Department Leadership

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Dean Seehusen, MD, MPH

  • Chair & Professor, Family & Community Medicine
  • GAFP Joseph W. Tollison, MD Distinguished University Chair

706-721-3159

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Julie Dahl-Smith, DO

  • Professor
  • Vice Chair of Education, Family & Community Medicine

706-721-4675

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Sumit Fogla, MD, MBA, FAAFP, ABOM

  • Associate Professor
  • Vice Chair of Clinical Operations & Quality
  • Medical Director, Family & Community Medicine Clinic

706-721-4808

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Christy JW Ledford, PhD, FACH

  • Professor
  • Curtis G. Hames, MD, Distinguished Chair
  • Vice Chair, Research
  • Director, HamesNet

706-721-8018

FACULTY

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Brandon Bentley, MD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Director, Medical Student Education

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Jessica Britt-Thomas, PhD

  • Associate Professor
  • Director, Integrated Behavioral Health Service
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Mary Carpenter, PharmD, BCACP

  • Clinical Assistant Professor
  • Coordinator, PGY2 Ambulatory Care Pharmacy Residency Program
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Janis Coffin, DO

  • Professor
  • Associate Chief Medical Information Officer, AU Health

706-721-2009

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Jacqueline DuBose, MD

  • Rehired Retiree Associate Professor

706-721-3269

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J. Scott Earwood, MD

  • Associate Professor
  • Associate Director, Allopathic Residency

706-721-8414

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Rebecca (Becky) J. Etheridge, EdD, RDMS

  • Assistant Professor
  • Curriculum Specialist

706-721-4796

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J. Will Evans, DO

  • Assistant Professor
  • Associate Program Director,
  • Allopathic Residency

706-721-4510

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James Foster, MD

  • Assistant Professor
  • Medical Director, Occupational Health
  • Director, Student Health Services

706-721-2268

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Thomas Garigan, MD, MA (Bioethics)

  • Professor
  • Course Director, Enrichment
  • Patient Centered Learning

706-721-0934

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Ralph Gillies, PhD

  • Professor
  • Director, Residency Scholarship

706-721-2353

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Diana Johnson, MD

  • Assistant Professor

706-721-0936

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Samantha Jones, PhD

  • Assistant Professor

706-721-0312

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David Kriegel, MD

  • Professor
  • Director, Medical Student Education

706-721-4674

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David Krupp, MD

  • Associate Professor

706-721-6507

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Jason Lanham, MD, MA

  • Associate Professor
  • Program Director, Allopathic Residency

706-721-4577

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Bruce LeClair, MD, MPH

  • Rehired Retiree Professor Emeritus
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Christopher Ledford, MD

  • Associate Professor
  • Director, Primary Care Sports Medicine Fellowship

706-721-2369

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Richard W. Sams II, MD, MA

  • Professor
  • Medical Director, Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home

706-721-2820

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Ashley Saucier, MD

  • Associate Professor
  • Assistant Dean of Evaluation, Accreditation, and CQI
  • Associate Director, Medical Student Education

706-721-2855

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Shirley Sharp, DO

  • Assistant Professor
  • Director, Osteopathic Residency
  • Associate Director, Allopathic Residency

706-721-3156

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Ebony Whisenant, MD

  • Associate Professor

706-721-8414

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Thad Wilkins, MD, MBA

  • Professor
  • Associate Chief Medical Officer, AU Health

706-721-8018