Our Sites
Birmingham
Our program site is known for interprofessional training, quality and safety education, health services research, surgical outcomes, and inpatient quality care (nurse-led interventions and others). Our site includes fellows from nursing (pre/post PhD and DNP doctoral students), pharmacy, and medicine (from surgery and medicine- including GIM, Hospital medicine and other sub specialties).
Faculty at our Birmingham VAQS site are sought after expertise and recognition in signature programs and areas of excellence (ex: nurse staffing, work environment, and quality indicators, implementation science, surgical outcomes, community interventions, HIV /hepatitis C, rheumatology, medical education, informatics, personalized medicine)
Fellows come to our Birmingham VAQS site for the culture of interprofessional mentorship and the wide areas of excellence and opportunities.
Our alumni are healthcare leaders in practice and academia, quality and safety competencies, improvement and implementation science in nursing and interprofessional.
For additional information about the VAQS Birmingham site, please visit here!
Senior Faculty Scholars
Faculty Scholars
Second Year Fellows
Jeffrey Onyeador, PharmD
Cheryl Elliott-Dawe, PhD, RN, CNOR
Charles Banks, MD
First Year Fellows
Rebecca Suttle, DNP, CRNP, AGACNP-BC
Asiah Ruffin, BSN, RN
Wendelyn Oslock, MD, MBA
Zacchaeus Hampton, PharmD
Alumni
2023
- Adam Lucy, MD
- Sarah Elizabeth Byrd, PhD, RN, CNS
- Shelby Bergstresser, MD
- Tracey Dick, PhD, RN, CNE, COI, CPPS
2022
- Jarrett Wright, PharmD, MSHIA
- Margaret Johnson, MD
- Shannon Sapp Layton, DNP, RN, LICSW, PIP, NEA-BC, CNL, CWCN
2021
- Lauren Theiss, MD, BA
- Myla Marshall, PharmD
- Ryan Taylor, PharmD
2020
- Collin Plourde, PharmD
- Jacquelyn Lambert-Davis, DNP, RN
- Michael Frank Gleason, MD
- Samantha Baker, MD
2019
- Elise Dasinger, PHARMD, MHA
2016
- Tonya Breaux-Shropshire, PhD, MPH, RN
2015
- Jennifer Trevor, MD
- Natalie Wilson, PhD(c), DNP, ANP-BC, MPH, AAHIVS
2014
- Kierstin, Leslie, MD, MSHA
- Tracy Shamburger, PhD, RN
2013
- Katherine Holman, MD
2012
- Jeremiah Newsom, MD
- Suzie Miltner, RNC-OB, PhD, NEA-BC
2011
- Victor Sung, MD
- Vincent Pair, DNP, RN
2010
- Adolfo Pena, MD
- Amanda Salanitro, MD, MSc, MSPH
- Michael Burton, MD
2009
- Angelo Gaffo, MD, MSPH
- Trina McKenzie, MD, MPH
2008
- Mike Passarella, MD, MSPH
2007
- Edmon Tipton, MD, PhD
- Tercio Lopes, MD, MSPH
2006
- Joseph Tan Chan, MD, MSPH
2005
- Christine Heckemeyer, MD, MSPH
- Katri Palonen, MD, MSPH
- Wendy Gomez, MD, MSPH
2003
- Ray Chen, MD
2002
- Jessica Jones, MD, MPH
2001
- Andrea Ohlden, MD