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Member Spotlight MMS Board member named Associate Dean of Studen Affairs and Admissions for UTHSC As associate dean, Dr. Womack will lead the Office of Student Affairs and oversee the Office of Medical Student Admissions for the College of Medicine. She will lead the student advisory system, the academic, career, mental health referral, and personal and professional conduct of the college’s more than 680 medical students. She will also provide guidance in the student preparatory process for residency match, oversee the medical student performance evaluation for every senior student, and help ensure all students obtain a medical residency position.
UTHSC College of Medicine Executive Dean Scott Strome, MD, has named Catherine Womack, MD, associate dean of Student Affairs and Admissions for the College of Medicine. “The college is fortunate to have someone like Dr. Womack serve as associate dean of Student Affairs and Admissions,” Dr. Strome said. “Dr. Womack is truly dedicated to helping students in their career choice from the day of their first admission committee interview to Match Day. Her energy, empathy, and strategies for improvement will be of considerable benefit to our students and these future physicians. I have no doubt Dr. Womack will help our students be happier, healthier, and more successful in medical school.”
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Dr. Womack will oversee the professional and scholarship committees, as well as student events including the Second Look Weekend, the White Coat Ceremony, the Student Clinician Ceremony, and commencement. In addition, she will direct the UTHSC MPOWER House mentoring system, which Susan Brewer, MD, helped to establish prior to her recent retirement.
The Memphis Medical Society Quarterly