The Dean of the College of Medicine appoints all members to the GMEC each academic year. Voting members are clinical faculty members, program directors, peer selected residents, a quality improvement officer, DIO, GME Director, Assistant Dean for HS Affairs, Program Coordinator Organization chair and a member from the public. Also included are representative administrators from the major participating hospitals who act as a liaison between the GME Committee and the medical staff/governing body of the hospital.
Michael Saccente, M.D.
Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine
Director, Division of Infectious Diseases
GMEC Chair
Timothy Atkinson, Ed.D.
Associate Professor, Internal Medicine/GME
Mary ‘Mellie’ Bridewell
Executive Director for ARHP, Academic Affairs
James ‘Jim’ Clardy, M.D.
Director of the Center for GME
Eleanor ‘Ellie” Dickinson
Program Coordinator Organization, Chair
Travis Eastin, M.D.
Associate Professor, Chief of the Division of Education, Emergency Medicine
Hank Farrar, M.D.
Program Director, Pediatrics
Duty Hours Subcommittee Chair
Molly Gathright, M.D.
Associate Dean for GME
Designated Institutional Official
Jennifer Hankins, M.P.H., C-TAGME
Program Administrator, GME
Richard Harper, M.D.
Associate Chief of Staff for Education, Central Arkansas Veteran’s Health Services
Nikhil Kamath, M.D.
Resident Physician
Resident Organization, Co-Chair
Mary Katherine ‘Katie’ Kimbrough, MD
Program Director, Surgery and Surgical Critical Care
Jennie Kirby, M.P.A.
UAMS GME Community Program Manager
Jennifer Laudadio, M.D.
Associate Program Director, Pathology
CLER Subcommittee Chair
Dwana McKay Yarberry
Assistant Dean for Housestaff Affairs
Mary ‘Mollie’ Meek, MD
Program Director, Interventional Radiology and Integrated Interventional Radiology
Jessica Mitchell, M.B.A.
Medical Staff Services Director, Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Abby Nolder, MD
Program Director, Otolaryngology
Abigail Richison, M.D.
Resident Physician
Resident Organization, Co-Chair
Ashley Sanders
Program Coordinator Organization, Chair-Elect
Troy Schmit, Ph.D.
Chief Medical Quality Officer
Rawle ‘Tony’ Seupaul, M.D.
Chair, Emergency Medicine
Chief Clinical Officer
Greg Sharp, MD
Senior Vice President, Chief Medical Officer, Arkansas Children’s Hospital
Carol Thrush, Ed.D.
Professor, Surgery/GME
Jennifer White, B.S.N., C-TAGME
Program Manager, GME