Department Chairs + Staff in the School of Medicine
Chairs, Directors of Finance and Administration, and Faculty Affairs Administrators in the School of Medicine
Biochemistry
Chair: Dr. Aaron Straight
DFA: Joella Mesa
FAAs: Jerry Salas, Alissa Schriefer, Francesca Apalis, Kristen Romero
Biomedical Data Science
Chair: Dr. Sylvia Plevritis
DFA: Michael Negrette
FAAs: Jerry Salas, Alissa Schriefer, Francesca Apalis, Kristen Romero
Chemical & Systems Biology
Chair: Dr. James K. Chen
DFA: Tom Lau
FAAs: Jerry Salas, Alissa Schriefer, Francesca Apalis, Kristen Romero
Comparative Medicine
Chair: Dr. Sherril Green
DFA: Craig Gaines
FAA: Jerry Salas, Alissa Schriefer, Francesca Apalis, Kristen Romero
Developmental Biology
Chair: Dr. Anne Villeneuve
DFA: Cuc-Hoa Nguyen
FAA: Jerry Salas, Sue Elliott, Alissa Schriefer, Francesca Apalis, Kristen Romero
Emergency Medicine
Chair: Dr. Andra Blomkalns
DFA: Stephanie Edelman
FAA: Gurbir Mann, Dionna Rangel, Kelly Tarry, Teresa Wagner
Epidemiology & Population Health
Chair: Dr. Melissa Bondy
DFA: Martha Kessler
FAAs: Jerry Salas, Alissa Schriefer, Francesca Apalis, Kristen Romero
Genetics
Chair: Dr. Michael Snyder
DFA: Randy Soares
FAA: Jerry Salas, Francesca Apalis, Chris Hall, Margie Mahoney, Kristen Romero, Alissa Schriefer,
Health Policy
Chair: Dr. Doug Owens
DFA: Benjamin Priestley
FAAs: Jerry Salas, Alissa Schriefer, Francesca Apalis, Kristen Romero
Medicine
Chair: Dr. Robert Harrington
DFA: Cathy Garzio
DAA: Gretchen Picache
FAAs: Crystal Bashaw, Melanie Gutierrez, Annie Han, Jody Joseph, Carmen Licthscheidl, Vanessa Mallare,Marisha Smith, Stephen Shipley, Margaret Wootton, Cynthia Llanes, Claudia Cornilescu
Microbiology & Immunology
Chair: Dr. Denise Monack
DFA: Samantha Modi Kerath
FAA: Jerry Salas, Mayumi Beppu, Alissa Schriefer, Francesca Apalis, Kristen Romero
Molecular & Cellular Physiology
Chair: Dr. Miriam Goodman
DFA: Milan Shah
FAAs: Jerry Salas, Rachelle Riley, Alissa Schriefer, Francesca Apalis, Kristen Romero
Neurobiology
Chair: Dr. Stephen Baccus
DFA: Dorey Clayton
FAAs: Jerry Salas, Alissa Schriefer, Francesca Apalis, Kristen Romero
Neurology
Chair: Dr. Frank Longo
DFA: Bryant Wong
FAAs: Norma Costello, Ana Paula Mendonça, Eunice Lin, Jennifer Soboleski
Ophthalmology
Chair: Dr. Jeff Goldberg
DFA: Christopher Pratt
FAAs: Miriam Veiss Creque, Dara Guevarra, Destiny Martinez, Kate Vlascov, Rina Singh
Pathology
Chair: Dr. Thomas Montine
DFA: Rachel Cowan
FAA: Alexandra Minor, Balkirat Mann, Kendra Fisher, Manruchi Gill, Rochelle Roberts
Pediatrics
Chair: Dr. Mary Leonard
DFA: Mike Propst
DAA: Shawna McManus
FAAs: Mollie Cavanagh, Shumi Khan, Meenal Narayan, Mary Rivera, Abhi Singh, Julia Tarverdi-Meza, Kristi Townsend, Sarah Wright,
Psychiatry
Chair: Dr. Laura Roberts
DFA: Indy Singh
DAA: Heather Kenna
FAAs: Jacqueline Hutchinson Ching, Kristiana Cuevas, Erica Dillingham, Breann Ferguson, Brittany Hope, Diana Kim, Denise Reyes
Structural Biology
Chair: Dr. Theodore Jardetzky
DFA: Martha Kessler
FAAs: Jerry Salas, Alissa Schriefer, Francesca Apalis, Kristen Romero
Surgery
Chair: Dr. Mary Hawn
DFA: Stephanie Edelman
DAA: Libby Roberts
FAAs: Ivette Arenas, Keisha Hall, Lisa Lester, Carmen LoCascio, Aaron McLean, Roseanne Menorca, Ana Mezynski, Cynthia Moreau, Danica Sanchez
Institutes
Cancer Institute
Director: Dr. Steven Artandi
DFA: Laura Adams
DAA: Bev Redfield Currie
FAA: Mihaela Bozdog
Stem Cell Biology & Regenerative Medicine
Director: Dr. Ravindra Majeti
DFA: Heather Gentner
FAA: Amy Erickson
Immunity, Transplantation, & Infection
Director: Mark Davis
DFA: Randy Soares
FAAs: Jerry Salas, Alissa Schriefer, Francesca Apalis