Faculty
The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology faculty's educational backgrounds are quite diverse, thereby providing the department a wide variety of ideas and approaches to resident education.
Bobby C. Howard, M.D.
Chairman and Associate Professor
Medical Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Nikki B. Zite, M.D., M.P.H.
Residency Program Director
Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery
Nirmala B. ( Nimi) Upadhyaya, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor & Clerkship Director, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Divisions - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Division of Gynecology
- Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Division of Gynecologic Oncology
- Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
- Division of Neonatology
- Division of Reproductive Research
Division of Gynecology
Michael R. Caudle, M.D.
Vice Chancellor for Health System Affairs, UT Health Sciences Center
Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery
Pleas R. Copas, Jr., M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery,
Gyn Urology
Stephanie B. Cross, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery
Susan P. Dodd, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery
Robert F. Elder, M.D.
Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery
Wayne H. Friedman, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery
Steven A. McLees, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery
William P. Metheny, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean, UT Graduate Medical & Dental Education
Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Heather K. Moss, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
James J. Neutens, Ph.D.
Dean, UT Graduate School of Medicine
Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Humberto Rodriguez, M.D.
Associate Professor, Adolescent Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery
James O. Shirk, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery
Walter W. Schoutko, M.D., FACOG
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery
Nirmala B. ( Nimi) Upadhyaya, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery
Jaclyn B. van Nes, M.D.
Instructor, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Nikki Zite, M.D., M.P.H.
Residency Program Director
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery
Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Bobby C. Howard, M.D.
Associate Professor & Medical Director, Maternal-Fetal Medicine
Mark D. Hennessy, M.D.
Associate Professor, & Medical Director Regional Perinatal Program
Jo M. Kendrick, M.S.N.
Clinical Instructor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Perinatal Diabetes
Division of Gynecologic Oncology
Kenneth F. Cofer, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Gynecologic Oncology
Larry C. Kilgore, M.D.
Professor, Gynecologic Oncology
Thomas E. Morgan, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Gynecologic Oncology
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Jeffrey A. Keenan, M.D.
Professor & REI Division Director Reproductive Endocrinology
Gayla S. Harris, M.D.
Associate Professor, Reproductive Endocrinology
Division of Neonatology
Mark E. Anderson, M.D.
Associate Professor, Neonatology
J. Kirk Bass, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Neonatology
Tara M. Burnette, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Neonatology
Mark S. Gaylord, M.D.
Professor and Program Director, Neonatology
Keri Anne Lattimore, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Neonatology
Vichien Lorch, M.D.
Professor, Neonatology
Sandor Nagy, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Neonatology
James D. Schmid, Jr., M.D.
Assistant Professor, Neonatology
Kelly Wright, M.D.
Associate Professor, Neonatology
Division of Reproductive Research
Antonin (Tony) Bukovsky, M.D, Ph.D.
Clinical Professor, Reproductive Immunology
Jay Wimalasena, Ph.D.
Professor, Reproductive Immunology & Cell Biology
The University of Tennessee Graduate School of Medicine
Education Offices:
1928 Alcoa Highway, Suite 118 Knoxville, TN 37920
Mary Ann Murphy, CTAGME
Director of Education & Residency Program Coordinator
Administrative Offices:
1924 Alcoa Highway, Box U-27
Knoxville, Tennessee 37920
(865)305-9306
(800)596-7249
E-mail: utobgyn@mc.utmck.edu
Venessa Rucker
Administrative Assistant
Wendy Smith
Administrative Specialist