The College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific (COMP) is currently under the leadership of Dean Paula M. Crone, DO. Other members of COMP’s administrative team are listed here with their contact information. For additional background information on selected faculty and staff, click on their name.
Dean, Vice President, Oregon Campus Operations
COMP-Pomona/COMP-Northwest
Associate Dean, Basic Medical Sciences and Research
Chair of Basic Medical Sciences
Professor, Pharmacology
COMP-Pomona
Edward P. Junkins, MD, MPH, FAAP
Associate Dean, Outcomes and Assessment
Professor, Pediatrics
COMP-Northwest
Associate Dean, Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration and College Affairs
Director, Institute for Medical Educators (IME)
COMP-Pomona
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Professor of Immunology,
COMP-Pomona
Assistant Dean, Graduate Medical Education
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
COMP-Pomona
Associate Dean, Academic Innovation
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Chief, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
COMP-Pomona
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs
Assistant Director, IME
COMP-Northwest
Marcel P. Fraix, DO, MBA, FAAPMR
Assistant Dean, Strategic Initiative & Population Health
Chair and Associate Professor, PM&R
COMP-Pomona
Assistant Dean, Academic Informatics
Chief Technology Officer
Associate Professor of Social Medicine and Healthcare Leadership
COMP-Pomona
Assistant Dean, Clinical Education
Associate Professor, NMM/OMM and Family Medicine
COMP-Pomona
Chair and Associate Professor of NMM/OMM and Family Medicine
COMP-Pomona
Director, Career and Professional Development
Chair, Associate Professor of Pediatrics
COMP-Northwest
Chair and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
COMP-Pomona
Chair, Clinical Sciences; Associate Professor of Pathology
COMP-Pomona
Senior Executive Director, Office of Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration
Chair/Asst. Professor, Dept. of Social Medicine & Healthcare Leadership
COMP-Pomona
Yadi Fernandez-Sweeny, PsyD, MS
Chair of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
Associate Professor of Psychiatry
COMP-Pomona
Executive Director, Medical Anatomy Center
Professor of Anatomy
COMP-Northwest
Director, Clinical Education
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
COMP-Northwest
Director, Division of Global and Community Health
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Social Medicine & Healthcare Leadership
COMP-Pomona
Anne Swanson-Leadbetter, DMin, MFT
Director, Standardized Patient Program
COMP-Pomona
aswansonleadbetter@westernu.edu
Director of Pre-Clinical Education
Interim Vice Chair, Basic Medical Sciences
Professor of Physiology
COMP-Northwest
ctalbot@westernu.edu
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Support Staff
Carla Kavanaugh
Executive Assistant to the Dean
COMP-Pomona/COMP-Northwest
ckavanaugh@westernu.edu
(909) 469-5563
Nona Williamson, BS
Manager, Basic Medical Sciences
COMP-Pomona
nwilliamson@westernu.edu
(909) 469-5595
Amanda Yochum, BA
Administrative Associate to the Vice Dean and CME
COMP-Pomona
ayochum@westernu.edu
(909) 706-3541
