Faculty - Emergency Medicine

James H. Creel, Jr, MD, FACEP

Core Faculty*

Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency

Chief, Erlanger Emergency Medicine

Medical Director, Hamilton County EMS

Senior Board Examiner, American Board of Emergency Medicine

Special Qualifications in Hyperbaric Medicine

Undergraduate: University of Texas, Austin

Medical School: Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara

Residency Training: Saint Mary's Hospital / McGill University, Montreal

Ron Buchheit, MD

Medical School: American University of the Caribbean

Residency Training: University of Tennessee, College of Medicine, Chattanooga

Francis Fesmire, MD, FACEP

Core Faculty*

Director of Clinical Research, Emergency Medicine

Co-chairman ACEP Clinical Policy Committee since 2010

Member, ACEP Clinical Policy Committee since 1993

Member, Emergency Medicine Coalition for Research & Education

Board Member, Society of Chest Pain Centers and Provider

Undergraduate: Harvard University

Medical School: Vanderbilt University

Residency Training: University of Florida, Jacksonville

Curriculum Vitae

Robert E. Hamilton III, MD, FACEP

Medical Director, Erlanger Main Campus Emergency Department 

Undergraduate: University of Mississippi

Medical School: University of Mississippi

Internship: University of Tennessee COM, Chattanooga/Erlanger Hospital

Residency Training: University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

Sudave Mendiratta, MD

Core Faculty*

Associate Program Director, Emergency Medicine

Medical Student Director, Emergency Medicine Sr Clerkship

Undergraduate: Lee University

Medical School: Vanderbilt University

Residency Training: Emory University

Anuj A. Parikh, MD, FACEP

Core Faculty*

Medical Director, Erlanger North Emergency Department

Undergraduate: University of Delaware

Medical School: Jefferson Medical College

Residency Training: Jefferson Medical College

David C. Seaberg, MD, CPE, FACEP

Core Faculty*

Professor and Dean, UT College of Medicine Chattanooga

ACEP President 2011-2012

Board Member since 2005, American College of Emergency Physicians

Undergraduate: Washington University in St. Louis

Medical School: University of Minnesota

Residency Training: University of Pittsburgh

Harry Severance, MD, FACEP

Core Faculty*

Director of Research Development, Emergency Medicine

Undergraduate: Duke University

Medical School: Duke University School of Medicine

Residency Training: East Carolina University (Pitt County Memorial Hospital)

Ben C. Smith, MD

Core Faculty*

Director of Emergency Ultrasound

Undergraduate: University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Medical School: University of Tennessee

Internship: University of Tennessee COM, Chattanooga/Erlanger Hospital

Residency Training: University of Alabama, Birmingham

David Wharton, MD, FACEP

Vice Chief, Erlanger Emergency Medicine

Medical Director, Tennessee D-MAT1

Undergraduate: Samford University

Medical School: Medical College of Georgia

Residency Training: Emory University

Clinical Faculty

James Bardoner, MD, FACEP

Medical School: Cetec University School of Medicine, Dominican Republic

Residency Training: Sinai Grace Hospital, Detroit

Mark Copeland, MD, FACEP 

Undergraduate: Vanderbilt University

Medical School: University of Tennessee

Residency Training: Denver General Hospital

Mark Gilbert, MD, FACEP

Medical School: University of South Florida

Residency Training: Orlando Regional Medical Center

Christine Jeong, MD, FACEP

Medical School: Medical College of Pennsyvlania

Residency Training: SUNY Stony Brook

Terry Meadows, MD, FACEP

Chief Executive Officer, EmCare SouthEast Region 

Medical School: University of Tennessee, Memphis

Residency Training: University of Tennessee, Memphis

Larry Stone, MD

Medical School: University of Tennessee

Training: John Gaston Hospital, Memphis

Paul Stout, DO

Medical School: Kirksville College of Medicine, Missouri

Residency Training: Chicago Osteopathic Associated Hospitals

Pediatric
Emergency
Medicine

Darwin Koller, MD

Medical Director, Pediatric Emergency Department

Medical School: Eastern Virginia University

Residency: University of Connecticut

Fellowship: University of Louisville

Pediatric Emergency
Medicine

Medical School: University of South Dakota

Residency: UT College of Medicine Chattanooga

Fellowship: Emory University

Julio Castillo, MD
Medical School: University of Honduras
Residency: Ochsner Medical Foundation

Fellowship: Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis

Bernard Connell, MD
Medical School: University of Missouri

Residency: University of Iowa

Fellowship: Emory University (Pediatric Critical Care)

 David Fagin, MD
Undergraduate: Miami of Ohio
Medical School: Ohio State University
Residency & Fellowship:
Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Children's Hospital Medical Center – Akron

Shani Freilich, MD
Undergraduate: Brandeis University
Medical School: SUNY Health Sciences Center - Brooklyn
Residency & Fellowship:
University of Minnesota Children's Hospital – Minneapolis

Laura Helfman, MD

Medical School: Medical College of Pennsylvania
Residency: Long Island Jewish Medical Center (Emergency Medicine)

Taj Madiwale, MD

Medical School: George Washington University

Residency: Miami Children's Hospital

Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Alabama