PCOM: Departments and Faculty Philadelphia

THE FACULTY OF PCOM – Teaching in Philadelphia

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 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 College departments in which they serve.
 
Bio-Medical Sciences 
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)
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)
Minal Mulye, PhD (Microbiology & Immunology)
Philip Reno, PhD (Anatomy)

Assistant Professors
Meejin Ahn, DO, MSPH (Pathology)
Kelsey Kjosness, 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
David Kuo, DO
Barbara T. Williams-Page, DO
 
Clinical Associate Professor
Margaret Wilkins, DO
 
Assistant Professors
Kristen Berry, DO
Peter F. Bidey, DO
Joan M. Grzybowski, DO
George Spyropoulos, 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
Michael Srulevich, DO
 
Associate Professor
Nicol Joseph, DO
 
Internal Medicine
Professor and Chair
Daniel J. Parenti, DO
 
Professors Emeriti
Marvin L. Rosner, DO
John Simelaro, DO
 
Professors
Jeffrey S. Freeman, DO
Bruce Kornberg, DO
Pat Anthony Lannutti, DO
Joseph Lubeck, DO
Daniel J. Parenti, DO
Stephen M. Purcell, DO
 
Divisional Chairs
Jean M. Koka, DO (Hematology and Oncology)
Neil H. Feldman, DO (Adult Allergy & Immunology)
Steven Lichtenstein, DO (Gastroenterology)
Bruce Kornberg, DO (Cardiology)
Pat A. Lannutti, DO (Preventive and General Medicine)
Michael Levin, DO (Nephrology)
Brett Gilbert, DO (Infectious Disease)
Joseph Lubeck, DO (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
Brett Gilbert, 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, MD
 
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Clinical Professor and Chair
Joanne M. Kakaty-Monzo, DO
 
Professors Emeriti
Daniel H. Belsky, DO
Saul Jeck, 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
 
Associate Professors
Donald Allison, DO
Lauren Noto-Bell, 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
LeeAnn Tanaka, DO
 
Clinical Assistant Professors
John Bishara, DO
Larissa C. Fernando-Dominy, DO
 
Physician Assistant Studies
Professor
Laura A. Levy, DHSc, PA-C
 
Associate Professors
Jill Cunningham, DMS, PA-C
Sean Guinane, DHSc, PA-C
 
Assistant Professors
Lindsey Bergman, PA-C
Jolene Bohensky, MS, PA-C
Nicole Daher, MS, PA-C
Kimberly Henry, MS, 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
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
Scott Glassman, PsyD
Michelle Lent, PhD
Donald Masey, PsyD
Susan Mindel, PhD
Stephen Poteau, PhD
Brad Rosenfield, PsyD
Katy Tresco, PhD
Meredith Weber, PhD, NCSP

Assistant Professors
Richard G. Allen, PsyD, NCSP, BCBA-D
Alexa Bonacquisti, PhD
Jeffrey M. Branch, EdD
Lisa Corbin, Ph.D, LPC
Leslie Fernandez, PsyD
Sofia Pham, PhD, NCSP
Ashley Poole, PsyD
Brandon Tomlinson, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professors
Nancy Aronson, PhD
Dawn Woods, CPA

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
John J. McPhilemy, DO 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
John J. McPhilemy, DO
Arthur J. Sesso, DO
 
Clinical Professors
William Meis, DO
John W. McGrath, DO
Steven S. Yocum, DO

Associate Professor
Brian Mann, EdD
 
Clinical Associate Professors
Thomas A. Geng, Jr., DO
Benjamin Lam, MD
 
Clinical Assistant Professors
Catherine Cahill, DO
Kenneth Heist, 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.