Operations Division

Leading department operations to ensure quality and compassionate care

The mission of the Emergency Medicine Operations Division is to lead and support our clinicians to ensure that every patient who enters our emergency department receives compassionate, outstanding and efficient care.

Operations Team

Stephan Russ, MD 

Associate Chief of Staff, Vanderbilt University Hospital 

Executive Medical Director, Vanderbilt LifeFlight

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Joy Crook, MD

Executive Medical Director, Emergency Services

Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Vanderbilt University Hospital Operations

Blayke Gibson, MD, MBA

Medical Director, Clinical Operations

Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Tara Overbeeke, MD

Medical Director, ED Advanced Practice Providers 

Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Doug Wallace, MD

Assistant Medical Director, Clinical Operations

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Regional Operations

Nate Miller, MD

Associate Chief of Staff, Vanderbilt University Hospital 

Executive Director, Regional Emergency Medicine

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

R. Scott Frankenfield, MD, MMHC 

Regional Director, Emergency Medicine

Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Steven Katz, MD 

Assistant Director, Regional Operations 

Medical Director, Vanderbilt Wilson County Hospital

Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Graham Van Schaik, MD, MBA 

Medical Director, Vanderbilt Tullahoma-Harton Hospital

Assistant Director, Regional Growth & Strategy 

Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Joe Broderick, DO 

Medical Director, Vanderbilt Bedford County Hospital

Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Quality Improvement

J. Christoper Champion, MD, MBA 

Vice Chair for Quality and Safety 

Executive Medical Director for Regional Quality, Safety, and Risk Prevention 

Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Jonathan Andereck, MD, MBA 

Quality Medical Director 

Quality and Patient Safety Director 

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine

Brian Bales, MD

Assistant Quality Medical Director

Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine