Graduate Medical Education Committee

• Pamela Promecene-Cook, MD, Assistant Dean, Graduate Medical Education, ACGME Designated Institutional Official (DIO)  – Chair
• Samuel Luber, MD, Assistant Dean, Graduate Medical Education – Ex officio
• Emma Ferguson, MD, Task Force Director – Assessment and Evaluation
• Vineeth John, MD, Task Force Director – Professionalism
• Emma Omoruyi, MD, Task Force Director – Health Equity, Engagement and Wellbeing
• Mark Warner, MD, Task Force Director – Faculty Development and Scholarly Activity
• Bela Patel, MD, Vice Dean, Healthcare Quality & Chief Safety Officer, MHH – Ex officio
• Tien C. Ko, MD, Associate Dean, Harris County Programs (LBJ Chief of Staff) – Ex 0fficio
• Philip Orlander, MD, Associate Dean, Educational Programs – Ex officio
• Jeffrey Katz, MD, Chief Medical Officer, Memorial Hermann Hospital – Ex officio
• Allison R. Ownby, PhD, Assistant Dean, Faculty & Educational Development – Ex officio
• Jose Garcia, MD, General Director AMS – Ex officio
• Jill Herrin, MBA, Director, Graduate Medical Education Office – Ex officio

Other Invited Guests

• Jacqueline Brooks, Program Manager/ACGME Institutional Coordinator
• Kellie Loggins, Sr. Administrative Coordinator, GME Office
• Catherine R. Thompson, Healthcare Risk Manager, Legal Affairs & Institutional Compliance
• All Program Directors

Term Expires 2025

• Abayomi Ogunwale, MD, Family and Community Medicine
• Akshay Chaku, MD, Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
• Brandi Karnes, MD, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
• Ekta Perera, MD, Internal Medicine
• Elizabeth Hillman, MD, Pediatrics
• Elizabeth Nugent, MD, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
• Jessica Wilson, MD, Emergency Medicine
• Jose Gavito Higuera, MD, Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
• Michael Snyder, MD, Surgery
• Rex Alvin Paulino, MD, Internal Medicine
• Rossana Kazemimood, MD, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
• Travis Markham, MD, Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine

Resident/Fellow Representatives

• Amanda Herrmann, MD, Pathology And Laboratory Medicine
• Asal Naderi, MD, Anesthesiology
• Doan Nguyen, MD, Family & Community Medicine
• Maggie Swift, MD, Anesthesiology
• Imad Riazuddin, MD, Anesthesiology
• Niklas Glenesk, MD, Anesthesiology

NOTE:  Standing members may send a representative in their place to the GMEC meetings, but after 3 consecutive absences without representation you will lose your membership on the GMEC.