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College of Podiatric Medicine - Administration & Faculty

The College of Podiatric Medicine is under the leadership of Dean Lawrence B. Harkless. Other members of CPM's administrative team and faculty are listed here with their contact information.

Administration

Lawrence Harkless

Lawrence B. Harkless, DPM - Dean, College of Podiatric Medicine
lharkless@westernu.edu
Lester Jones Lester Jones, Jr., DPM, MS - Executive Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
ljones@westernu.edu
Robert Christman Robert Christman, DPM, MEd - Director of Curriculum and Instructional Technology
rchristman@westernu.edu

Aksone Nouvong

Aksone Nouvong - Chair of Podiatric Medicine, Surgery and Biomechanics
anouvong@westernu.edu

Michelle Baitx

Michelle Baitx - Executive Assistant, College of Podiatric Medicine
mbaitx@westernu.edu

College of Podiatric Medicine Faculty

Jonathan Labovitz

Jonathan Labovitz, DPM - Assistant Professor, College of Podiatric Medicine
jlabovitz@westernu.edu

Bora Rhim

Bora Rhim, DPM - Assistant Professor, College of Podiatric Medicine
brhim@westernu.edu

Jacqueline Truong

Jacqueline Truong, DPM, MPH - Assistant Professor, College of Podiatric Medicine
jbtruong@westernu.edu


Anatomy Faculty

Mohammed Al-Tikriti

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

Gerald Bales - Associate Professor of Anatomy
PhD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1995
gbales@westernu.edu
Gerald Bertetta Gerald Bertetta - Instructor of Anatomy
MA, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, 1978
gbertetta@westernu.edu
Amy Chew Amy Chew - Assistant Professor of Anatomy
PhD, John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, 2005
achew@westernu.edu
Craig Kuehn
Craig Kuehn - Professor of Anatomy
PhD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1987
ckuehn@westernu.edu
James May
James May - Chair & Professor of Anatomy
PhD, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, 1974
jfmay@westernu.edu
Elizabeth Rega
Richard Sugerman
Mathew Wedel
PhD, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2007
mwedel@westernu.edu
Vicki Wedel
PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA, 2006
vwedel@westernu.edu
Rafi Younoszai
PhD, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1971


Basic Medical Sciences Faculty

Nissar A. Darmani 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 Gerald R. Thrush - Assistant Chair of Basic Medical Sciences & Professor of Immunology
PhD, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI, 1990
gthrush@westernu.edu
Xiaoning Bi 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 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
Jeffrey Felton - Professor of Microbiology
PhD, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, 1980
jfelton@westernu.edu
Duane Foley
Duane Foley - Professor of Physiology
PhD, University of California, Davis, 1975
dfoley@westernu.edu
Roger Gallegos Roger Gallegos - Assistant Professor of Physiology
PhD, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, 1997
rgallegos@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 469-5362
Steven Henriksen Steven Henriksen - Professor of Pharmacology
PhD, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, 1973
shenriksen@westernu.edu
Jin-Shan Hu Jin-Shan Hu - Associate Professor of Biochemistry
PhD, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, 1995
jshu@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 706-3733
Kevin Jones Kevin S. Jones - Assistant Professor of Pharmacology
PhD, Duke University, Durham, NC, 2001
ksjones@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 706-3760
Raj Kandpal Raj P. Kandpal - Associate Professor of Biochemistry
PhD, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India, 1985
rkandpal@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 706-3533
James Martin
Marek Malecki
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 Katherine Mitsouras - Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
PhD, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, 2001
kmitsouras@westernu.edu
Beatrice Saviola
Beatrice Saviola - Associate Professor of Microbiology
PhD, Johns Hopkins University, 1997
bsaviola@westernu.edu
Lab#: 469-5436
Viabhav Tiwari
Vaibhav Tiwari - Assistant Professor of Virology
PhD, Banaras Hindu University, India 2000
vtiwari@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 706-3760
Vishwanth Venketaraman
Vishwanath Venketaraman - Assistant Professor of Microbiology/Immunology
PhD, Tuberculosis Research Center, Madras, India 1996
vvenketaraman@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 469-6621
Edward Wagner
Edward Wagner - Associate Professor of Physiology
PhD, Michigan State University, 1994
ewagner@westernu.edu
Lab#: (909) 469-5239

Donald Walters
Stanley Wong
Stanley Wong - Professor of Pharmacology
PhD, University of Wisconsin, School of Pharmacy, Madison, WI, 1979
swong@westernu.edu

Last Updated:09/16/2009