GME Staff Directory
Designated Institutional Official
Clark Denniston, MD
Vice President of Medical Affairs and Chief Medical Officer
Thomas Ivester, MD, MPH
Director, Office of Graduate Medical Education
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.
Donna Wade, Senior GME Specialist
984-974-7831
Donna.Wade@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Wade is the primary contact for the following programs: Medical Genetics, Pediatrics and subspecialties, and Medicine/Pediatrics. She is also the primary contact person for questions regarding FreedomPay.
Kim Marks, GME Specialist
984-974-7832
kimberly.marks@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Marks is the primary contact for the following programs: Neurology and subspecialties, Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Radiation Oncology, and Surgery and subspecialties.
Ginny Mays, Business & Operations Manager
984-974-7840
virginia.mays@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Mays is the primary contact for the following programs: Internal Medicine and subspecialties, and Ophthalmology.
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 and subspecialties, McLendon Labs, Pathology and subspecialties, Radiology and subspecialties, and Preventive Medicine.
Information System Specialist
Luci Pounders
984-974-7835
lucille.pounders@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Pounders is currently the primary contact for the following programs: Emergency Medicine and subspecialties and Psychiatry and subspecialties.
Marissa Wolff, GME Specialist
984-974-7834
marissa.wolff@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms Wolff currently assists the GME Specialists and handles Verifications and Public Service Loan Forgiveness Requests.
Carol Bazemore. Administrative Coordinator
984-974-7837
cbazemor@unch.unc.edu
Ms. Bazemore is currently the primary contact for the following programs: Ob/Gyn and subspecialties, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Pediatric Dentistry, General Practice Residency, and the non-medical Training Programs
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
Carol Bazemore
984-974-7837
cbazemor@unch.unc.edu
Ms. Bazemore 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.
Information System Specialist
Luci Pounders
984-974-7835
lucille.pounders@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Pounders manages the official GME communication and information systems, drives quality improvement initiatives called for by changing ACGME requirements for institutional accreditation, provides education and training support to users at all levels throughout the UNCH GME program, and supports the Accreditation and Credentialing Processes.
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
