GME Staff Directory
David Zvara, MD
Chief Medical Officer
Kelly Cash, C-TAGME
Director, Graduate Medical Education
Karen Entrekin, MHA
Operations Manager, Graduate Medical Education
Karen.Entrekin@unchealth.unc.edu
Karen Entrekin, MHA is managing the following programs in the interim: Surgery & subspecialties, Ophthalmology, Orthopaedic surgery & subspecialty, Otolaryngology & subspecialties, Urology. Ms. Entrekin provides oversight and supervision to our team of GME Specialists, who provide a wide range of HR services to our GME trainees including onboarding and credentialing. In addition, she works closely with all members of the GME team to identify key areas for process improvement, and serves as a resource for all program directors and coordinators.
Siobhan Gallagher
Information Systems Specialist
984-974-7836, Siobhan.Gallagher@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Gallagher manages the data and information systems for the department to support its credentialing, training, and accreditation functions. She is the primary contact for questions regarding MedHub. She is also the primary contact for the McLendon Labs programs.
Ginny Mays, C-TAGME
Business Manager
984-974-7840, virginia.mays@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Mays monitors and reconciles financial accounts related to insurance premiums, operating budgets, billing and all other financial aspects of graduate medical education.
Sarah Gonzalez
Business & Accreditation Manager
984-215-2998, Sarah.Gonzalez@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Gonzalez is the Institutional Coordinator with the ACGME and serves as the Training Program Liaison with the ECFMG/Intealth for foreign medical graduates wishing to train at UNC Health. She also acts as the Institutional Administrator with NRMP related to the MATCH process. Ms. Gonzalez also coordinates the PLA/TLA (Program Letter of Agreement/Training Letter of Agreement) process for Visiting Residents and UNC Trainees wishing to participate in away rotations at other medical centers.
Josie Santos
Administrative Coordinator
984-974-7837, Josie.Santos@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Santos is the primary contact person for questions regarding moonlighting, freedom pay and work hours. She supports the Moonlighting Subcommittee of the Graduate Medical Education Committee. Ms. Santos is the primary contact for the following training programs: Medical Physics, Pastoral Care, Pharmacy, Physical Therapy/Allied Health and Rehab Therapy Services. She also serves as back-up to Christy Ray on verification requests.
Christy Ray
Executive Coordinator
984-974-7832, Christy.Ray@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Ray provides support and assistance to Dr. Kerry Thomas and Kelly Cash. Ms. Ray is also the primary contact person for employment verification requests and loan forgiveness/deferment forms.
GME Specialists:
GME Specialists are responsible for maintaining GME residents’ and fellows’ training records and handling matters relating to their appointments including credentialing, facilitating resident training licensure, processing personnel action requests and other human resources functions, and providing support if necessary for benefits administration. Additionally, GME Specialists are responsible for the oversight, monitoring, education and training of the Residency Training Coordinators to ensure that institutional policies, ACGME requirements and federal and state laws are followed, and compliance is maintained.
Jessica Cote
GME Specialist
984-974-7835, Jessica.Cote@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Cote is the primary contact for the following programs: Allergy & Immunology, Emergency Medicine and subspecialties, General Practice Residency, Internal Medicine/Pediatrics, Medical Genetics and Genomics, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery, Pediatrics and subspecialties, and Pediatric Dentistry.
Isabelle Dundulis
GME Specialist
984-974‐7834, Isabelle.Dundulis@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Dundulis is the primary contact for following programs: Neurology & subspecialties, Dermatology & subspecialty, Pathology & subspecialties, Radiology & subspecialties, Psychiatry & subspecialties.
Kali Guest
GME Specialist
984-974-7833, Kali.Guest@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Guest is the primary contact for the following programs: Anesthesiology and subspecialties, Family Medicine, Obstetrics and Gynecology and subspecialties, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation, Radiation Oncology, Public Health and General Preventive Medicine and Sports Medicine (Primary).
She also serves as back-up to Christy Ray on verification requests.
Sarah Longenbach, C-TAGME
GME Specialist
984-974-7831, Sarah.Longenbach@unchealth.unc.edu
Ms. Longenbach is the primary contact for the following programs: Internal Medicine, Internal Medicine subspecialties, and Pediatric Nephrology.
