Paula M. Crone, DO

Dean, Vice President, WesternU Oregon
COMP-Pomona/COMP-Northwest

pcrone@westernu.edu

David A. Connett, DO

Vice Dean, Professor of Family Medicine
COMP-Pomona

dconnett@westernu.edu

John T Pham, DO

Vice Dean, Associate Professor of Family Medicine
COMP-Northwest

jtpham@westernu.edu

Di Lacey

Assistant Vice President, Oregon Campus Operations
COMP-Northwest

dlacey@westernu.edu

Edward V. Barnes II, MD, FACP

Associate Dean, Academic Innovation
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Chief, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
COMP-Pomona

ebarnes@westernu.edu

Nissar A. Darmani, PhD

Associate Dean, Basic Medical Sciences and Research
Chair of Basic Medical Sciences
Professor, Pharmacology
COMP-Pomona

ndarmani@westernu.edu

Edward P. Junkins, MD, MPH, FAAP

Associate Dean, Outcomes and Assessment
Professor, Pediatrics
COMP-Northwest

ejunkins@westernu.edu

Susan Mackintosh, DO, MPH

Associate Dean, Multi-Disciplinary Collaboration and College Affairs
Director, Institute for Medical Educators (IME)
COMP-Pomona

smackintosh@westernu.edu

Michelle Park, EdD

Associate Dean, Student Affairs
COMP-Pomona

michellepark@westernu.edu

Gerald Thrush, PhD

Associate Dean, Academic Affairs
Professor of Immunology,
COMP-Pomona

gthrush@westernu.edu

Mirabelle Fernandes Paul, EdD

Assistant Dean, Student Affairs
Assistant Director, IME
COMP-Northwest

mfernandespaul@westernu.edu

Marcel P. Fraix, DO, MBA, FAAPMR

Assistant Dean, Strategic Initiative & Population Health
Chair and Associate Professor, PM&R
COMP-Pomona

mfraix@westernu.edu

Scott Helf, DO, MSIT

Assistant Dean, Academic Informatics
Chief Technology Officer
Associate Professor of Social Medicine and Healthcare Leadership
COMP-Pomona

shelf@westernu.edu

Natalie Nevins, DO, MSHPE

Assistant Dean, Clinical Education
Associate Professor, NMM/OMM and Family Medicine
COMP-Pomona

nnevins@westernu.edu

Jesus Sanchez, DO

Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs, Associate Professor of NMM/OMM and Family Medicine
COMP-Pomona

jsanchez@westernu.edu

Colleen Talbot, PhD

Assistant Dean of Academic Affairs,
Interim Vice Chair, Basic Medical Sciences
Professor of Physiology
COMP-Northwest

ctalbot@westernu.edu
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Lisa Warren, DO

Assistant Dean, Graduate Medical Education
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
COMP-Pomona

lwarren@westernu.edu

Vivian Davis, DO

Chair & Professor of Surgery
COMP-Pomona

vdavis@westernu.edu

Yadi Fernandez-Sweeny, PsyD, MS, CRNA

Chair and Associate Professor of Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry
COMP-Pomona

yfernandezsweeny@westernu.edu

Rebecca Giusti, DO

Chair and Associate Professor of NMM/OMM and Family Medicine
COMP-Pomona

rgiusti@westernu.edu

Elisabeth Guenther, MD, MPH

Chair, Professor of Pediatrics
Director, Career and Professional Development
COMP-Northwest

eguenther@westernu.edu

Emmanuel Katsaros, DO, FACR

Chair and Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
COMP-Pomona

ekatsaros@westernu.edu

Craig Kuehn, PhD

Interim Chair & Professor of Anatomy
COMP-Pomona

ckuehn@westernu.edu

Anita Nelson, MD

Chair & Professor of OB/GYN
COMP-Pomona

nelsona@westernu.edu

Cyrus Parsa, DO

Chair & Professor of Pathology
COMP-Pomona

cparsa@westernu.edu

Chaya Prasad, MD

Chair, Clinical Sciences; Associate Professor of Pathology
COMP-Pomona

cprasad@westernu.edu

Dat Q. Trinh, DO

Chair and Associate Professor of Family Medicine
COMP-Pomona

dtrinh@westernu.edu

Brion Benninger, MD, MSc

Executive Director, Medical Anatomy Center
Professor of Anatomy
COMP-Northwest

bbenninger@westernu.edu

Rick Leeper, MBA

Senior Director of Operations
COMP-Northwest

rleeper@westernu.edu

Nina McCoy

Senior Director, Willed Body Program
COMP-Pomona

nmccoy@westernu.edu
(909)469-5431

Steven Carmichael

Director, Willed Body Program
COMP-Northwest

scarmichael@westernu.edu
(541)259-0256

Derrick J. Sorweide, DO FACOFP

Director, Clinical Education
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
COMP-Northwest

dsorweide@westernu.edu

Thomas A. Fox, MSHS

Director, Outreach and Strategic Partnerships
COMP-Pomona

tafox@westernu.edu

Abby Hauver

Director, Standardized Patient Program
COMP-Northwest

ahauver@westernu.edu

Lara McMahon

Director, Pre-Clinical Education
COMP-Pomona

lmcmahon@westernu.edu

Vy Nichols, MBA

Director of Operations
COMP-Pomona

vnichols@westernu.edu

Maryam Othman MD, MPH

Director, Division of Global and Community Health
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Social Medicine & Healthcare Leadership
COMP-Pomona

mothman@westernu.edu

Elaine Rauch, MA

Director of Operations
COMP-Northwest

erauch@westernu.edu

Anne Swanson-Leadbetter, DMin, MFT

Director, Standardized Patient Program
COMP-Pomona

aswansonleadbetter@westernu.edu

Carla Kavanaugh

Executive Assistant to the Dean
COMP-Pomona and COMP-Northwest

ckavanaugh@westernu.edu
(909) 469-5563

Karen Bentley

Executive Assistant to the Vice Dean
COMP-Northwest

kbentley@westernu.edu

Lacey Avila

Administrative Associate
COMP-Pomona

lavila@westernu.edu

David Benton

Events Manager
COMP-Pomona

dbenton@westernu.edu

Jared Cox

Technology Analyst II
COMP-Northwest

coxj@westernu.edu

Roxanne Gonzalez

Administrative Associate II to the Vice Dean and CME
COMP-Pomona

rgonzalez@westernu.edu
(909) 706-3541

Nic Hayes

Technology Analyst Lead
COMP-Northwest

nhayes@westernu.edu

Thien Lieu

Technology Analyst I
COMP-Northwest

tlieu@westernu.edu

Erika Lopez

Contracts & Operations Associate
COMP-Pomona

erikalopez@westernu.edu

John Maltos

Shipping and Receiving Clerk
COMP-Northwest

jmaltos@westernu.edu

Janet Offhaus

Administrative Associate II
OPTI Administrator
COMP-Pomona

joffhaus@westernu.edu

Pamela Wombacher

Receptionist
COMP-Northwest

pwombacher @westernu.edu

Crystal Rivera

Web/Media Specialist
COMP-Pomona

crivera@westernu.edu

Michelle Steinhebel

Public Affairs Manager
WesternU - Oregon

msteinhebel@westernu.edu

Grace Wilson

Operations Associate
COMP-Northwest

gwilson@westernu.edu

Nona Williamson, BS

Manager, Basic Medical Sciences
COMP-Pomona

nwilliamson@westernu.edu
(909) 469-5595

Grace Yu

Operations Associate
COMP-Pomona

gyu@westernu.edu