Graduate Medical Education Committee
ACGME Institutional Requirements specify that College of Medicine (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 (1.9).
The following individuals are members of the 2026-27 COM GMEC:
GMEC Chair (July 2026-present):
Mary Katherine Kimbrough, MD
Professor and Vice Chair for Education, Department of Surgery; Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency; GME Educational Monitoring Subcommittee Chair
GMEC Members:
Ahmed Abuabdou, MD, MBA
Chief Clinical Officer, UAMS Medical Center; Professor, Internal Medicine
Alice Alexander, MD, FAAP, FACP
GMEC Immediate Past Chair, Program Director, Med-Peds Residency; Vice Chair for Education and Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
Kostas Arnaoutakis, MD
Program Director, Hematology-Oncology Fellowship; Professor, Internal Medicine
Toby Belknap, MD
Program Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship; Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Wayne Bryant, MD
Associate Program Director, Family Medicine Residency; Assistant Professor, Family Medicine
*Brenda Burks, MA
Institutional Coordinator and GME Accreditation Manager
Tyler Butler, MD
Peer Selected Resident, Internal Medicine
Mallory Crawford, MD
Resident Council Co-Chair, Psychiatry
Athena Davis
Program Coordinator, Neurology Residency
Linnsey Dunavan, MD
Peer Selected Resident, Pediatrics Residency
Hank Farrar, MD
GME Work Hours Subcommittee Chair; Professor, Pediatrics
Karen Farst, MD, MPH
Chief Medical Officer, Arkansas Children’s Hospital; Professor, Pediatrics
Jill Fussell, MD
Program Director, Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics Fellowship; Vice Chair for Fellowship Education and Professor, Pediatrics
Rani Gardner, MD
Program Director, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation Residency; Associate Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Molly Gathright, MD
Executive Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education; Designated Institutional Official; Professor, Psychiatry
Ghanem Nadim-Nicolas, MD
Peer-Selected Resident, Family Medicine Residency
Sarah Beth Harrington, MD
Assistant Designated Institutional Official; Professor and Director, Division of Palliative Medicine, Internal Medicine
*Jennie Kirby, MPA GME Director
Richard Kyle, MD, FAANS
Veterans’ Health Care System of the Ozarks, Associate Chief of Staff for Education
Rebecca Latch, MD
Associate Dean of Undergraduate Medical Education; Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Riley Lide, MD
Program Director, Anesthesiology Residency; Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
Michael Lowry, MD
Program Director, Infectious Disease Fellowship; Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Jessica Mitchell, MBA
Medical Staff Services Director, Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Heather Moore, MD
Program Director, Hospice & Palliative Medicine Fellowship; Exceptional Candidate Subcommittee Chair; Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine
Abby Nolder, MD
Professor and Vice Chair for Education, Otolaryngology
Shanna Palmer, MD
Associate Chief of Staff for Education, Central Arkansas Veteran’s Health Services, Designated Education Officer (DEO)
Becca Perin, MD
Program Director, Transitional Year Residency; Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Amy Phillips, MD
Program Director, Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency; Associate Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Parker Pruitt, MD
Resident Council Co-Chair, Psychiatry
Thea Rosenbaum, MD, MBA
Chief Clinical Quality Officer, Associate Chief Clinical Officer; Professor, Anesthesiology
Toni Sanders
Program Coordinator, Infectious Disease / Rheumatology
Sara Shalin, MD
Department Chair, Dermatology; Professor, Dermatology and Pathology
*Kelly Simon, MEd
GME Technology Integration Manager
Michael Stone, DPh, RPh
Veterans’ Health Care System of the Ozarks
Chief of Staff, Health Professions Education
Carol Thrush, EdD
GME Director of Institutional Education, Innovation and Scholarship; Professor, Departments of Surgery and Medicine
*Leah Timmons, MPA, C-TAGME
GME Education Manager
Dwana McKay Yarberry, BS
Assistant Dean for Housestaff Affairs
Stacy Zimmerman, MD (guest member)
Designated Institutional Official, UAMS Regional Programs; Associate Professor, Internal Medicine
* Non-Voting Members