GME Committee Members

Graduate Medical Education Committee Members

  • Pamela Promecene-Cook, M.D., Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, ACGME Designated Institutional Official (DIO)  – Chair
  • Samuel Luber, M.D., Assistant Dean, Graduate Medical Education
  • Emma Ferguson, M.D., Task Force Director – Assessment and Evaluation
  • Vineeth John, M.D., Task Force Director – Professionalism
  • Emma Omoruyi, M.D., Task Force Director – Health Equity, Engagement and Well-being
  • Mark Warner, M.D., Task Force Director – Faculty Development and Scholarly Activity
  • Bela Patel, M.D., Vice Dean, Healthcare Quality UT Heath & Regional CMO, MHH – Ex officio
  • Tien C. Ko, M.D., Associate Dean, Harris County Programs (LBJ Chief of Staff) – Ex Officio
  • Philip Orlander, M.D., Associate Dean, Educational Programs – Ex officio
  • Allison R. Ownby, Ph.D., Assistant Dean, Faculty & Educational Development – Ex officio
  • Jose Garcia, M.D., General Director AMS – Ex Officio
  • Jill Herrin, M.B.A., Executive Director, Graduate Medical Education Office – Ex officio

Other Invited Guests

  • Monica Henry, B.S., C-TAGME, Director, Graduate Medical Education Office
  • Grizelda Cavazos, Program Manager/ACGME Institutional Coordinator
  • Brenda Moncivaiz, Program Manager/ACGME Institutional Coordinator
  • Arlene Thomas, Healthcare Risk Specialist
  • Catherine R. Thompson, Healthcare Risk Manager, Legal Affairs & Institutional Compliance

Voting Members – Term Expires August 31, 2025

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

2025-2026 Resident/Fellow Representatives – Term Expires June 30, 2026

  • President – Zoha Khan, M.D., Anesthesiology
  • President-Elect – Shwetha Menon, M.D., Neurology
  • Vice President – Kelly Roberts, M.D., Neurology
  • Secretary/ Treasurer – Jared Covell, M.D., General Surgery
  • Member at Large – Neha Malik, M.D., General Surgery
  • Resident and Fellow Wellness & Experience Representative – Agni Kakouri, M.D., Ophthalmology
  • Fellow Trustee – Aastha Bharwad, M.D., Gastroenterology

NOTE: Standing members may send a representative in their place to the GMEC meetings but after 3 consecutive absences without representation they will lose membership on the GMEC. Questions about this committee should be addressed to [email protected].