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MEMBERSHIP 2011 - 2012

MEMBER

DEPT

TERM

COMMENTS

Dr. John Schweitzer

Chair, Pathology
Assistant Dean for GME
ACGME Interim DIO

ex-officio

Chair

Dr. Philip C. Bagnell

Dean

ex-officio

Dr. John Franko

Chair
Family Medicine

appointed

Dr. J. Kelly Smith

Interim Chair and Program Director
Internal Medicin
e
appointed

Dr. Diana Heiman

Program Director Family Medicine
Johnson City

appointed

Dr. Beth A. Fox

Program Director
Family Medicine Kingsport

appointed

Dr. Gregory Clarity

Program Director Family Medicine Bristol

appointed

Dr. Joann D'Aprile-Lubrano Associate Professor Family Medicine appointed

Dr. Thomas Jernigan

Chair
OB/GYN
appointed

Dr. Martin Olsen

Program Director OB/GYN

appointed

Dr. Salah Shurbaji

Program Director Pathology

appointed

Dr. David Kalwinsky

Chair and Interim Program Director, Pediatrics

appointed

Dr. Merry Miller

Chair, Psychiatry

appointed

Dr.Harold Elliott

Program Director Psychiatry

appointed

Dr. William Browder

Chair and Interim Program Director Surgery

appointed

Ms. Debra A. Shaw

Assistant Dean for GME

ex-officio

Ms. Sissy Shipley Coordinator for GME ex-officio

Mr. Greg Wilgocki

Executive Associate Vice President, Finance & Administration

appointed

Dr. Theresa F. Lura

Director, Office of Women in Medicine

appointed

 

VAMC/Chief of Staff

appointed

Dr. Stephen Loyd VAMC/Chief of Staff,
Education
appointed

Dr. John Howard

Chief Medical Officer/Wellmont Health Systems

ex-officio

Dr. Morris Seligman

VP of Medical Affairs/JCMC

ex-officio

Chief of Chiefs

one year

resident

Dr. Trishul Reddy Tunga

Family Medicine
Johnson City

one year

resident

Family Medicine
Kingsport

one year

resident

Dr. Mary McCormick

Family Medicine
Bristol

one year

resident

Dr. Mudher Al-Shathir

Internal Medicine

one year

resident

Dr. Erica Smith

OB/GYN

one year

resident

Dr. Manisha Mishra

Pathology

one year

resident

Dr. Jennifer Gibson

Pediatrics

one year

resident

Dr. Jaclyn Newman

Psychiatry

one year

resident

Dr. Mike West

Surgery

one year

resident

CHARGE

The charge to the Committee will be to perform a periodic analysis of each residency training program and recommend appropriate corrective action where necessary and have the responsibility for the oversight and administration of the Graduate Medical Education programs.  These analyses will be in compliance with ACGME Essentials to include the following:

  1. official statement of the institutional commitment to graduate medical education;

  2. written protocol for conducting required program internal reviews;

  3. copies of agreements between sponsoring and all participating institutions for all graduate medical education programs;

  4. resident contract that will provide a reference to all terms, conditions and benefits of employment as outlined by the ACGME;

  5. review ACGME accreditation letters from the Residency Review Committee for each graduate medical education program;

  6. and maintain a time table for conducting the required internal reviews of each program to address mechanisms to monitor and assist in the correction of program citations;

  7. The Committee will keep appropriate, permanent records of all activities; provide institutional oversight for all policies promulgated by the ACGME, e.g., general competencies, resident work hours, etc.

STRUCTURE

The composition of the Committee will be the Executive Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, the Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education, representatives of medical affairs from participating hospitals, one peer selected resident representative from each residency program, and other appropriate individuals involved in furthering graduate medical education as appointed by the Dean. The Executive Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs will Chair the Committee.