By Doug Nadvornick, College of Medical Sciences
SPOKANE, Wash. – The Washington State University College of Medical Sciences – soon to be College of Medicine – has hired more than 40 clinicians and basic scientists to build the faculty necessary to support the operation of WSU’s new medical school. These faculty will develop and implement curriculum for the MD degree program, as well as do research and clinical work.
Most of the new faculty members are Spokane-based physicians who are helping develop the clinical content of the courses medical students will take during their first two years. Each course is taught by an interdisciplinary team of physicians and scientists. When the new school opens (anticipated in fall 2017), clinical faculty members will participate in teaching classes in their areas of expertise.
Some of these new faculty members are course directors and others are participating as members of the faculty team. Two of these clinician faculty members, Drs. Radha Nandagopal and Jeremy Graham, are taking leadership roles in the curriculum development process and are developing the clinical medicine course that will continue through all four years of medical school.
Besides the physician clinical faculty, five tenure track faculty members were added last year to do both research and teaching. They are professor Marcos Frank and assistant professors Weimin Li, Lucia Peixoto, Bin Shan and Jingru Sun. Each has an active research lab and will be involved with graduate education as well as medical education.
In addition, 18 faculty members from the colleges of Arts and Sciences, Pharmacy, Nursing and Veterinary Medicine have received joint appointments and will teach medical students as well.
“We are extremely fortunate to have been able to recruit both outstanding scientists, as well as clinicians, to be part of our faculty in the College of Medicine,” said Acting Dean Ken Roberts. “We are laying a strong foundation for our academic programs and research in the college.”
First- and second-year medical students will do their academic work on the WSU Spokane campus. Third- and fourth-year students will be assigned to WSU’s clinical campuses in Spokane, the Tri-Cities, Vancouver and Everett, where they will be taught and mentored by physicians in those communities.
New WSU College of Medicine clinical faculty:
Name Discipline
Dieter Lubbe Cardiology
Chris Anderson Cardiology (pediatric)
Ben Hsu Dermatology
Kate Reed Dermatology
Carl Heine Emergency Medicine
Radha
Nandagopal Endocrinology (pediatric)
Arnie Cohen Gastroenterology
Mike Kestell Gastroenterology
Bill Dittman Hematology/Oncology
Bob Gersh Hematology/Oncology
Hakan Kaya Hematology/Oncology
Ross Goshorn Hematology/Oncology (pediatric)
Stefanos Intzes Hematology/Oncology (pediatric)
Sam Palpant Infectious Diseases
Jeremy Graham Internal Medicine
Bassem Bejjani Medical Genetics (pediatric)
Henry Mroch Nephrology
Nelson Chow Nephrology
Roger Cooke Neurology
Nathan Meltzer Obstetrics and Gynecology
Steve Brisbois Obstetrics and Gynecology
Ayumi Corn Pathology
Brent Hjermstad Pathology
Chris Montague Pathology
Dave Hoak Pathology
Felix Martinez Pathology
Mancong Zhang Pathology
Paul Eastvold Pathology
Sanjay Logani Pathology
Tom Allerding Pathology
Tom Bassler Pathology
Greg Carter Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation
Greg Loewen Pulmonology
Sam Joseph Pulmonology
Dan Murray Radiology
Rick Brunkan Radiology
Tom Richardson Radiology
Gary Craig Rheumatology
Howard Kenney Rheumatology
Levi Deters Urology
Joint appointments:
Name WSU College or Department
Kenn Daratha Nursing
Patricia Butterfield Nursing
Janet Beary Nutrition and Exercise Physiology
Shuwen Wang Pharmacy
Sue Marsh Pharmacy
Kimberly McKeirnan Pharmacy
Josh Neumiller Pharmacy
John White Pharmacy
Mary Paine Pharmacy
Shobhan
Gaddameedhi Pharmacy
Ayesha Ahmed Pharmacy
Mike Gibson Pharmacy
Mark Garrison Pharmacy
Alyson Blum Pharmacy
Jean-Baptiste
Roullet Pharmacy
Bill Kabasenche Philosophy
Terry Hassold Veterinary Medicine
Steve Lampa Veterinary Medicine
Contacts:
Ken Roberts, WSU College of Medical Sciences acting dean, 509-358-7516, kenroberts@wsu.edu
Doug Nadvornick, WSU College of Medical Sciences communications, 509-358-7540, doug.nadvornick@wsu.edu