EM OPERATIONS

OUR
MISSION
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To lead and support our clinicians to ensure that every patient who enters our ED receives compassionate, outstanding, and efficient care.


OUR TEAM

Stephan Russ, MD
Associate Chief of Staff, Vanderbilt University Hospital
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Tyler Barrett, MD, MSCI, FACEP FHRS
Executive Medical Director, Emergency Services
Professor of Emergency Medicine

Melinda Franks, MBA, CMPE
Chief Business Officer
VUH OPERATIONS

Blayke Gibson, MD MBA
Medical Director, Clinical Operations
Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Henry G Colmer IV, MD
Associate Medical Director, Clinical Operations
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Doug Wallace, MD, DTMH
Assistant Medical Director, Clinical Operations
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Tara Overbeeke, MD
Medical Director, ED Advanced Practice Providers
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
REGIONAL OPERATIONS

Nathaniel Miller, MD
Regional Medical Director, Emergency Services
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Graham Van Schaik, MD
Assistant Medical Director, Strategic Growth and Regional Operations
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Michael Jackson, DO
Assistant Director of Regional Operations
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Steven Katz, MD
Medical Director, VWCH
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

John D. Pitt, III, MD
Medical Director, VBCH
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

J. Christoper Champion
MD, MBA
Quality Medical Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Jonathan Andereck,
MD, MBA
Assistant Quality Medical Director
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine