Faculty Profiles

Department Leadership

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Dean Seehusen, MD, MPH

Chair, Family Medicine
Professor
GAFP Joseph W. Tollison, MD Distinguished University Chair
 
706-721-3156
dseehusen@augusta.edu

FACULTY

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 Megan Cahill, MD

Assistant Professor
 
Associate Director, Allopathic Residency Educational Programs
 706-721-0311
 mcahill@augusta.edu
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Janis Coffin, DO

Professor
 
Chief Transformation Officer, AU Health
706-721-2009
jcoffin@augusta.edu
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 Julie Dahl-Smith, DO

Professor
 
Vice Chair of Education, Department of Family Medicine
 
Director, Allopathic Residency Educational Programs
Director, Osteopathic Residency Educational Programs
Director of Medical Education, Osteopathic Residency Educational Programs
706-721-4675
 jdahl@augusta.edu
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 Jacqueline DuBose, MD

Associate Professor
 
Associate Director, Allopathic Residency Educational Programs
 
Associate Medical Director, Family Medicine Center 
706-721-2438
jdubose@augusta.edu
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 James Foster, MD

Assistant Professor
 
Medical Director, Occupational Health
Director, Student Health Services
 706-721-2268
jfoster@augusta.edu
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Ralph Gillies, PhD

Professor
 
Associate Dean for Faculty Development
 706-721-2353
rgillies@augusta.edu
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 Nidhi Gulati, MD

Associate Professor
 
Medical Director, Georgia War Veterans Nursing Home 
 ngulati@augusta.edu
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Diana Johnson, MD

Assistant Professor
706-721-0936
dijohnson@augusta.edu
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Jennifer Jones, MD

Assistant Professor
706-721-3156
jjones34@augusta.edu  
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David Kriegel, MD

Professor
 
Director, Medical Student Education
706-721-4674
dkriegel@augusta.edu
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Kayla Leach-Frasca, DO

Assistant Professor
706-721-3269
kleach@augusta.edu
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Bruce LeClair, MD, MPH

Professor
 
Ollie O. McGahee Jr., M.D. Chair in Family Medicine
706-721-0934
bleclair@augusta.edu
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George Nixon, MD

Associate Professor
706-721-3599
gnixon@augusta.edu
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Signe O'Neale, MD

Assistant Professor
 
Medical Director, Family Medicine Center
706-721-4796
soneale@augusta.edu
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Richard W. Sams II, MD, MA

Associate Professor
706-721-2369
risams@augusta.edu
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Ashley Saucier, MD

Associate Professor
 
Associate Director, Medical Student Education
706-721-2855
asaucier@augusta.edu
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Kim Thompson, MD

Assistant Professor
706-721-0312
kithompson@augusta.edu 
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Ebony Whisenant, MD

Associate Professor
706-721-8414
ewhisenant@augusta.edu
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Thad Wilkins, MD, MBA

Professor
 
Director, Academic Development
706-721-8018
jwilkins@augusta.edu