GME Staff Directory
Designated Institutional Official
Clark Denniston, MD
Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer
Thomas Ivester, MD, MPH
Assistant Designated Institutional Official for Administration
Cindi Trinidad
GME Specialists
GME specialists are responsible for maintaining residents' and subspecialty residents' training records and handling matters relating to their appointments including payroll and benefits, licensure, loan deferments, notary services, and foreign medical graduates.
Marissa Barbadoro, GME Specialist
984-974-7834
Marissa.Barbadoro@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Barbadoro is the primary contact for the following programs: Internal Medicine and subspecialties, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, and Pediatric Nephrology. She also handles Verifications and Public Service Loan Forgiveness Requests. Ms. Barbadoro also provides notary services.
Siobhan Gallagher, GME Specialist
984-974-7833
Siobhan.Gallagher@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Gallagher is the primary contact for the following programs: Anesthesiology and subspecialties, Dermatology and subspecialties, Family Medicine, McLendon Labs, Ophthalmology, Pathology and subspecialties, Preventive Medicine, Psychiatry and subspecialties, Radiology and subspecialties, and Sports Medicine.
Kim Marks, GME Specialist
984-974-7832
kimberly.marks@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Marks is the primary contact for the following programs: Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology and subspecialties, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Orthopaedics and subspecialties, Pediatrics, and Surgery and subspecialties.
Thomas Petruska, GME Specialist
984-974-7833
Thomas.Petruska@unchealth.unc.edu
Mr. Petruska is the primary contact for the following programs: Allergy & Immunology, Emergency Medicine and subspecialties, General Practice Residency, Medical Genetics, Neurology and subspecialties, Ob/Gyn and subspecialties, Pediatric Dentistry, Pediatrics subspecialties, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, and Radiation Oncology.
Accreditation Staff
Business & Operations Manager
Ginny Mays
984-974-7840
virginia.mays@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Mays monitors and reconciles financial accounts related to insurance premiums, operating budgets, billing and all other financial aspects of graduate medical education.
Business & Accreditation Manager
Kathryn Hill
984-974-7839
kathryn.hill@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Hill provides support and assistance to the Executive Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, the Director of the Office of Graduate Medical Education, the Graduate Medical Education Committee, and the Housestaff Council. She is the primary contact person for questions regarding accreditation, affiliation agreements, ERAS, and the NRMP.
Administrative Coordinator
Josie Santos
984-974-7837
Josie.Santos@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Santos maintains documentation regarding duty hours and reimbursement. She is the primary contact person for questions regarding MedHub evaluations and scheduling. She supports the Moonlighting, Duty Hours, and Institutional Requirements Subcommittees of the Graduate Medical Education Committee.
Mailing Address
Office of Graduate Medical Education
UNC Hospitals
101 Manning Drive, Room 1017
Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Phone: 984-974-1072
Fax: 984-974-0290
