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.

 
Bio-Medical Sciences 

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

Forensic Medicine and Pathology
Professor and Dean, School of Health Sciences
Gregory McDonald, DO
 
Associate Professor
Brian DeHaven, PhD
 
Clinical Assistant Professors
Teresa DeCoursey, MS
Joel S. Garblik, DDS, MS
James McCans, MS
 
Clinical Instructor
David McDonald
 
Geriatric Medicine
Professor and Chair
Katherine E. Galluzzi, DO
 
Professors
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

Physician Assistant Studies
Professor
Laura A. Levy, DHSc, PA-C
 
Associate Professors
Jolene Bohensky, MS, PA-C
Nicole Daher, MS, PA-C
Jill Cunningham, DMS, PA-C
Sean Guinane, DHSc, PA-C
 
Assistant Professors
Lindsey Bergman, PA-C
Michelle Dumas, MSPAS, PA-C
Nina Li, MMS, PA-C
Samantha Werman, MS, PA-C
 
Psychiatric Medicine
Professors Emeriti

Cecil Harris, DO
Burton Mark, DO
 
Clinical Assistant Professor
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

Radiological Sciences
Clinical Assistant Professor

Madelyn Sine-Karasick, DO
 
Rehabilitation Medicine
Clinical Professor and Chair

Gerald E. Dworkin, DO
 
Surgery
Professor and Chair

Arthur J. Sesso, DO
 
Divisional Chairs
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
 
Professors Emeriti
Leonard H. Finkelstein, DO
Isadore Lieberman, DO
Frederick Meoli, DO
Anthony A. Minissale, DO
Thomas L. Moy, DO
Donald H. Thome, DO
 
Professors
Laurence H. Belkoff, DO
Sherman N. Leis, DO
Arthur J. Sesso, DO
 
Clinical Professors
John W. McGrath, DO
Steven S. Yocum, DO

Associate Professor
Brian Mann, EdD
 
Clinical Associate Professors
Thomas A. Geng, Jr., DO
Benjamin Lam, MD
Lindsey Perea, DO
 
Clinical Assistant Professors
Catherine Cahill, DO
Douglas Mazzuca, DO
Joseph M. Rosenblatt, DO
Scott E. Rosenthal, DO
Roshin Thomas, DO
Clinical Instructor
Christopher Kester, DO
 
*Volunteer Faculty list is available upon request.
 

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