

Bob McKinney, PhD, LICSW
The University of Alabama

Jay Brieler, MD
St Louis University

Katherine Bergs, PhD, LMFT (Incoming Co-Director Starting 2025)
JPS Family Medicine Residency, Forth Worth, TX
Dr Bergs is the director of behavioral medicine for the department of family medicine at JPS Health Network in Fort Worth, Texas. She is originally from North Carolina, and completed training at East Carolina University (PhD, Clinical Health Psychology and MS Marriage and Family Therapy) and University of Colorado (Internship/Fellowship – Primary Care Psychology and Medical Education). She has been with the JPS family medicine residency for 6 years and is an APD with the program. She has clinical interests in behavior change interventions, sleep medicine, couples & sexual health interventions, and physician health. She has research interests in physician health, sports medicine, and wellbeing/organizational interventions.

Katie Fortenberry, PhD
University of Utah Division of Family and Community Medicine
Katie Fortenberry, PhD, is a clinical professor in the University of Utah Division of Family and Community Medicine, where she serves as a core curricular faculty member and directs behavioral health education for the Family Medicine Residency Program. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama and PhD from the University of Utah. Dr Fortenberry is a past co-chair of the STFM Behavioral Health/Family Systems Collaborative and a trustee for the STFM Foundation. She has been involved with BFEF since its third year, first as a fellow and then as a scholarly project mentor and small group mentor. Her research and clinical interests include reducing barriers to health care by teaching medical and psychology trainees to work with behavioral health concerns presented in primary care effectively.
SMALL-GROUP MENTORS
Amber Cadick, PhD, HSPP
Union Hospital Family Medicine Residency, Terra Haute, IN
John Cavacece, DO
Grand Rapids Family Medicine Residency, Grand Rapids, MI
Katherine Fortenberry, PhD
University of Utah
Krithika Malhotra, PhD
Northwestern University, McGaw Family Medicine Residency at Lake Forest, Grayslake, IL
Sandy Sulik, MD
Syracuse Community Health Center, Syracuse, NY
Stephen Warnick, MD
Corewell Health Beaumont Grosse Pointe Family Medicine Residency, Grosse Pointe Park, MI
Scholarly Project Mentors
Adam Guck, PhD
JPS Family Medicine Residency, Fort Worth, TX
Carlie Nikel, PsyD
University of Missouri, Kansas City
Lauren Penwell-Waines, PhD
Novant Health Family Medicine Residency, Cornelius, NC
Danielle L. Terry, PhD, ABPP
Robert Packer Hospital/Guthrie Program, Sayre, PA
Meredith Williamson, PhD
Texas A&M Family Medicine Residency, Bryan, TX