GME Staff Directory

Designated Institutional Official

Clark Denniston, MD

Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer

Thomas Ivester, MD, MPH

Director of Office of Graduate Medical Education

Kelly Cash

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, notary services, and foreign medical graduates.

Marissa Barbadoro, Lead GME Specialist
984-974-7834
Marissa.Barbadoro@unchealth.unc.edu

Ms. Barbadoro is the primary contact for the following programs: Dermatology and subspecialties, Internal Medicine subspecialties, Ophthalmology, and Pediatric Nephrology. She also handles residency verifications, Public Service Loan Forgiveness requests, and loan deferments.

Jessica Cote, GME Specialist
984-974-7835
Jessica.Cote@unchealth.unc.edu

Ms. Cote is the primary contact for the following programs: Allergy & Immunology, Emergency Medicine and subspecialties, General Practice Residency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Medical Genetics and Genomics, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Pediatrics and subspecialties, and Pediatric Dentistry.

Kali Guest, GME Specialist
984-974-7833
Kali.Guest@unchealth.unc.edu

Ms. Guest is the primary contact for the following programs: Anesthesiology and subspecialties, Pediatrics/Anesthesiology (combined), Family Medicine, Neurology and subspecialties, Ob/Gyn and subspecialties, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Preventive Medicine, Radiation Oncology, and Sports Medicine (Primary). 

Lauren Liszak, GME Specialist
984-974-7831
Lauren.Liszak@unchealth.unc.edu

Ms. Liszak is the primary contact for the following programs: Diagnostic Radiology and subspecialties, Interventional Radiology-Integrated, Orthopaedic Surgery and subspecialties, Otolaryngology and subspecialties, Surgery and subspecialties, Plastic Surgery-Integrated, Urology, Vascular Surgery-Integrated.

Stacey Qandil, GME Specialist
984-974-7832
Stacey.Qandil@unchealth.unc.edu

Ms. Qandil is the primary contact for the following programs: Internal Medicine, Psychiatry and subspecialties

Operations and Accreditation Staff

Siobhan Gallagher, Information Systems Specialist
984-974-7836
Siobhan.Gallagher@unchealth.unc.edu

Ms. Gallagher manages the data and information systems for the department to support its credentialing, training, and accreditation functions. She is also the primary contact for the following programs: McLendon Labs, Molecular Genetic Pathology, Pathology and subspecialties.

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, the NRMP, and the ECFMG.

Administrative Coordinator
Josie Santos
984-974-7837
Josie.Santos@unchealth.unc.edu

Ms. Santos maintains documentation regarding resident work hours and reimbursement. She is the primary contact for questions regarding MedHub evaluations and scheduling and supports the Moonlighting Subcommittee of the Graduate Medical Education Committee. Ms. Santos is the primary contact for the following training programs: Occupational Therapy, Speech Pathology, Medical Physics, Pharmacy, Pastoral Care, Physical Therapy/Neurologic, Physical Therapy/Orthopedics, Physical Therapy/Pediatrics.

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