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Medical Anatomical Sciences

The Department of Medical Anatomical Sciences is currently chaired by Dr. Mohammed Elsalanty. COMP and COMP-Northwest 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.

Faculty & Staff

Portrait of Mohammed Elsalanty, PhD

Mohammed Elsalanty, PhD

COMP

Chair & Professor of Anatomy

melsalanty@westernu.edu

Portrait of Edie Sperling, DPT

Edie Sperling, DPT

COMP-Northwest

Vice Chair & Associate Professor of Anatomy

esperling@westernu.edu

Portrait of Irisa Arney, PhD

Irisa Arney, PhD

COMP-Northwest

Assistant Professor of Anatomy

iarney@westernu.edu

Portrait of Jessie Atterholt, PhD

Jessie Atterholt, PhD

COMP

Assistant Professor of Anatomy

jatterholt@westernu.edu

Portrait of Ellen Fricano, PhD

Ellen Fricano, PhD

COMP

Assistant Professor of Anatomy

efricano@westernu.edu

Portrait of Anna M. Hardin, PhD

Anna M. Hardin, PhD

COMP-Northwest

Assistant Professor of Anatomy

ahardin@westernu.edu

Portrait of Brian Kraatz, PhD

Brian Kraatz, PhD

COMP

Professor of Anatomy

bkraatz@westernu.edu

Portrait of Austin Lawrence, PhD

Austin Lawrence, PhD

COMP

Assistant Professor of Anatomy

lawrencea@westernu.edu

Portrait of Catherine Llera Martin, PhD

Catherine Llera Martin, PhD

COMP

Assistant Professor of Anatomy

clleramartin@westernu.edu

Portrait of Thierra K. Nalley, PhD

Thierra K. Nalley, PhD

COMP

Associate Professor of Anatomy

tnalley@westernu.edu

Portrait of Elizabeth Rega, PhD

Elizabeth Rega, PhD

COMP

Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs
Associate Vice President for Academic Community Engagement
Professor of Anatomy

erega@westernu.edu

Portrait of Jeremiah E. Scott, PhD

Jeremiah E. Scott, PhD

COMP

Assistant Professor of Anatomy

jscott@westernu.edu

Portrait of Mathew Wedel, PhD

Mathew Wedel, PhD

COMP

Associate Professor of Anatomy

mwedel@westernu.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Portrait of Richard Sugerman, PhD

Richard Sugerman, PhD

COMP

Professor of Anatomy (Emeritus)

rsugerman@westernu.edu

Portrait of Rafi Younoszai, PhD

Rafi Younoszai, PhD

COMP

Professor of Anatomy(Emeritus)&Social Medicine-COMP Director-Center of Global & Community Health-WU

ryounoszai@westernu.edu

Support Staff

Portrait of Adrianna Flores

Adrianna Flores

COMP-Northwest

Coordinator of Anatomy, BMS, and Willed Body Program

floresa@westernu.edu

Portrait of Kristine King

Kristine King

COMP

Coordinator, Anatomy and Willed Body Program

(909) 706-3483

kking@westernu.edu

Willed Body Program

Portrait of Stephen Nichols

Stephen Nichols

COMP-Pomona

Director, Willed Body Program

(909)706-3467

snichols@westernu.edu

Portrait of Mike Osborne

Mike Osborne

COMP-Northwest

Manager, Willed Body Program

(541)259-0256

mosborne@westernu.edu

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Brian Ireland

COMP-Northwest

Anatomy Tecnician

irelandb@westernu.edu

Portrait of Christian Perez

Christian Perez

COMP-Pomona

Anatomy Tech/Embalmer

christianperez@westernu.edu