GME Committee (GMEC)

The Graduate Medical Education Committee (GMEC) is responsible for the oversight of the GME programs. The Committee meets monthly.

Members: GMEC members are comprised of voting members (Training Program Directors, Teaching Faculty, GME Manager, Institutional Administrative Director of Risk & Quality, Safety & Inovation, & peer-selected Residents and Fellows Representatives), non-voting Administrators (Ex-Officio member (CAO), Legal Counsel, VP for Ethics and Compliance, and Research Institute Director) and non-voting guests (Program Coordinators).
Residents and Fellows Representatives: Include the chief residents, and GMEC Housestaff Reps are elected by their peers and have voting rights
- All Voting members are required to attend 50% of the meetings annually
- Each co-represenative pair occupy one slot (some with alternate)
- Residents Class Reps (3 per class) occupy two seats per class for quorum purposes
- Fellows' rep each occupy a seat
- A quorum is achieved when there is 22 attendees of the voting members (50% of voting members' seats +1)

Co-Representative	Co-Representative
COMMITTEE LEADERSHIP
Rani Gereige, MD, MPH Chair; Director of Medical Education Designated Institutional Official (DIO)	Beatriz Cunill, MD Vice Chair; GMEC Director, Pediatric Core Program
TRAINING PROGRAMS LEADERSHIP
Beatriz Cunill, MD Director, Pediatric Core Program Maria Behnam-Terneus, DO Associate Prog Director, Pediatric Core Program	Mark Gabay, DO Assoc Pediatric Prog Director and Osteopathic Prog Director
Bala Totapally, MD Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Program Michael Leoncio, DO Associate Director, Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Program	Metee Comkornruecha, MD Director, Adolescent Medicine Program
Jason Katz, MD Director, Pediatric Cardiology Program	Vincenzo Maniaci, MD Director, Pediatric Emergency Medicine Program
Michael Duchowny, MD Director, Clinical Neurophysiology Program	Miguel Castellan, MD Director, Pediatric Urology Program
Esperanza Pacheco-Jacome, MD Director, Pediatric Radiology Program Melquiades Alvarez, MD Associate Director, Pediatric Radiology Program	Vivian Hernandez-Trujillo, MD Director, Division of Allergy-Immunology Director, Allergy-Immunology Program
S. Anthony Wolfe, MD Director, Craniofacial Plastic Surgery Program Chad Perlyn, MD Associate Director, Craniofacial Plastic Surgery Program	Cathy Burnweit, MD Director, Pediatric Surgery Program Fuad Alkhoury, MD Associate Director, Pediatric Surgery Program
Rose M. Alvarez-Salvat, PhD Director, Psychology Internship Program	Melissa Clemente, MD Director, Academic Pediatric Hospitalist Program
Rosie Roldan, MD, DMD Director, Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program Oscar Arevalo, DMD Associate Director, Pediatric Dentistry Residency Program	Sanjiv Bhatia, MD Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery Program
Jahangir Asghar, MD Director, Pediatric Orthopedic Spine Program
TEACHING FACULTY
Juan Carlos Meneses Paz, MD Attending, Div of Hospitalist Services and/or Designee	Jefry Biehler, MD, MPH Director, Med Students, FIU Ped Dept Chair Julie Kantor, MD Clerkship Director
Jose Rosa-Olivares, MD Alt: Amanda Porro, MD Attending, Continuity Clinic General Pediatrics and/or Designee	Athena Pefkarou, MD Alt: Haneen Abdella, MD Attending, Div of Ped Hem/Onc
Magaly Diaz-Barbosa, MD Attending, Chief Division of Neonatology (Admin)	Jose Vargas Loayza, MD Attending, Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Mislen Bauer, MD Attending, Div of Genetics	Marisa Azaret, PsyD Psychologist, Chief Div. of Psychology
Alisa Muniz-Crim, MD Attending, Pediatric Gastroenterology
TRAINEES
Annette Medina, MD Bradley Gampel, MD Maggie Seblani, DO Chief Residents, PGY4
PGY1 Rep: Rafael Zonana Amkie, MD Pediatric Resident, PGY1	PGY1 Rep: Bianca Soto, MD PGY1 Rep: Stephen Girgis, MD Pediatric Residents, PGY1
PGY2 Rep: Gisell Rodriguez, MD PGY2 Rep: Sneha Kolli, MD Pediatric Residents, PGY2	PGY2 Rep: TJ Verhage, DO Pediatric Resident, PGY2
PGY3 Rep: Alejandro Martinez Herrada, MD Pediatric Resident, PGY3	PGY3 Rep: Melissa Cardenas-Morales, MD PGY3 Rep: Raphael Sturm, MD Pediatric Residents, PGY3
Fellows Rep: Doreen Benary, MD Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow - PGY6	Fellows Rep: Daniel Duarte, MD Pediatric Cardiology Fellow - PGY6
Fellows Rep: Keyur Mehta, MD Pediatric Cardiology Fellow - PGY6	Fellows Rep: Naiomi Cohen, MD Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow - PGY6
Fellows Rep: John Kotula, MD Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellow - PGY4	Fellows Rep: Kamalvir Gill, MD Pediatric Cardiology Fellow - PGY4
Dental Resident Rep: Cassandra Stewart, DDS Pediatric Dentistry Resident
OTHER VOTING MEMBERS
Sharon Larson, RN, LHRM Administrative Director, Risk & Quality, Safety & Innovation
INSTITUTIONAL ADMINISTRATION (EX-OFFICIO, NON-VOTING)
Michael Harrington President and CEO, Nicklaus Children's Hospital	Jacques Orces, DO Chief Medical Information Officer
Amanda Bhikhari, Esq Legal Counsel	Andre Susla, Esq Legal Counsel
Jose Perdomo, Esq VP, Ethics and Compliance	Jennifer McCafferty, PhD, CHRC, CHPC, CHC, CCEP Director, Research Institute or Designee
NON-VOTING GUESTS
Alina Gonzalez, C-TAGME Residency Coordinator, Medical Education	Ana Otero, C-TAGME Fellowship Coordinator, Medical Education
Brandy Bluett Fellowship Coordinator, Medical Education	Galia Huerta Residency Coordinator, Medical Education
Catalina Dunoyer Coordinator	Elizabeth Seipp Coordinator
Elva Sirven Coordinator	Judy Arevalo Coordinator
Lisa Howard Coordinator	Tamara Martinez Coordinator

Roles and Responsibilities of the GMEC (Click to view)

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