Basic Medical Sciences Faculty

Anatomy/Embryology/Histology

Lance Nash, Ph.D., (Chair)
(Otago University Dunedin, New Zealand)
Associate Professor of Anatomy

Brian Flumerfelt, Ph.D.
(University of Cambridge, England)
Visiting Professor of Histology

Thackery Gray, Ph.D.
(Ohio State University)
Associate Dean of Medical Education
Professor of Anatomy

Annette Kirchgessner, Ph.D.
SUNY Downstate
Associate Professor of Anatomy

Ron Leslie, Ph.D.
(Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge)
Visiting Professor of Histology

Ijoma Nwosu, M.B.B.S.
(University of Ilorin, Nigeria)
Associate Professor of Anatomy

Kem Rogers, Ph.D.
(University of Toronto)
Visiting Professor of Anatomy

Alexander Sandra, Ph.D.
(Case Western Reserve University)
Visiting Professor of Anatomy

Rand S. Swenson, M.D., Ph.D.
(Dartmouth Medical School)
Visiting Professor

Introduction to Behavioral & Clinical Medicine (BCM)

Ronald J. Testa, Ph.D.
(University of South Florida)
Dean of Basic Sciences
Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Sarah McCarty, M.D. (Chair)
(University of Vermont)
Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Monica Bishop, M.D.
(University of Western Ontario)
Associate Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Scott Burner, M.D.
(Medical University of South Carolina)
Introduction to Clinical Medicine

Robert A. Coleman, M.D.
(American University of the Caribbean)
Visiting Associate Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Stephen T. Dawson, M.D.
(American University of the Caribbean)
Visiting Professor Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Thomas Dunfee, M.D.
(Indiana University School of Medicine)
Visiting Professor Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Sue Edwards, Ph.D.
(Georgetown University)
Visiting Professor Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Ronald Gagne, M.D.
(Creighton University, Omaha)
Professor of Clinical Medicine

Eugene C. Grochowski, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.P.
(Northwestern University School of Medicine)
Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Lockie M. Johnson, Ph.D.
(Duke University)
Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Jessica Koran, Ph.D.
(Pacific Graduate School of Psychology)
Assistant Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Magdalena Kwiatkowska, M.D., Ph.D.
(Medical University of Warsaw, Poland / Institute of Biostructure, Warsaw)
Associate Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine
Marcin Kwiatkowski, M.D.
(Medical University of Warsaw, Poland)
Associate Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Steve LaSala, M.D.
(University of Montpellier)
Visiting Associate Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Douglas Model, MB.BS., FRCP
(St. Mary’s Hospital Medical School, London)
Visiting Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Ms. Loes Nauta
(Noordelijke Hogeschool)
Standardized Patient Trainer

Grzegorz Plochocki, M.D.
(Medical University of Warsaw, Poland)
Assistant Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

John Rudzinski, M.D.
(Northwestern University School of Medicine)
Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Albert Van Der Waag, Jr., M.D.
(Erasmus University, Rotterdam)
Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Danny Wedding, Ph.D.
(University of Hawaii)
Visiting Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Joanne Wojcieszek, M.D.
(Medical College of Ohio)
Visiting Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Hiroko Yoshida, Ph.D.
(New York University)
Interim Dean of Basic Medical Sciences
Associate Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Philip Zimmerman, M.D.
(Harvard Medical School)
Visiting Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Medical Microbiology & Immunology

Kathleen Shupe, Ph.D. (Chair)
(Texas A & M University, College Station)
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Paul Lehmann, Ph.D.
Cambridge University
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Vivian Braciale, Ph.D.
(University of Pennsylvania)
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Wezenet Tewodros, Ph.D.
(Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden)
Associate Professor of Medical Microbiology

Molecular & Cell Biology

Iain McIntosh, Ph.D. (Chair)
(University of Edinburgh)
Professor of Genetics

Hans W. Behrisch, Ph.D.
(University of British Columbia)
Professor of Biochemistry

Michael Collard, Ph.D.
(Washington State University)
Visiting Professor of Molecular & Cell Biology

Jodi Huggenvik, Ph.D.
(Washington State University)
Visiting Associate Professor of Molecular & Cell Biology

Nathalie McDonell, M.D., Ph.D.
(Medical University of the Americas / Universite Paris, France)
Associate Professor of Molecular & Cell Biology

Bernard van Oost, Ph.D.
(University of Utrecht)
Professor of Molecular & Cell Biology

Neuroscience & Physiology

Susan De Mesquita, Ph.D. (Chair)
(Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia)
Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology

Stephen S. Blevins, Ph.D.
(University of Maryland, Baltimore)
Professor of Physiology

Robert Carroll, Ph.D.
(E. Carolina University)
Visiting Professor of Physiology

Bernice Grafstein, Ph.D.
(McGill University, Montreal)
Visiting Professor of Physiology

Peter Grigg, Ph.D.
(State University of New York Upstate HSC)
Visiting Professor of Physiology

Burt B. Hamrell, M.D., Ph.D.
(University of Illinois / University of Vermont Graduate College)
Visiting Professor of Physiology

Philip Posner, Ph.D.
(Georgetown University)
Visiting Professor of Physiology

Penelope Hansen, Ph.D.
(Memorial University of Newfoundland
Visiting Professor of Physiology

Lois Heller, Ph.D.
(University of Illinois)
Visiting Professor of Physiology

Christopher Honda, Ph.D.
(University of Minnesota)
Visiting Professor of Neuroscience

Steven Lewis, Ph.D.
(Stanford University)
Professor of Physiology

William McCumbee, Ph.D.
(University of Houston)
Visiting Professor of Physiology

Chip Montrose, Ph.D.
(University of Rochester)
Visiting Professor of Physiology

Michael Rovetto, Ph.D.
(University of Virginia)
Visiting Professor of Neuroscience

James Schadt, Ph.D.
(University of Missouri)
Visiting Professor of Physiology

Dee Silverthorn, Ph.D.
(University of South Carolina)
Visiting Professor of Physiology

David Wade, Ph.D.
(University of Cambridge)
Visiting Professor of Physiology

Norman Weisbrodt, Ph.D.
(University of Michigan)
Visiting Professor

Pathology

Fernando Gomez, M.D. (Chair)
(Wayne State University School of Medicine)
Associate Professor of Pathology

Roscoe Atkinson, M.D.
(University of Southern Cal)
Visiting Professor of Pathology

Dwight Hertz, M.D.
(University of North Dakota)
Professor of Pathology

David Rowlands, M.D.
(University of Pennsylvania)
Visiting Professor of Pathology

Pharmacology

Ravindra Beedimani, M.D.
(Karnataka Institute of Medical Sciences)
Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Ron Browning, Ph.D.
(Southern Illinois University School of Medicine)
Visiting Professor of Pharmacology
Jae Y. Choe, Ph.D.
(University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Professor of Pharmacology

Lawrence Frenkel, M.D.
(UNJ Robert Woods Johnson School of Medicine)
Visiting Professor of Pharmacology

Community Affairs

Susan V. Atchley, Ph.D.
(University of New Mexico)
Director Community Services & External Affairs

Student Services

Jerry Adams, Ph.D.
(Michigan State University)
Wellness Counselor

Amorette Hodge, Ph.D.
(University of the West Indies)
Academic Counselor

Christine Williams, MSLS, AHIP
(Case Western Reserve University)
Librarian