Shawnette Alford, C-TAGME
Assistant Director of GME Operations
(Accreditation, Grants, Program Management)
Ms. Alford is an experienced Graduate Medical Education professional that has worked in healthcare for over 15 years. Ms. Alford brings to the Kiran Patel Institute of Graduate Medical Education (KPIGME), 19 years of knowledge and leadership in healthcare and 15 years in an academic setting. In addition, she is an advisor for the Technical Assistance Center (TAC) for new grantees who were awarded a HRSA/THC grant. She serves on the advisory committee for the Leadership Institute.
Her prior positions include Optician at America’s Best Eyeglasses & Contacts in Springfield, Pennsylvania, Human Resources Recruiter at Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital in Darby, Pennsylvania, Academic Coordinator at Hahnemann University Hospital/Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Residency Program Manager at La Clinica de Familia in Las Cruces, New Mexico and Residency Program Manager at Gerald Champion Regional Medical Center (GCRMC) is Alamogordo, New Mexico. She recently resigned from her position at GCRMC as the Assistant Director of Graduate Medical Education where in this role she was the Project Director for a HRSA grant awarded to Family Medicine Residency Program.
Ms. Alford was a founding member of The Association of Anesthesiology Program Administrators and Educators (AAPAE) and served as President Elect for one year until she accepted a new position in Family Medicine and resigned her appointed position. She served on the Fundraising and Marketing Committee for Association of Family Medicine Administration.
In 2014, Ms. Alford successfully passed the Qualifying and Certifying Assessment to obtain her Training Administrators of Graduate Medical Education Certification. She renewed her TAGME certification in 2022 and is currently in good standing.
A Philadelphia native and experienced healthcare professional, Ms. Alford is passionate and dedicated to a career in academic medicine. Her mission is to ensure that residency programs will provide a supportive environment for residency training
that is balanced and wellness focused.