Faculty

Chair

• Shannon D. Pittman, MD – Professor; Alma Lowry Hill Chair of Family Medicine

Professors

• Molly S. Clark, PhD, ABPP – Director of Health Psychology Fellowship in Family Medicine
• Ann M. Butler Kemp, MD – Associate Residency Director
• David R. Norris, Jr., MD, MA, FAAFP – Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs
• Janet L. Ricks, DO – Residency Director and Director, Osteopathic Family Medicine

Associate Professors

• Kristen Alston, PhD
• James Anthony Cloy, MD – Director of Community Student Health Program for Department of Family Medicine
• Sonya Shipley, MD, FAAFP

Assistant Professors

• Kimberly Bibb, MD
• Kelley Bishop, MD
• Saloum Cisse, MD
• Ardarian Gilliam Pierre, MD
• Sheree C. Melton, MD – Director of Student Programs
• Tobe Momah, MD
• Rhonda Odom-Funches, MD
• Joyce I. Olutade, MD
• Amanda Rice, MD
• Kshama Vyas, MD
• Irma H. Welch, MD

Additional Appointments in Family Medicine

• Patrick O. Smith, PhD, ABPP – Professor, Family Medicine, Chief Faculty Affair Officer, UMMC – SOM Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs

Professors Emeritus

• Diane K. Beebe, MD – 2017
• Robert C. Forbes, MD – 2016
• Judith Gore Gearhart, MD – 2015
• Warren A. Jones, MD – 2012
• Wilfred Reginald Gillis, MD – 2011
• Deirdre M. Phillips, MD – 2006
• Thais B. Tonore, MD – 2019