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The Department of Basic Medical Sciences is chaired by Dr. Nissar A. Darmani. COMP faculty and staff responsible for the Basic Medical Science portion of WesternU's Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine curriculum are listed here with their contact information. For additional background information on selected faculty and staff, click on the name.

	Nissar A. Darmani - Assistant Dean for Basic Sciences and Research, Interim Chair, Basic Medical Sciences & Professor of Pharmacology PhD, University of Wales (UWIST), 1988 ndarmani@westernu.edu Lab#: (909) 469-5218
	Gerald R. Thrush - Assistant Chair of Basic Medical Sciences & Professor of Immunology PhD, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1990 gthrush@westernu.edu
	Xiaoning Bi - Associate Professor of Physiology PhD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 1996 xbi@westernu.edu Lab#: (909) 469-5471
	Rajivinder S. Brar - Assistant Professor of Biochemistry PhD, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1998 DO, Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine, Glendale, AZ, 2003 rbrar@westernu.edu
	Jeffrey Felton - Professor of Microbiology PhD, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 1980 jfelton@westernu.edu
	Duane Foley - Professor of Physiology PhD, University of California, Davis, 1975 dfoley@westernu.edu
	Roger Gallegos - Assistant Professor of Physiology PhD, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1997 rgallegos@westernu.edu Lab#: (909) 469-5362
	Steven Henriksen - Professor of Pharmacology PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 1973 shenriksen@westernu.edu
	Bradley Henson - Assistant Professor of Biochemistry PhD, University of Michigan School of Dentistry, Ann Arbor, MI, 2006 bhenson@westernu.edu
	Jin-Shan Hu - Associate Professor of Biochemistry PhD, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 1995 jshu@westernu.edu Lab#: (909) 706-3733
	Kevin S. Jones - Assistant Professor of Pharmacology PhD, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2001 ksjones@westernu.edu Lab#: (909) 706-3760
	Raj P. Kandpal - Associate Professor of Biochemistry PhD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1985 rkandpal@westernu.edu Lab#: (909) 706-3533
	James Martin - Professor of Physiology and Behavioral Sciences Dr.rer.nat. University of Munich, 1974 jmartin@westernu.edu
	Marek Malecki - Associate Professor of Genetics, Genomics, and Gene Therapy M.D., Molecular Medicine, Medical Academy, Poznan, Poland, 1977 Fellowship, Molecular Medicine, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1979 Ph.D., Molecular Biology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland, 1981 mmalecki@westernu.edu Lab#: (909) 706-3465
	Katherine Mitsouras - Assistant Professor of Biochemistry PhD, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 2001 kmitsouras@westernu.edu
	Beatrice Saviola - Associate Professor of Microbiology PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 1997 bsaviola@westernu.edu Lab#: 469-5436
	Vaibhav Tiwari - Assistant Professor of Virology PhD, Banaras Hindu University, India 2000 vtiwari@westernu.edu Lab#: (909) 706-3760
	Vishwanath Venketaraman - Assistant Professor of Microbiology/Immunology PhD, Tuberculosis Research Center, Madras, India 1996 vvenketaraman@westernu.edu Lab#: (909) 469-6621
	Edward Wagner - Associate Professor of Physiology PhD, Michigan State University, 1994 ewagner@westernu.edu Lab#: (909) 469-5239
	Donald Walters - Associate Professor of Pharmacology PhD, University of Louisville, KY, 1986 dewalters@westernu.edu
	Stanley Wong - Professor of Pharmacology PhD, University of Wisconsin, School of Pharmacy, Madison, WI, 1979 swong@westernu.edu

Support Staff

	Nona Williamson - Administrative Associate for the Assistant Dean and Basic Medical Sciences (909)469-5595 nwilliamson@westernu.edu Fax: (909) 469-5698
	Kristine King - Administrative Assistant for BMS (909) 706-3483 kking@westernu.edu

Last Updated:05/22/2009

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