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