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Anatomy Dept

The Department of Anatomy is currently chaired by Dr. James May. COMP faculty and staff involved in teaching the Anatomy courses in WesternU's Osteopathic Medicine curriculum are listed here with their contact information. For additional background information on selected faculty and staff, click on the name.

James May
Chair & Professor of Anatomy
PhD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1974
jfmay@westernu.edu

Brion Benninger, MD, MSc

Brion Benninger, MD, MSc
Vice-Chair & Professor of Anatomy
*COMP-Northwest
bbenninger@westernu.edu

Mohammed Al-Tikriti
Associate Professor of Anatomy
PhD, University of Tennessee, 1988
mal-tikriti@westernu.edu

Gerald Bales
Associate Professor of Anatomy
PhD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1995
gbales@westernu.edu

Gerald Bertetta
Instructor of Anatomy
MA, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, 1978
gbertetta@westernu.edu

Amy Chew
Assistant Professor of Anatomy
PhD, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2005
achew@westernu.edu

Michelle Hovorka, M.S.
Instructor of Anatomy
*COMP-Northwest
mhovorka@westernu.edu

Brian Kraatz
Assistant Professor of Anatomy
PhD, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2007
bkraatz@westernu.edu

Craig Kuehn
Professor of Anatomy
PhD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1987
ckuehn@westernu.edu

William Merbs, PhD
Instructor of Anatomy
*COMP-Northwest
wmerbs@westernu.edu

Elizabeth Rega
Director of Strategic Alliances and Special Projects, Academic Affairs
Associate Professor of Anatomy
PhD, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1995
erega@westernu.edu

Marian Safaoui
Assistant Professor of Anatomy
MD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1999
msafaoui@westernu.edu

George Salter, PhD
Visiting Professor of Anatomy
*COMP-Northwest
gsalter@westernu.edu

Richard Sugerman
Professor of Anatomy
PhD, University of New Mexico, 1975
rsugerman@westernu.edu

Mathew Wedel
Assistant Professor of Anatomy
PhD, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2007
mwedel@westernu.edu

Vicki Wedel
Assistant Professor of Anatomy
PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 2006
vwedel@westernu.edu

Rafi Younoszai
Professor of Anatomy(Emeritus)&Social Medicine-COMP
Director-Center of Global & Community Health-WU
PhD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1971
ryounoszai@westernu.edu