Faculty Executive Committee

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

Administrative Contact: Kaushali Mendonca

Medical Education Committee

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

Voting Members

MS1 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)

Block Directors/Faculty

Andre Obenaus PhD
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: TBA

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
Pablo Joo, MD (ex-officio)

Administrative Contact: Shawn Christianson

Graduate Advisory Committee

Seema Tiwari-Woodruff, PhD (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 Contacts: Brenda Carrion, Eric Chong, Wydette Morales

Volunteer Clinical Appointments and Advancements Committee

Kenneth Ballou, MD (Chair)
Roberto Castaños, MD
Janet Cruz, MD
William Hunt, MD
Larry Loo, MD
Sharon Lum, MD
Laura Nader, MD
Jon Persichino, DO
Alina Popa, MD
​​​​​​​Brenda Ross-Shelton, MD
Joanne Witkowski, MD

Administrative Contacts: Andrea Morales,
Miguel Guerrero, Monique Tessier

Compliance Committee

Deborah Deas, MD, MPH
Maria Aldana, MBA
Kiersten Boyce, JD
Timothy Collins, EdD
Christine Davis, CHC
Armando Gauna
Matthew Gunkel
Paul Hackman, JD
Eileen Kahaner, JD
Dwight Kramer
Helen Lau, RN
Irene Levintov
Gregory Moore
Victor Ortiz, JD
Naveen Raja, MD
Krystal Rivas
Juanita Segura
Sylvia Vasquez
Noelle Vidal, JD
Daphne Zamora

Administrative Contact: Daphne Zamora

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)
Jin Seon Kim-Paglingayen, MD
Victor Ortiz (Ex-officio)
Michelle Porche, EdD
Naveen Raja, DO, MBA

Administrative Contact: Miguel Guerrero

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: Kaushali Mendonca

Research Committee

Meera Nair, PhD (Co-Chair)
Michelle Porche EdD (Co-Chair)
Lisa R. Fortuna, MD, MPH, MDiv
Rajesh "Robby" Gulati, MD
Elizabeth A. Jacobs, MD MPP
Daniel Novak, PhD
Naveen Raja, MD
Robert Rodriguez, MD
Seema K. Tiwari-Woodruff, PhD
Mark Wolfson, PhD

Administrative contact: Jacquelin Seybert 

Clinical Curriculum Subcommittee 

Anne VanGarsse, MD (Chair)

Voting Members
Kashmaila Ali (MS3)
Lama Al-Khoury, MD
Moazzum Bajwa, MD, MPH
Kenneth Ballou, MD
David Franklin, PsyD, MHA
Stephanie Handler, MD
Tejal Khandhar, DO
Walter Klein, MD
Jeanne Lammering, MD
E. Caroline McGowan, MD, MS 
Aarti "Nikki" Mittal, DO
Adwoa Osei, MD
Remus Popa, MD
Jean Russell, MD
Brian Sangalang (MS4)
Jonathan Scott, MD
Nicholas Sheets, MD
Mallory Stuparich, MD
Samuel Zidovetzki, MD

Ex-Officio Non-Voting Members
Jason An, MD
Oghenemano Evero, EdD, MS
Lucas Friedman, MD
Rajesh "Robby" Gulati, MD 
Pamela Hunter 
Pablo Joo, MD
Kamal Kejriwal, MD
Tarek Mahdi, MD
Afshin Molkara, MD
Michael Nduati, MD, MBA, MPH
Khiet Ngo, DO, MS
Michael Provenghi, MD
Joel Purkiss, PhD
Sunil Ramaswamy, MD
Emma Simmons, MD, MPH
Karan Singh, MD
Andrew Subica, PhD
Daniel Teraguchi, EdD
Joanne Witkowski, MD
Jennifer Zamora, DHSc, PA-C

Administrative contact: Lorelei Cress

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