Graduate Medical Education Programs
With a long history of training physicians, the University of South Alabama and its affiliated hospitals provide training in 23 residency and fellowship programs to more than 270 physicians in training. All eligible graduate medical programs at the University of South Alabama are fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) unless otherwise noted.
Residency Programs
Emergency Medicine
Program Director: Edward Panacek, M.D. - eapanacek@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Nikki Reymundo - nrreymundo@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Drive, Suite 10L, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 470-1649 • Fax: (251) 470-7042
Family Medicine
Program Director: Ehab Molokhia, M.D. - emolokhia@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Stacey Hartman - shartman@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 1601 Center Street, Suite 2N, Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 434-3484 • Fax: (251) 434-3495
Internal Medicine
Program Director: Judy Blair-Elortegui, M.D. - jblair@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinators: Leah Musgrove (PC3) - lmusgrove@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Drive, Mastin 400K, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7891 • Fax: (251) 470-1652
Internal Medicine / Pediatrics (Combined Program)
Program Director: Grace Hundley, M.D. - ohundley@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinators: Marley Harris - mjharris@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 1700 Center St, Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 415-8586 • Fax: (251) 415-1387
Neurology
Program Director: William Kilgo, M.D. - wkilgo@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Leigh Rowell - clrowell@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Drive, Mastin Building 615, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 445-8261 • Fax: (251) 445-8249
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Program Director: Jennifer Young Pierce, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.C.O.G. - jypierce@health.southalabama.edu
Associate Program Director: Craig Sherman, M.D. - csherman@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Shavella Everett - skelly@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 251 Cox St, Suite 100, Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 415-1557 • Fax (251) 415-1552
Orthopaedic Surgery
Program Director: Jeffrey Brewer, M.D. - jlbrewer@health.southalabama.edu
Assistant Program Director: Brad Clay, M.D. - tbclay@health.southalabama.edu
Assistant Program Director: Drew Madison, M.D. - rmadison@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Rhonda Smith - rhondasmith@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 1601 Center St, #N-3160, Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 665-8251 • Fax: (251) 665-8265
Pathology
Program Director: Jacek M. Polski, M.D. - jpolski@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Farhana Akther - fakther@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Drive, Moorer Bldg, Rm 120, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7786 • Fax: (251) 471-7715
Pediatrics
Program Director: Richard Whitehurst, M.D. - rmwjr@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinators: Latasha Williams (PC3) - latashawilliams@health.southalabama.edu
Jessica Petro (PC1) - jmcdaniel@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 1700 Center St, Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 415-1087 • Fax: (251) 415-1387
Psychiatry
Program Director: Luke Engeriser, M.D. - lengeriser@altapointe.org
Program Coordinator: Bayleigh Andrews - bandrews@altapointe.org
Address: 1015 Montlimar Drive, Suite A-210, Mobile, AL 36609
Telephone: (251) 706-5552 • Fax: (251) 706-5595
Radiology
Program Director: Samuel McQuiston, M.D. - mcquiston@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Shunda Fakaha - sfakaha@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Drive, Mastin 315, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7866 • Fax: (251) 471-7882
Surgery
Program Director: Leander Grimm, M.D. - lgrimm@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Dorothy Dickinson (PC3) - dpettway@health.southalabama.edu
Tyronda Rogers (PC1) - tmrogers@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Drive, Mastin 711, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7992 • Fax: (251) 471-7022
Fellowship Programs
Addiction Medicine
Program Director: Luke Engeriser, M.D. - lengeriser@altapointe.org
Program Coordinator: Bayleigh Andrews - bandrews@altapointe.org
Address: 1015 Montlimar Drive, Suite A-210, Mobile, AL 36609
Telephone: (251) 706-5552 • Fax: (251) 706-5595
Cardiovascular Disease
Program Director: Bassam Omar, M.D. - bomar@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Donna Gregory - dgregory@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Drive, Suite 10B, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7923
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Program Director: Edgar W. Finn, M.D.
Program Coordinator: Bayleigh Andrews - bandrews@altapointe.org
Address: 1015 Montlimar Drive, Suite A-210, Mobile, AL 36609
Telephone: (251) 706-5552 • Fax: (251) 706-5595
Clinical Neurophysiology
Program Director: Juan Ochoa, M.D. - jochoa@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Leigh Rowell - clrowell@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Drive, Suite 10E, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 445-8261 • Fax: (251) 445-8249
Gastroenterology
Program Director: Jack Di Palma, M.D. - jdipalma@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Tracy Terpening - tterpening@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 75 University Blvd South, UCOM 6000-B, Mobile, AL 36608
Telephone: (251) 660-5555 • Fax: (251) 660-5559
Gynecologic Oncology
Program Director: Rodney Rocconi, M.D. - rocconi@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Alana Bell - alanabell@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 1660 Springhill Avenue, Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 445-9895 • Fax: (251) 460-6994
Medical Oncology
Program Director: Brian Persing, M.D. - bpersing@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Alana Bell - alanabell@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 1660 Springhill Avenue, Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 445-9895 • Fax: (251) 460-6994
Primary Care Sports Medicine - Andrews
Program Director: Josh Hackel, M.D. - josh@hackelmd.com
Program Coordinator: Ashley Mixson - ashley.mixson@andrewsref.org
Address: 1040 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
Telephone: (850) 916-8575 • Fax: (850) 916-8579
Primary Care Sports Medicine - USA
Program Director: James Toldi, M.D. – jtoldi@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Stacey Hartman – shartman@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 1601 Center Street, 2N, Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 434-3484 • Fax: (251) 434-3495
Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care
Program Director: Brian W. Fouty, M.D. - bfouty@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Ruth L. Hart, MBA, BSHA - rlhart@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Drive, Suite 10G, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7847 • Fax: (251) 471-7889
Renal and Genitourinary Pathology (Non-ACGME Accredited)
Program Director: Guillermoa A. Herrera, M.D. - gherrera@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Kathy Cannon - kacannon@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Drive, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7786 • Fax: (251) 471-7715
Surgical Critical Care
Program Director: Christopher Kinnard, M.D. - ckinnard@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Tyronda Rogers - tmrogers@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Drive, Mastin 709, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7992 • Fax: (251) 471-7022