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Graduate Medical Education Programs

With a long history of training physicians, the University of South ³ÉÈË¿ì²¥ and its affiliated hospitals provide training in 24 residency and fellowship programs to more than 300 physicians in training. All eligible graduate medical programs at the University of South ³ÉÈË¿ì²¥ are fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) unless otherwise noted.

Residency Programs

Emergency Medicine

Program Director: Walker Plash, M.D. - wplash@health.southalabama.edu 
Program Coordinator: Nikki Reymundo - nrreymundo@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Mastin 316, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 470-1649 • Fax: (251) 470-7042

Family Medicine

Program Director: Ehab Molokhia, M.D. - emolokhia@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator (PC3): Nyasha Kagoro - nkagoro@health.southalabama.edu 
Address: 2424 Gordon Smith Dr., Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 434-3484 • Fax: (251) 434-3495

Internal Medicine

Program Director: Judy Blair-Elortegui, M.D. - jblair@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator (PC3): Kimberly Eardley - keardley@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator (PC1): Brant Weindorf - bweindorf@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Mastin 400K, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7891 • Fax: (251) 470-1652

Internal Medicine / Pediatrics (Combined Program)

Program Director: Grace Hundley, M.D. - ohundley@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Ellen Maddox - ermaddox@health.southalabama.edu  
Address: 1700 Center St., Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 415-8586 • Fax: (251) 415-1387

Neurology

Program Director: William Kilgo, M.D. - wkilgo@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Leigh Rowell - clrowell@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Mastin 615, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 445-8261 • Fax: (251) 445-8249

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Program Director: Tracy Roth, M.D. - tyroth@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Kassidy Terry - kterry2@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 251 Cox St., Room 1009, Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 415-1557 • Fax (251) 415-1552

Orthopaedic Surgery

Program Director: Jess Mullens, M.D. - jmullens@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Rhonda Smith - rhondasmith@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 1601 Center St., #N-3104, Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 665-8251 • Fax: (251) 665-8265

Pathology

Program Director: Osama R. Elkadi, M.D. - oelkadi@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Bettina Kelson - bkelson@health.southalabama.edu 
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Moorer Bldg., Room 120, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7786 • Fax: (251) 471-7715

Pediatrics

Program Director: Haidee Custodio, M.D. - hcustodio@health.southalabama.edu 
Program Coordinator (PC3): Nicole Adair - nadair@health.southalama.edu 
Program Coordinator (PC1): Chloe Deuel - cdeuel@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 1700 Center St., Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 415-1087 or (251) 415-8688 • Fax: (251) 415-1387

Psychiatry

Program Director: Luke Engeriser, M.D. - lengeriser@altapointe.org
Program Coordinator: Laura Kessler - lkessler@altapointe.org
Address: 1015 Montlimar Dr., Suite A-210, Mobile, AL 36609
Telephone: (251) 706-5552 • Fax: (251) 706-5595

Radiology

Program Director: Brett Martin, M.D. - bmartin@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Shunda Fakaha - sfakaha@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Mastin 315, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7866 • Fax: (251) 471-7882

Surgery

Program Director: Leander Grimm, M.D. - lgrimm@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator (PC3): Tyronda Rogers - tmrogers@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator (PC1): Cynthia Dennis - cdennis@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Mastin 711, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7992 • Fax: (251) 471-7022

Urology

Program Director: Lorie Fleck, M.D. – lgfleck@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Sandi Shaw-Cantrelle – Sshaw-cantrelle@health.southalabama.edu  
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Mastin 526, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 660-5874 • Fax: (251) 660-5931

Fellowship Programs

Addiction Medicine

Program Director: Luke Engeriser, M.D. - lengeriser@altapointe.org
Program Coordinator: Laura Kessler - lkessler@altapointe.org 
Address: 1015 Montlimar Dr., Suite A-210, Mobile, AL 36609
Telephone: (251) 706-5552 • Fax: (251) 706-5595

Cardiovascular Disease

Program Director: Bassam Omar, M.D. - bomar@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Donna Gregory - dgregory@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 3290 Dauphin Street, Suite 300, Mobile, AL 36606  
Telephone: (251) 332-3885 • Fax: (251) 471-7447  

Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Program Director: J. Clint Moore, D.O. - cmoore1@altapointe.org 
Program Coordinator: Laura Kessler - lkessler@altapointe.org 
Address: 1015 Montlimar Dr., Suite A-210, Mobile, AL 36609
Telephone: (251) 706-5552 • Fax: (251) 706-5595

Clinical Neurophysiology

Program Director: Juan Ochoa, M.D. - jochoa@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Leigh Rowell - clrowell@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Suite 10E, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 445-8261 • Fax: (251) 445-8249

Family Medicine Obstetrics (Non-ACGME Accredited)

Program Director: Amelia Hewes, M.D. - arhewes@health.southalabama.edu 
Program Director: Danielle Turnquest, M.D. - dturnquest@health.southalabama.edu 
Program Coordinator: Jenna James - jmjames@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2424 Gordon Smith Dr., Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 434-3484 • Fax: (251) 434-3495

Gastroenterology

Program Director: Jack Di Palma, M.D. - jdipalma@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Tracy Terpening - tterpening@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 75 University Blvd. South, UCOM 6000, Mobile, AL 36608
Telephone: (251) 660-5651 • Fax: (251) 660-5558

Gynecologic Oncology

Program Director: Jennifer Young Pierce, M.D., M.P.H. - jypierce@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Angelique Reed - acreed@health.southalabama.edu 
Address: 1660 Springhill Ave., Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 445-8401 • Fax: (251) 460-6994

Hematology and Medical Oncology

Program Director: Omar Alkharabsheh, M.D. - oalkharabsheh@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Angelique Reed - acreed@health.southalabama.edu 
Address: 1660 Springhill Ave., Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 445-9895 or (251) 410-4967 • Fax: (251) 460-6994

Program Director: Josh Hackel, M.D. - josh@hackelmd.com
Program Coordinator: Christine Flores - Christine.flores@andrewsref.org 
Address: 1040 Gulf Breeze Parkway, Gulf Breeze, FL 32561
Telephone: (850) 916-8704 • Fax: (850) 916-8579

Primary Care Sports Medicine - USA

Program Director: Peter Rippey, M.D. - prippey@health.southalabama.edu 
Program Coordinator (PC3): Nyasha Kagoro - nkagoro@health.southalabama.edu 
Address: 2424 Gordon Smith Dr., Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 434-3484 • Fax: (251) 434-3495

Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care

Program Director: Brian Fouty, M.D. - bfouty@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Katrice Phillip - krphillip@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Mastin Suite 400-G, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7847ʉۢ Fax: (251) 471-7889

Renal and Genitourinary Pathology (Non-ACGME Accredited)

Program Director: Guillermo A. Herrera, M.D. - gherrera@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator: Bettina Kelson - bkelson@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7786 • Fax: (251) 471-7715

Surgical Critical Care

Program Director: Christopher Kinnard, M.D. - ckinnard@health.southalabama.edu
Program Coordinator (PC3): Tyronda Rogers - tmrogers@health.southalabama.edu 
Program Coordinator (PC1): Cynthia Dennis - cdennis@health.southalabama.edu
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Mastin 711, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 445-8230 • Fax: (251) 471-7022