College of Community Health Sciences

ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICERS

• MARSH, E. EUGENE, III, MD, Dean, College of Community Health Sciences, and Associate Dean, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa Campus.
• ALEXANDER, CHELLEY K., MD, Assistant Dean for Graduate Medical Education.
• COCKRUM, ELIZABETH L., MD, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs.
• EVANS, ASHLEY, MD, Assistant Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education.
• HIGGINBOTHAM, JOHN C., PhD, MPH, Associate Dean for Research and Health Policy.
• ARENDALE, ALLISON H., Director of Financial Affairs.
• MAXWELL, JOHN B., Jr., Chief Administrative Officer and Director of the University of Alabama Student Health Center.
• MURPHY, PAT A., Registrar/TERM Director.
• TAYLOR, MICHAEL A., MD, Assistant Dean for Information Technology.
• ULZEN, THADDEUS P, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs.

FACULTY

First date refers to original appointment to the University. Second date, if any, refers to date of appointment to title listed.

• ALEXANDER, CHELLEY K., BA (Davidson College), MD (Alabama). Assistant Director, Family Practice Residency Program, and Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, 2001.
• ALLEN, KATY M., BA (Sara Lawrence College), MLIS (The University of Alabama), Assistant Professor and Technical Services/Systems Librarian, 2005.
• ARNOLD, SCOTT, B.Ch.E (Georgia Institute of Technology), MD (University of Alabama School of Medicine), Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, 2006
• ARNOLD, SUSAN, BS (The University of Alabama) MD (University of Alabama School of Medicine), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, 2007
• AVERY, DANIEL M., BS (Alabama), MD (Alabama). Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2003.
• BLUM, ALAN M., BA (Amherst), MD (Emory). Gerald Leon Wallace Endowed Chair and Professor, Department of Family Medicine, 1999.
• BRYANT, DAWN, BS (The University of Alabama), MD (University of Alabama School of Medicine), Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine-Hospitalist), 2007
• BURGESS, KAREN B., BS, MD (Alabama). Assistant Professor, 2001.
• COCKRUM, ELIZABETH L., BS, MD (Alabama). Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, 1989, 1995.
• COPELAND, STEVE, BS (The University of Alabama), MD (University of South Alabama), Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine-Hospitalist, 2008
• DALY, SANDRA, BS (University of Florida) MD (University of South Florida College of Medicine), Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, 2008
• EVANS, ASHLEY, BS, MD (Alabama). Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, 1994.
• FOSTER, PAMELA P., BS (Xavier University) MS (Meharry College) MD (Meharry College) MPH (Columbia University), Assistant Professor, Department of Community and Rural Medicine, 2006
• FULGHAM, SCOTT, BS (), MD (Alabama), Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, 2005
• GARNER, MARGARET P., BS (Georgia Southern), MS, RD (Tennessee). Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, 1979.
• GIGGI, MARISA, BA (Smith College), MPaff (University of Texas at Austin), MD (Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann School of Medicine), Assistant Professor. Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, 2009
• GRATTENGER, KRISTINE R., BS (University of Wisconsin) MS (Northwestern University) MD (University of Alabama School of Medicine), Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2009
• GRESHAM, CATHY L., BS (Samford), MD (Alabama). Director, Medical Student Affairs, and Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, 1991, 2000.
• GUIN, SUSAN M., BS (Alabama), MS (Alabama–Birmingham). Instructor, Department of Community and Rural Medicine, 2001.
• HALL, WILLIAM M., BS (The University of Alabama) MD (University of Alabama School of Medicine), Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine-Hospitalist, 2009
• HARDER, NATASHA, BS (University of North Alabama), MD (University of Tennessee College of Medicine), Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, 2008
• HARRELL, REGINA, BS (Vanderbilt College), MD (University of Alabama School of Medicine), Assistant Professor, Department of Family Medicine, 2006
• HIGGINBOTHAM, JOHN C., BS (Alabama), MPH (Alabama–Birmingham), PhD (Texas). Director, Institute for Rural Health Research, and Associate Professor, Department of Community and Rural Medicine, 1999.
• HILLMAN, KIMBERLY P., BS (The University of Alabama), MD (University of Alabama School of Medicine), Assistant Professor, 2005
• HONEA, NEIL, BS (University of Alabama Birmingham), MD (University of South Alabama), Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, 2008
• HOOPER, DWIGHT E., BA (Maryland–Baltimore County), MD (Maryland), MBA (Kennesaw State). Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2001
• IRELAND, ROBERT B., JR., BS (United States Military Academy), MD (Mississippi). Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, 1991, 1998
• JAIN, ARCHANA, MBBS (University of Delhi-India), Assistant Professor, Departmetn of Internal Medicine-Hospitalist, 2006
• JAIN, GUARAV, MBBS (University of Delhi-India), Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine-Hospitalist, 2009
• JONES, III, LEONARD W., BS (University of Alabama Birmingham), MD (University of Alabma School of Medicine), Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, 2005
• KUHAJDA, MELISSA C., BS (Illinois State University) MA (Loyola University) MA Ph.D (The University of Alabama), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, 2002
• LEEPER, JAMES D., BA, MS, PhD (Iowa). Professor, Department of Community and Rural Medicine, 1977, 1988
• LEHMAN, CHARLES B., BA (Vanderbilt), MD (Alabama). Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, 2003
• LUCY, BENNIE, BS (University of Alabama Birmingham) MD (University of Alabama School of Medicine), Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine-Hospitalist, 2007
• MARSH, E. Eugene, III, BS (Alabama), MD (South Alabama). Dean, Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, 1993, 2001, 2005
• MAXWELL, ALAN J., BA (Northwestern University), MD (University of Pittsburg-Pennsylvania), Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, 2007
• MCDONALD, JOHN, BS (The University of Alabama), MD (University of Alabama School of Medicine), Assistant Professor, Departrment of Obtsetrics and Gynecology, 2008
• MCKNIGHT, JERRY T., BS (Union), MD (Tennessee). Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, 1990
• MILLER, GEORGE P., BS (The University of Alabama), MD (University of Louisville School of Medicine), Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, 2005
• OWINGS, WILLIAM O., BS (Alabama), MD (Tulane). Interim Chair and Professor, Department of Family Medicine, 1996
• PAISLEY, CAMERON, BS (Auburn University), MD (University of South Alabama), Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine-Hospitalist),
• RALLS, MARTHA A., BS (Vanderbilt University), Pharm D (Samford University McWhorter School of Pharmacy) MD (University of Alabama School of Medicine), MLIS (The University of Alabama), Assistant Professor, 2006
• REED, MARION D. BS (Samford University), MD (University of Alabama School of Medicine). Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 2007
• RUBIN, NANCY J., BS (New Hampshire), PsyD. (Denver). Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, 1990, 1999.
• SHEPPARD, ROBERT A., BS (Alabama), MD (South Alabama). Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, 2003.
• SLAUGHTER, ROBERT, BA (Vanderbilt University) MD (University of Alabama School of Medicine), Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine-Hospitalist, 2007
• SMITH, ELIZABETH, BSN (The University of Alabama), MSN, CRNP (University of Alabama Birmingham), Instructor, Department of Pediatrics, 2009
• STEWART, J. GRIER, BS (Davidson College), MD (University of Alabama School of Medicine), Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, 2008
• SUNDAR, VIJAYA, BS, MD (India). Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, 1992, 2001.
• TAYLOR, HEATHER, BA (The University of Alabama), MD (University of Alabama School of Medicine), 2007
• TUCKER, MELONIE, BA (Athens StateUniversity) MA (The University of Alabama), Ph.D. (The University of Alabama, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, 2007
• TAYLOR, MICHAEL A., BS (Kentucky), MD (Louisville). Assistant to the Dean for Information Technology and Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, 1991, 1999, 2001
• THOMAS, JERRILL K., BS (Auburn University), MD (University of Alabama School of Medicine), Assistant Professor, 2005
• TYLER, CYNTHIA, BA, MA, MSW (The University of Alabama), Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, 1998
• ULZEN, THADDEUS, MBChB (University of Ghana Medical School). Professor, 2005
• VAUGHN, ROSS, BS (University of Alabama Birmingham), MD (University of Alabama School of Medicine), Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, 2005
• WAITS, JOHN, BA (The University of Alabama), MD (University of Alabama School of Medicine), Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, 2005, 2009
• WALLACE, JOSEPH C., BS, MD (Alabama). Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, 1995
• WARREN, JOHN, BS (David Lipscomb University) MD (University of Alabama School of Medicine), Assistant Professor, Department of Internal Medicine-Hospitalist, 2009
• WHEAT, JOHN R., BS, MD (Alabama), MPH (North Carolina). Professor, Department of Community and Rural Medicine, 1990, 2000, 2001
• WILLIAMS, NELLE, BA (Morehead), MLS (Kentucky). Director and Assistant Professor, and Medical Information Services Librarian, Health Sciences Library, 1998, 1999, 2006
• WILLIAMSON, LLOYDA B., BS (Oakwood College), MD (Meharry Medical College), Assistant Professor, 2005.
• WINKLER, TIMOTHY W., BS (Oklahoma Christian), MD (Alabama). Associate Chair and Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, 1995
• YERBY, LEA, BS (Belmont University), MS (The University of Alabama), Ph.D. (The University of Alabama and University of Alabama Birmingham), Assistant Professor, Department of Community and Rural Medicine, 2008

Emeriti

• BAUMHOVER, LORIN A., BA (Nebraska), MS, PhD (Colorado). Professor Emeritus of Behavioral and Community Medicine, 1971, 1996.
• COGGINS, WILMER J., MD Dean Emeritus of the College of Community Health Sciences and Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine, 1981, 1991.
• DeSHAZO, WILLIAM F., III, BS, MD, Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine, 1972, 1988.
• DOUGHTY, BARBARA P., MLS, Associate Professor Emerita, Health Sciences Library, 1974, 1994.
• FICKEN, ROLAND P., AB (Phillips), MA, PhD (Kentucky). Dean Emeritus of the College of Community Health Sciences and Associate Professor Emeritus of Behavioral and Community Medicine, 1974, 1996.
• GASKINS, SAMUEL E., BS (Cornell), MD (Medical College of Virginia). Director Emeritus, Family Practice Residency Program, and Associate Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine, 1979, 2005.
• HEFELFINGER, DAVID C., BA, MD (North Carolina). Chair and Professor Emeritus Department of Pediatrics, 1973, 2000.
• LUMPKIN, T. RILEY, MD Professor Emeritus of Family Medicine, 1974, 1991.
• MOZLEY, PAUL D., BA, MD (Alabama). Professor and Chair Emeritus, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 1984, 1999.
• PIERONI, ROBERT E., BS (Boston), MD (Pennsylvania). Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine and Family Medicine, 1974, 2005.
• PHILP, ELIZABETH B., MD (Edinburgh, Scotland). Professor Emerita of Family Medicine, 1992, 1999.
• RAND, ELIZABETH H., BA (Smith), MA (New York), MD (Albert Einstein College of Medicine). Chair and Professor Emerita, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, 1985, 2005.
• RUSSELL, LISA R., BS, MLS (Alabama). Associate Professor Emerita, Health Sciences Library, 1983, 1999.
• SNYDER, ARTHUR F., BA, MD Professor Emeritus of Surgery, 1989, 1995.
• WINTERNITZ, WILLIAM W., AB (Dartmouth), MD (Johns Hopkins). Professor Emeritus of Internal Medicine, 1977, 1997.