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Program Contacts

Program directors and coordinators listed here lead our ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship programs and our Non-Standard Training (NST) programs.


Anesthesiology

Department
Anesthesiology

Program Director
Joseph B. Norman, M.D.

Program Coordinator
Celia Keenan

Critical Care Anesthesiology

Department
Anesthesiology

Program Director
Andrew Barker, MD

Program Coordinator
Ashley Garrett

Pain Management

Department
Anesthesiology

Program Director
Prentiss Lawson, MD

Program Coordinator
Ashley Garrett

Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology

Department
Anesthesiology

Program Director
Brad Meers, MD

Program Coordinator
Ashley Garrett

Obstetric Anesthesiology

Department
Anesthesiology

Program Director
Hanna Hussey, MD

Program Coordinator
Ashley Garrett

Pediatric Anesthesiology

Department
Anesthesiology

Program Director
Jack Crawford, MD

Program Coordinator
Ashley Garrett

Medical Genetics

Department
Human Genetics

Program Director
Anna Hurst, MD

Program Coordinator
Christy Underwood

Medical Biochemical Genetics

Department
Human Genetics

Program Director
Brian Kirmse, M.D.

Program Coordinator
Christy Underwood

Clinical Biochemical Genetics

Department:
Human Genetics

Program Director 
Dan Sharer, PhD

Program Coordinator 
Mandy Sharpe

Medical Genetics/Pediatrics

Department
Human Genetics

Program Director
Anna Hurst, MD

Program Coordinator
Christy Underwood

Medical Genetics/Internal Medicine

Department
Human Genetics

Program Director
Anna Hurst, MD

Program Coordinator
Christy Underwood

Laboratory Genetics and Genomics

Department
Human Genetics

Program Director
Fady Mikhail, MD, PhD

Program Coordinator
Mandy Sharpe

Medical Genetics/Maternal Fetal Medicine

Department
Human Genetics

Program Director
Akila Subramaniam, MD

Program Coordinator
Kathy Selman

Diagnostic Radiology

Department
Radiology

Program Director
Constantine Burgan, MD

Program Coordinator
Katie Spota

Interventional Radiology - Integrated

Department
Radiology

Program Director
Junaid Raja, MD

Program Coordinator
Lauryn Lewis

Interventional Radiology - Independent

Department
Radiology

Program Director
Husameddin M. El Khudari, MD

Program Coordinator
Lauryn Lewis

Neuroradiology

Department
Radiology

Program Director
Siddhartha Gaddamanugu, MD

Program Coordinator
Tanisha Davison

Nuclear Medicine

Department
Radiology

Program Director
Padma Manapragada, MD

Program Coordinator
Tanisha Davison

Pathology (Anatomic and Clinical)

Department
Pathology

Program Director
Chad Siniard, MD

Program Coordinator
Tracie M Office

Blood Banking/Transfusion Medicine

Department
Pathology

Program Director
Katy Fomani, MD

Program Coordinator
Dominique Willis

Cytopathology

Department
Pathology

Program Director
Frida Rosenblum, MD

Program Coordinator
Dominique Willis

Forensic Pathology

Department
Pathology

Program Director
Daniel Dye, MD

Program Coordinator
Dominique Willis

Hematopathology

Department
Pathology

Program Director
Diana Morlote, MD

Program Coordinator
Dominique Willis

Molecular Genetic Pathology

Department
Pathology

Program Director
Shuko Harada, MD

Program Coordinator
Dominique Willis

Neuropathology

Department
Pathology

Program Director
Rati Chkheidze, MD

Program Coordinator
Dominique Willis

Emergency Medicine

Department
Emergency Medicine

Program Director
Charles Khoury, MD

Program Coordinator
Heather Kirk

Emergency Medical Services

Department
Emergency Medicine

Program Director
Derek Robinett, MD

Program Coordinator
Ashlyn Gordon

Dermatology

Department
Dermatology

Program Director
Lauren Kole, MD

Program Coordinator
Matt Smith

Micrographic Surgery and Dermatologic Oncology

Department
Dermatology

Program Director
Conway C. Huang, MD

Program Coordinator
Matt Smith

Dermatopathology

Department
Dermatology/Pathology

Program Director
Peter Pavlidakey, MD

Program Coordinator
Regina Farmer

Internal Medicine

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Ryan Kraemer, MD

Program Coordinator
Tammy Pickens

Addiction Medicine

Department
Medicine 

Program Director
Leah Leisch, MD

Program Coordinator
Brandy Frieger

Advanced Heart Failure and Transplant

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Andrew Lenneman, MD

Program Coordinator
Angela Fielder

 

Cardiovascular Disease

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Steven Lloyd, MD

Program Coordinator
Martha Veazey

Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Harish Doppalapudi, MD

Program Coordinator
Angela Fielder

Critical Care Medicine

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Micah Whitson, MD

Program Coordinator
Brittney Snow

Interventional Cardiology

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Darryl Prime, MD

Program Coordinator
Angela Fielder

Interventional Pulmonology

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Aline Zouk, MD

Program Coordinator
Brittney Snow

Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Amy Warriner, MD

Program Coordinator
Julie Burge

Gastroenterology

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Chad Burski, MD

Program Coordinator
Monti Nix

Transplant Hepatology

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Meagan Gray, MD

Program Coordinator
Monti Nix

Geriatric Medicine

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Mark Newbrough, MD

Program Coordinator
Elizabeth McAlister

Hematology/Oncology

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Lisle Nabell, MD

Program Coordinator
Kelly Adamson

Infectious Diseases

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Todd McCarty, MD

Program Coordinator
Rebekah Barnett

Nephrology

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Eric Judd, MD

Program Coordinator
Jessica Hargrove

Hospice and Palliative Medicine

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Walter Baehr, MD

Program Coordinator
Elizabeth McAlister

Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Tracy R. Luckhardt, MD, M.S.

Program Coordinators
Brittney Snow 

Rheumatology

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Amanda S. Alexander, MD

Program Coordinator
Jamie Moody

Sleep Medicine

Department
Pediatrics

Program Director
Pedro Anis Nourani, MD

Program Coordinator
Hannah Smith

Medicine/Pediatrics

Department
Pediatrics

Program Director
Carlie S Somerville, MD

Program Coordinator
Rachel Cawley

Neurology

Department
Neurology

Program Director
Khurram Bashir, MD, MPH

Program Coordinator
Charmaine Echols

Epilepsy

Department
Neurology

Program Director
Ashley E. Thomas, MD

Program Coordinator
Kimberly Harris

Neurocritical Care

Department
Neurology

Program Director
Angela Shapshak, MD

Program Coordinator
Samar Bahna

Neuromuscular Medicine

Department
Neurology

Program Director
Kenkichi Nozaki, MD

Program Coordinator
Sandi Mumfrey-Thomas

Vascular Neurology

Department
Neurology

Program Director
Michael J Lyerly, MD

Program Coordinator
Kimberly Harris

Child Neurology

Department
Pediatrics

Program Director
Sarah Novara, MD

Program Coordinator
Toni Davison

Pediatric Epilepsy

Department
Neurology

Program Director
Katherine Bowdoin Lalor, MD

Program Coordinator
Molly Ercums

Pediatrics

Department
Pediatrics

Program Director
Michele H. Nichols, MD

Program Coordinator
Kim Butler

Adolescent Medicine

Department
Pediatrics

Program Director
Stephanie Wallace, MD

Program Coordinator
Brandy Embry

Pediatric Cardiology

Department
Pediatrics

Program Director
Robb Romp, MD

Program Coordinator
Ina Schaffer

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine

Department
Pediatrics

Program Director
Priya Prabahakaran, MD

Program Coordinator
Bonnie Hawkins

Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Department
Pediatrics

Program Director
Terri Coco, MD

Program Coordinator
Hannah Smith

Pediatric Endocrinology

Department
Pediatrics

Program Director
Mary Lauren Scott, MD

Program Coordinator
Toni Davison

Pediatric Gastroenterology

Department
Pediatrics

Program Director
David Galloway, MD

Program Coordinator
Bonnie Hawkins

Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Department
Pediatrics

Program Director
Hilary Haines, MD

Program Coordinator
Liares Dupree

Pediatric Hospital Medicine

Department
Pediatrics

Program Director
Chang Wu, MD

Program Coordinator
Liares Dupree

Pediatric Infectious Diseases

Department
Pediatrics

Program Director
Scott James, MD

Program Coordinator
Kate Hendley

Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

Department
Pediatrics

Program Director
Namasivayam Ambalavanan, MBBS

Program Coordinator
Debbie Svensson

Pediatric Nephrology

Department
Pediatrics

Program Director
Tennille Webb, MD, MSPH

Program Coordinator
Kate Hendley

Pediatric Pulmonology

Department
Pediatrics

Program Director
Brett Turner, MD

Program Coordinator
Kate Hendley

Pediatric Rheumatology

Department
Pediatrics

Program Director
Randy Cron, MD

Program Coordinator
Brandy Embry

Psychiatry

Department
Psychiatry

Program Director
Taylor Preston, MD

Program Coordinator
Heather Vickers Kwok

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Department
Psychiatry

Program Director
Blessing N. Falola, MD

Program Coordinator
Deepak Verma

Geriatric Psychiatry

Department
Psychiatry

Program Director
Madison Redwine, MD

Program Coordinator
Heather Vickers Kwok

Consult Liaison Psychiatry

Department
Psychiatry

Program Director
Rita Patton, MD

Program Coordinator
Shannon Murphy

Rehabilitation Medicine

Department
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Program Director
Berdale Colorado, DO, MPH

Program Coordinator
Savannah Tinsley

Spinal Cord Injury Medicine

Department
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Program Director
Cassandra Renfro, DO

Program Coordinator
Savannah Tinsley

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Department
Obstetrics and Gynecology

Program Director
Audra Williams, MD

Program Coordinator
Candace Goudy

Urogynecology and Reconstructive Pelvic Surgery (OB/GYN)

Department
Obstetrics and Gynecology

Program Director
David Ellington, MD

Program Coordinator
Machelle Campbell

Gynecologic Oncology

Department
Obstetrics and Gynecology

Program Director
Haller J. Smith, MD

Program Coordinator
Tanya Hallerman

Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

Department
Obstetrics and Gynecology

Program Director
Richard Burney, MD

Program Coordinator
Machelle Campbell

Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Department
Obstetrics and Gynecology

Program Director
Akila Subramaniam, MD

Program Coordinator
Kathy Selman

Orthopaedic Surgery

Department
Orthopaedic Surgery

Program Director
Michael Johnson, MD

Program Coordinator
Cindy Perdue

Orthopaedic Hand Surgery

Department
Orthopaedic Surgery

Program Director
Kathleen McKeon, MD

Program Coordinator
Felisa Guess

Orthopaedic Sports Medicine

Department
Orthopaedic Surgery

Program Director
Amit M Momaya, MD

Program Coordinator
Felisa Guess

General Surgery

Department
Surgery

Program Director
Britney Corey, MD

Program Coordinator
Olivia Ricks

Pediatric Surgery

Department
Surgery

Program Director
Scott Anderson, MD

Program Coordinator
Juanell Maloy

Surgical Critical Care

Department
Surgery

Program Director
Lauren Tanner, MD

Program Coordinator
Maria Tyson

Vascular Surgery - Independent

Department
Surgery

Program Director
Benjamin Pearce, MD

Program Coordinator
Sherry Evans

Vascular Surgery - Integrated

Department
Surgery

Program Director
Benjamin Pearce, MD

Program Coordinator
Sherry Evans

Colon and Rectal Surgery

Department
Surgery

Program Director
Gregory Kennedy, MD, MBA, PhD (interim)

Program Coordinator
Destiny Freeman

Plastic Surgery - Integrated

Department
Surgery

Program Director
René Myers, MD

Program Coordinator 
Tiffany Mondragon

Plastic Surgery - Independent

Department
Surgery

Program Director
Jorge de la Torre, MD

Program Coordinator 
Tiffany Mondragon

Thoracic Surgery - Independent

Department
Surgery

Program Director
Benjamin Wei, MD

Program Coordinator
Elizabeth Holman

Radiation Oncology

Department
Radiation Oncology

Program Director
Samuel Macrom, MD

Program Coordinator
Tracey Bickham

Allergy and Immunology

Department
Medicine

Program Director
T. Prescott Atkinson, MD, PhD

Program Coordinator
Brandy Embry

Neurological Surgery

Department
Neurosurgery

Program Director
Curtis Rozzelle, MD

Program Coordinator
Chloe Ward

Urology

Department
Urology

Program Director
Adam Klein, MD

Program Coordinator
Liranda Coleman

Ophthalmology

Department
Ophthalmology

Program Director
Krupa Patel, MD

Program Coordinator
Jordan Cook

Otolaryngology–Head and Neck Surgery

Department
Otolaryngology

Program Director
Benjamin Greene, MD

Program Coordinator
Michelle Thrasher

Huntsville Family Medicine

Department
Family & Community Medicine

Program Director
Nancy Blevins, MD

Program Coordinator
Angela Edwards

Huntsville Internal Medicine

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Jesse Faulk, MD

Program Coordinator
Lisa Williams

Huntsville Psychiatry

Department
Psychiatry

Program Director
Janaki Nimmagadda, MD

Program Coordinator
Arely Gomez

Selma Family Practice

Department
Family & Community Medicine

Program Director
David Ibrahim, MD

Program Coordinator
Kandice Collins

Montgomery Psychiatry

Department
Psychiatry

Program Director
Will Rutland, MD

Program Coordinator
Erika Roberson

Montgomery Internal Medicine

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Jewell Halanych, MD

Program Coordinator
Cassandra Whatley

Hospital Dentistry

Department
Dentistry

Program Director
Christine Blass, DMD

Program Coordinator
Mary Geter

Maxillofacial Prosthetics

Department
Dentistry

Program Director
Chin-Chuan Fu, DDS

Program Coordinator
Rosie Turner

Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery

Department
Dentistry

Program Director
Katie Powell, DMD, MD

Program Coordinator
Karen Waits 

Abdominal Transplant Surgery

Department
Surgery

Program Director
Doug Anderson, MD

Program Coordinator
Daedra King

Glomerular Disease

Department
Surgery

Program Director
Dana V. Rizk, MD

Program Coordinator
Jessica Hargrove

Heart Failure

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Andrew Lenneman, MD

Program Coordinator
Brandy Collins-Freiger

Transplant and Oncology Infectious Disease

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Todd McCarty, MD

Program Coordinator
Rebekah Barnett

Anterior Segment and Refractive Surgery of the Cornea

Department
Ophthalmology

Program Director
Tyler Hall, MD

Program Coordinator
Jennifer Spears

Neuroimmunology and Multiple Sclerosis

Department
Neurology

Program Director
John Rinker, MD

Program Coordinator
Kimberly Harris

Movement Disorder

Department
Neurology

Program Director
Marissa Dean, MD

Program Coordinator
Sharon Watson

Cognitive and Behavioral Neurology

Department
Neurology

Program Director
Marissa Natelson Love, MD

Program Coordinator
Marianne McLaughlin

Interventional Nephrology

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Ammar Almehmi, MD

Program Coordinator
Jessica Hargrove

Cardiovascular Genetics

Department
Medicine

Program Director
Pankaj Arora, MD

Program Coordinator
Angela Fielder

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