Basic Medical Sciences Faculty

Deans

Bruce Kaplan, D.O.
(Tufts University)
Executive Dean, Chief Academic Officer

Paul T. Schnatz, M.D., F.A.C.O.G. (Chair)
(University of Buffalo)
Clinical Dean, USA
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ronald J. Testa, Ph.D.
(University of South Florida)
Dean of Basic Sciences
Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine

Anatomy/Embryology/Histology

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

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

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

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

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

Gary V Allen, Ph.D.
(Dalhousie University)
Visiting Professor of Anatomy

Behavioral & Clinical Medicine (BCM)

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

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

Peter Jennen, M.D.
(University of Limburg, Maastricht, Limburg, The Netherlands)
Visiting Professor of Behavioral and Clinical Medicine

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

Grzegorz Plochocki, M.D.
(Medical University of Warsaw)
Assistant 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

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

Ronald J. Testa, Ph.D.
(University of South Florida)
Dean of Basic Sciences
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)
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
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)
Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

Beatriz Finkel-Jimenez, Ph.D.
(University of Oklahoma)
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology

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

Molecular & Cell Biology

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

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

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

Neuroscience & Physiology

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

Martha C. Johnson, Ph.D.
University of Illinois
Visiting Professor of Neuroscience

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

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

John Nolte, Ph.D.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
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

Martha E. Stokely, MS, Ph.D.
(University of North Texas)
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Physiology

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

Pathology

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

Philip Tisdall, M.D. FCAP
(University of Alberta, Edmonton)
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

Marie Fuentes, M.D.
(University of Texas)
Assistant Professor of Pathology

Pharmacology

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

Joseph DeVeaugh-Geiss, M.D.
(SUNY Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse)
Visiting Professor of Pharmacology

Ron MacCormick, M.D.
(Cape Breton Medical Centre, Nova Scotia)
Visiting Professor of Pharmacology

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

Mark Hernandez, Ph.D
(University of Missouri)
Assistant Professor of Pharmacology

Student Services

Jerry Adams, Ph.D.
(Michigan State University)
Associate Professor of Behavioral & Clinical Medicine
Wellness Counselor

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

Christine Williams, MSLS, AHIP
(Case Western Reserve University)
Library Director
Jeff Jarosinski, Ph.D
(University of New Orleans)
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs