Faculty Executive Committee

Marcus Kaul, Ph.D. (Chair)
Scott Pegan, Ph.D. (Vice Chair)
Kenneth Ballou, MD
Djurdjica Coss, PhD
Iryna Ethell, PhD
Rajesh "Robby" Gulati, MD
Pablo Joo, MD (Ex-officio)
Kimberly Lakes, PhD
Andrew Subica, PhD
Emma Wilson, PhD

Administrative Contact: Monique Tessier

Medical Education Committee

Sherif Hassan, MD, PhD (vice chair, ex officio non-voting)
Anne VanGarsse, MD (vice chair, ex officio non-voting)

Voting MembersMS1 Student (not until November)
MS1 Student Rep (not until November)
Rose Bishay (MS2 student)
Jasmine Sran (MS2 student)
Isuru Karunatillaka (MS3 student)
Andre-Philippe Sam (MS3 student)
Mahfoud Saddi (MS4 student)
Xaida Wright (MS4 student)
Andre Obenaus Ph.D
Martin Garcia-Castro, PhD
Nicholas Sheets, MD
Walter Klein, MD
Nathan McLaughlin, MD 
Esther Caroline McGowan, MD
Samuel Zidovetzki, MD
Ahmed Alassal, MD

Toshia Yamaguchi, MD
Lama Al-Khoury, MD
Tejal Khandar, DO

Ex Officio, Non-Voting

Senior Associate Dean, Medical Education
Executive Associate Dean, Student Affairs
Associate Dean, Medical Education Quality
Associate Dean, Assessment & Evaluation
Associate Dean, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Associate Dean, Clinical Skills Education and Innovation
Associate Dean, Pre-clerkship Medical Education
Director, Academic Success 
Course/Clerkship/Thread directors 
Four additional medical students
 

Administrative Contact: Mary Voss

Medical School Admissions Committee

Evita Limon-Rocha, MD, MPH (Chair)

Committee membership is anonymous to prevent bias.

Administrative Contact: Michelle Fulbright

Progress and Promotions Committee

William Hunt, MD (Chair)
Meera Nair, PhD (Vice Chair)
Elaine Nguyen, MD
Mario Sims, PhD
Esther McGowan, MD
Afshin Molkara, MD
Jose Alfaro Quezada, MD

Administrative Contact: Shawn Christianson

Graduate Advisory Committee

Seema Tiwari-Woodruff, PhD (Chair)
Djurdjica Coss, PhD (Vice-Chair)
Martin Garcia-Castro, PhD (Graduate Advisor Recruitment and Admissions)
Sika Zheng, PhD (Graduate Advisor of Enrolled Students)
Ansel Hsiao, PhD
Sean O’Leary, PhD
Viji Santhakumar, PhD

Administrative Contact: Hermila Torres

Clinical Appointments and Advancements Committee

Rajesh Gulati, MD (Chair)
Afshin Molkara, MD (Vice-Chair)
Lama Al-Khoury, MD
Dalia Balsamo, MD
Roberto Castanos, MD
Marc Debay, MD
Ali Motabar, MD
Adwoa Osei, MD

Administrative Contact: Monique Tessier

Volunteer Clinical Appointments and Advancements Committee

Kenneth Ballou, MD (Chair)
William Hunt, MD
Ijeoma Ijeaku, MD, MPH
Larry Loo, MD
Sharon Lum, MD
Jon Persichino, DO
Alina Popa, MD
Javier Sanchez. MD
Joanne Witkowski, MD

Administrative Contact: Eliana Martinez/Andrea Morales

Health Sciences Compensation Plan Advisory Committee

Scott Pegan, PhD (Chair)
Darren Freeman, DO (Vice chair)
Maria Aldana (Ex-officio)
Tim Collins, EdD (Ex-officio)
Iryna Ethell, PhD, (Ex-officio)
Rajesh "Robby" Gulati, MD
Paul Hackman, JD (Ex-officio)
Victor Ortiz (Ex-officio)
Michelle Porche, EdD
Jean Russell, MD
Emma Simmons, MD, MPH

Administrative Contact: Miguel Guerrero

Compliance Committee

Deborah Deas, MD, MPH
Paul Hackman, JD
Maria Aldana, MBA
Kiersten Boyce, JD
Christine Davis, CHC
Ingrid Fahr
Armando Gauna
Andres Gonzalez, MD
Ian R. Harazduk
Donald Larsen, MD
Irene Levintov
Gregory Moore
Victor Ortiz, JD
Matthew Summerville, MBA
Sylvia Vasquez
Noelle Vidal, JD

Administrative Contact: Daphne Zamora

Faculty Mentoring Program Committee

Iryna Ethell, PhD (Chair)
Rosemary Tyrrell, EdD (Co-chair)
Marc Debay, MD
Erica Heinrich, MD
Marcus Kaul, PhD
Adwoa Osei, MD

Administrative contact: Monique Tessier

Conflict of Interest Committee

Sadikah Bebehani, MD (Chair)
Brandon Brown, PhD
Takesha Cooper, MD, MS
Byron Ford, PhD
Robbie Gulati, MD
Elizabeth Morrison-Banks, MD, MSEd
Adowa Osei, MD
Remus Popa, MD
Victor Ortiz, JD  (ex-officio)
Paul Hackman, JD (ex-officio)

Administrative contact: Daphne Zamora

Clerkship Curriculum Subcommittee

Pablo Joo, M.D. (Chair)
Lama Al-Khoury, MD
Elizabeth Arce
Kenneth Ballou, MD
Amanpreet Bilg (Student)
Cheri Black, MEd, MS
Lauren Bonser
Kendrick Davis, PhD
Byron Ford, PhD
David L. Franklin, PsyD
Christina Granillo, PhD
Rajesh Gulati, MD
Stephanie Handler
Pamela Hunter
Ahmed Mahmoud, MD
Afshin Molkara, MD
Elizabeth Morrison-Banks, MD MSEd
John Nevin, MD
Adwoa Osei, MD, FAAP
Remus Popa, MD
Shawn Sampson, MBA
Emma M. Simmons, MD
Mallory Stuparich, MD
Rosemary Tyrrell, EdD
Lauren Valko
Padmini Varadarajan, MD
Kathleen Witty
Samuel Zidovetzki, MD

Administrative contact: TBA

Pre-Clerkship Curriculum Subcommittee

Sherif Hassan, MD, PhD, MSc (Co-Chair).  
Jose Aguilar, MD
Adolfo Aguilera, MD
Lama Al-Khoury, MD
Valentina Amaral, MD
Moazzum Bajwa, MD, MPH, MSc
Michael Basch, MD
Abhishek Bhardwaj, MD
Devin Binder, MD/PhD
Monica Carson, PhD
Nick DiPatrizio, PhD
Mo Entezampour, PhD
Michael Erickson, PhD
Iryna Ethell, PhD
Samia Faiz, MD
David Franklin, PsyD
Christina Granillo, PhD
Stephanie Handler, MD
Rosanna Jhawar, MD
Tejal Khandhar, MD
Declan McCole, PhD
Meera Nair, PhD
Daniel Novak, PhD
Andre Obenaus, PhD
Adwoa Osei, MD
Maurizio Pellecchia, PhD
Remus Popa, MD
Mallory Stuparich, MD
Seema Tiwari-Woodruff, PhD
Rosemary Tyrrell, EdD
Padmini Vadarajan, MD
Sika Zheng, PhD
Changcheng Zhou, PhD

Administrative contact: Tracy Bereal

Professional Development Committee

Daniel Teraguchi, EdD
Kenneth Ballou, MD
TBD, Clinical Member
TBD, BioMed Member

Administrative contact: Dominic Gonzalez

Professional Remediation Committee

Elizabeth Morrison-Banks, MD, MSEd
Remus Popa, MD
Seema Tiwari-Woodruff, PhD

Research Committee

David Lo, MD, PhD
Asma Jafri, MD
Simon Linwood, MD, MBA
Daniel Novak, PhD
Iryna Ethell, PhD
Mark Wolfson, PhD
Seema K. Tiwari-Woodruff, MD

Administrative contact: Lisa Perkins