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