Faculty Organization
Faculty Council 2011-2012
Chairman : Robert L. Johnson, M.D., Dean
Faculty Organization Officers :
President : Ellen Townes-Anderson, Ph.D., Neurology & Neurosciences
President-elect: Justin Sambol, MD, Surgery
Vice President/ Clinical Science: Bernadette Cracchiolo, MD, OB/Gyn. & Women's Health
Vice President/ Basic Science: Christine Rohowsky-Kochan, Ph.D., Neurology & Neurosciences
Past President : Patricia Fitzgerald-Bocarsly, Ph.D., Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Department Chairs :
Basic Science :
Michael Mathews, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Junichi Sadoshima, Ph.D., Cell Biology & Molecular Medicine (Interim)
Carol Newlon, Ph.D., Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
Seena Aisner, M.D., Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (Interim)
Andrew Thomas, Ph.D., Pharmacology & Physiology
Clinical :
Melissa Davidson , M.D., Anesthesiology (Interim)
Maria Soto-Greene, M.D., Emergency Medicine (Interim)
Robin Schroeder, M.D., Family Medicine (Interim)
Bunyad Haider, M.D., Medicine (Interim)
Charles Prestigiacomo, M.D., Neurological Surgery
Barry Levin, M.D., Neurology & Neurosciences (Interim)
Gerson Weiss, M.D., Obstetrics, Gynecology and Women's Health
Marco Zarbin, M.D., Ph.D., Ophthalmology & Visual Science
Joseph Benevenia, M.D., Orthopaedics
Soly Baredes, M.D., Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Kendell Sprott, M.D., Pediatrics (Acting)
Joel A. DeLisa, M.D., Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
William Halperin, M.D., Preventive Medicine & Community Health
Giovanni Caracci, M.D., Psychiatry (Interim)
Bruce Haffty, M.D., Radiation Oncology
Stephen Baker, M.D., Radiology
Anne Mosenthal, M.D., Surgery (Interim)
At-Large Representatives :
Basic Science : Term
Annie Beuve, Ph.D., Pharmacology & Physiology 2011-13
John Bogden, Ph.D., Preventive Med. & Community Health 2011-13
Marjorie Brandriss, Ph.D., Microbiology & Molecular Genetics 2010-12
Emanuel Goldman, Ph.D., Microbiology & Molecular Genetics 2011-12
David Kaback, Ph.D., Microbiology & Molecular Genetics 2011-13
Suriendar Kumar, Ph.D., Biolchemistry & Molecular Biology 2010-12
Jacob Lindenthal, Ph.D., Psychiatry 2011-13
Nicholas Ponzio, Ph.D., Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2011-13
Elizabeth Raveche, Ph.D., Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2011-13
Leroy Sharer, M.D., Pathology & Laboratory Medicine 2010-12
Bin Tian, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology 2011-12
Clinical : Term
Barry Dashefsky, MD, Pediatrics 2010-12
Lisa Dever, MD, Medicine 2011-13
Jean Anderson Eloy, MD, Surgery 2010-12
Larry Frohman, MD, Ophthalmology & Visual Science 2010-12
Nasrin Ghesani, MD, Radiology 2011-13
Caryl Heaton, DO, Family Medicine 2010-12
Marc Klapholtz, MD, Medicine 2010-12
David Livingston, MD, Surgery 2011-13
Lisa Pompeo, MD, Ob/Gyn. and Women's Health 2011-13
Robert A. Schwartz, MD, Medicine 2011-12
Shawna Williams, MD, OB/Gyn & Women's Health 2010-12
Housestaff Representative Student Representatives
Sasha Osbourne, Pathology
Student Representatives
Raymond Malapero ('12)
Jennifer Sheng ('13)
Dina Patel ('14)
Volunteer Faculty Representative
Richard Arrigo, MD, General Surgery
Maria Ham, MD, Medicine