EM OPERATIONS
OUR
MISSION
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
Executive Medical Director, Vanderbilt LifeFlight
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Joy Crook, MD
Executive Medical Director, Emergency Services
VUH OPERATIONS
Blayke Gibson, MD MBA
Medical Director, Clinical Operations
Henry G Colmer IV, MD
Associate Medical Director, Clinical Operations
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Doug Wallace, MD, DTMH
Assistant Medical Director, Clinical Operations
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Tara Overbeeke, MD
Medical Director, ED Advanced Practice Providers
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REGIONAL OPERATIONS
Nathaniel Miller, MD
Executive Director for Regional Emergency Medicine
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R. Scott Frankenfield, MD, MMHC
Regional Director of Emergency Medicine​
Michael Jackson, DO
Assistant Director of Regional Operations
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Steven Katz, MD
Medical Director, VWCH
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Graham Van Schaik, MD, MBA
Medical Director, VTHH
Assistant Director of Regional Growth &
Strategy
John D. Pitt, III, MD
Medical Director, VBCH
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QUALITY IMPROVEMENT
J. Christoper Champion
MD, MBA
Vice Chair for Quality and Safety
Jonathan Andereck,
MD, MBA
Quality Medical Director
Brian Bales, MD, DTMH
Assistant Quality Medical Director