Apr 25, 2024  
2023-2024 Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Catalog

Administration



Office of the Dean

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

Erin Milam, MBA, Senior Academic & Business Director

Rita Patterson, PhD, 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

Andrea Gordon, EdD, Assistant Dean for Assessment & Accreditation 

Deborah Matassa, 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

Lara Herreid, Academic Program Specialist

Tony Martinez, Senior Education Tech Support

Janice Smith, Senior Administrative Associate

Toni Allen, Senior Administrative 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, Academic Program Specialist

Nora Cantu, Academic Program Specialist

Celeste Castorena, Academic Program Specialist

Amber Gentle, Academic Program Specialist

Shannon Gossett, Academic Program Specialist

Kendra Haas, Academic Program Specialist

Steve Hinojosa, Academic Program Specialist

Jamarcus “Jay” House, Academic Program Specialist

Andrea Hudson, Academic Program Specialist

Ana Macias, Academic Program Specialist

Loren Rowland, Academic Program Specialist

Sarah E. Taylor, Academic Program Specialist

Sarah J. Taylor, Academic Program Specialist

Contact Information:
817-735-2537
ClinicalEducation@unthsc.edu 

 

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, MEd, Director

Lauren Goodpaster, MS, Career Development Coordinator

Christopher Ruth, MBA, Academic Student Navigator

Peter Mosley, PhD, Career Development Coordinator

Julie Schwartz, Executive Assistant

Faculty Development Center

Sharon Manson, EdD, Interim Director

Tina Bernard, EdD, Educational Program Manager

Elizabeth Burleson, EdD, Educational Program Manager

Melanie O’Donnell, Administrative Coordinator

Graduate Medical Education

Sajid Surve, DO, Assistant Dean for Osteopathic Recognition

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

Contact Information:

817-735-0515

Departments

Priya Bui, DO, 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