Graduate Medical Education Programs
With a long history of training physicians, the University of South Alabama and its affiliated hospitals provide training in 24 residency and fellowship programs to more than 300 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: Walker Plash, M.D. - wplash@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Nikki Reymundo - nrreymundo@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Mastin 316, 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: Andrea Morrell - ajmorrell@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2424 Gordon Smith Dr., Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 434-3484 • Fax: (251) 434-3573
Internal Medicine
Program Director: Judy Blair-Elortegui, M.D. - jblair@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator (PC3): Kimberly Eardley - keardley@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator (PC1): Brant Weindorf - bweindorf@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., 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 Coordinator: Ellen Maddox - ermaddox@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 Dr., Mastin 615, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 445-8261 • Fax: (251) 445-8249
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Program Director: Tracy Roth, M.D. - tyroth@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Brigette Soderlind - bsoderlind@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 251 Cox St., Room 1009, Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 415-1557 • Fax (251) 415-1552
Orthopaedic Surgery
Program Director: Jess Mullens, M.D. - jmullens@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Rhonda Smith - rhondasmith@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 1601 Center St., #N-3104, Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 665-8251 • Fax: (251) 665-8265
Pathology
Program Director: Osama R. Elkadi, M.D. - oelkadi@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Bettina Kelson - bkelson@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Moorer Bldg., Room 120, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7786 • Fax: (251) 471-7715
Pediatrics
Program Director: Haidee Custodio, M.D. - hcustodio@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator (PC3): Nicole Adair - nadair@health.southalama.edu
Program Coordinator (PC1): Chloe Deuel - cdeuel@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 1700 Center St., Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 415-1087 or (251) 415-8688 • Fax: (251) 415-1387
Psychiatry
Program Director: Luke Engeriser, M.D. - lengeriser@altapointe.org
Program Coordinator: Laura Kessler - lkessler@altapointe.org
Address: 1015 Montlimar Dr., Suite A-210, Mobile, AL 36609
Telephone: (251) 706-5552 • Fax: (251) 706-5595
Radiology
Program Director: Brett Martin, M.D. - bmartin@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Shunda Fakaha - sfakaha@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., 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 (PC3): Tyronda Rogers - tmrogers@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator (PC1): Cynthia Dennis - cdennis@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Mastin 711, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7992 • Fax: (251) 471-7022
Urology
Program Director: Lorie Fleck, M.D. – lgfleck@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Sandi Shaw-Cantrelle – Sshaw-cantrelle@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Mastin 526, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 660-5874 • Fax: (251) 660-5931
Fellowship Programs
Addiction Medicine
Program Director: Luke Engeriser, M.D. - lengeriser@altapointe.org
Program Coordinator: Laura Kessler - lkessler@altapointe.org
Address: 1015 Montlimar Dr., 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: 3290 Dauphin Street, Suite 300, Mobile, AL 36606
Telephone: (251) 332-3885 • Fax: (251) 471-7447
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Program Director: J. Clint Moore, D.O. - cmoore1@altapointe.org
Program Coordinator: Laura Kessler - lkessler@altapointe.org
Address: 1015 Montlimar Dr., 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 Dr., Suite 10E, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 445-8261 • Fax: (251) 445-8249
Family Medicine Obstetrics (Non-ACGME Accredited)
Program Director: Amelia Hewes, M.D. - arhewes@health.southalabama.edu
Program Director: Danielle Turnquest, M.D. - dturnquest@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Jenna James - jmjames@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2424 Gordon Smith Dr., Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 434-3484 • Fax: (251) 434-3495
Gastroenterology
Program Director: William "Preston" Sonnier, M.D. - wpsonnier@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Tracy Terpening - tterpening@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 75 University Blvd. South, UCOM 6000, Mobile, AL 36608
Telephone: (251) 660-5651 • Fax: (251) 660-5558
Gynecologic Oncology
Program Director: Jennifer Young Pierce, M.D., M.P.H. - jypierce@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Angelique Reed - acreed@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 1660 Springhill Ave., Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 445-8401 • Fax: (251) 460-6994
Hematology and Medical Oncology
Program Director: Omar Alkharabsheh, M.D. - oalkharabsheh@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Angelique Reed - acreed@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 1660 Springhill Ave., Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 445-9895 or (251) 410-4967 • Fax: (251) 460-6994
Infectious Disease
Program Director: Shannon Tyler, M.D. - styler@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Jill Garcia - jsgarcia@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Moorer Bldg., Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7117
Interventional Cardiology
Program Director: Kevin DeAndrade, M.D. - kdeandrade@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Jill Garcia - jsgarcia@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Moorer Bldg., Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7117
Primary Care Sports Medicine - Andrews
Program Director: Josh Hackel, M.D. - josh@hackelmd.com
Program Coordinator: Christine Flores - Christine.flores@andrewsref.org
Address: 1040 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
Telephone: (850) 916-8704 • Fax: (850) 916-8579
Primary Care Sports Medicine - USA
Program Director: Peter Rippey, M.D. - prippey@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Sylvia Evans - stevans@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2424 Gordon Smith Dr., Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 434-3484 • Fax: (251) 434-3573
Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care
Program Director: Brian Fouty, M.D. - bfouty@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Katrice Phillip - krphillip@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Mastin Suite 400-G, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7847 • Fax: (251) 471-7889
Renal and Genitourinary Pathology (Non-ACGME Accredited)
Program Director: Guillermo A. Herrera, M.D. - gherrera@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Bettina Kelson - bkelson@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., 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 (PC3): Tyronda Rogers - tmrogers@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator (PC1): Cynthia Dennis - cdennis@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Mastin 711, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 445-8230 • Fax: (251) 471-7022