LCME Self-Study Committee #2

Natasha Savage, MD, FCAP

• Committee Co-Chair
• Senior Associate Dean, GME & DIO, MCG at AU
• Residency Program Director & Vice Chair, Academic Affairs, Associate Professor, Pathology

Marcel D’Eon, PhD

• Committee Co-Chair
• Professor & Assistant Dean, Faculty Development, MCG Academic Affairs, Curriculum
• Director, Educational Innovation Institute (EII)
• Director, Dual Degree Program, MCG at AU

David Mattson, PhD

• Professor & Department Chair, Physiology

Mark W. Hamrick, PhD

• George G. Weiss Research Professor
• Regents’ Professor
• Interim Chair, Cellular Biology and Anatomy

Dean Seehusen, MD, MPH

• GAFP Joseph W. Tollison, MD Distinguished University Chair
• Professor and Department Chair, Family Medicine

Anastacia Bankey

• Athens, Class of 2024

Lily Francis

• Athens, Class of 2023

Paul Brock, MD

• Campus Associate Dean, Northwest Georgia Campus
• Associate Professor, Department of Surgery

Kathy J. Davies, MLS

• Associate Professor, Library

Catherine (Katie) Davis, PhD

• Professor, Physiology
• Professor, Pediatrics

Summer Jefferson

• Augusta, Class of 2025

Phillip L. Coule, MD

• VP & CMO, Augusta University Medical Center
• Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs
• Chief Patient Safety Officer
• Co-Director, Center for Operational Medicine
• Director, AU Medical Associates
• Professor, Emergency Medicine

Ruchi Patel, PhD

• LCME Basic Science Faculty Lead
• Assistant Professor, Physiology

Kimberlee Giffen, PhD

• Assistant Professor of Neuroscience & Regenerative Medicine
• AU/UGA Medical Partnership

Julie Gaines, MLIS

• Professor & Campus Director, AU/UGA Medical Partnership Library

Ivan Florentino, MD

• Professor, Pediatrics
• Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine

Sagar Patel

• Augusta, Class of 2026

Christopher Fly, MD

• Assistant Dean for Curriculum: Clinical Enrichment
• Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

Andrew Sobering, PhD

• Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• AU/UGA Medical Partnership

Ralph Gillies, PhD

• Ralph Gillies, PhD
• Director Residency Scholarship and Professor, Family and Community Medicine
• Director, Continuing Medical Education

Eric Lewkowiez, MD

• Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Year Three
• Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Health Behavior