Staff and Contacts for GME

Each member of our team has primary responsibility for various areas in Graduate Medical Education.

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Natasha Savage, MD

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

706-721-7005

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Michael Groves, MD

  • Associate Dean, GME
  • Asst. Designated Institutional Official (DIO), ACGME

706-721-7005

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Candice S. Henderson, MBA

  • Manager, GME Operations

706-721-7005

Institutional Administrator (IA), NRMP

  • GME Budget/Fiscal management
  • GME office management
  • GME Regulatory Compliance
  • Housestaff Payroll
  • GME Housestaff data reporting
  • GME facilities and procurement
  • VA Reimbursement reporting
  • GME Website management
  • GMEC Due Process Subcommittee
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Shawnda Claxton

  • Coordinator, MCG Residency Program

706-721-7005

Institutional Coordinator, ACGME

  • Assistant to DIO
  • ACGME Institutional Coordinator
  • ACGME Accreditation Data System
  • ACGME Site Visits
  • Mock Site Visits
  • Electronic Residency Application Service (ERAS)
  • One 45
  • Duty Hour compliance 
  • GMEC
  • GME Town Hall
  • GMEC Performance Evaluation and Accreditation Subcommitte
  • Program Letters of Agreement (PLA)
  • Affiliation Agreements
  • VA billing
  • Housestaff Liaison 
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Jackie Lynn, BA

  • Coordinator, MCG Residency Program

706-721-7005

  • Educational Commssion for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG) Training Program Liaison (TPL) 
  • Clinical Learning and Working Environment Reviw (CLER) visits
  • E-Priv
  • Housestaff Onboarding
  • Housestaff Licensure
  • Housestaff Contracts
  • Clinical Rotations
  • Liaison Ft. Gordon/DDEAMC
  • GMEC Policy Subcommitte
  • GMEC Diversity Equity Inclusion and Health care Disparities Subcommittee
  • GMEC Research Subcommittee
  • Program Coordinator Liaison

Vacant

  • Coordinator, MCG Residency Program

706-721-7005

  • Housestaff Orientation 
  • Interdisciplinary Residency Core Curriculun (IRCC) Noon Conference
  • Housestaff Leave/FMLA/LWOP
  • Extra Duty requests
  • Moonlighting requests
  • Clinical Rotation Requests
  • Extra Duty pay
  • Meal Money reimbursement
  • Housestaff Lounge/Call rooms
  • GMEC Special Review Subcommittee
  • GMEC Wellness Subcommittees
  • Ad Hoc Committee meetings
  • Chief Resident Meetings
  • Practice Opportunity Medical Fair
  • Certification of Graduation
  • Housestaff Certificates
  • Housestaff offboarding/signout