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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator: Nikki Reymundo - nrreymundo@health.smcun.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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator (PC3): Stacey Hartman - shartman@health.smcun.com
Program Coordinator (PC1): Amanda McGaha - amcgaha@health.smcun.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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator (PC3): Kimberly Eardley - keardley@health.smcun.com
Program Coordinator (PC1): Brant Weindorf - bweindorf@health.smcun.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.smcun.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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator: Leigh Rowell - clrowell@health.smcun.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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator: Kassidy Terry - kterry2@health.smcun.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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator
: Rhonda Smith - rhondasmith@health.smcun.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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator: Bettina Kelson - bkelson@health.smcun.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.smcun.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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator: Shunda Fakaha - sfakaha@health.smcun.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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator (PC3): Tyronda Rogers - tmrogers@health.smcun.com
Program Coordinator (PC1): Cynthia Dennis - cdennis@health.smcun.com
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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator: Sandi Shaw-Cantrelle – Sshaw-cantrelle@health.smcun.com  
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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator: Donna Gregory - dgregory@health.smcun.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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator: Leigh Rowell - clrowell@health.smcun.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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator:
Jenna James - jmjames@health.smcun.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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator: Tracy Terpening - tterpening@health.smcun.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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator: Bettina Kelson - bkelson@health.smcun.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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator: Leah Musgrove - lmusgrove@health.smcun.com 
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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator: Leah Musgrove - lmusgrove@health.smcun.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.smcun.com 
Program Coordinator (PC3): Stacey Hartman - shartman@health.smcun.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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator: Katrice Phillip - krphillip@health.smcun.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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator: Bettina Kelson - bkelson@health.smcun.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.smcun.com
Program Coordinator (PC3): Tyronda Rogers - tmrogers@health.smcun.com 
Program Coordinator (PC1): Cynthia Dennis - cdennis@health.smcun.com
Address: 2451 University Hospital Dr., Mastin 711, Mobile, AL 36617
Telephone: (251) 445-8230 • Fax: (251) 471-7022