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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.

Michael Saccente, M.D.
Professor, Internal Medicine
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
GMEC Chair, June 2020 – present

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

Brenda Burks, M.A.
Education Manager, GME

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

Erin Creighton, M.D.
Resident Council, Vice Chair

Eleanor Dickinson
Co-Chair, Program Coordinator Organization

Tricia Edstrom, M.Ed. (guest member)
DIO UAMS Regional Programs

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

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

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

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

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

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

Nikhil Kamath, M.D.
Resident Council, Chair

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

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

Abby Nolder, M.D.
Associate Professor and Residency Program Director, Otolaryngology
GMEC Chair Elect

Ashley Sanders, PHR, SHRM-CP
Co-Chair, Program Coordinator Organization

Troy Schmit
Chief Quality Officer

Rawle Seupaul, M.D.
Professor and Chair, Emergency Medicine
Chief Clinical Officer, UAMS

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

Carol Thrush, Ed.D.
Professor, COM, Surgery, Medicine and GME

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

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