Graduate Medical Education Programs
With a long history of training physicians, the University of South Alabama and its affiliated hospitals provide training in 23 residency and fellowship programs to more than 270 physicians in training. All eligible graduate medical programs at the University of South Alabama are fully accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) unless otherwise noted.
Residency Programs
Emergency Medicine
Program Director: Paul Henning, M.D. - phenning@health.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator: Nikki Reymundo - nrreymundo@health.cai56b.com
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.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator (PC3): Stacey Hartman - shartman@health.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator (PC1): Amanda McGaha - amcgaha@health.cai56b.com
Address: 1601 Center St., Suite 2N, Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 434-3484 • Fax: (251) 434-3495
Internal Medicine
Program Director: Judy Blair-Elortegui, M.D. - jblair@health.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator (PC3): Kimberly Eardley - keardley@health.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator (PC1): Brant Weindorf - bweindorf@health.cai56b.com
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.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator: TBD
Address: 1700 Center St., Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 415-8586 • Fax: (251) 415-1387
Neurology
Program Director: William Kilgo, M.D. - wkilgo@health.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator: Leigh Rowell - clrowell@health.cai56b.com
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.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator: Kassidy Terry - kterry2@health.cai56b.com
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.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator: Rhonda Smith - rhondasmith@health.cai56b.com
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.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator: Bettina Kelson - bkelson@health.cai56b.com
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Moorer Bldg., Room 120, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7786 • Fax: (251) 471-7715
Pediatrics
Program Director: Richard Whitehurst, M.D. - rmwjr@health.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator (PC3): Nicole Adair - nadair@health.southalama.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.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator: Shunda Fakaha - sfakaha@health.cai56b.com
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.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator (PC3): Tyronda Rogers - tmrogers@health.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator (PC1): Cynthia Dennis - cdennis@health.cai56b.com
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Mastin 711, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7992 • Fax: (251) 471-7022
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.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator: Donna Gregory - dgregory@health.cai56b.com
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.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator: Leigh Rowell - clrowell@health.cai56b.com
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Suite 10E, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 445-8261 • Fax: (251) 445-8249
Family Medicine Obstetrics
Program Director: R. Allen Perkins, M.D., M.P.H. - perkins@health.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator: Jenna James - jmjames@health.cai56b.com
Address: 1601 Center St., Suite 2N, Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 434-3484 • Fax: (251) 434-3495
Gastroenterology
Program Director: Jack Di Palma, M.D. - jdipalma@health.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator: Tracy Terpening - tterpening@health.cai56b.com
Address: 75 University Blvd. South, UCOM 6000, Mobile, AL 36608
Telephone: (251) 660-5651 • Fax: (251) 660-5558
Gastrointestinal Surgical Pathology (Non-ACGME Accredited)
Program Director: Wei Xin, M.D., Ph.D. - wxin@health.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator: Bettina Kelson - bkelson@health.cai56b.com
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7786 • Fax: (251) 471-7715
Gynecologic Oncology
Program Director: Jennifer Young Pierce, M.D., M.P.H. - jypierce@health.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator: Alana Bell - alanabell@health.cai56b.com
Address: 1660 Springhill Ave., Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 445-9895 or (251) 410-4967 • Fax: (251) 460-6994
Hematology and Medical Oncology
Program Director: Omar Alkharabsheh, M.D. - oalkharabsheh@health.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator: Alana Bell - alanabell@health.cai56b.com
Address: 1660 Springhill Ave., Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 445-9895 or (251) 410-4967 • Fax: (251) 460-6994
Primary Care Sports Medicine - Andrews
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.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator (PC3): Stacey Hartman - shartman@health.cai56b.com
Address: 1601 Center St., 2N, Mobile, AL 36604
Telephone: (251) 434-3484 • Fax: (251) 434-3495
Pulmonary Disease and Critical Care
Program Director: Brian Fouty, M.D. - bfouty@health.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator: Katrice Phillip - krphillip@health.cai56b.com
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Mastin Suite 400-G, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 471-7847 • Fax: (251) 471-7889
Renal and Genitourinary Pathology (Non-ACGME Accredited)
Program Director: Guillermo A. Herrera, M.D. - gherrera@health.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator: Bettina Kelson - bkelson@health.cai56b.com
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.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator (PC3): Tyronda Rogers - tmrogers@health.cai56b.com
Program Coordinator (PC1): Cynthia Dennis - cdennis@health.cai56b.com
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Mastin 711, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 445-8230 • Fax: (251) 471-7022