DEAN'S COUNCIL FOR GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION
CHAIR: GUSTAVO R. HEUDEBERT, M.D., Assistant Dean for Medical Education and Professor, Department of
Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine and Professor, University of
Alabama School of Public Health
VICE-CHAIR: JORGE I. DE LA TORRE, M.D., Professor, Department of Surgery, Division of Plastic Surgery,
University of Alabama School of Medicine
SECRETARY: ANTHONY W. PATTERSON, FACHE, Designated Institutional Official/ Sr. Associate Vice-President/
COO UAB Highlands, University of Alabama Hospital
REGULAR MEMBERS
STEPHANIE AGRO, Program Coordinator, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Dept. of Physical Medicine and
Rehabilitation
C. BRUCE ALEXANDER, M.D., Professor and Vice Chairman, Department of Pathology, University of Alabama
School of Medicine
BOYD L. BAILEY, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of
Alabama School of Medicine
KHURRAM BASHIR, M.D., MPH, Associate Professor, Department of Neurology, University of Alabama School of
Medicine
SUSAN BLACK, M.D., Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama School of Medicine
RONDA CHANDLER, Program Coordinator Pediatric Subspecialty programs, Department of Pediatrics
ANDREW R. EDWARDS, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Alabama
School of Medicine
ALICE R. GOEPFERT, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Alabama
School of Medicine
JASON R. HARTIG, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Alabama
School of Medicine
LAURA B. KEZAR, M.D., Professor, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, University of Alabama
School of Medicine
ANN KLASNER, M.D., M.P.H., Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama School of Medicine
WICKLIFFE (“Wick”) J. MANY, JR., M.D., Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Montgomery Internal
Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine
MICHELE H. NICHOLS, M.D., Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of
Alabama School of Medicine
JANIS P. O’MALLEY, M.D., Associate Professor and Director, Department of Radiology, Division of Nuclear
Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine
NATHANIEL H. ROBIN, M.D., Professor, Department of Genetics, University of Alabama School of Medicine
JOSEPH C. SULLIVAN, III, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, University of Alabama School of
Medicine
NANCY TOFIL, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Critical Care, University of
Alabama School of Medicine
MARSHALL M. URIST, M.D., Professor, Vice Chairman and Director, Department of Surgery, Division of General
Surgery, University of Alabama School of Medicine
JULIE WALSH-COVARRUBIAS, M.Ed., Ed.D, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology,
University of Alabama School of Medicine
LISA L. WILLETT, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, University of
Alabama School of Medicine
EX OFFICIO MEMBERS
ARTHUR BOUDREAUX, M.D., Chief of Staff, UAB Hospital, Professor of Anesthesiology, Department of
Anesthesiology, University of Alabama School of Medicine
H. HUGHES EVANS, Sr. Associate Dean for Medical Education, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of
Alabama School of Medicine
DEBORAH F. GRIMES, RN, JD, Associate VP/ Chief Compliance Officer, UAB Hospital
SUSAN J. LAING, Ph.D., Associate Chief of Staff for Education, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center
WILLIAM LIEVENS, M.D., President, House Staff Council, Resident in Sleep Medicine
HENNESSY WILLIAMS, M.D., Vice-President, House Staff Council, Resident in Medicine-Pediatrics
MANISH PATEL, M.D., Secretary-Treasurer, House Staff Representative, Resident in Diagnostic Radiology
BENJAMIN B.TAYLOR, M.D., Chief Quality and Safety Officer, UAB Hospital, Assistant Professor, Department of
Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, University of Alabama School of Medicine
Four additional House Staff Representatives