General preventive medicine Residency Advisory Committee

The General Preventive Medicine Residency Advisory Committee (the Committee) evaluates and advises on the content, conduct, and effectiveness of the training program and makes appropriate recommendations to the Program Director in the following areas:

1) The Committee helps develop and maintain an accredited residency program with the American Board of Preventive Medicine.

2) The Committee oversees the training and evaluation of residents:

A) The Committee guides the residency program in providing resident physicians an experience consistent with the mission of the University of Texas Medical Branch: (1) innovative education programs in the health sciences, (2) contributions to the body of medical knowledge through research, and (3) service to the workers and the public.

The Committee assures that the training goals of the General Preventive Medicine Residency Program will be met.

3) The Committee helps in the selection of appropriate practicum sites.

The Committee is comprised of members who are expert in the field of preventive medicine and public health.  Residents in the program are also represented.

The current member list of the Residency Advisory Committee:

CHAIR:

Judith Rubin, MD, MPH
University of Maryland, School of Medicine
660 W. Redwood Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Members:
Mark Guidry, MD, MPH
Director- Galveston County Health District
Galveston County Health District
La Marque, TX
Owen Murray, DO
Texas Dept of Criminal Justice
Health Services Administration
3009 Highway 30 West
Huntsville, TX 
Thomas A. Blackwell, MD
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
Program Director, Internal Medicine
Professor, Internal Medicine
UTMB
Clarence Jernigan, MD
Assistant Director- Program Development
University of Texas Medical Branch
Office of Preventive Medicine Residencies
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, TX 
Harvey Bunce, III, PhD
Professor and Chairman, Preventive Medicine and Community Health
UTMB
 
 
Asha Kapadia, PhD
University of Texas School of Public Health
Houston, TX 
 
 
Neera Khilnani, MD
Associate Program Director
Pediatrics and Internal Medicine
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
Jeffrey R. Davis, MD, MS
Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine and Community Health
Director, Preventive Medicine Residencies
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
Sheryl Bishop, PhD
University of Texas Medical Branch
Preventive Medicine and Community Health
Galveston, TX 
 
Janice Smith, MD
Director
Center for International Health
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
John J. Fraser, Jr., MD
Associate Professor
Emergency Services- Administration
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
William Reading, MD
Clinical Director, Mental Health Services
UTMB TDCJ Managed Care
Jester IV
Richmond, TX
Alvin L. LeBlanc, MD
Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
 
Troy E. Sybert, MD, MPH
Medical Director
UTMB Correctional Managed Care
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX
 

The Committee meets twice annually. Formal minutes of the Committee meetings are kept on file and available for review. The resident(s) shall provide the Chairperson of the Committee with an annual evaluation of the program. The Committee shall report its findings to the Program Director, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Dean of the School of Medicine, and the President of the University of Texas Medical Branch on an annual basis.