MCG Leadership

Michael W. Brands, PhD

• Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
• Regents’ Professor of Physiology

Andria Thomas, PhD

• Sr. Associate Dean for Evaluation, Accreditation, & CQI

Kelli Braun, MD

• Associate Dean for Admissions

Phillip Coule, MD

• Chief Medical Officer, Wellstar MCG Health

Matthew Lyon, MD

• Associate Dean, Experiential Learning

A.J. Kleinheksel, PhD

• Assistant Dean for Educational Simulation

Denise Kornegay

• Executive Director of the Georgia State Wide Area Health Education Network

Michelle Krupp, EdD

• Associate Dean for Faculty Development

Tracy Casanova, PhD

• Assistant Dean for Learner Wellbeing

Vanessa Spearman-McCarthy, MD

• Associate Dean for Student, Alumni, & Community Engagement

Kathryn Martin, PhD, MPA

• Associate Dean for Regional Campus Coordination

David Stepp, PhD

• Co-director, MD/PhD Program

Leila Stallworth, MD

• Assistant Dean for Career Advising

Lynne Coule, MD

• Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Pre-Clerkship Class Dean

Eric Lewkowiez, MD

• Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Clerkship Class Dean

Christopher M. Watson, MD

• Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Enrichment Class Dean

Lashon Sturgis, MD

• Assistant Dean for Academic Advising

Natasha Savage, MD

• Senior Associate Dean, GME
• Designated Institutional Official (DIO), ACGME, NRMP

Michael Groves, MD

• Associate Dean, GME
• Assistant Designated Institutional Official (DIO), ACGME, NRMP

Shelley Nuss, MD

• Campus Dean, Athens

Matthew Boegehold, PhD

• Chair, Basic Science Department

Jim Barker, MD

• Chair, Clinical Science Department

Andy Morris, MD

• Campus Associate Dean, Curriculum

Gerald Crites, MD MEd

• Campus Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs & Development

Luke Anderson

• Campus Director, Finance & Operations

Leslie Petch Lee, PhD

• Campus Associate Dean, Curriculum

Jonathan Murrow, MD

• Campus Associate Dean Research

W. Scott Richardson, MD

• Interim Associate Dean, Student Affairs, Diversity & Inclusion

Elizabeth Gray, MD

• Campus Dean, Savannah

Paul Brock, MD, FACS

• Campus Associate Dean: Northwest

Dixon Freeman, MD

• Campus Assistant Dean:
• Northwest Georgia Clinical Campus

Douglas Patten, MD

• Campus Associate Dean: Southwest