Serves as Chair of the UTHSC Clinical Trials Board, which aims to support and grow clinical research by advertising access to resource and opportunities for scientists and faculty throughout the UT System. Serving as one of three Medical Directors of CTN2, he is the lead medical liaison for Chattanooga and works very closely with the Executive Director, Site Directors, and the various site PIs to promote research, drive accrual, and facilitate new clinical trials.

Giuseppe Pizzorno, PhD, Pharm D

Regional Medical Director, CTN2

Chair, UTHSC Clinical Trials Governance Board

Chief Research Officer, Erlanger Health System

Serves as Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Clinical Medical Education. In July 2019, he was named to the newly created position of Chief Academic Officer for Saint Thomas Health, a family of Tennessee hospitals and physician practices in middle Tennessee, where he is responsible for research, graduate medical education and CME.  A board-certified OB/GYN, he was in private practice for 23 years.

Geoffrey Smallwood, MD

Regional Medical Director, CTN2

Chief Academic Officer, Saint Thomas Health

Serves as CTN2's liaison with the Tennessee Clinical and Translational Science Institute and Professor and Chair, Department of Preventive Medicine, UTHSC.

Co-Director, Tennessee Clinical and Translational Science Institute    

Karen C. Johnson, MD, MPH

Founding Director of the UTHSC Center for Biomedical Informatics and the University of Tennessee Oak Ridge National Laboratory Governor's Chair in Biomedical Informatics. Principal Investigator, UTHSC 100K Genomes Project, and Lead researcher in the creation of the Enterprise Data Warehouse.

Director of Biomedical Informatics within CTN2.

Robert Davis, MD, MPH

Governor's Chair, UTHSC-ORNL Center for Biomedical Informatics

Martin A. Croce, MD, FACS

Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Regional One Health

 Professor of Surgery, UTHSC

Andrew Griffith, MD, PhD

Senior Associate Dean of Research, College of Medicine, UTHSC

Dr. Griffith is an Otolaryngologist-Head and Neck Surgeon. He served at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for 22 years, primarily in the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD). At UTHSC, he develops, articulates and implements a vision for growth of the research enterprise across the College of Medicine.

Chancellor, UTHSC

Steven R. Goodman, PhD

Vice Chancellor for Research, UTHSC

Steven R. Ross, PhD, MS

Senior Vice President of Strategic Development, UT Medical Center & University Health System, Inc.

Serves as Senior Vice President of Strategic Development the University of Tennessee Medical Center (UTMC) and University Health System (UHS), Inc. In this role, Dr. Ross is responsible for a variety of areas including hiring and managing the over 200 UHS employed primary care and specialist physicians, the Cancer Institute, Institutional research activities, pharmacy services for the system, marketing, and strategic planning.

Giuseppe Pizzorno, PhD, PharmD

Chief Research Officer, Erlanger Health System, Professor and Associate Dean of Research, UTHSC

In the role of Associate Dean of Research for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) College of Medicine, Chattanooga campus and the first chief research officer for Erlanger Health System, Dr. Pizzorno leads efforts to advance capabilities in medical research and offer the latest treatment protocols to patients – all with the important goals of teaching future professionals and improving healthcare in our region.

R. Brad Canada, MD, MS

Chief Medical Officer, University Clinical Health

Amanda Nolte, BA, CCRP

Executive Director, Semmes Murphey Foundation

Nolte joined the Semmes Murphey Foundation in 2017 where she served as the Clinical Research Manager and was promoted to her current role in 2020. 

Geoffrey Smallwood, MD

Chief Academic Officer,
Saint Thomas Health

James H. Beaty, MD

Chairman and Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering, UTHSC

Served as the Chief of Staff of Campbell Clinic from 2001 to 2010. He is Past President of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, member of the Pediatric Orthopaedic Society of North America, the Mid America Orthopaedic Association, the Tennessee Orthopaedic Society and the American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. He has a special interest is in Pediatric Orthopaedics.

Frank McGrew, MD, FACC, FHRS

Director of Clinical Research, Stern Cardiovascular Foundation

Dr. McGrew has over 50 years in practice. He is a graduate of Johns Hopkins (BA) and Case Western (MD), and a Diplomate of Cardiovascular Disease, ABIM.

Maggie DeBon, PhD

Executive Director,
Baptist Clinical Research Institute

Served as Professor of Preventive Medicine at UTHSC and has nearly 20 years of research funding from the NIH and several foundations. She has lead research at Baptist for seven years.

Eric Schnapp, JD

Chief Executive Officer, Mays and Schnapp Neurospine and Pain

Serves as CEO of Mays and Schnapp, a pain management practice providing comprehensive pain management to help relieve pain and restore patients to living their lives for over 20 years. Schnapp develops business strategies and manages company operations and growth, along with overseeing clinical operations staff, physical therapy and an ambulatory surgery center over multiple locations.