Learning Environment & Faculty

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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
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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
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David Mattson, PhD

  • Professor & Department Chair, Physiology
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Mark W. Hamrick, PhD

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

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

  • Athens, Class of 2024
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Lily Francis

  • Athens, Class of 2023
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Paul Brock, MD

  • Campus Associate Dean, Northwest Georgia Campus
  • Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
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Kathy J. Davies, MLS

  • Associate Professor, Library
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Catherine (Katie) Davis, PhD

  • Professor, Physiology
  • Professor, Pediatrics

Summer Jefferson

  • Augusta, Class of 2025
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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
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Ruchi Patel, PhD

  • LCME Basic Science Faculty Lead
  • Assistant Professor, Physiology
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Kimberlee Giffen, PhD

  • Assistant Professor of Neuroscience & Regenerative Medicine
  • AU/UGA Medical Partnership
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Julie Gaines, MLIS

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

  • Professor, Pediatrics
  • Professor, Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
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Sagar Patel

  • Augusta, Class of 2026
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Christopher Fly, MD

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

  • Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
  • AU/UGA Medical Partnership
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Ralph Gillies, PhD

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

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