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 2024

  • Jessica Wilson, MD, Emergency Medicine
  • Akshay Chaku, MD, Anesthesiology, Critical Care and Pain Medicine
  • Julie Gutierrez, MD, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
  • Hunter Hamilton, MD, Pediatrics
  • Mateja Jezovnik, MD, PhD, ACTAT
  • Abayomi Ogunwale, MD, Family and Community Medicine
  • Rex Alvin Paulino, MD, Internal Medicine
  • Sean Rose, PhD, Diagnostic and Interventional Imaging
  • Karen Schneider, MD, Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
  • Gowri Stevens, MD, Emergency Medicine
  • Roukaya Al Hammoud, MD, Pediatrics
  • Mubeen Khan, MD, Internal 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.