Catherine Womack, MD, has been named Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Admissions for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center's College of Medicine. 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.

Additionally, 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.

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.

A graduate of the UTHSC College of Medicine, Dr. Womack earned her MD degree in 1995. She completed an internship and residency in Internal Medicine from the college. Dr. Womack is the recipient of many honors and awards including the American College of Physicians Laureate Award, the Castle Connolly Exceptional Women in Medicine Award, and the Top Twenty Internal Medicine Teachers Award from UTHSC for multiple years.

She joined UTHSC in 1998 and previously served as assistant dean of Student Affairs, interim chair of the Department of Preventive Medicine, and co-chief of the Division of Internal Medicine.