minimum of two) from its ACGME-accredited programs; a minimum of two peer-selected residents/fellows from among its ACGME-accredited programs; and a quality improvement or patient safety officer or designee.
The following individuals are members of the 2023-24 COM GMEC:
GMEC Chair (July 2024-present):
Alice Alexander, MD, FAAP, FACP
Associate Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics, Program Director Med-Peds Residency, Vice Chair for Education, Department of Internal Medicine
GMEC Members:
Ahmed Abuabdou, MD, MBA
Chief Clinical Officer, UAMS Hospital
Kostas Arnaoutakis, MD
Associate Professor and Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Program Director
Melanie Bainter, BS
Program Coordinator, Neurosurgery
Brenda Burks, MA
Accreditation Manager, GME
Nicholas Callais, MD
Resident Representative to the IEC; Surgery
Stanley Ellis, EdD, CFD, CPP, MS
Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, GME Director Evaluation and Assessment
Hank Farrar, MD
Professor, Pediatrics and GME Work Hours Chair
Karen Farst, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, Arkansas Children’s Hospital, Professor, Pediatrics
Rani Gardner, MD
Associate Professor and Residency Program Director, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Molly Gathright, MD
Professor, Psychiatry, Executive Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official
Sarah Beth Harrington, MD
Professor and Director, Division of Palliative Medicine
Assistant Designated Institutional Official
William Hyatt, MD
Resident Council Co-Chair
Mary Katherine Kimbrough, MD
Professor and Program Director, Surgery Residency
Jennie Kirby, MPA
GME Director
Rebecca Latch, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Associate Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education and Assistant DIO
Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Riley Lide, MD
Residency Program Director, Anesthesiology
Michael Lowry, MD
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine and Associate Program Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship
Jessica Mitchell, MBA
Medical Staff Services Director, Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Heather Moore, MD
Assistant Professor and Program Director, Hospice and Palliative Medicine Fellowship
Abby Nolder, MD
GMEC Immediate Past Chair, Associate Professor and Vice Chair for Education, Otolaryngology
Shanna Palmer, MD
Associate Chief of Staff for Education,
Central Arkansas Veteran’s Health Services
Becca Perin, MD
Assistant Professor and Residency Program Director Transitional Year
Kelly Pollnow, C-TAGME
Program Coordinator, Pulmonary Critical Care Fellowship
Thea Rosenbaum, MD, MBA
Chief Quality and Clinical Transformation Officer, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Professor, Anesthesiology
Sarah Shalin, MD
Department Chair, Pathology
Carol Thrush, EdD
Professor, Surgery and Medicine, Director of Institutional Education, Innovation and Scholarship for GME
Leah Timmons, MPA
Education Manager, GME
Dwana McKay Yarberry, BS
Assistant Dean for Housestaff Affairs
Katherine Yoder, MD
Peer-Selected Resident, Psychiatry
Pele Yu, MD
Professor, Pediatrics, Chief of Clinical Informatics and Program Director Clinical Informatics Fellowship, Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Stacy Zimmerman, MD (guest member)
Designated Institutional Official, UAMS Regional Programs
*Non-Voting Members