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Faculty Organization

Standing Committees 2011-12

 

Committee on Curriculum, Academic Programs and Policies

 

Chair :Marian Passannante, PhD, Associate Professor, Preventive Med. & Comm. Health

Vice-chair : Sangeeta Lamba, MD, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

Rashi Aggarwal, MD, Professor, Psychiatry

Krista Blackwell, Ph.D., Instructor, Pharmacology & Physiology

Marjorie Brandriss, PhD, Professor, Microbiology and Molecular Genetics

Sophia Chen, D.O., Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Elmer David, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Debra Heller, MD, Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Carol Lutz, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Jo-Ann Reteguiz, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine

Nagaswami Vasan, Ph.D. D.V. M., Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Medicine

Student Representatives:

        Nelson Chiu

        Stephanie Tow

        Scott Pasichow

Administration (ex officio members):

        Dr. Scott Compton (EO),

        Dr. Richard Feinberg (EO), 

        Dr. Maria Soto-Greene (EO). 

        Ms. Julie Ferguson (Registrar)

 

 

Committee on Bylaws

 

Chair : Elizabeth Raveche, PhD, Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Vice-chair : Amy Davidow, PhD, Associate Professor, Preventive Med. & Comm. Health

 

Tyrone Bentley, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Raymond Birge, Ph.D., Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Michael Jaker, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine

Charles Prestigiacomo, MD, Professor, Neurological Surgery

 

 

 

Committee on Continuing Medical Education

 

Chair : Iona Monteiro, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Vice Chair : Ada Baisre de Leon, MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Nasrin Ghesani, MD, Assistant Professor, Radiology

Joshua Kaplan, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine

Jacob Lindenthal, Ph.D., Professor, Psychiatry

Constantinos Lovoulos, MD, Assistant Professor, Surgery

Reza Najem, MD, MPH,  Ph.D., Professor, Preventive Medicine & Community Health

Sandra Scott, MD, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Ad-hoc member: Barbara Lopez, PA-C, Patient Safety Officer, NJMS

 

 

Committee on Faculty Affairs

 

Chair : Baburao Koneru, MD, Professor, Surgery

Vice-chair : Leroy Sharer, MD, Professor, Pathology

 

Chantal Brazeau, MD, Associate Professor, Family Medicine

Barry Dashefsky, MD, Professor, Pediatrics

Lisa Dever, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine

Barbara Fadem, Ph.D., Professor, Psychiatry

Lisa Gittens-Williams, MD, Associate Professor, Obstetrics, Gyn., and Women's Health

Michael Lea, Ph.D., Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Anuradha P. Patel, MD, Associate Professor, Anesthesia

Nick Ponzio, Ph.D., Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Melissa Rogers, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Luis Ulloa, PhD, Associate Professor, Surgery

 

 

Faculty  Committee on Appointments & Promotions

 

Chair: Chair: Robert Wieder, MD, Ph.D., Professor, Medicine

Co-chair: Hreday Sapru, Ph.D., Professor, Neurosurgery & Neurosciences

 

Continuing members:

David DeFouw, Ph.D., Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Medicine

Jaquelyn Loughlin, MD, Associate Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Harvey Ozer, MD, Professor, Microbiology & Molecular Biology

Beth Pletcher, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Alluru Reddi, MD, Professor, Medicine

George Studzinski, MD, Ph.D., Professor, Pathology

Virak Tan, MD, Professor, Orthopaedics

 

New Members:

Maha Abdellatif, M.B., ChB, Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Medicine

Nancy Connell, Ph.D., Professor, Medicine

Franklin Desposito, MD, Professor, Pediatrics

Sergei Kotenko, Ph.D., Associate Professor,  Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

David Livingston, MD, Professor, Surgery

Catherine Myers, Ph.D., Professor, Neurology & Neurosciences (VA)

Andrew Pachner, MD, Professor, Neurology & Neurosciences

Debkumar Pain, Ph.D., Professor, Pharmacology & Physiology

Lisa Pompeo, MD, Associate Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Bin Tian, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Ronald Wachsberg, MD, Professor, Radiology

 

 

Committee on Graduate Medical Education

 

Chair : Wayne Berberian, MD, Assoc. Professor, Program Director, Orthopedics

Vice Chair:  Susan Garstang , MD, Associate Professor, Program Director, PM&R,

 

Diagnostic Radiology, Stephen Baker, MD, Associate Dean for Education, Chair, Professor, Program Dir.

Emergency Medicine, Tiffany Murano, MD, Assistant Professor, Program Director

Hackensack Medical Center , Ihor Sawczuk, MD, Vice President of Academic Affairs

HUMC-OB/GYN, Michael Petriella, MD, Asst. Professor, Vice Chair

HUMC-Pediatrics, Michael Giuliano, MD, Associate Professor, Director, Neonatology

HUMC-Medicine, Jerome Levine, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, Program Director

Anesthesiology, Melissa Davidson, MD, Interim Chair, Associate Professor & Program Director

Internal Medicine, Neil Kothari, MD, Assistant Professor, Program Director

Neurological Surgery, Charles Prestigiacomo, MD, Associate Professor,  Program Director

Neurology, Machteld Hillen , MD , Assistant Professor, Program Director

OB/GYN, Lisa Pompeo, MD, Associate Professor, Program Director

Ophthalmology, Paul Langer, MD, Associate, Professor, Program Director

Pathology, Seena Aisner, MD, Vice Chair, Professor, Program Director

Pediatrics, Susan Mautone, MD, Vice Chair, Assoc. Professor, Program Director

PM&R, Susan Garstang , MD, Associate Professor, Program Director

Psychiatry, Najeeb Hussain, MD , Assistant Professor, Program Director

Residents Council Representatives to the GMEC:

President: Eileen Zhivago, MD, Chief Resident, Psychiatry Resident Program

Vice President: Michelle Romero, MD, Resident, Radiology Residency Program

Treasurer: VACANT

Secretary: Irene Labib, DPM, Resident, Podiatry Residency Program

Surgery, Dorian Wilson, MD, Assistant Professor, Program Director

University Hospital, Suzanne Atkin, MD, Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Chief Medical Officer, Associate Professor

Veterans Administration, Marilyn Miller, MD, Associate Chief of Staff for Education

VA-Medicine, Anand Srinivasan, MD , Assistant Professor

VA-Psychiatry, Michael Hwang, MD, Associate Professor

VA-Surgery, Alan Beitler, MD, Chief of Surgical Service 

Surgical Subspecialty, Mark Jordan, MD, Division Chief, Harris L. Willits Professor, Program Director, Urology

Medical Subspecialty, Alluru Reddi, MD, Director Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Professor, Program Director, Nephrology

 

Disciplinary/Impairment Ad Hoc Committee:

Stephen R. Baker, MD, Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education, Chair, Professor, Program Director, Diagnostic Radiology

Ihor Sawczuk, MD, Vice President of Academic Affairs, Hackensack University Medical Center

Giovanni Caracci, MD, Interim Chair, Faculty Representative

Melissa Davidson, MD, Interim Chair, Program Director, Asst. Professor, Anesthesiology (alt. faculty member)

Eileen Zhivago, MD, Chief Resident, Psychiatry, Housestaff Representative

Marilyn Miller, MD, Associate Chief of Staff for Education, Veterans Administration

Neil Kothari, MD, Assistant Professor, Program Director, Faculty Representative

 

 

Committee on Institutional Planning and Development

 

Chair : Anne Mosenthal, MD, Surgery

Vice-chair : Vivian Bellofatto, Ph.D. , Professor, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

 

MEMBERS BY NOMINATION

Theodore Barrett, MD, Associate Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Women’s Health

Andrew Harris, Ph.D., Professor, Pharmacology & Physiology

James Patrick O’Connor, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Padmini Salgame, Ph.D., Professor, Medicine

Sandra Scott, MD, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Melissa Davidson, MD, Associate Professor & Interim Chair, Anesthesiology

Mary Ann Haggerty, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine

William Halperin, MD, Professor, Chair, Preventive Medicine & Community Health

David Livingston, MD, Professor, Surgery

Carol Newlon, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

David Perlin, Ph.D., Professor, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

Andrew Thomas, Ph.D., Professor & Chair, Pharmacology & Physiology

Ellen Townes-Anderson, Ph.D., Professor, Neurology & Neurosciences

Marco Zarbin, MD, Professor  & Chair, Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences

 

MEMBERS BY OFFICE
UPA President: Michael Sirkin, MD, Professor, Orthopaedics

Senior Associate Dean for Research: William Gause, Ph.D., Professor, Medicine
CAP2 Chair: Marian Passannante, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Preventive Medicine & Community Health

Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs:  Kendell Sprott, MD, J.D. Assistant Professor & Acting Chair, Pediatrics

Student Council President: Neil Kaushal

Representative of Graduate Student Assoc.: Stacey Garcia

Representative of CIR : Gaurav Gupta, MD

 Scott Compton, Ph.D. Assist. Dean for Educational Evaluation & Research, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

Tom Daly, FHFMA, CPA, CFO for University Hospital

Walter Douglas, Jr., Executive Director of Administration

Aaron Hajart, Director of Administration, Dept. of Neurosurgery

George Heinrich, MD, Vice-Chair and CEO, UMDNJ Foundation

James Hill, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Student Affairs

David Roe,  MBA, Associate Dean and CFO, NJMS

Patricia Turiello, Director, Physician Relations

 

 

Committee on Student Affairs

 

 

Chair : BJ Wagner, Ph.D., Professor, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Vice-chair : Marilyn Miller, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine

 

Joel DeLisa, MD, Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Valerie Fitzhugh, MD, Assistant Professor, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine

Stephen Garrett, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

Neil Kothari, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine

Tiffany Murano, MD, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Chirag Gandhi, MD, Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery

Amee Patrawalla, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine

Michael Sirkin, MD, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics

Stephen Kamin, MD, Associate Professor, Neurology & Neurosciences

Dolly Razdan, MD, Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology

David Cennimo, MD, Pediatrics and Medicine, Physician’s Core

Student Council Representatives:

      2nd year - Parimal Patel

      3rd year - Adam Korayem

      4th year - Alexandra Ward
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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