College of Community Health Sciences – New Faculty

September 15, 2021

Dr. Sachin Shenoy joined CCHS as assistant professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He worked as a physician and surgeon at The Institute for Female Pelvic Medicine and Reconstructive Surgery in Allentown, Pennsylvania, prior to joining the College. Shenoy received his bachelor’s degree in Biology and Biochemical/Biophysical Sciences from The University of Houston in Texas in 2008. He received his Basic Health Sciences Degree from Kasturba Medical College-International Center at Manipal University in Karnataka, India, in 2012 and his medical degree from American University of Antigua in New York in 2015. Shenoy completed his obstetrics and gynecology residency at New York Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital in 2019 as well as a fellowship in Minimally Invasive Gynecological Surgery at St. Luke’s University Health Network in Allentown, Pennsylvania. As a resident, Shenoy received awards for Excellence in Obstetrics from the Society of Maternal Fetal Medicine, and Excellence in Minimally Invasive Gyn Surgery from the American Association of Gynecologic Laparoscopists. His areas of interest include minimally invasive gynecological procedures, including laparoscopic and robotic procedures, and pelvic reconstruction and incontinence procedures.

Dr. Bliss Wright joined CCHS as assistant professor in the Department of Family, Internal, and Rural Medicine and jointly in the Department of Pediatrics. She will teach medical students and resident physicians at the College, as well as see patients at University Medical Center, which CCHS operates. Wright received a bachelor’s degree in Biomedical Sciences, summa cum laude, from Auburn University in 2013. She earned her medical degree from the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile in 2017 and completed an internal medicine/pediatrics residency at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis. Wright’s areas of interest include rural medicine, primary care, and teaching residents and medical students.

Dr. Miller Wright joined CCHS as assistant professor in the Department of Pediatrics. He will care for pediatric patients at University Medical Center, which is operated by CCHS, and teach the College’s medical students and resident physicians. Wright received his bachelor’s degree in Metallurgical Engineering from The University of Alabama in 2013. He earned his medical degree at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine in Mobile in 2018 and completed a pediatric residency at the University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center in Memphis in 2021. Wright worked previously at UMC as a Nurse Director and Clinical Rotations assistant.