Undergraduate Medical Education

College

  • Center City Campus
  • Sidney Kimmel Medical College

Degree Earned

  • Medical Doctor

Program Length

45 months

Program Type

  • On Campus

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Our Team

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Administration

Steven Herrine, MD
Vice Dean, Academic Affairs/UME
Sidney Kimmel Medical College

Deborah Ziring, MD
Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs/UME

David Abraham, PhD
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs/UME

Katherine Berg, MD, MPH 
Associate Dean of Assessment
Academic Affairs/UME

Abigail Kay, MD
Associate Dean, Academic Affairs/UME

John Spandorfer, MD
Rogers B. Daniels Associate Dean of Professionalism in Medicine


Elizabeth Spudich, PhD
Anatomy, Histology & Embryology Thread Director

Charles Scott, PhD
Biochemistry, Genetics & Nutrition Thread Director

Katherine Berg, MD, MPH
Interim Clinical Skills Thread Director

Alan Cherney, MD
Evidence-Based Medicine Thread & Informatics Thread Director

Dimitrios Papanagnou, MD, EdD, MPH
Health Systems Science Thread Director

Salvatore Mangione, MD
Humanities Thread Co-Director

Megan Voeller
Humanities Thread Co-Director

Carolyn Kramer, MD
Infection & Immunity Thread Director

Alexander Macnow, MD 
Pathology Thread Director, Phase 1

Joanna Chan, MD
Pathology Thread Director, Phases 2 & 3

Carol L. Beck, PharmD, PhD
Pharmacology Thread Co-Director

Melanie Elliott, PhD
Physiology Thread Director

David Oxman, MD
Professionalism & Ethics Thread Director

Nethra Ankam, MD
Wellness Thread Director

Urvashi Vaid, MD
Phase 1 Director

Year 1 Block Directors

Lara Phillips, MD
Block 1 Clinical Medicine Director

Erin Seifert, PhD
Block 1 Basic Science Director

Christopher Snyder, PhD
Block 2 Basic Science Director

Marlana Orloff, MD
Block 2 Clinical Medicine Director

Darren Mehay, PhD
Block 3A & 3B Basic Science Director

Urvashi Vaid, MD
Block 3A & 3B Clinical Medicine Director

Alyson Owen, MD
Block 3A Cardiology Content Expert

Aleksandra Snyder, PhD
Block 4A & 4B Basic Science Director

 

Omar Maarouf, MD
Block 4A Clinical Medicine Director

Aaron Martin, MD
Block 4B Clinical Medicine Director


Year 2 Block Directors

Elizabeth Spudich, PhD
Block 5 Basic Science Director

Danielle Cullen, MD
Block 5 Clinical Medicine Director

Costas Lallas, MD 
Block 5 Urology Content Expert

Barbara Simon, MD
Block 5 Endocrinology Content Expert 

Paul Howard, DPT, PhD
Block 6 Basic Science Director

Eileen Shieh, MD
Block 6 Clinical Medicine Director

Matthew Keller, MD
Block 6 Dermatology Content Expert 

Sherry Yang, MD 
Block 6 Dermatology Content Expert 

Chantel Park, MD
Block 6 Rheumatology Content Expert 

Aleksandra Snyder, PhD
Block 7 Basic Science Director

Keira Chism, MD
Block 7 Clinical Medicine Director

Lindsay Higdon, MD
Block 7 Neurology Content Expert

Chantel Park, MD
Block 8 Director


Additional Phase 1 Administration

Susan Truong, MD
Director, Case-Based Learning

Paul Scoles, MD
Case-based Learning Case Developer

Monika K. Shirodkar, MD
Director, Clinical Skills Small Group


Phase 1 Coordinators

Shirley Torres
Education Programs Administrator,
Phase 1, Year 1

215-955-8080

Emme Kennedy, MFA
Education Programs Administrator, Phase 1, Year 2

215-955-7662


Scholarly Inquiry

Karen Bussard, MS, PhD
 Co-Director, Scholarly Inquiry

Michael Pasirstein, MD, MPH 
Co-Director, Scholarly Inquiry 

 

Nia Leonard
Education Program Manager, Scholarly Inquiry

 

Visit the Scholarly Inquiry Team page to view Track Directors & Staff

Aparna Sarin, MD 
Physician Director, Clinical Experience

Sarah Mensah, MHA
Education Programs Administrator

Megan Voeller, MA
Co-Director, Humanities

Marcie Mamura
Education Coordinator, Humanities Selectives 

 

Nina Mingioni, MD 
Phase 2 Director  


Clerkship Directors

Neeru Rattan, MD
Anesthesia Clerkship Director

Alan Cherney, MD
Emergency Medicine Clerkship Co-Director

Chaiya Laoteppitaks, MD 
Emergency Medicine Clerkship Co-Director

Maria Syl DeLaCruz MD
Pathway Director, Family Medicine

Jillian Zavodnick, MD
Internal Medicine Clerkship Director

Andres Fernandez, MD
Neurology Clerkship Director

Courtney Seebadri-White, MD
Neurology Clerkship Associate Director

Stavropoula Tjoumakaris, MD
Neurosurgery Clerkship Director 

Katherine Lackritz, MD
Obstetrics/Gynecology Clerkship Director

Bruce Markovitz, MD
Ophthalmology Clerkship Director 

Richard Goldman, MD
Otolaryngology Clerkship Director

Jessica Tomaszewski, MD
Pediatrics Clerkship Director

Alan Hilibrand, MD
Orthopedics Clerkship Director

Mitchell Cohen, MD
Psychiatry Clerkship Director

Johanna Beck, MD
Psychiatry Clerkship Assistant Director

Tyler Grenda, MD
Surgery Clerkship Associate Director

Renee Tholey, MD
Surgery Clerkship Director

Dolores Shupp-Byrne, PhD
Clerkship Director & Coordinator, Urology

Clerkship Coordinators

Mary Long
Clerkship Coordinator, Anesthesia

Steven Bulizzi
Clerkship Coordinator, Emergency Medicine

Amy Levine
Clerkship Coordinator, Family Medicine

Laura Monroe
Clerkship Coordinator, Family Medicine

Shannon Aubin
Clerkship Coordinator, Internal Medicine, Phase 3

Hannah Morgan
Clerkship Coordinator, Internal Medicine, Phase 2

Bruce Allen
Clerkship Coordinator, Neurology

Michelle Hoffman
Clerkship Coordinator, Neurosurgery

Mary Costa
Clerkship Coordinator, Ophthalmology

Kerry Lorincz-Goldstein
Clerkship Coordinator, Orthopedics

Kelly Quici
Clerkship Coordinator, Orthopedics

Karen Keane
Clerkship Coordinator, Otolaryngology

Karen Baseman
Clerkship Coordinator, Pediatrics

Jaynie Estrada
Clerkship Coordinator, Psychiatry

Lauren Burr
Clerkship Coordinator, Surgery

Sherry Weitz
Clerkship Coordinator, Surgery

Janice Harper
Coordinator, Urology, Phase 3

Lisa Peeler
Coordinator, Urology, Phase 2

Shruti Chandra, MD
Phase 3 Director

Sybil Fullard, MS
Education Program Manager, Phase 3 

 

Pathway Directors  

Barbara Cymring, MD
Pathway Director, Family Medicine

Jaime Glorioso, MD 
Pathway Director, Surgery 

Jennifer Valentine, MD
Pathway Director, Medicine

Danielle Cullen, MD
Pathway Advisor, Ob-Gyn

Michael Pasirstein, MD
Pathway Advisor, Emergency Medicine

Adil Solaiman, MD
Pathway Director, Pediatrics

Course Directors

Dianna Cheney-Peters, MD
Medicine Sub-Internship Course Director

David Oxman, MD
Critical Care Experience Director

Shruti Chandra, MD
Gateway to Internship Course Director

Arthur Au, MD
Gateway to Internship Ultrasound Lead Facilitator

Danielle Cullen, MD
Gateway to Internship Surgical Pathway Small Group Lead Facilitator

Natalie Margules, MD
Gateway to Internship Medicine Pathway Simulation Lead Facilitator

Sepehr Sedigh Haghighat, MD
Gateway to Internship Surgical Pathway Simulation Lead Facilitator

Lim Wong, MD
Gateway to Internship Medicine Pathway Small Group Lead Facilitator

Katherine Berg, MD
Associate Dean of Assessment

Kathleen Day, MS
Director of Student Assessment

 

John Guarnieri, MBA 
Director, CQI Data Analytics 

 

Micah Vider, MA
Assessment Program Manager

 

Anita Wilson, PhD, MEd
Senior Psychometrician

 

Jennifer Hill
Data Analyst, Phase 1

 

Theo Clark
Data Analyst, Phases 2 & 3

 

Alison Washkalavitch, MS
Educational Business Manager

215-955-2704

Yana Panich
Executive Assistant to Dr. Steven Herrine

215-955-8081

Jessica Porter, MSc
Curricular Program Manager
215-955-5597