Family Medicine Residency Faculty
Leaders in the Memphis community and around the globe, our faculty teaches, supervises and advises residents to fully prepare them to face the challenges and rewards of a health care career.
Program Director
Collins Rainey, M.D.
Program Director, Baptist Family Medicine Residency Program
Director of Medical Student Education for Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation
Dr. Rainey was born and raised in Memphis. He left his native city to attend Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. After college, he earned a Masters of Theological Studies from The Candler School of Theology at Emory University where he studied the intersection of faith and healing. Upon completion of seminary, Dr. Rainey attended medical school at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center and completed his residency at the University of Tennessee Family Medicine Program where he served as Chief Resident. He is a Fellow in the American Academy of Family Physicians and board-certified by the American Board of Family Medicine.
Doctorate Degree: University of Tennessee Health Science Center College of Medicine; Memphis, TN; 2010
Residency: University of Tennessee; Memphis, TN; 2013
Certifications:
- Advanced Cardiac Life Saving
- American Board of Family Medicine
- Basic Life Support
- Nexplanon
Professional Memberships:
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- American Medical Association
- Tennessee Academy of Family Physicians
- Tennessee Medical Association
- Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
Additional Information:
- Golden Apple Teaching Award in Family Medicine; 2012
- Medical Student Educators Development Institute; 2019
- Director of Medical Student Education for Baptist Memorial Health Care Corporation
Associate Program Director
Sheila Thomas, M.D.
Associate Program Director, FPC Site Director, Baptist Family Medicine Residency Program
Doctorate Degree: University of Tennessee College of Medicine; 1990
Residency: University of Tennessee and Baptist Memorial Health Care – Healthplex Family Practice Program; 1990-1993
Certifications: American Board of Family Medicine 1993; recertified 2006, 2016
Professional Memberships:
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- Tennessee Academy of Family Physicians
Additional Information:
- Instructor, University of Tennessee Department of Family Medicine; 1993-1995
- Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Department of Family Medicine; 1995-2010
- Private Practice, St. Francis Medical Partners; 2011-2017
- Faculty, Church Health and Baptist Memorial Hospital-Memphis Family Medicine Residency Program; 2017-present
Dan Hogue, M.D.
Dr. Joseph Daniel Hogue was born and raised in Tupelo, MS. In pursuit of his education, Dr. Hogue left the Tupelo area and attended Mississippi College in Jackson, MS. After completing his Bachelor of Arts in Theological Education in 2003, he furthered his education, receiving master’s degrees in theology and business administration over the years before eventually graduating as a Doctor of Medicine in 2013. Dr. Hogue immediately started his career at Yuma Regional Medical Center in Yuma, AZ, serving as associate medical director and eventually associate program director. In 2019, he also aided the aging population as medical director of Palm View Nursing Home in Yuma.
In 2020, Dr. Hogue joined the Baptist Memorial family to assist in the expansion of Family Medicine residency education in the Mid-South. He currently serves as a hospitalist at Baptist-Memphis, where he lends inpatient instruction and teaching curriculum to the residency program, and he maintains outpatient duties at Church Health. Dr. Hogue is a member of the TN AFP, AAFP, STFM, AMA, AFMRD and AAPL. When not in the clinic or at the hospital, Dr. Hogue enjoys spending time with family and friends, hiking, riding horses and traveling.
Education:
- Northeast MS Community College – Associate, liberal arts
- Mississippi College – Bachelor of Arts, theology/math
- New Orleans Baptist Seminary – Master of Arts, theology
- University of New Orleans – Bachelor of Science, biology
- Davenport University – Master of Business Administration
- University of Medicine and Health Science – Doctor of Medicine
Employment:
- Associate Program Director – Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, TN
- Associate Program Director – Yuma Regional Medical Center, Yuma, AZ
- Associate, Medical Director – Yuma Regional Medical Center, Yuma, AZ
Kent Alan Lee, M.A., M.D., FAAFP
Baptist Family Medicine Residency Program
Kent Alan Lee, MA., M.D., FAAFP., grew up in Memphis, and is a graduate of the University of Memphis, with a BS in Forensic Anthropology and Chemistry, and an MA in Medical Anthropology. He completed medical school at the University of Tennessee in 1993, and his Family Medicine residency there in 1996. After his medical training, he had the opportunity to go to the Far East with the U.S. Navy in Okinawa, Japan, and work at the U.S. Naval Hospital there, a position which he enjoyed immensely. Upon leaving active duty in 1999, he took a position as faculty at the University of Arkansas AHEC in Fort Smith, Arkansas. He has also held faculty appointments from the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, and the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in both Chattanooga and Memphis, before coming to this program in 2015. He currently has clinical duties as a Hospitalist with Baptist Memorial Hospital, Memphis, where he leads the inpatient instruction for the residency. He obtained the degree of Fellow of the Academy of Family Physicians in 2005, and is active in the AAFP, TNAFP, STFM, TMA, AMA, and SHM. Dr. Lee has worked as a volunteer with Dr. Scott Morris and Church Health almost since its inception in the 1980’s, where he maintains a small practice, as well as regularly precepting in resident clinics there. When not in clinic or the hospital, Dr. Lee enjoys guitar, fixing and riding motorcycles, and canoeing in local waterways. He is married to Beth Choby, MD and they have four children together.
Doctorate Degree: University of Tennessee; 1993
Residency: University of Tennessee; 1993
Military Service: US Navy Reserve, Active Deployment; 1996-1999 Staff Physician, Family Medicine Directorate, US Naval Hospital, Okinawa, Japan, Honorable discharge, LCDR MC USNR; 2005
Professional Memberships:
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- Tennessee Academy of Family Physicians
- Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
- Society of Hospital Medicine
- American Medical Association
- Tennessee Medical Association
- Shelby County Medical Society
- Physician Assistant Education Association
G. Scott Morris, M.D., M.Div.
Baptist Family Medicine Residency Program
Masters of Divinity: Yale University; 1979
Doctor of Medicine: Emory University; 1983
Residency: The Medical College of Virginia, Chesterfield Family Practice Center; 1986
Certification: American Board of Family Practice, 1986,1993, 2000, 2007
Additional Information:
- Founder and Executive Director, Church Health; 1987- present
- Founder and Director of Crossover Health Clinic for the Homeless; 1983 – 1986
Susan Nelson, M.D.
Baptist Family Medicine Residency Program
Doctorate Degree: Doctor of Medicine; University of Texas Medical School at Houston; 1985
Residency: Family Medicine, University of Texas at Conroe Medical Center; 1988
Certifications: Board Certified American Board Family Medicine 1988, 1994, 2001, 2008, 2015
Additional Information:
- Church Health Volunteer physician 1998-2015
- Center Staff Physician June 2015 – present
- Clinical Assistant Professor, University of Tennessee Medical School
Anne L. S. Sullivan, M.D., FAAFP
Baptist Family Medicine Residency Program
Doctorate Degree: University of Iowa; 1986
Residency: Family Practice Residency, San Pedro Peninsula Hospital; San Pedro, CA; 1989
Certifications:
- American Board of Family Medicine, 1989; recertified 1996, 2003, 2012
- American Board of Family Medicine, Certificate of Added Qualifications, Adolescent Medicine; 2003
- Stanford Chronic Disease Self-Management, Master Trainer; 2006
Professional Memberships:
- American Academy of Family Physicians
- American Society of Cervical and Colposcopic Pathology
- Society of Adolescent Medicine
- Society of Teachers of Family Medicine
Additional Information:
- Family Medicine Residency Program Director 2013-2016
- Chief Academic Officer for Baptist Memorial Health Care 2013 – Present
- Baptist Medical Group 2012 – Present
- Medical Director of Quality Programs for Baptist Medical Group 2013 – Present
- Family Medicine Residency Program Director, Cedar Rapids Medical Education Foundation 2009
- Family Medicine Residency Associate Program Director, University of Iowa 2003-2009