Our Sites
Birmingham
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
- OAA-funded VA Chief Resident for Quality and Patient Safety
- National Center for Patient Safety-funded VA Patient Safety Center of Inquiry (PSCI)
- Health Services R&D – Centers of Innovation (COIN) – Charleston Health Equity and Rural Outreach Innovation Center (HEROIC): Through HEROIC, our facility enjoys ongoing QI and funded research collaborations with VISN7 leadership, VISN7 sister facilities, the VA Office of Community Care, the Office of Rural Health, and the Office of Health Equity. Learn more about HEROIC here.
Senior Faculty Scholars

Patricia A. Patrician, PhD, RN, FAAN

Carlos Estrada, MD, MS
Faculty Scholars

Meghan Black, MD

Suzie Miltner, RNC-OB, PhD, NEA-BC

Melanie Morris, MD
Second Year Fellows

Lauren Theiss, MD, BA

Ryan Taylor, PharmD
First Year Fellows

Margaret Johnson, MD

Shannon Sapp Layton, DNP, RN, LICSW, PIP, NEA-BC, CNL, CWCN

Myla Marshall, PharmD
Alumni
2020
Samantha Baker, MD
Michael Frank Gleason, MD
Jacquelyn Lambert-Davis, DNP, RN
Collin Plourde, PharmD
2016
Tonya Breaux-Shropshire, PhD, MPH, RN
2015
Natalie Wilson, PhD(c), DNP, ANP-BC, MPH, AAHIVS
Jennifer Trevor, MD
2014
Kierstin, Leslie, MD, MSHA
Tracy Shamburger, PhD, RN
2013
Katherine Holman, MD
2012
Suzie (Rebecca) Miltner, RNC-OB, PhD, NEA-BC
Jeremiah Newsom, MD
2011
Victor Sung, MD
Vincent Pair, DNP, RN
2010
Michael Burton, MD
Adolfo Pena, MD
Amanda Salanitro, MD, MSc, MSPH
2009
Angelo Gaffo, MD, MSPH
Trina McKenzie, MD, MPH
2008
Mike Passarella, MD, MSPH
2007
Tercio Lopes, MD, MSPH
Edmon Tipton, MD, PhD
2006
Joseph Tan Chan, MD, MSPH
2005
Wendy Gomez, MD, MSPH
Christine Heckemeyer, MD, MSPH
Katri Palonen, MD, MSPH
2003
Ray Chen, MD
2002
Jessica Jones, MD, MPH
2001
Andrea Ohlden, MD