Faculty

Brandon Beattie, MMSc, PA-C

Interim Chair of the Department of Physician Assistant Studies
Director of the Physician Assistant Program
Assistant Professor, PA Studies

Sawali Sudarshan, MD, PhD

Adjunct Assistant Professor, PA Studies

Marianne Vail, PhD, PA-C

Associate Program Director, PA Program
Assistant Professor, PA Studies

Justin Barnett, MPAS

Clinical Assistant Professor, PA Studies

Jennifer Beauchamp, DHSC, MMS, PA-C

Director of Assessment, PA Program
Assistant Professor, PA Studies

Allison Colby, MPAS

Assistant Professor, PA Studies
Department Director of Equity

Nicole Curry, MCMS, MJ, PA-C

Assistant Professor, PA Program
Faculty Advisor, James K. Tolton Student Society

Souheil Ghannouchi, PhD

Assistant Professor, PA Studies
Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medicine and Pre-PA Program

Aaron Henry, MSHS, PA-C

Assistant Professor, PA Studies

Debra Herrmann, DHSc, MPH, PA-C

Director of the SMHS Center for Faculty Excellence
Assistant Professor, PA Studies

Malwina Huzarska, MS, MMS, PA-C

Director of Didactic Education
Assistant Professor, PA Studies

Susannah Jenkins, MPA, PA-C

Assistant Professor, PA Studies

​Michael Johnson, MPAS, PA-C

Assistant Professor, PA Studies

Katherine McCauley, MS

Clinical Instructor, PA Studies

Nguyen Park, MS, DMSc

Assistant Professor, PA Studies

Lauren Ragle, PhD

Assistant Professor, PA Studies
Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medicine and Pre-PA Program

Tamara Ritsema, PhD, PA-C, MPH

Associate Professor, PA Studies
Director of PA Professional Practice

Anna Sprunger, MPAS

Clinical Assistant Professor, PA Studies

Howard Straker, EdD, PA-C

Director, Physician Assistant/MPH Program
Associate Professor, PA Studies
Associate Professor, Prevention and Community Health (Secondary)

Mary L. Warner, DBH, PA-C

Adjunct Associate Professor of Physician Assistant Studies

Karen A. Wright, PhD, PA-C

Assistant Professor, PA Studies

James Gehring, MD

Medical Director, Physician Assistant Program
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Assistant Professor of PA Studies (Secondary)

Ryan Strauss, MPH, PA-C

Associate Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine
Associate Clinical Professor of PA Studies (Secondary)