Faculty & Staff

Faculty & Staff

Debra M. Acerenza, DO, FACOG

Adjunct Faculty

Venkata Atluri, PhD, MSc

Associate Professor of Microbiology

John Coppinger, D.O.

Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine / Chair, Osteopathic Principles

Maxim Crasta, MSc, PhD

Professor of Physiology

William Travis Engel, D.O., M.S.C., FAAP

Adjunct Faculty of Pediatrics

William Frohna, MD, FACEP

Adjunct Faculty

Aaron George, D.O.

Associate Dean of Clinical Education

Richard Geshel, DO

Associate Professor, Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

Nina Hengen, MD, PhD

Associate Professor of Pharmacology

Churchill Ihentuge, Ph.D., M.D., M.S.C., M.B.A.

Assistant Professor of Anatomy

Samuel Kadavakollu, PhD, MSc

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

Sarah Kin, MD

Assistant Professor, Family Medicine

Rachana Lankapalli, MBBS, MPH

Instructor, Physiology

Bradley Miller, D.O., FAAFP

Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education/ Designated Institutional Official

Mary Jo Nicewarner Martin, M.D., MT (ASCP)

Professor of Pathology

Benjamin N. Palmer, D.O., M.S., M.P.H., FACOEM

Adjunct Faculty

Raena Pettitt, D.O., CHSE

Professor of Family Medicine / Chair, Department of Primary Care

Chanté Richardson, Ph.D., M.B.A.

Associate Dean of Student Services and Community Engagement

Tim Shipley, Ph.D.

Professor of Immunology

Naveen Singh, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Genetics

Jeffrey Small, DO

Adjunct Faculty of Clinical Sciences

Heather PM Theibert, D.O.

Associate Professor of Psychiatry

Audrey Vasauskas, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Research

Shawn White, Ph.D.

Professor of Biomedical Sciences

Neal Young

Adjunct Faculty of Radiology

Amenu Wirtu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Anatomy

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