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Office Contact Information

GME Office
UMKC School of Medicine
2411 Holmes Street
Kansas City, MO 64108
Email: gmeoffice@umkc.edu

Verification Contacts

GME Oversight

Phillip D. Byrne, Ed.D.
Associate Dean, GME/DIO
byrnepd@umkc.edu
(816) 235-5462

  • AIRE report
  • Annual Update (ADS) oversight and approval
  • Common Program Requirements and specialty specific requirements
  • GME subcommittees
  • HPE program
  • Institutional agreements and program requirements
  • Liaison to Legal, GME HR
  • Liaison to VAMC KC
  • New program development
  • Promotions reports
  • Site visits
  • Special reviews

GME Administration

David Wooldridge, M.D.
Assistant Dean, GME
wooldridged@umkc.edu

Kimberly Smith, M.A.
Educational Program Manager, GME
smithkss@umkc.edu
(816) 235-6612

  • Action plans and addressing AFIs, citations, surveys
  • Annual Program Evaluation (APE) process and reviews
  • Executive summaries/specialty reports
  • GME House Staff meeting agenda and events
  • GME staff management
  • GMEC agenda and meetings
  • Institutional administrator – GME Oversight and GMEC admin functions
  • Institutional policies
  • Mock site visits
  • Moonlighting oversight
  • PLA template review with UM Legal

Jordan Smith
GME Senior Coordinator      
jordansmith@umkc.edu
(816) 235-1872

  • BNDD reporting
  • First point of contact for coordinators
  • GME directory
  • GME news
  • GME Program Resource Guide
  • Liaison to UNITE
  • Marketing & website
  • New PC trainings – New Innovations, Thalamus, etc.
  • Onboarding and orientation
  • PC and PD meeting agenda prep and minutes
  • PLA policy and process oversight
  • Resident New Innovations profiles and training records
  • Step 3 status for trainees
  • UMKC certification course training liaison

Niang Dim, MHA
Senior Operations Support Specialist
dimn@umkc.edu
(816) 235-6627

  • Badge requests, onboarding supplies
  • Box invitation/organization
  • Certifications expiring reports – ACLS, BLS
  • Compliance training reminder
  • Dashboard reports
  • GME directory
  • IMG tracking
  • Letter of moral conduct (MOBHA)
  • Licensure compliance – initial and renewal
  • List serve changes/management
  • NI custom reports
  • Onboarding compliance
  • SOM seal application
  • State Legal Expense Fund (SLEF)
  • Training Program Liasion (TPL) Inhealth (ECFMG) - process J1 visa docs

GME Finance

Ryan Pierce
Budget & Finance Consultant
gmefinservices@umkc.edu
(816) 235-6148

Amy Glosenger
Finance Operations Support Specialist
gmefinservices@umkc.edu
(816) 235-1259

UMKC Office of Finance & Administration
5115 Oak Street, AC 224
Kansas City, MO 64112

GME HR

Jorge Guillen
HR Business Partner
guillenj@umkc.edu
(816) 235-1051

UMKC Office of Human Resources
5115 Oak Street
Kansas City, MO 64112

UMKC Human Resources Website
Phone: (816) 235-1051
Fax: (816) 235-5515