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Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Faculty by Division

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.

Administration

Robert F. Elder, M.D.
Chairman & Residency Program Director

 

Venessa Rucker
Administrative Assistant

Wendy Smith

Administrative Specialist

 

Division of Education

Mary Ann Murphy
Director of Education & Residency Program Coordinator

Pam Trentham

Education Administrative Specialist

Nikki Zite, M.D., MPH
Assistant Professor &

Residency Program Associate Director

Nimi Upadhyaya, M.D.
Associate Professor & Clerkship Director Obstetrics & Gynecology


Division of Gynecology

Jeffrey B. Brown, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery

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.
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery

Kimberly Fortner, M.D.
Instructor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery

Wayne H. Friedman, M.D.

Instructor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery


Steve McLees, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery

William P. Metheny, Ph.D.

Assistant Dean, UT Graduate Medical & Dental Education

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 Shirk, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery

Nimi Upadhyaya, M.D.
Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery

Nikki Zite, M.D., MPH
Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Surgery

Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine

David Adair, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor, Regional Perinatal Program

 

Mark D. Hennessy, M.D.
Assistant Professor, & Medical Director Regional Perinatal Program

Bobby C. Howard, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Regional Perinatal Program

Joseph H. Kipikasa, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Regional Perinatal Program

Jo Kendrick, R.N.

Clinical Instructor, Obstetrics & Gynecology Perinatal Diabetes


Division of Gynecologic Oncology

Kenneth Cofer, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Gynecologic Oncology

Thomas Morgan, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Gynecologic Oncology


Division of Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility

Jeffrey A. Keenan, M.D.
Associate Professor & REI Division Director Reproductive Endocrinology

Gayla S. Harris, M.D.
Associate Professor, Reproductive Endocrinology

Division of Neonatology

Mark Anderson, M.D.

Associate Professor, Neonatology

Tara Burnette, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Neonatology

Mark Gaylord, M.D.

Professor and Program Director, Neonatology

Vichien Lorch, M.D.

Professor, Neonatology

Sandor Nagy, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Neonatology

James Schmid, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Neonatology

Kelly Wright, M.D.

Associate Professor, Neonatology

 

Division of Reproductive Research

Antonin (Tony) Bukovsky, M.D, Ph.D.
Professor, Reproductive Immunology

Jay Wimalasena, Ph.D.
Professor, Reproductive Immunology & Cell Biology



 

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology


1924 Alcoa Highway, Box U-27
Knoxville, Tennessee 37920

(865) 305-9306
(800) 596-7249
E-mail: utobgyn@mc.utmck.edu