Academic Departments and Faculty
A highly qualified faculty of physicians, psychologists, physician assistants, educators, scientists and support staff implement the educational goals of the College. Faculty members are dedicated to the singular purpose of educating students for the skilled and caring practice of osteopathic medicine, pharmacy, and the health professions. The academic programs are served by many faculty across the country that provide clinical instruction at various affiliated sites as volunteer faculty. In a real sense, education at PCOM is carried out by this larger PCOM family. Faculty concentration and dedication show in the teaching students receive. Faculty appointments are listed under the campus and College departments in which they serve.
Professor and Chair
Cathy J. Hatcher, PhD (Physiology)
Professors Emeriti
Walter Ceglowski, PhD (Microbiology & Immunology)
Kerin Fresa, PhD (Immunology)
Charlotte Greene, PhD (Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology)
Henry W. Hitner, PhD (Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology)
Justice James, DO (Microbiology & Immunology)
Tage N. Kvist, PhD (Anatomy)
Robert J. Niewenhuis, PhD (Anatomy)
Richard M. Kriebel, PhD (Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology)
Ruth Thornton, PhD (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
Professors
Christopher S. Adams, PhD (Anatomy)
Linda Adkison, PhD (Genetics)
Brian J. Balin, PhD (Neurobiology and Experimental Neuropathology)
Robert J. Barsotti, PhD (Physiology)
Marcus G. Bell, PhD (Neuroscience & Physiology)
Ruth Carter Borghaei, PhD (Molecular Biology & Genetics)
Kerin Claeson, PhD (Anatomy)
Farzaneh Daghigh, PhD (Biochemistry)
Marina D’Angelo, PhD (Cellular and Molecular Biology)
Mindy George-Weinstein, PhD (Anatomy)
Frederick J. Goldstein, PhD (Clinical Pharmacology)
Cathy J. Hatcher, PhD (Physiology)
Susan Hingley, PhD (Microbiology)
Michael P. McGuinness, PhD (Anatomy)
Heather J. Montie, PhD (Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology)
Philip Reno, PhD (Anatomy)
Mei Xu, MD, PhD (Anatomy & Neurobiology)
Lindon H. Young, PhD (Pharmacology)
Dianzheng Zhang, PhD (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
Associate Professors
Olayinka Afolayan-Oloye, MD., MSc (Pathophysiology)
Arturo Bravo-Nuevo, PhD (Neuroscience)
Qian Chen, PhD (Physiology & Pharmacology)
Jocelyn J. Lippman-Bell, PhD (Neurobiology & Pharmacology)
Christopher S. Little, PhD (Immunology & Pathology)
Bohdan Minczak, PhD, MD (Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology)
Minal Mulye, PhD (Microbiology & Immunology)
Assistant Professors
Meejin Ahn, DO, MSPH (Pathology)
Michelle Kanther, PhD (Microbiology)
Kelsey Kjosness, PhD (Anatomy)
Allison Machnicki, PhD (Anatomy)
Eleonora Savio-Galimberti, MD, PhD (Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology)
Instructor
David Cavanaugh, BS (Anatomy)
Emergency Medicine
Professor and Chair
John W. Becher, DO
Professor
John W. Becher, DO
Family Medicine
Professor and Chair
Harry J. Morris, DO, MPH
Professors Emeriti
Oliver Bullock, DO
Harold Schreiber, DO
Professors
Michael Becker, DO
Larry Finkelstein, DO
Harry J. Morris, DO, MPH
Kenneth J. Veit, DO, MBA
Associate Professors
Lauren Ball, DO, MPH
Peter F. Bidey, DO
David Kuo, DO
Barbara T. Williams-Page, DO
Clinical Associate Professor
Margaret Wilkins, DO
Assistant Professors
Kristen Berry, DO
Joan M. Grzybowski, DO
George Spyropoulos, DO
LeeAnn Tanaka, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor
James Cardasis, DO
Professor and Dean, School of Health Sciences
Brian DeHaven, PhD
Teresa DeCoursey, MS
Joel S. Garblik, DDS, MS
James McCans, MS
David McDonald
Professor and Chair
Katherine E. Galluzzi, DO
Katherine E. Galluzzi, DO
Nicol Joseph, DO
Michael Srulevich, DO
Internal Medicine
Professor and Chair
Daniel J. Parenti, DO
Professors Emeriti
James F. Conroy, DO
Marvin L. Rosner, DO
John Simelaro, DO
Professors
Jeffrey S. Freeman, DO
Pat Anthony Lannutti, DO
Daniel J. Parenti, DO
Divisional Chairs
Jean M. Koka, DO (Hematology and Oncology)
Neil H. Feldman, DO (Adult Allergy & Immunology)
Steven Lichtenstein, DO (Gastroenterology)
Jason Kaplan, DO (Cardiology)
Pat A. Lannutti, DO (Preventive and General Medicine)
Open (Nephrology)
Open (Infectious Disease)
Open (Neurology)
Stephen M. Purcell, DO (Dermatology)
Open (Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine)
Open (Rheumatology)
Clinical Professors
Wayne Arnold, DO
Jason Kaplan, DO
Michael A. Levin, DO
Steven Lichtenstein, DO
Clinical Associate Professors
Neil H. Feldman, DO
Jean M. Koka, DO
Assistant Professor
Erik Polan, DO
Instructor
Brian L. Penza, DO
Library and Information Services
Professor and Chief Library Services Officer
Oliver Chen, PhD
Professor
Oliver Chen, PhD
Medical Humanities and Education
Professor and Chair
Kenneth J. Veit, DO, MBA
Professor
Kenneth J. Veit, DO, MBA
Associate Professor
Matthew D. Weinberg, MB
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Clinical Professor and Chair
Joanne M. Kakaty-Monzo, DO
Professors Emeriti
Daniel H. Belsky, DO
Saul Jeck, DO
Joseph Kaczmarczyk, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor
Jason D. Meade, DO
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Professor and Chair
Alexander S. Nicholas, DO
Professor Emeritus
Abraham Zellis, DO
Professors
David Fuller, DO
Alexander S. Nicholas, DO
Lauren Noto-Bell, DO
Associate Professors
Donald Allison, DO
Assistant Professors
Andrew Levin, DO
Meghna Patel, DO, MPH
Clinical Assistant Professor
Michelle B. Hobson, DO
Otorhinolaryngology – Facial Plastic Surgery and Head/Neck Surgery
Professors Emeriti
Theodore Mauer, DO
Martin S. Neifield, DO
Lynn Sumerson, DO
Pediatrics
Associate Professor and Chair
Rosemary E. Vickers, DO
Professors Emeriti
Joseph A. Dieterle, DO
James Powell, DO
Professor
Erik Langenau, DO
Associate Professor
Rosemary E. Vickers, DO
Assistant Professors
Autumn Dye, DO
Clinical Assistant Professors
John Bishara, DO
Larissa C. Fernando-Dominy, DO
Laura A. Levy, DHSc, PA-C
Jolene Bohensky, MS, PA-C
Nicole Daher, MS, PA-C
Jill Cunningham, DMS, PA-C
Sean Guinane, DHSc, PA-C
Lindsey Bergman, PA-C
Michelle Dumas, MSPAS, PA-C
Nina Li, MMS, PA-C
Samantha Werman, MS, PA-C
Professors Emeriti
Cecil Harris, DO
Burton Mark, DO
Matthew Geromi, DO
Psychology
Professor and Dean, School of Professional & Applied Psychology
Melissa Terlecki, PhD
Professors
Robert A. DiTomasso, PhD, ABPP
Stephanie H. Felgoise, PhD, ABPP
Amanda Fisher, PhD
Barbara A. Golden, PsyD, ABPP
Elizabeth A. Gosch, PhD, ABPP
Jessica Glass Kendorski, PhD, NCSP, BCBA-D
Michelle Lent, PhD
Donald P. Masey, PsyD
George M. McCloskey, PhD
Virginia Salzer, PhD
Melissa Terlecki, PhD
Katy Tresco, PhD
Meredith Weber, PhD, NCSP
Clinical Professor
Barry McCurdy, PhD, NCSP, BCBA-D
Associate Professors
Richard G. Allen, PsyD, NCSP, BCBA-D
Lisa Corbin, Ph.D, LPC
Susan Mindel, PhD
Stephen Poteau, PhD
Brad Rosenfield, PsyD
Clinical Associate Professors
Ruta Clair, PsyD, CBIS
Scott Glassman, PsyD
Assistant Professors
Alexa Bonacquisti, PhD
Leslie Fernandez, PsyD
Kerri Newton, PhD
Sofia Pham, PhD, NCSP
Ashley Poole, PsyD
Nicholas Schmoyer, MS
Brandon Tomlinson, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professors
Megan Amatrudo, PsyD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Madelyn Sine-Karasick, DO
Clinical Professor and Chair
Gerald E. Dworkin, DO
Professor and Chair
Arthur J. Sesso, DO
Open - Ophthalmology
Laurence H. Belkoff, DO Urologic Surgery
Sherman N. Leis, DO Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
Open- Orthopedic Surgery
Scott E. Rosenthal, DO Anesthesiology
Arthur J. Sesso, DO General Surgery
Leonard H. Finkelstein, DO
Isadore Lieberman, DO
Frederick Meoli, DO
Anthony A. Minissale, DO
Thomas L. Moy, DO
Donald H. Thome, DO
Laurence H. Belkoff, DO
Sherman N. Leis, DO
Arthur J. Sesso, DO
Steven S. Yocum, DO
Associate Professor
Brian Mann, EdD
Thomas A. Geng, Jr., DO
Benjamin Lam, MD
Lindsey Perea, DO
Catherine Cahill, DO
Douglas Mazzuca, DO
Joseph M. Rosenblatt, DO
Scott E. Rosenthal, DO
Roshin Thomas, DO
Clinical Instructor
Christopher Kester, DO
Bio-Medical Sciences
Professor Emeritus
Mary Owen, JD, PhD
Professors
Linda Adkison, PhD (Genetics)
Adwoa D. Aduonum, PhD (Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology)
Bonnie A. Buxton, PhD (Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology)
Valerie E. Cadet, PhD (Microbiology, Immunology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine)
Shafik Habal, MD (Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology)
Mindy George-Weinstein, PhD (Anatomy)
Francis E. Jenney Jr., PhD (Biochemistry)
Harold L. Komiskey Jr., PhD (Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology)
Huo Lu, PhD (Anatomy)
Phillip Pearson, PhD (Anatomy & Histology)
Dennis Peffley, PhD, JD (Physiology & Pharmacology)
Diana Peterson, PhD (Anatomy)
Lori Redmond, PhD (Anatomy)
Erica Rushing, MD (Pathology)
Xinyu (Eric) Wang, PhD (Neuroscience, Physiology, and Pharmacology)
Richard E. White, PhD (Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology)
Shu Zhu, MD, PhD (Physiology)
Associate Professors
Associate Professors
Kimberly Baker, PhD (Biochemistry)
Robert McAfee, PhD (Anatomy)
Michael Selby, PhD (Anatomy)
Emergency Medicine
Professor
Donald Penney, MD
Family Medicine
Associate Professors
Lauren Ball, DO, MPH
L. Michael Waters, Jr., DO
Assistant Professors
Erik Zarandy, DO
Joy Zarandy, DO
Medical Laboratory Sciences
Assistant Professor
Karen Giddens, MS
OB/GYN
Professor
David Adelstein, DO
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Professor Emeritus
Walter Ehrenfeuchter, DO
Professor & Chair of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Victoria Troncoso, DO
Professor
Victoria Troncoso, DO
Assistant Professors
Shawne Murray, DO
Ravi Yarid, DO
Pediatrics
Dean and Chief Academic Officer of the Osteopathic Program
Andrea Mann, DO
Professors
Erik Langenau, DO
Andrea Mann, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor
Jana R. Himmelbaum, DO
Pharmacy
Professor, Dean and Chief Academic Officer of the School of Pharmacy
Shawn Spencer, PhD, RPh
Professors
Naushad Khan Ghilzai, PhD
Sara Wilson Reece, PharmD
Brent Rollins, PhD, RPh
Avadhesh Sharma, PharmD, PhD
Shawn Spencer, PhD, RPh
Shashidharamurthy Taval, PhD
Xinyu Wang, PhD
Associate Professors
Shari Allen, PharmD
Kimberly Barefield, PharmD, MHA
Yue-Qiao (George) Huang, PhD
Michael Lee, PhD
Hua Ling, PharmD
Shirin Madzhidova, PharmD
Edo-Abasi U. McGee, PharmD
Vicky Mody, PhD
Essie Samuel, PharmD
Sonia Thomas, PharmD
John Tovar, PharmD
Julie Wickman, PharmD
Zhiqian (James) Wu, PhD
Assistant Professors
Irandokht Khaki-Najafabadi, PharmD
Yujin Kim, PharmD, PhD
Physical Therapy
Professor and Chair of Physical Therapy
Ruth Maher, PT, PhD, DPT, WCS
Professors
Philip A. Fabrizio, PT, EdD, DPT, MS, CEAS, CIDN
Ruth Maher, PT, PhD, DPT, WSC
Carol A. Miller, PT, PhD, GCS
Jeanne Welch, PT, EdD, DPT, NCS
Jennifer Wiley, PT, DHSc, DPT
Associate Professor
Shelley Smith DiCecco, PT, PhD, CLT-LANA, CI-CS
Assistant Professors
Alaina Bell, PT, DPT, CCS
Elizabeth Chaffin, PT, DPT, MS, ATC
Scott Lowe, PT, DPT, OCS, CEAS, CFE
Teresa Pierce, PT, DPT, PCS
Melissa Smith, PT, DPT
Physician Assistant Studies
Professor & Chair
Rebekah E. Thomas, PharmD, PA-C
Professor
Rebekah E. Thomas, PharmD, PA-C
Associate Professors
Lindsey Caruthers, MS, PA-C
Carrie E. Nold, MPA, PA-C
Assistant Professors
James Garrett, MPAS, PA-C
Ashley Griffin, MMSC, PA-C
Nermin Tepic, PA-C
Psychiatry
Clinical Assistant Professor
Ryan Smith, DO
Surgery
Clinical Professor
Frank Jones, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Brian Mann, EdD
Bio-Medical Sciences
Professors
Linda Adkison, PhD (Genetics)
Rasheed Agboola, MD, MBBS, MSc (Pathology)
Savita Arya, MD, MBBS (Pathology)
Shiv Dhiman, MD, MBBS (Anatomy)
Mindy George Weinstein, PhD (Anatomy)
Nikita Mirajkar, PhD (Pharmacology)
Edward Shaw, PhD (Microbiology and Immunology)
Jennifer Shaw, PhD (Physiology)
Associate Professors
Stacie Fairley, PhD (Microbiology and Immunology)
Md Emranul Huq, PhD (Anatomy)
Thomas Last, PhD (Biochemistry and Cellular Genetics)
Joshua Owolabi, PhD (Anatomy, Neuroanatomy & Histology)
Brandy Sreenilayam, PhD (Biochemistry and Cellular Genetics)
Sandeep Vansal, PhD, RPh (Pharmacology)
Robert Walker, PhD (Physiology)
Rekha Yesudas, PhD (Pharmacology)
Instructor
Sebastian Egberts, MS (Anatomy)
Emergency Medicine
Dean and Chief Academic Officer of the Osteopathic Program
Marla Golden, DO, MS
Associate Professor
Marla Golden, DO, MS
Assistant Professor
Nilam Vaughan, DO
Family Medicine
Professor
George Fredrick, MD
Associate Professor
Lauren Ball, DO, MPH
Internal Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor
Daryl Crenshaw, MD
OB/GYN
Assistant Professor
Randall Sisam, DO, MBA
Clinical Assistant Professor
Steven Kitchen, MD
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Associate Professor
Kristie Petree, DO
Assistant Professors
Phillip Miller-Goerlitz, DO
Matthew Shelnutt, DO
Pediatrics
Professor
Erik Langenau, DO
Associate Professor
Winston Price, MD
Assistant Professor
Lacey Chambers, MD
Psychiatry
Clinical Associate Professor
Ryan Smith, DO
Radiology
Clinical Assistant Professor
Randall Lee McGill, MD
Surgery
Professor Emeritus
William Craver, DO
Associate Professors
Robert Lloyd, DO
Brian Mann, EdD
Assistant Professor
Frederick Powell, MD, PhD