Academic Departments and Faculty
Academic Departments and Faculty
THE FACULTY OF PCOM – Teaching in Philadelphia
Professor and Interim Chair
Susan Hingley, PhD (Microbiology)
Professors Emeriti
Walter Ceglowski, PhD (Microbiology & 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)
Denah M. Appelt, PhD (Neuroscience)
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)
Susan Hingley, PhD (Microbiology)
Michael P. McGuinness, PhD (Anatomy)
Mei Xu, MD, PhD (Anatomy & Neurobiology)
Lindon H. Young, PhD (Pharmacology)
Dianzheng Zhang, PhD (Biochemistry & Molecular Biology)
Associate Professors
Arturo Bravo-Nuevo, PhD (Neuroscience)
Qian Chen, PhD (Physiology & Pharmacology)
Cathy J. Hatcher, PhD (Physiology)
Jocelyn J. Lippman-Bell, PhD (Neurobiology & Pharmacology)
Christopher S. Little, PhD (Immunology & Pathology)
Bohdan Minczak, PhD, MD (Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology)
Heather J. Montie, PhD (Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology)
Philip Reno, PhD (Anatomy)
Assistant Professors
Meejin Ahn, DO, MSPH (Pathology)
Minal Mulye, PhD (Microbiology & Immunology)
Eleonora Savio-Galimberti, MD, PhD (Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology)
Instructors
David Cavanaugh, BS (Anatomy)
Katherine Winkle, MS (Anatomy)
James Cardasis, DO
Joel S. Garblik, DDS, MS
Daniel H. Belsky, DO
Saul Jeck, DO
Jason D. Meade, DO
Professor and Chair
Alexander S. Nicholas, DO
David Fuller, DO
Alexander S. Nicholas, DO
Donald Allison, DO
Lauren Noto-Bell, DO
Andrew Levin, DO
Meghna Patel, DO, MPH
Michelle B. Hobson, DO
Professors Emeriti
Theodore Mauer, DO
Martin S. Neifield, DO
Lynn Sumerson, DO
Associate Professor and Chair
Rosemary E. Vickers, DO
Joseph A. Dieterle, DO
James Powell, DO
Erik Langenau, DO
Rosemary E. Vickers, DO
Autumn Dye, DO
LeeAnn Tanaka, DO
John Bishara, DO
Larissa C. Fernando-Dominy, DO
Professor and Chair
Laura A. Levy, DHSc, PA-C
Laura A. Levy, DHSc, PA-C
Jill Cunningham, DMS, PA-C
Jolene Bohensky, MS, PA-C
Nicole Daher, MS, PA-C
Ludmila Klichinsky, MHS, PA-C
Kimberly Henry, MS, PA-C
Samantha Werman, MS, PA-C
Professors Emeriti
Cecil Harris, DO
Matthew Geromi, DO
Psychology
Professor and Dean, School of Professional & Applied Psychology
Robert A. DiTomasso, PhD, ABPP
Professors
Robert A. DiTomasso, PhD, ABPP
Stephanie H. Felgoise, PhD, ABPP
Barbara A. Golden, PsyD, ABPP
Elizabeth A. Gosch, PhD, ABPP
Jessica Glass Kendorski, PhD, NCSP, BCBA-D
George M. McCloskey, PhD
Virginia Salzer, PhD
Clinical Professor
Barry McCurdy, PhD, NCSP, BCBA-D
Associate Professors
Amanda Fisher, PhD
Michelle Lent, PhD
Susan Mindel, PhD
Stephen Poteau, PhD
Brad Rosenfield, PsyD
Katy Tresco, PhD
Meredith Weber, PhD, NCSP
Clinical Associate Professors
Scott Glassman, PsyD
Donald P. Masey, PsyD
Assistant Professors
Richard G. Allen, PsyD, NCSP, BCBA-D
Jeffrey M. Branch, EdD
Richard Joseph Charette II, MSEd
Lisa Corbin, Ph.D, LPC
Leslie Fernandez, PsyD
Sofia Pham, PhD, NCSP
Ashley Poole, PsyD
Marcella Rolle, Ph.D, NCC
Clinical Assistant Professors
Nancy Aronson, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professors
Madelyn Sine-Karasick, DO
Clinical Professor and Chair
Gerald E. Dworkin, DO
Professor and Chair
Open - Ophthalmology
Laurence H. Belkoff, DO Urologic Surgery
Sherman N. Leis, DO Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
John J. McPhilemy, DO 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
John J. McPhilemy, DO
Arthur J. Sesso, DO
John W. McGrath, DO
Steven S. Yocum, DO
Thomas A. Geng, Jr., DO
Benjamin Lam, MD
Catherine Cahill, DO
Kenneth Heist, DO
Joseph M. Rosenblatt, DO
Scott E. Rosenthal, DO
THE FACULTY OF PCOM – Teaching in Georgia
A highly-qualified faculty of physicians, pharmacists, 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. In a real sense, education at PCOM Georgia is carried out by this larger PCOM Georgia family. Faculty concentration and dedication show in the teaching students receive.
Bio-Medical Sciences
Professor Emeritus
Mary Owen, JD, PhD
Professors
Adwoa D. Aduonum, PhD (Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology)
Bonnie A. Buxton, PhD (Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology)
Francis E. Jenney Jr., PhD (Biochemistry)
Harold L. Komiskey Jr., PhD (Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology)
Huo Lu, PhD (Anatomy)
Brian M. Matayoshi, PhD (Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology)
Dennis Peffley, PhD, JD (Physiology & Pharmacology)
Diana Peterson, PhD (Anatomy)
Lori Redmond,PhD (Anatomy)
Erica Rushing, MD (Pathology)
Richard E. White, PhD (Neuroscience, Physiology & Pharmacology)
Associate Professors
Mircea Anghelescu, MD(Pathophysiology)
Kimberly Baker, PhD (Biochemistry)
Valerie E. Cadet, PhD (Microbiology, Immunology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine)
Shafik Habal, MD (Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology)
Robert McAfee, PhD (Anatomy)
Michael Selby, PhD (Anatomy)
Karim Z. Zaman, DO (Pathology)
Shu Zhu, MD, PhD (Physiology)
Emergency Medicine
Professor
Donald Penney, MD
Associate Professor
Marla Golden, DO, MS
Family Medicine
Associate Professors
Lauren Ball, DO, MPH
L. Michael Waters, Jr., DO
Assistant Professor
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
Assistant Professors
Shawne Murray, DO
Ravi Yarid, DO
Clinical Assistant Professor
Aakash Goyal, DO
Pediatrics
Dean and Chief Academic Officer of the Osteopathic Program
Andrea Mann, DO
Professor
Gary F. Freed, DO
Andrea Mann, DO
Assistant Professor
Ann Contrucci, MD
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
Avadhesh Sharma, PharmD, PhD
Shawn Spencer, PhD, RPh
Associate Professors
Shari Allen, PharmD
Kimberly Barefield, PharmD, MHA
Yue-Qiao (George) Huang, PhD
Samuel John, PharmD
Michael Lee, PhD
Hua Ling, PharmD
Edo-Abasi U. McGee, PharmD
Candis McGraw-Senat, PharmD
Vicky Mody, PhD
Kumar Mukherjee, PhD
Srujana Rayalam, DVM, PhD
Sara Wilson Reece, PharmD
Brent Rollins, PhD, RPh
Shashidharamurthy Taval, PhD
Sonia Thomas, PharmD
John Tovar, PharmD
Leanne Varner, PharmD
Xinyu (Eric) Wang, PhD
Desuo Wang, PhD, MD
Julie Wickman, PharmD
Zhiqian (James) Wu, PhD
Assistant Professors
Irandokht Khaki-Najafabadi, PharmD
Shirin Madzhidova, PharmD
Essie Samuel, PharmD
Physical Therapy
Professor and Chair of Physical Therapy
Ruth Maher, PT, PhD, DPT, WCS
Professors
Ruth Maher, PT, PhD, DPT, WSC
Carol A. Miller, PT, PhD, GCS
Jeanne Welch, PT, EdD, DPT, NCS
Associate Professors
Philip A. Fabrizio, PT, DPT, MS, CEAS, CIDN
Jennifer Wiley, PT, DHSc, DPT
Assistant Professors
Elizabeth Chaffin, PT, DPT, MS, PT, ATC
Teresa Pierce, PT, DPT, PCS
Shelley Smith DiCecco, PT, PhD, CLT-LANA, CI-CS
Melissa Smith, PT, DPT
Physician Assistant Studies
Associate Professors
Carrie E. Nold, MPA, PA-C
Rebekah E. Thomas, PharmD, PA-C
Assistant Professors
James Becker, MS, PA-C
Lindsey Caruthers, MS, PA-C
James Garrett, MPAS, PA-C
Psychiatry
Clinical Assistant Professor
Ryan Smith, DO
Surgery
Associate Professor
Brian Mann, DO
Clinical Professor
Frank Jones, MD, MPH
The Faculty of PCOM – Teaching in South Georgia
A highly-qualified faculty of physicians, 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. Faculty concentration and dedication show in the teaching students receive.
Bio-Medical Sciences
Professor
Savita Arya, MD, MBBS (Pathology)
Edward Shaw, PhD (Microbiology and Immunology)
Associate Professors
Rasheed Agboola, MD, MBBS, MSc (Pathology)
Shiv Dhiman, MD, MBBS (Anatomy)
Stacie Fairley, PhD (Microbiology and Immunology)
Thomas Last, PhD (Biochemistry and Cellular Genetics)
Nikita Mirajkar, PhD (Pharmacology)
Jennifer Shaw, PhD (Physiology)
Brandy Sreenilayam, PhD (Biochemistry and Cellular Genetics)
Sandeep Vansal, PhD, RPh (Pharmacology)
Robert Walker, PhD (Physiology)
Instructor
Sebastian Egberts, MS (Anatomy)
Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor
Marla Golden, DO, MS
Assistant Professor
Gino Alberto, DO, MPH
Nilam Vaughan, DO
Family Medicine
Professor
George Fredrick, MD
Internal Medicine
Clinical Assistant Professor
Daryl Crenshaw, MD
OB/GYN
Assistant Professor
Steven Kitchen, MD
Randall Sisam, DO, MBA
Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Associate Professor
Kristie Petree, DO
Pediatrics
Associate Professor
Winston Price, MD
Psychiatry
Clinical Associate Professor
Ryan Smith, DO
Radiology
Clinical Assistant Professor
Randall Lee McGill, MD
Surgery
Professor
William Craver, DO
Associate Professor
Robert Lloyd, DO