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	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
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	Sanjiv Bhatia, MD Director, Pediatric Neurosurgery 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
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
Scott Raskin, DO Chief Resident, PGY4	Krysten Chin, MD Chief Resident, PGY4
PGY1 Rep: Gisell Rodriguez, MD Pediatric Resident - PGY1	PGY1 Rep: Sneha Kolli, MD Pediatric Resident - PGY1 PGY1 Rep: TJ Verhage, DO Pediatric Resident - PGY1
PGY2 Rep: Alejandro Martinez Herrada, MD Pediatric Resident - PGY2 PGY2 Rep: Melissa Cardenas-Morales, MD Pediatric Resident - PGY2	PGY2 Rep: Raphael Sturm, MD Pediatric Resident - PGY2
PGY3 Rep: Ireal Fusco, MD Pediatric Resident - PGY3	PGY3 Rep: Trisha Kissoon, MD Pediatric Resident - PGY3 PGY3 Rep: Annette Medina, MD Pediatric Resident - PGY3
Fellows Rep: Carolina Mendoza, MD Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow - PGY5	Fellows Rep: Naiomi Cohen, MD Pediatric Emergency Medicine Fellow - PGY5
Fellows Rep: Loretta Duggan, MD Adolescent Medicine Fellow - PGY5	Fellows Rep: Daniel Duarte, MD Pediatric Cardiology Fellow - PGY5
Fellows Rep: Alexander Ortega, MD Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Fellow - PGY6	Fellows Rep: Keyur Mehta, MD Pediatric Cardiology Fellow - PGY4
Dental Resident Rep: Patrick Lolo, DMD Pediatric Dentistry Resident
OTHER VOTING MEMBERS
Cindy Gibson, C-TAGME GME Manager	Sharon Larson, RN, LHRM Administrative Director, Risk & Quality, Safety & Innovation
INSTITUTIONAL ADMINISTRATION (EX-OFFICIO, NON-VOTING)
Deise Granado-Villar, MD, MPH Chief Academic Officer, Sr. VP	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
NON-VOTING GUESTS
Alina Gonzalez, C-TAGME Coordinator; Medical Education	Ana Otero, C-TAGME Fellowship Coordinator, Medical Education
Brandy Bluett Coordinator, Medical Education	Yuli Simon Coordinator, Medical Education
Catalina Dunoyer Coordinator	Galia Huerta Coordinator
Lisa Howard Coordinator	Elva Sirven Coordinator
Kari Bollerman Coordinator	Tamara Martinez Coordinator

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