Work Groups

Mission, Goals, and Integrity

Chair:

• Pascal J. Imperato, MD, MPH & TM, MACP
  Dean of the School of Public Health and
  Distinguished Service Professor

Co-Chair:

• Pamela D. Sass, MD
  Acting Dean, College of Medicine
  Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Staff Assistant:

• Leslie Schechter

Members:

• Veronica Arikian, PhD, RN
  Director of Continuing Education and Associate Professor
  College of Nursing
• Ruth C. Browne, ScD
  Chief Executive Officer
  Arthur Ashe Institute for Urban Health
• Douglas R. Lazzaro, MS, FACS, FAAO
  Professor and Chair of Ophthalmology
  College of Medicine
• Felix Nwamaghinna, MSB, RPA-C
  Chairman and Assistant Professor Physician Assistant Program
  School of Health Professions
• Haseeb A. Siddiqi, PhD
  Associate Professor
  College of Medicine

Planning, Resource Allocation, Institutional Renewal; Institutional Resources; and Institutional Assessment

Chair:

• Dorothy Fyfe, MPA
  Associate Vice President for Policy and Planning

Co-Chair:

• Audrée Bendo, MD
  Distinguished Service Professor of Anesthesiology
  College of Medicine

Staff Assistant:

• Wolf Lacossiere

Members:

• Martin J. Deane
  Vice President, Materials Management
• TBD
  Interim Chief Information Officer
• Thomas F. Dugan
  Chief of University Police
• Lisa Merlin, MD, FAAN
  Distinguished Teaching Professor
  College of Medicine
• Teresa M. Miller, PT, PhD
  Associate Professor
  School of Health Professions

Leadership, Governance, and Administration

Chair:

• Kathleen E. Powderly, CNM, PhD
  Director, John Conley Division of Medical Ethics and Humanities
  College of Medicine

Co-Chair:

• Joyce S. Sabari, PhD, OTR, FAOTA
  Associate Professor and Chair of Occupational Therapy
  School of Health Professions

Staff Assistant:

• Dionne Davis-Lowe

Members:

• Anika Daniels-Osaze
  Assistant Director
  Office of Minority Affairs
• Margaret Donat, MD
  Professor
  College of Medicine
• Nancy Giordano, EdD, FNP, RN
  Clinical Associate Professor
  College of Nursing
• Katherine Perkins, PhD
  Associate Professor
  School of Graduate Studies
• Simone Reynolds, PhD, MPH
  Assistant Professor
  College of Medicine
• Todd C. Sacktor, MD
  Distinguished Professor
  College of Medicine
• Isaac Topor, EdD, RHIA
  Chair, Medical Informatics Program
  School of Health Professions
• Stephen Waite, MD
  Assistant Professor
  College of Medicine

Student Admissions, Retention, and Support Services

Chair:

• Judith H. LaRosa, PhD, RN
  Vice Dean and Professor
  Department of Health Policy and Management
  School of Public Health

Co-Chair:

• James Newell, JD
  Director of Financial Aid

Staff Assistant:

• Daniel Ilyayev

Members:

• Nellie Bailey, EdD, RN
  Associate Dean for Undergraduate Programs and Clinical Assistant Professor
  College of Nursing
• Constance Hill, MD
  Clinical Professor, Department of Anesthesiology
  College of Medicine
• Joanne S. Katz, PT, DPT, PhD
  Chair and Associate Professor, Physical Therapy Program
  School of Health Professions
• Rhonda Osborne, MD
  Assistant Professor, Radiology
  College of Medicine
• Jeffrey Putman, EdD
  Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students

Faculty

Chair:

• Rauno Joks, MD
  Chief and Program Director for the Division of Allergy and Immunology
  Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine
  College of Medicine

Co-Chair:

• Ronnie Lichtman, CNM, LM, PhD, FACNM
  Professor and Chairperson Midwifery Program
  School of Health Professions

Staff Assistant:

• Guoda Miriam Burr

Members:

• Magda Alliancin, EdD
  Program Coordinator
  Early Medical Education Program
• Margaret Clifton, EdD, RN
  Assistant Professor and Director of Simulation and the Learning Resource Center
  College of Nursing
• Ross Clinchy, PhD
  Associate Dean for Administration
  College of Medicine
• Daniel Ehlke, PhD, MA
  Assistant Professor
  School of Public Health
• Katherine Perkins, PhD
  Associate Professor
  School of Graduate Studies
• Mafuzur Rahman, MD
  Vice Chair and Clinical Assistant Professor
  Department of Medicine
• Deborah L. Reede, MD
  Professor and Chair Radiology
  College of Medicine
• Laila Sedhom, PhD, RN
  Associate Dean for Graduate Programs and Professor
  College of Nursing
• Diana Weaver, MD
  Assistant Professor
  College of Medicine
• Suzanne White, MA, OTR
  Clinical Assistant Professor
  School of Health Professions
• Richard Winant, PhD
  Dean for Academic Information and Director of Libraries
  The Medical Research Library of Brooklyn

Educational Offerings, Related Educational Activities, Assessment of Student Learning

Chair:

• Daisy Cruz-Richman, PhD, RN
  Dean and Professor
  College of Nursing

Co-Chair:

• Dr. Madiha Akhtar
  Assistant Dean
  Student Affairs

Staff Assistant:

• Judith Ruddock

Members:

• Srinivas Kolla, MD
  Assistant Professor
  College of Medicine
• Richard Kollmar, PhD
  Associate Professor
  School of Graduate Studies
• Edeline Mitton, MEd
  Director
  Continuing Medical Education
• Margaret O'Sullivan, MPA
  Assistant Vice President for Student Life
• Carl Rosenberg, PhD, MS
  Clinical Assistant Professor
  College of Medicine
• Suzanne Schechter, CNM, LM, MS, FACNM
  Clinical Assistant Professor, Midwifery Education Program
  School of Health Professions
• Lorraine Terracina, PhD
  Visiting Associate Professor and former Dean of Student Affairs
• David J. Wlody, MD
  Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
  College of Medicine