Faculty

Mukta Awasthi, MD
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Medicine
mawas@email.uky.edu
Degree: University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Residency: Baylor College of Medicine
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine
Special Interest: Hospital Medicine

Paula D. Bailey, MD, HHA
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Medicine
pdbail0@email.uky.edu
Degree: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Residency: University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Fellowship: UK Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Special Interests: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, Hospital Care, Healthcare Quality

Deidra Beshear, MD
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Medicine
dbesh2@email.uky.edu
Degree: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Residency: University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Fellowship: UK Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine
Special Interests: Women's Health

Deborah J. Brandewie, MD
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Medicine
djbran0@email.uky.edu
Degree: University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
Residency: Mount Auburn Hospital , Cambridge, Mass.
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine
Special Interest: Preventive Care and Health Maintenance, Primary Care Internal Medicine

Jacqueline Carey, MD
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Medicine
jecare1@email.uky.edu
Degree: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Residency: University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Fellowship:
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine
Special Interests: Women's Health, Primary Care Internal Medicine

T. Shawn Caudill, MD, MSPH
Faculty Rank: Associate Professor of Medicine
tscaud1@uky.edu
Degree: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Residency: University of Connecticut Affiliated Hospitals, Farmington, Conn., UK Chandler
Fellowship: UK Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine
Special Interests: Preventive Care and Health Maintenance, Primary Care Internal Medicine.

Rosemarie L. Conigliaro, MD
Faculty Rank: Associate Professor of Medicine
rlconi2@email.uky.edu
Degree: State University of New York, Health Sciences Center, College of Medicine, Syracuse, NY
Residency: Bronx Municipal Hospital Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fellowship:
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine
Special Interests: Doctor-patient communication, medical education, primary care and preventive medicine

Robert T. Davis, MD
Faculty Rank: Associate Professor of Medicine
Degree: University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY
Residency: UK Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine
Special Interests: Hospital-based Care

Angela Tackett Dearinger, MD
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Medicine
astack0@email.uky.edu
Degree: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Residency: University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Fellowship: UK Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Special Interests: Resident Education

Kristy Deep, MD
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Medicine
klshef0@email.uky.edu
Degree: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Residency: University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Fellowship:
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine
Special Interests: Primary Care, Women's Health, Preventive Care and Health Maintenance

Mary B. Duke, MD
Faculty Rank: Associate Professor of Medicine
mbduke2@email.uky.edu
Degree: University of Illinois College of Medicine,
Champaign-Urbana, Ill.
Residency: University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Fellowship: University of Washington Medical Center, Seattle, Wash.
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Special Interests: Med-Peds Residency Programs, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome

Chris Feddock, MD, MS, FAAP
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Medicine
chris.feddock@uky.edu
Degree: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Residency: University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Fellowship: University of Kentucky
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Special Interests: Adult & Pediatric Preventive Healthcare, Medical Education, Immunizations, Clinical Decision-Making

Barbara Fleming-Phillips, MD
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Medicine
Degree: Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, Ohio
Residency: Kettering Memorial Hospital, Kettering, Ohio
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine
Special Interests: General Internal Medicine, Preventive Care and Health Maintenance, Primary Care Internal Medicine

Jacqueline S. Gibson, MD, FACP
Faculty Rank: Professor of Medicine
jsgibs2@email.uky.edu
Degree: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Residency: UK Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine
Special Interests: Primary Care Internal Medicine, Women's Health, Executive Health

Charles H. Griffith, MD, MSPH
Faculty Rank: Professor of Medicine
cgrif00@email.uky.edu
Degree: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville Tenn
Residency: UK Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Fellowship: UK Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine, Pediatrics
Special Interests: Medical Education, Doctor Patient Communications

Steven A. Haist, MD., MS., FACP
Faculty Rank: Professor of Medicine
sahaist@uky.edu
Degree: UK College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Residency: UK Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine
Special Interest: Physical Diagnosis, Physical Examination, Pre-operative Consultation, Primary Care Internal Medicine, Medical Education

Andrew Hoellein, MD, MS
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Medicine
arhoel0@email.uky.edu
Degree: MCP - Hahnemann University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA
Residency: University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Fellowship: University of Kentucky
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine, MS Education
Special Interests: Internal Medicine education, Primary Care, Persons Living with HIV

Robin R. Meek, MD
Faculty Rank: Associate Professor of Medicine
rrmeek0@email.uky.edu
Degree: West Virginia University School of Medicine, Morgantown, W.Va.
Residency: Charleston Area Medical Center, Charleston, WV.
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine
Special Interest: Headaches, Women's Health Issues, including Menopause, Depression, Preventive Care

Chris Newell, MD
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Medicine
ChristopherNewell@uky.edu
Degree: Ross University School of Medicine
Residency: University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Fellowship:
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine
Special Interests: Hospital Medicine, Perioperative Care, Clinical Research

Zack Roy, MD
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Medicine
zvroy0@uky.edu
Degree: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Residency: University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Fellowship:
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Special Interests: Hospitalist Care

David Rudy, MD
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Medicine
dwrudy0@email.uky.edu
Degree: Medical College of Virginia, Richmond, VAResidency: Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Richmond, Va
Fellowship: Medical College of Virginia Hospitals, Richmond, Va.; Indiana University Medical Center, Indianapolis, Ind.
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine, Nephrology, Clinical Pharmacology
Special Interest: Outpatient Medicine, Medical Education, Clinical Pharmacology, Hypertension, Health Care Communication

Charles Sargent, MD
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Medicine
cgsarg0@email.uky.edu
Degree: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Residency: University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Fellowship:
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine
Special Interests: Hospitalist Medicine, Consultative Medicine

Kristen Stakelin, MD
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Medicine
kstak2@email.uky.edu
Degree: University of Louisville College of Medicine, Louisville, KY
Residency: University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Fellowship:
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine
Special Interests: Insulin pump therapy, diabetes, HTN

Joey Sum, MD
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Medicine
jpsum0@email.uky.edu
Degree: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Residency: Univeristy of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine
Special Interest: Hospital-based medicine, nephrology

Dale E. Toney, MD
Faculty Rank: Associate Professor of Medicine
Dale.Toney@uky.edu
Degree: Univeristy of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Residency: University of Kentucky Chandler Medical Center, Lexington, KY
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine
Special Interest: Primary Care Internal Medicine, Executive Health

John K. Wilson, MD
Faculty Rank: Assistant Professor of Medicine
jkwils0@email.uky.edu
Degree: University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY
Residency: Eisenhower Army Medical Center, Ft. Goron, GA
Fellowship:
Certification or Special Training: Internal Medicine
Special Interests: Internal Medicine