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2022-2023 Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Administration



Office of the Dean

Frank A. Filipetto, DO, CPPS, FACOFP, Dean

Erin Milam, MBA, Academic & Business Director

Rita Patterson, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research

Natasha Buxton, Research Coordinator

Mike Kennedy, EdD, Assistant Dean for TCOM Admissions

Lorena Marin, Admissions Assistant Director

Steven Bartolotta, Director of Communications

Joanna M. Baksh, Senior Executive Assistant

Contact Information:
817-735-2652
DeanTCOM@unthsc.edu

Office of Academic Affairs

Ryan Seals, DO, Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs

Debbie Bauer, Executive Assistant

Michael L. Smith, PhD, Year I Curriculum Director

Ashton Whaley, Year I Academic Program Manager

Michael W. Oglesby, PhD, Year II Curriculum Director

Amy L. Chambers, Year II Academic Program Manager

Kristina Gomez, Administrative Coordinator

Tamyka Jacobs, Senior Administrative Associate

Toni Allen, Administrative Coordinator

Kristine Alcon, Senior Adminstrative Coordinator

Contact Information:
817-735-2528

Office of Osteopathic Clinical Education

David C. Mason, DO, MBA, FACOFP, Assistant Dean of Osteopathic Clinical Education

Katy Kemp, MEd, Executive Director of Osteopathic Clinical Education

Lisa Maldonado, Assistant Director of Osteopathic Clinical Education

Carolyn Anderson, Core Clerkship Coordinator

Twila Bucksath, Core Clerkship Coordinator

Laura Fuller, Osteopathic Student Navigator

Kendra Haas, Academic Program Specialist

Mesa Herod, Osteopathic Student Navigator

Ana Macias, Academic Program Specialist

Loren Rowland, Core Clerkship Coordinator

Sarah E. Taylor, Osteopathic Student Navigator

Sarah J. Taylor, Osteopathic Student Navigator

Dawn Workman, Core Clerkship Coordinator

Contact Information:
817-735-2537

Office of Rural Medical Education

John Gibson, MD, Assistant Dean for Rural Medical Education

Annette Smith, Research Assistant Director

A. Clifton Cage, DO, ACOFP, Associate Professor

Lakiesha Crawford, MD, Assistant Professor

Kaily Stone, Executive Assistant

Contact Information:
817-735-2275 or 817-735-2442

Office of Graduate Medical Education & Educational Programs

Administration

Lisa R. Nash, DO, MS-HPEd, FAAFP, Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education

Elizabeth Baker, MBA, Business Coordinator

Nicole Williams-Hall, MBA, Executive Assistant

Medical Student Success

Rynn Ziller, EdD, Assistant Dean

Melva Landrum, Director

Lauren Goodpaster, MS, Career Development Coordinator

Paloma Bermudez, MS Student Activities & Program Coordinator

Peter Mosley, Career Development Coordinator

Julie Schwartz, Executive Assistant

Faculty Development Center

Cindy Passmore, MA, Director, Faculty Development Center

Sharon Manson, EdD, Senior Educational Program Manager

Elizabeth Burleson, EdD, Educational Program Manager

Graduate Medical Education

Aurea Baez-Martinez, MS, C-TAGME, Academic Program Coordinator

Linda Matthews, Academic Program Coordinator

Kimberly Warfield, C-TAGME, Academic Program Coordinator

John Lentz, IT Specialist 

Contact Information:
817-735-5021

Osteopathic Research Center

John Licciardone, DO, MS, MBA, FACPM, Regents Professor, and Executive Director

Cathleen Kearns, Research Assistant Director

Samantha Johnson, Project Coordinator

Contact Information:

817-735-0515

Departments

Priya Bui, DO, Interim Chair of Pediatrics & Women’s Health

Curtis Galke, DO, Chair of Family and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine

Janice Knebl, DO, MBA, Regents Professor, and DSWOP Endowed Chair in Clinical Geriatrics

Albert Yurvati, DO, Ph.D., FACOS, FICS, FAHA, Chair of Medical Education

Roopina Sangha, MD, Affiliate Division Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Alan Podawiltz, DO, MS, Affiliate Division Chair of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Russell Wagner, MD, Affiliate Division Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery