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


Amenu Wirtu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Anatomy


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