The Meharry Family Medicine Residency program has a long tradition of producing well trained family physicians since 1978. We offer a dynamic training experience that allows resident physicians to work with highly diverse populations and equally diverse colleges. The primary benefit of this approach is the versatility of the graduate practice spectrum while including excellent consulting and teaching from a broad talent pool of specialists and generalists.
Residents in the Family Medicine Program serve their own panel of patients in several Family Medicine Centers with Nashville General Hospital, Skyline Medical Center, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Veteran Affairs Clinics under the supervision of Board-Certified Family Medicine Physicians and Specialist.
Training in the Patient Centered Medical Home model supports the development of resident skills with advanced practice guidelines which prepares residents for careers in modern Family and Community Medicine practices. Residency at Meharry also offers unique opportunity for residents to gain experience and create an impact while treating several types of populations, including underserved and vulnerable patients. The rotation curriculum provides a range of learning experiences to prepare residents for independent practice. Graduates of our program have gone on to successfully work in diverse inpatient and outpatient settings confident in their acquired skills as they enter practice.
*Practice Management will be a rotation experience shared with one of the rotations listed above
PGY 3:
1 Month- Community Wellness
1 Month- Dermatology
1 Month- Geriatrics
1 Month- Ophthalmology
1 Month- Orthopedics
1 Month- Sports Medicine
3 Months- Adult Inpatient Medicine
3 Months- Electives
Continuity Clinic will be a rotation experience shared monthly throughout the entire duration of residency training
**This is a general rotation schedule, which may vary depending on availability of the rotation site and the number of the residents in each year of training. This ensures that each resident at the end of his/her training will rotate through all ACGME mandated rotations for the recommended period of time. Consideration will be given to earlier scheduling of rotations related to subspecialties in which residents are interested.
Rotation Sites
Family Medicine residents complete rotations at the following locations:
Meharry Family Medicine Center at Skyline
Meharry Medical Clinic
Nashville General Hospital at Meharry
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Mathew Walker Comprehensive Health Center, Inc.
Dermatology Associates – Nashville
Advanced Sports Medicine
Didactics
Didactic lectures take place every Wednesday from 1 to 5 p.m. Lecture topics include:
Grand Rounds
Morbidity & Mortality (M&M) discussions
Journal Club
Pediatrics
Adult Medicine
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Behavioral Health
Rosh Board Review Prep
Binah Baht Ysrayl, M.D.
Meharry Medical School
Ikenna Ekeanyanwu, M.D.
Meharry Medical School
John Dallas Hammond, M.D.
Morehouse School of Medicine
Patrickson Jean, M.D.
St. Louis University School of Medicine
Joan Obot, M.D.
Meharry Medical School
Derek Lamont Wagner, M.D.
Meharry Medical School
PGY2
Aisha Babb, M.D.
Burrell College of Osteopathic Medicine
David Bowen, M.D.
Meharry Medical School
Coltan Duke Edwards, M.D., MBA
Howard University College of Medicine
Obinna Jay Obineche, M.D.
St. George’s University School of Medicine
Darren Patrick Ruiz, II, M.D.
Meharry Medical School
Sokhna Aminata Thiam, M.D.
Ross University School of Medicine
PGY 3
Ali Andres Ayar, M.D.
California Northstate University College of Medicine
Maikel Gad, M.D.
Meharry Medical School
Onyinyechukwu Blessing Nwachukwu, M.D.
American International School of Medicine
Alisha Perez, M.D. (Chief Resident)
Universidad Iberoamericana School of Medicine, Santo Domingo
Breia Reed, M.D. (Chief Resident)
Meharry Medical School
Matthew Edward Whitney, M.D.
St. George’s University
Faculty
Ashley Hicks, M.D.
Family Medicine Program Director
Dr. Ashley Hicks is a board-certified Family Medicine Physician. A Nashville Native who attended Tennessee State University where she received her bachelor’s degree. She then continued to receive her Medical Degree from Meharry Medical College in 2008 and completed her Family Medicine residency with Meharry as well, training as chief resident for the program. Dr. Hicks joined the faculty staff at Meharry in 2015 remaining committed to the program’s excellence in education and development for the future Family Medicine residency program and the physicians that graduate. Dr. Hicks transitioned to the Program Director in 2023 and has developed the passion in resident education for excellent clinical care. She has a strong interest in primary care and prevention of chronic diseases that disproportionately affect people of color.
Contact Family Medicine Residency Program
Stephani Glenn, BS
Family Medicine Residency Program Coordinator
Email: sglenn@mmc.edu
Telephone: 615.327.6168
