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GMEC Members

The GMEC includes the DIO, at least six program directors/associate program directors, a safety/quality officer, a program coordinator, the VA educational director, the CMOs from UAMS and our large children’s hospital affiliate (ACH), an EdD, the Institutional Coordinator, the Assistant Dean for Housestaff Affairs, a College of Medicine departmental chair representative, and two peer selected residents.

GMEC Chair:

Abby Nolder, M.D.
Associate Professor, Otolaryngology
GMEC Chair, July 2022 – present

GMEC Members:

Alice Alexander, M.D.
Associate Professor and Residency Program Director, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Chair-Elect

Brenda Burks, M.A.
Education Manager, GME

James Clardy, M.D.
Professor, Psychiatry and Director Center for GME

Lacie Covington
Residency Program Coordinator Representative

Erin Creighton, M.D.
Resident Council, Chair

Hank Farrar, M.D.
Professor and Residency Program Director, Pediatrics
Work Hours Chair

Molly Gathright, M.D.
DIO and Vice Dean for Graduate Medical Education, UAMS College of Medicine, and Professor, Psychiatry

Sarah Greenberger, M.D.
Associate Professor and Residency Program Director,
Emergency Medicine

Jennifer Hankins, M.P.H., C-TAGME
Accreditation Manager, GME

Bill Hyatt, M.D.
Resident Council, Vice-Chair

Sarah Beth Harrington, M.D.
Director, Division of Palliative Medicine Assistant DIO

Mary Katherine Kimbrough, M.D.
Associate Professor and Residency Program Director, Surgery Residency and Surgical Critical Care Fellowship

Jennie Kirby, M.P.A.
Director, GME

Michelle Krause, M.D., M.P.H.
Chief Clinical Officer

Nihit Kumar, M.D.
Associate Professor and Residency Program Director, Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Jennifer Laudadio, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Pathology

Mollie Meek, M.D.
Professor and Residency Program Director, Interventional Radiology Residency and Vascular and Interventional Fellowship

Jessica Mitchell, M.B.A.
Medical Staff Services Director, Arkansas Children’s Hospital

Corinne Morphew
Fellowship Program Coordinator Representative

Shanna Palmer, M.D.
Associate Chief of Staff for Education,
Central Arkansas Veteran’s Health Services

Jill Ramsey, M.D.
Associate Professor and Associate Program Director, Anesthesiology

Troy Schmit
Chief Quality Officer

Gregory Sharp, M.D.
Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer Arkansas Children’s Hospital

Carol Thrush, Ed.D.
Professor, Surgery/GME

Dwana McKay Yarberry, B.S.
Assistant Dean for Housestaff Affairs

Stacy Zimmerman, M.D. (guest member)
DIO UAMS Regional Programs

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