Student Academic Promotions & Professionalism Conduct Committee

The Student Promotions Committee of the faculty of the Medical College of Georgia is responsible for assessing the cumulative performance of the student during and at the completion of each academic year and makes its recommendations to the vice dean of academic affairs of the Medical College of Georgia.  The committee and its subcommittees will include representatives from among the geographically separated campuses.

 

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Red Book/MCG Student Promotions Policies & Procedures

 

RED BOOK/MCG STUDENT PROMOTIONS POLICIES & PROCEDURES

Composition

This constitutional committee, in accordance with LCME standards, will be composed of faculty members selected by the vice dean of academic affairs, associate dean for student affairs, and the associate dean for curriculum with the approval of the dean and they shall submit a slate of candidates for membership to the Committee on Committees. 

It shall be divided into four subcommittees, one for each class; each consisting of a chair and five additional members.  Each subcommittee chair shall serve a term of four years.  Chairs of the subcommittees should serve as a member of the Student Promotions Committee for four years before becoming chair.  Members shall be appointed from each clinical campus as needed.

Function

The committee shall function as outlined in the MCG Faculty Senate Student Promotions Committee Academic and Professionalism Policies and Procedures (Red Book). 

Through its subcommittees, the committee shall monitor the academic performance of the students in each class, recommend students for academic advancement and graduation, and recommend appropriate actions regarding students experiencing academic difficulty.

The committee shall review and evaluate the policies and procedures under which it operates and shall recommend to the Medical College of Georgia Faculty Senate Executive Committee any changes deemed to be necessary in those policies and procedures.

SAPPCC Membership

Dale Peeples, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Health Behavior, Chair (voting)

Ex-officio, Non-Voting Members:

  • Casey Bassett, PhD, Campus Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Life, and Advisement, AU/UGA Medical Partnership
  • Paul Brock, MD, Campus Associate Dean, NW
  • Shilpa Brown, MD, Associate Dean for Curriculum
  • Stephen Chitty, MD, Campus Associate Dean, SE
  • Lynne Coule, MD, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs – Pre-Clerkship
  • Koosh Desai, MD, Campus Associate Dean for Curriculum, SW
  • Dixon Freeman, MD, Campus Associate Dean for Curriculum, NW
  • Andy Morris, MD, Campus Associate Dean Curriculum, AU/UGA Medical Partnership
  • Nina Paletta, MD, Campus Assistant Dean – Student Affairs, MCG Savannah
  • Doug Patten, MD, Campus Associate Dean, SW
  • LaShon Sturgis, MD, Assistant Dean for Academic Advising
  • Jennifer Tucker, MD, Associate Dean for Student Affairs
  • Christopher Watson, MD, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs – Enrichment
  • Eric Lewkowiez, MD, Assistant Dean for Student Affairs – Clerkship, and President, MCG Faculty Senate

Student Promotion Committees

2026 Student Promotions Submittee

 
  • Eve Gallman, PhD, Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine,
    AU/UGA Medical Partnership, Subcommittee Chair (voting)
  • Satya Ande, PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (voting)
  • Jackson Elam, MD, Hospital Medicine (voting)
  • Bradley Golden, DO, Emergency Medicine (voting)
  • Jayabala Pamidimukkala, PhD, Pharmacology and Toxicology, AU/UGA Medical Partnership (voting)
  • Louise Thai, MD, Medicine (voting)

2027 Student Promotions Submittee

 
  • Puttur Prasad, PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Subcommittee Chair (voting)
  • Sameera Azeem, MD, Psychiatry and Health Behavior (voting)
  • Daniel Hannah, PhD, Orthopaedic Surgery (voting)
  • Mark Lopez, MD, Emergency Medicine (voting)
  • Andrew Sobering, PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, AU/UGA Medical Partnership (voting)
  • Patricia Schoenlein, PhD, Cellular Biology and Anatomy (voting)

2028 Student Promotions Submittee

 
  • David Kozlowski, PhD, Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Subcommittee Chair (voting)
  • Ebert, Steven, PhD, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, MCG Savannah (voting)
  • Fulzele, Sadanand, PhD, Medicine (voting)
  • Lanham, Jason, MD, Family Medicine (voting)
  • Manuel, Morganne, PhD, Cellular Biology and Anatomy (voting)
  • Tally, Toby, MD, Surgery, AU/UGA Medical Partnership (voting)

2029 Student Promotions Submittee

 
  • Paul O’Connor, PhD, Physiology, Subcommittee Chair (voting)
  • Sravankumar Kavuri, MD, Pathology (voting)
  • Paramita Pati, PhD, Pharmacology and Toxicology, MCG Savannah (voting)
  • Kimberly Rathbun, MD, Emergency Medicine, (voting)
  • Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD, Medicine, AU/UGA Medical Partnership (voting)
  • Amy Singleton, MD, Psychiatry and Health Behavior (voting)

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