Graduate Medical Education
Residency and Fellowship Programs

Director of Graduate and Undergraduate Medical Education:
     Pamela D. Scott Pam.Scott@erlanger.org
GME Coordinator: 
     Tammy Fite  Tammy.Fite@erlanger.org 
Phone:  (423) 778-7442 or (800) 947-7823, ext 7442

In June 2006, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) awarded the institution (the UT College of Medicine Chattanooga) "Continued Accreditation Status."  Our institution was commended in our efforts to meet accreditation standards of excellence and received the longest accreditation cycle possible -- five years until the next institutional site visit.

The UT College of Medicine Chattanooga sponsors nine residency programs as part of the University of Tennessee Statewide Network of Graduate Medical Education:

Emergency Medicine
Family Medicine
Internal Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Orthopaedic Surgery
Pediatrics
Plastic Surgery
Surgery
Transitional Year

In addition, the UT College of Medicine Chattanooga is accredited to sponsor three advanced residency/fellowship programs:

Geriatric Medicine
Surgical Critical Care
Vascular Surgery

The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery also sponsors a non-accredited Fellowship in Orthopaedic Trauma, and the Department of Internal Medicine will sponsor a non-accredited Fellowship in Hospice/Palliative Care beginning July 1, 2008.  Plans are underway to request accreditation for the Hospice/Palliative Care Fellowship at the January 2009 meeting of the RRC. 

EMERGENCY MEDICINE

Accreditation News:  2/25/2008 - The ACGME Emergency Medicine Residency Review Committee has approved a new Emergency Medicine Residency for the UT College of Medicine Chattanooga.  The first residents (6 at the PGY-1 level) will begin training on July 1, 2008.  Click here to read more.

Programs in Process
The ACGME has recently approved fellowship program requirements for a Hospice/Palliative Care Fellowship, and our the Department of Internal Medicine will be seeking approval to begin a new fellowship program to begin possibly July 1, 2008.

The Graduate Medical Education programs of the UT College of Medicine Chattanooga are accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education. We are proud of the balance that has been achieved between academics and clinical medicine in preparing residents and fellows for board certification and fellowship or practice at the completion of training.  

Residents:
150 residents and fellows are enrolled in the Graduate Medical Education Programs of the UT College of Medicine Chattanooga for the 2007 - 2008 academic year.

The UT College of Medicine Chattanooga is directed by a full-time Dean, David C. Seaberg, MD, CPE, FACEP.  In addition, he is assisted by an Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Designated Institutional Official (DIO), Robert C. Fore, EdD, FACME.  A core faculty of approximately 100 paid physicians and 300 physicians volunteer their support and represent the major medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties. The chairs of the UT College of Medicine Chattanooga Departments report directly to our Dean and not to the chairs of corresponding departments at the main Memphis campus.

(Revised 4/6/2008)