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Chelley Alexander, MD

Chelley Alexander, MD, is chair, an assistant professor, and assistant dean of Graduate Medical Education at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences. She began a private practice in Gordo, Alabama. She began with the College of Community Health Sciences in 2001 and has served as chair since 2006.  Dr. Alexander is a member of Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and the American Academy of Family Physicians. 

Alexander graduated from Davidson College in North Carolina with a BA and earned her MD degree at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham.  She completed residency training at the Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency.  She is a bo... Read More

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Jared S. Ellis, MD

Jared S. Ellis, MD, is an assistant professor and is the assistant residency director at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences. Prior to moving to Tuscaloosa, Dr. Ellis was an associate professor of family medicine at the University of South Alabama, the medical director of Aseracare Hospice and in private practice in Jackson, Alabama. His professional interests include diabetes, cholesterol and practice management.

Ellis graduated from Mississippi State University with a BS in biochemistry and earned his MD degree at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham. He completed his family practice residency at the University of Alabama School of ... Read More

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Alison Adams

In September of 2007 Alison began working in the Family Medicine Department of the College of Community Health Sciences and in April of 2009, she joined the Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Program as Administrative Secretary. While Alison has many duties at TFMR, her most enjoyable is recruiting which allows her to meet and develop relationships with potential residents of the three year program. Alison's previous experience working in a medical staffing facility in Boca Raton, Florida allowed her to develop the skills set necessary for successful recruiting. She is always eager to assist in bringing talented residents to Tuscaloosa to learn more about family medicine and to join the TFMR.

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Stephanie Beers

Stephanie joined the Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency as the Administrative Secretary in September 2007. She has enjoyed working with the faculty and staff to enhance the educational experience of all the residents. Her favorite aspect of her job is working one-on-one with the residents, from the time they are recruited until they graduate. Stephanie is married and has a daughter named Charlotte. In her free time, she enjoys reading, painting, and spending time with her family.

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Alan Blum, MD

Dr. Alan Blum is a family physician and professor of Family Medicine at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa.  He is the first holder of the Gerald Leon Wallace Endowed Chair in Family Medicine at the University’s College of Community Health Sciences.  One of the foremost authorities on tobacco problems, Dr. Blum is the Director of the University of Alabama Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society, which he established in 1999.

Blum graduated from Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts  with a BA in English Literature. He earned his MD degree at Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, Georgia, and completed his residency training at the Unive... Read More

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Thaddeus Ulzen, MD, FRCP(C), DFAPA

Thaddeus P. Ulzen, MD, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences. He is also Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the College.  He is a physician with special interest in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and has over 30 years’ experience. In 2002, Dr. Ulzen was awarded the Nancy C. A. Roeske Certificate of Excellence in Medical Education by the American Psychiatric Association. In 2007, he was the recipient of the Yale/John & Johnson Physician Scholar in International Health Award. From 2007-2008, he served as Past President of the Ghana Physicians and Surgeons Foundation of Nor... Read More

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Heather Taylor, MD

Heather M. Taylor, MD, is Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences.  She is a board-certified general pediatrician with special interests in the prevention of obesity and child abuse, as well as medical student education.  She currently serves as the Pediatric Clerkship Director for the Tuscaloosa branch of The University of Alabama School of Medicine.

Dr. Taylor graduated from The University of Alabama in 2000 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and earned her M.D. degree at The University of Alabama School of Medicine in 2004.  She completed residency training at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center in Cinci... Read More

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Richard Streiffer, MD

Richard H. Streiffer, MD, was recently named the seventh dean of the College of Community Health Sciences at The University of Alabama. He joins the College full time in May 2012. Dr. Streiffer, a native of New Orleans, earned a baccalaureate degree in Math from Tulane University, his medical degree from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, and completed his Family Medicine Residency here at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences. After several years in rural practice and serving as a preceptor for medical students in his office, he began an academic career at the University of Mississippi in 1984. He has subsequently served as director of ... Read More

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Cathy Gresham, MD

Cathy L. Gresham, MD, FACP, is a Professor of Medicine at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences.  She is an internal medicine physician in the Department of Medicine and has over 20 years experience. 

Dr. Gresham has served as assistant director and then director of medical student affairs and on the admissions committee for the University of Alabama School of Medicine for over 15 years.  Gresham is a member of the American College of Physicians, the American Medical Association, and the Medical Association of the State of Alabama. She is also an Executive Chief Proctor for the National Board of Medical Examiners.

Gresham received her BS fr... Read More

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Cathie Scarbrough, MD

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Zack Boylan, MD

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Robert Ireland, MD

Robert B. Ireland, Jr., MD is professor at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences.  He began in private practice in 1984 in Jackson, Mississippi and returned to the College of Community Health Sciences in 1991.  Dr. Ireland is a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians the Medical Association of the State of Alabama.

Ireland graduated from the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York with a BS in engineering and earned his MD degree at the University Of Mississippi School Of Medicine.  He completed residency training at the Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency Program.  He is a Board member of the American Board of Family Physic... Read More

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Lloyda Williamson, MD, DFAPA

Lloyda Broomes Williamson, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the University of Alabama, Community College of Health Sciences. Currently she serves as Psychiatry Clerkship Director for this department. She is board-certified as a General Psychiatrist and as a Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist. Her academic interests include community education of mental health issues and medical education in psychiatry, with a comprehensive approach to assessment and treatment.

Dr. Williamson graduated from Oakwood College, now known as Oakwood University, in Huntsville, AL, with a Bachelor of Science in Natural Science and earned her M.D. degree at Meharry Med... Read More

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Kristine Graettinger, MD

Kristy Graettinger, MD, is a board certified Obstetrician and Gynecologist at the University Medical Center. Dr. Graettinger earned her medical degree at the University of Alabama School Of Medicine and completed her OB/GYN residency training at University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics in Madison, Wisconsin. 

Graettinger provides comprehensive women’s health care, including care during pregnancy, contraception management, and specialized gynecological treatment and procedures. She is also interested in minimally invasive management of abnormal periods, including endometrial ablation and robotic and laparoscopic-assisted hysterectomies. Graettinger is supportive of natural ... Read More

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Elizabeth Cockrum, MD

Elizabeth Cockrum, MD, is a professor of pediatrics and the associate dean for clinical affairs at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences.  She is a general pediatrician with over 23 years of experience. She has been honored with several teaching awards within the College of Community Health Sciences as well as a recipient of the Outstanding Commitment to Teaching Award from the University of Alabama National Alumni Association. She is the clinic administrator for University Medical Center.

Dr. Cockrum graduated from the University of Alabama in 1981 with a BS in Biology and earned her MD degree at the University of Alabama School of Medicine in 1986.  Sh... Read More

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Dwight Hooper, MD

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Julia Boothe, MD

Julia L. Boothe, MD, MPH, is an assistant professor at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences.  She is a part-time physician in Department of Family Medicine. She serves as the director of Predoctoral Education and as the director of TERM (Tuscaloosa Experience in Rural Medicine) for the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa.  Dr. Boothe is a member the Society of Teachers of Family Medicine, the American Academy of Family Physicians, the Alabama Academy of Family Medicine, and Medical Association of the State of Alabama. 

Boothe graduated from the University of Alabama, in Tuscaloosa with a BS in Biology and earned her MD degree at the Un... Read More

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Stretch Reed, MD

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William Owings, MD

William O. Owings, MD, is a professor at the University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences and physician in the Department of Family Medicine.  He has been teaching as part of the College of Community Health Sciences since 1974 and served as chair of the Family Medicine Department.

Dr. Owings was born and raised in Alabama. He received a BS in chemistry from the University of Alabama in 1956 and received his MD from Tulane University in 1958. After completing a general surgery residency at St. Francis Hospital in Wichita, Kansas, he practiced in Centreville, Alabama for 31 years.

Owings excels at teaching minor surgery techniques and procedures to residents. ... Read More

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Andrew Harrell, MD

Andrew Harrell, MD, is a clinical assistant professor at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences. He is a member of the American College of Surgeons and is board certified in surgery.

Dr. Harrell graduated magna cum laude from Birmingham-Southern College with a BS and earned his MD degree at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham. He completed residency training in general surgery at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Medical School and was chief resident in 2003-2004. Additionally, Harrell completed a research and clinical fellowship in minimally invasive surgery at the Carolinas Laparoscopic and Advanced Surgery Prog... Read More

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Karen Burgess, MD

Karen Burgess, MD, is an Associate Professor at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences. She is a pediatrician and has over ten years of experience. She serves as the clinic director for the Pediatric Clinic and oversees resident education for the Pediatrics Department. Dr. Burgess is a fellow of the American Academy of Pediatrics and a member of the American College of Physician Executives..

Burgess graduated from the University of Alabama with a BS in Chemistry and earned her MD degree at the University of Alabama School of Medicine. She completed residency training at University of Alabama at Birmingham and the Children’s Hospital of Alabama. She is boa... Read More

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Susan Arnold, MD

Susan Arnold, MD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine. She is a psychiatrist with the Betty Shirley Clinic at the University Medical Center and Student Health Center. She also serves as director of Student Mental Health.

Dr. Arnold received her medical degree from the University of Alabama School of Medicine.  She completed residency training and a fellowship in child/adolescent psychiatry at the Medical University of South Carolina. Arnold is board certified in adult and child/adolescent psychiatry. Her interests include the prevention and treatment of disorders that present in the college student population and traumatic stress.

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Chelley Alexander, MD

Chelley Alexander, MD, is chair, an assistant professor, and assistant dean of Graduate Medical Education at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences. She began a private practice in Gordo, Alabama. She began with the College of Community Health Sciences in 2001 and has served as chair since 2006.  Dr. Alexander is a member of Society of Teachers of Family Medicine and the American Academy of Family Physicians. 

Alexander graduated from Davidson College in North Carolina with a BA and earned her MD degree at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham.  She completed residency training at the Tuscaloosa Family Medicine Residency.  She is a bo... Read More

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John Waits, MD

John Waits, MD, is an assistant professor at the University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences. Dr. Waits graduated from the Alabama School of Medicine in 2000 and became a professor with CCHS in 2004. Dr. Waits is an active member of several committees and organizations too numerous to list, and his research interests include designing new curriculum and teaching methods for family medicine residents as well as investigating the infant mortality rate in rural Alabama with and without obstetrical and prenatal care. Dr. Waits is board-certified and a member of the American Medical Association.

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Joseph Wallace, MD

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John McDonald, MD

John T. McDonald, MD, is an assistant professor at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences.  He is a physician in the department of obstetrics and gynecology and has served as the clerkship director in obstetrics and gynecology since 2008.  He presently serves as the faculty representative on the CCHS Foundation Board.  Dr. McDonald also currently chairs the perinatal morbidity and mortality committee at  DCH Regional Medical Center.  McDonald is a member of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

After graduating from the University of Alabama with BS and MS degrees in accounting, he earned his MD at the University of Alabama School of Medicin... Read More

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Regina Harrell, MD

Regina Harrell, MD, is an assistant professor at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences.  She is a physician in Department of Family Medicine and has over 10 years experience.  She presently serves as medical director of Capstone Village.  Dr. Harrell is board certified in internal medicine and holds a Certificate of Added Qualification in Geriatrics and Hospice and Palliative Care.  She plays a significant role in the geriatrics rotation for family medicine residents, as well as a primary role in the geriatrics elective for the fourth-year medical students, University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa.

Harrell graduated from Vanderbilt Universi... Read More

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Ashley Evans, MD

Ashley Evans, MD, is an associate professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa. In addition, she serves as assistant dean for undergraduate medical education and is the clerkship director within the Department of Pediatrics, coordinating 3rd year medical students rotating through the Pediatric clerkship. She also serves as director of the High Risk Follow-up Clinic.

Dr. Evans graduated from the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham in 1991 and completed her pediatric training at The Children’s Hospital of Alabama in 1994. Board certified in Pediatrics, her special interests include community outreach such as... Read More

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Jerry McKnight, MD

Jerry McKnight, MD, MPH, is a professor in the Department of Family Medicine at The University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa.  Dr. McKnight received his BS in chemistry from Union University in Jackson, Tennessee.  He received his MD at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, Memphis and completed his residency at The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Family Practice Residency. Additionally, McKnight earned a masters in public health in epidemiology from the University of Alabama-Birmingham. 

McKnight returned to The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa Family Practice Residency after completing his National Health Service Scholarship obligation in Tennessee, w... Read More

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Ricky Friend, MD

Dr. Richard Friend received his undergraduate degree at Tulane University in psychology, and he graduated from LSU Medical School with honors. He went on to do his residency at LSU in Shreveport. He went out into private practice for ten years, and then joined LSU school of Medicine as the assistant residency program director in Bogalusa, Louisiana. He was the Program director in Bogalusa from 2007 to 2012. Dr. Friend has also served as the medical director for nursing homes, a home hospice, and a home health company. He held numerous leadership roles at his hospital during his time in Louisiana, including the role of Chief of Staff at LSU BMP.

Dr. Friend brings a myriad of clinic... Read More

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Grier Stewart, MD

J. Grier Stewart, MD is an assistant professor in the Department of Internal Medicine at the College of Community Health Sciences and serves a clinic director of the internal medicine department. He is a member of the State Medical Association and serves on the Governor’s Board of Directors for the American College of Physicians.

Dr. Stewart received his BS at Davidson College and his MD at the University of Alabama School of Medicine.  He completed his internal medicine training at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, NC.  Stewart has an interest in geriatrics and long-term care and serves as Medical Director at Forest Manor Nursing Home and as a panel physician at the DCH ... Read More

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Sandra Daly, MD

Sandra J. Daly, MD is an assistant professor at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences.  She is a physician in internal medicine and has over 20 years experience. She is a member of the AOA honor medical society and the AMA.

Dr. Daly graduated from the University of Florida with a BS in Psychology and earned her MD degree at the University of South Florida. She completed residency training at the Mt. Sinai Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio.  She is board certified in internal medicine. Her special interests are in women’s health and preventative medicine.

Daly and her husband have three children and two grandchildren.

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Jared S. Ellis, MD

Jared S. Ellis, MD, is an assistant professor and is the assistant residency director at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences. Prior to moving to Tuscaloosa, Dr. Ellis was an associate professor of family medicine at the University of South Alabama, the medical director of Aseracare Hospice and in private practice in Jackson, Alabama. His professional interests include diabetes, cholesterol and practice management.

Ellis graduated from Mississippi State University with a BS in biochemistry and earned his MD degree at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Birmingham. He completed his family practice residency at the University of Alabama School of ... Read More

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Scott Arnold, MD

Scott Arnold, MD, is an associate professor at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences.  He is a physician in Internal Medicine, and has over 15 years experience. He presently serves as Clinic Director.  Dr. Arnold is a fellow of American College of Physicians.

Arnold graduated from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Georgia with a Bachelor in Chemical Engineering and earned his MD degree at University of Alabama School of Medicine.  He completed residency training at the Medical University of South Carolina.  He is a board member of American Board of Internal Medicine.

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Daniel Avery, MD

Daniel M. Avery, Jr, MD, is an associate professor and chair of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology and an associate professor and the division chief of pathology in the Department of Surgery at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences.  He also serves as the medical director of the laboratory. Avery is the vice-chief of staff at DCH Regional Medical Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He is board certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology, Gynecologic Endoscopy, Forensic Medicine and Family Medicine Obstetrics.

Dr. Avery received the 2009 Thomas Ebner Award for Founding the American Board of Family Medicine Obstetrics by the American Academy of Medicine ... Read More

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Nancy Rubin, PsyD

Nancy J. Rubin, PsyD, is a professor at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences.  She is a clinical psychologist in the department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine, the clinic director of the Betty Shirley Clinic and the director of psychology clinical service teaching and research.  Dr. Rubin is a member of the Alabama Psychological Association and the American Psychological Association. She served as president of the Alabama Psychological Association in 2001, as the Alabama representative to the American Psychological Association Council of Representatives from 2003-2007, and was on the American Psychological Association Task Force on the Assessment of Comp... Read More

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Caroline Boxmeyer, PhD

Caroline Boxmeyer, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine at the College of Community Health Sciences.  She is also a research scientist at The University of Alabama’s Center for Prevention of Youth Behavior Problems.

Boxmeyer received her undergraduate degree in psychology from Princeton University and a Ph.D. in clinical psychology at the University of California in San Diego.  She completed post-doctoral training at The University of Alabama’s Department of Psychology.

Boxmeyer, a clinical psychologist, provides psychological services to adults, children, and families in the College’s Betty Shirley Clinic and als... Read More

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Marisa Giggie, MD, MPAff

Marisa A. Giggie, MD, MPAff is a board certified, fellowship trained psychiatrist in Adult, Child and Adolescent, and Forensic Psychiatry.  She graduated from Smith College in 1987 with a degree in economics and from the University of Texas at Austin, LBJ School of Public Affairs in 1991 with a Master in Public Affairs degree.  She worked in health care consulting before entering medical school at the Medical College of Pennsylvania/Hahnemann School of Medicine in Philadelphia, PA.  She graduated with her medical degree in 2001 and completed all of her psychiatric training at the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio.  She worked for two years in private practice an... Read More

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James Robinson, MD

James Robinson, MD, is a professor of family medicine at the University of Alabama School of Medicine, Tuscaloosa in the College of Community Health Sciences. He is also the fellowship director of the University of Alabama Primary Care Sports Medicine Program and is an endowed chair of sports medicine.

Dr. Robinson serves as the head team physician for the University of Alabama and has taken care of athletes of all ages and skill levels for the past 22 years in Tuscaloosa. He works with numerous high school, collegiate, professional and international athletes and has served as a team physician for the United States Olympic Team in 2000 in Sydney, Australia.

Robinson receiv... Read More

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Margaret Garner, MS, RD, LD

Margaret P. Garner, MS, RD, LS, is an associate professor at The University of Alabama College of Community Health Sciences.  She is a full-time nutritionist in the Department of Family Medicine as director of nutrition education and services and has over 35 years experience. She presently serves as director of health promotion and wellness at the Student Health Center and assistant dean for health education and outreach for the College of Community Health Sciences. 

Garner graduated from Georgia Southern College with a BS in home economics in 1970, and received her MS in nutrition with a minor in public health in 1971 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. She did a post ... Read More

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Brent Smith, MD

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