Office of the Dean
![photo of Ellen Berkowitz](/education-training/college-of-medicine/_images/portraits/berkowitz.png)
Ellen Berkowitz, MD
Associate Dean for Medical Education, Clinical Advisory Dean
Clinical Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
![photo of Riccardo Bianchi](/education-training/college-of-medicine/_images/portraits/bianchi.png)
Riccardo Bianchi, PhD
Associate Dean for Foundations of Medicine
Associate Professor Physiology and Pharmacology
![Photo of Carla Boutin-Foster](/faculty/diversity/diversity-education-research/_images/boutin-foster.png)
Carla Boutin-Foster, MD, MSc
Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean, Office of Diversity Education and Research
Associate Vice President For Institutional Equity
![photo of David Christini](/research/_images/portraits/christini.jpg)
David Christini, PhD
Senior Vice President for Research
![Sophie Christoforou, MS Ed](https://www.downstate.edu/education-training/college-of-medicine/_images/portraits/christoforou.png)
Sophie Christoforou, MS Ed
Associate Dean for Student & Curricular Affairs
Student Affairs
![Ross Clinchy, PhD](https://www.downstate.edu/education-training/college-of-medicine/_images/portraits/clinchy.png)
Ross Clinchy, PhD
Vice Dean for Faculty Affairs
![photo of Lisa Dresner, M.D., F.A.C.S](/faculty/surgery/_images/dr_dresner_2024.jpg)
Lisa Dresner, MD, FACS
Associate Professor of Surgery; Designated Institutional Official, Graduate Medical Education
Associate Program Director, General Surgery Residency
Vice Chair of Surgical Education and Faculty Development
![Photo of Bonnie Granat](/education-training/college-of-medicine/_images/portraits/granat.png)
Bonnie Granat, MS Ed, PhD
Senior Associate Dean for Assessment and Quality Improvement
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
![Photo of Elka Jacobson-Dickman](/education-training/college-of-medicine/_images/portraits/jacobson-dickman.png)
Elka Jacobson-Dickman, MD
Associate Dean for Clinical Medicine
Pediatrics
![Anthony Joseph, MD](https://www.downstate.edu/education-training/college-of-medicine/_images/portraits/joseph.png)
Anthony Joseph, MD
Dean of Admissions
![Photo of Jason M. Lazar](/education-training/college-of-medicine/_images/portraits/lazar.png)
Jason M. Lazar, MD, MPH
Vice Dean for Education, and Chair of the newly created Department of Medical Education
Professor and Clinical Assistant Dean in the College of Medicine, Molecular and Cell Biology and Neurology, and in the School of Public Health
Director of Non-Invasive Cardiology
![Dianne Lopez](https://www.downstate.edu/education-training/college-of-medicine/_images/portraits/lopez.png)
Dianne Lopez
Executive Assistant to Dean
College of Medicine
![Photo of Brian Keith McNeil](/education-training/college-of-medicine/_images/portraits/mcneil.jpg)
Brian Keith McNeil, MD, MBA, FACS
Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
Associate Professor of Clinical Urology
![Helen Poncet](https://www.downstate.edu/education-training/college-of-medicine/_images/portraits/poncet.png)
Helen Poncet
Administrator
College of Medicine
![Jeffrey Putman](https://www.downstate.edu/education-training/college-of-medicine/_images/portraits/putman.jpg)
Jeffrey Putman, EdD
Vice President
Academic and Student Affairs
![Photo of Antonia Quinn](/education-training/college-of-medicine/_images/portraits/quinn.png)
Antonia Quinn, DO
Associate Dean of Clinical Skills, Unit 1 Co-director
Associate Professor-Emergency Medicine
![Elizabeth Smith, BA](https://www.downstate.edu/education-training/college-of-medicine/_images/portraits/smith-betty.png)
Elizabeth Smith, BA
Senior Associate Dean for Administration
![Bridgette Stevens](https://www.downstate.edu/education-training/college-of-medicine/_images/portraits/stevens.jpg)
Bridgette Stevens
Director of Fiscal Affairs
![Photo of Fred Volkert](/education-training/college-of-medicine/_images/portraits/volkert.png)
Fredric C. Volkert, PhD
Teaching Associate Professor
Cell Biology
Associate Dean for Educational Development