ARIZONA BOARD OF REGENTS - Key Persons


Abdul Hoque

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate

Ahlers, George R

Job Titles:
  • Information Technology Manager

Akagi, Keilani

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Capstones

Alexander Summers

Job Titles:
  • Research Technician / PhD in Clinical Translational Sciences

Alexis Souza

Job Titles:
  • Department Faculty Coordinator

Ali Baaj

Ali Baaj, MD, joins College of Medicine - Phoenix as inaugural chief of Spine Surgery

Allen, Courtney


Alvarado, Sarai W


Amanda Hendricks

Job Titles:
  • Director, Faculty Affairs

Amireh, Deena


Amoreena 'Amo' Trigg

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, and Coordinator, Curricular Affairs

Anderson, Cindy

Job Titles:
  • Operational Director, Simulation and Innovation

Andrews, Kelsey

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Aquino-Rodriguez, Jorge

Job Titles:
  • Office Specialist, Senior

Argumedo, Jordain C


Art Lee

Job Titles:
  • Deputy General Counsel

Ashkan Khanishayan

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Research Associate / PhD in Clinical Translational Sciences

Ashlee Harris

Job Titles:
  • Postdoctoral Research Associate

Avila, Marina C


Ayanbha Chakraborti

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Research Professor, Translational Neurosciences
  • Member of Committee

Baciu, Cristina


Baiju Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Research Engineering Instrument Maker

Baker, Ebony


Barnhart, Bruce J

Job Titles:
  • Senior Manager, Research Support

Barrett, Matthew W

Job Titles:
  • Research Specialist, Senior

Bedoya, Arianna Resendiz


Behlke, Michael


Beth Smith

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director / Marketing and Communications
  • Senior UAHS Director, Marketing and Communications / Biomedical Sciences Partnership

Brett Duane

Job Titles:
  • Engineer, Electronics

Brigham Willis

Job Titles:
  • Chief Medical Education Officer and Designated Institutional Official, Phoenix Children 's Hospital

Camellia Bellis

Job Titles:
  • Academic Programs Officer

Cameron Rua-Smith

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator, Faculty Affairs
  • Internal Medicine

Cammy Bellis

Job Titles:
  • Education and Training Specialist, Office of Diversity and Inclusion

Chante Martin - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Director Human Resources

Cheryl O'Malley

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean
  • Research Office for Medical Education

Chip Young

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator, Pipeline Initiatives / Biomedical Sciences Partnership

Christopher Glembotski

Job Titles:
  • Media Contact
  • Associate Dean, Research

Claire Turner

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant
  • Department Chair Inquires

Cory Pfeifer

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Child Health
  • Member of Committee

Dana Sall

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine
  • Member of Committee

Darrell Thomson - COO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Operations

David Beyda

Job Titles:
  • Director, Global Health Program Chair, Department of Bioethics and Medical Humanism

Deborah Sakiestewa

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Coordinator III

Denege Ward-Wright

Job Titles:
  • Associate Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine
  • Member of Committee

Dulcinea Juarez

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director
  • Coordinator

Elena Stievater

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Professional

Emily Mallin

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Medicine, and Director of Education, Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix
  • Director of Education, Department of Education / Associate Program Director, IM Residency

Esther Rivera

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

Evelia McClarty

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Clinical and Competency - Based Education

Faith Katz

Job Titles:
  • Special Assistant to the Dean

Farshad "Mazda" Shirazi

Job Titles:
  • Translational Cardiovascular Research Center

Francisco Lucio

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean, Diversity and Inclusion
  • Associate Dean, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Frederic Zenhausern

Job Titles:
  • Director, ANBM
  • Director, ANBM / Director, Biomedical Engineering

Fredric Edward Wondisford

Job Titles:
  • Named Dean of the College of Medicine - Phoenix
A clinician and professor, he brings more than 30 years of experience in academic medicine and translational research

Glen Fogerty

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean / Admissions and Student Services

Guadalupe Federico-Martinez

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean
  • Director
  • Assistant Dean / Faculty Affairs and Development
  • Assistant Dean, Faculty Affairs and Career Development
  • Assistant Dean, Faculty Affairs and Development, and Assistant Professor, Medicine
  • Committee Ex Officio, Career Development Assistant Dean, Faculty Affairs and Career Development

Guy Reed

Job Titles:
  • Dean / UA College of Medicine - Phoenix
  • Dean, UArizona College of Medicine - Phoenix
Guy Reed, MD, MS, is an internationally recognized and renowned cardiologist, physician-scientist, educator and health administrator. As dean, he spearheads the college's proud tradition of excellence in advancing medical education, research and clinical care in the state of Arizona and beyond. Dr. Reed graduated from Columbia University in New York City, where he received his bachelor's degree in English literature and pre-medical studies, and he earned a master's degree in mathematical statistics, as well as a medical degree from Stanford University. He completed residency and chief residency in medicine at Yale University. He did clinical and research fellowships in cardiovascular disease at Massachusetts General Hospital and biochemistry and molecular biology at Harvard Medical School. His NIH-funded research discoveries led to the development of novel therapeutics. Dr. Reed served in positions of progressive responsibility as a cardiologist at Massachusetts General Hospital and a faculty member at Harvard Medical School and School of Public Health. His clinical and research interests led him to the "stroke belt," where he served as Lemuel Diggs professor and chair of Medicine at the University of Tennessee, as well as the interim executive vice president for Methodist LeBonheur HealthCare system. Dr. Reed has published extensively in the areas of thrombosis and heart failure and holds more than 30 patents. His research has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other extramural sources for nearly 30 years. Through grant support from the NIH, he translated his laboratory research findings into an innovative, clot-dissolving therapy to treat patients with strokes and heart attacks, which is now in clinical trials.

Hamed Abbaszadegan

Job Titles:
  • Program Director, Clinical Informatics Fellowship

Harrison Williams

Job Titles:
  • Outreach Coordinator

Howard Shulman

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine
  • Member of Committee

Hunter Graham

Job Titles:
  • Data Analyst, Faculty Affairs

Ian Komenaka

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Professor, Surgery
  • Member of Committee

Irene Alexandraki

Job Titles:
  • Senior Associate Dean, Academic Affairs

Jacque Chadwick

Job Titles:
  • Special Advisor to the Dean

James Helton

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Engineer

Jane Korn

Job Titles:
  • Learning Environment Office Consultant

Janet Sabuco

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean / Finance and Administration

Jasmine Devadhasan

Job Titles:
  • Research Scientist

Jenna Delbalso

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager, Faculty Affairs

Jennifer Hartmark-Hill

Job Titles:
  • Director, Capstones Course

Jeremi Smith

Job Titles:
  • Director, Assessment and Evaluation

Jerome Lacombe

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Scientific Investigator / Assistant Professor, Basic Medical Sciences

Jian Gu

Job Titles:
  • Associate Scientific Investigator / Associate Professor, Basic Medical Sciences

Jodi Chandler

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant, Global Health Program

Jonathan Fisher

Job Titles:
  • Director, Emergency Medicine Clerkship at Maricopa Integrated Health System

Jonathan Lifshitz

Job Titles:
  • Director, Translational Neurotrauma / Research
  • Education and Training / Research

Jonathan Snyder

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager, Career Development
  • Program Manager, Faculty Career Development / Staffing Manager, Faculty Development Committee

Jorge Aquino-Rodriguez

Job Titles:
  • Department Faculty Coordinator

Julie Getz

Job Titles:
  • Research Professional / Lab Manager

Julie Miller

Job Titles:
  • Senior Business Manager

Julie Parrish

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Associate

Justin Jimenez

Job Titles:
  • Director, Financial Aid, Student Affairs

Kareem Raad

Job Titles:
  • Academic Assistant Director of Service Learning

Katie Brite

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean, Clinical and Competency - Based Education

Kenneth S. Knox

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean
  • Associate Dean / Faculty Affairs and Development

Kristen Neugebauer

Job Titles:
  • Senior Coordinator, Faculty Affairs
  • Senior Coordinator, Faculty Affairs / Neurology

Lauren Skinner

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator, CQI

Linda Nelson

Job Titles:
  • Director
  • Committee Co - Chair, Career Development / Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and Director, REBLS Block

Lindsey Truitt

Job Titles:
  • Financial Aid Counselor

Lisa Dunk

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant

Lisa Shah-Patel

Job Titles:
  • Associate Clinical Professor, Radiology
  • Member of Committee

Liz Kaplan

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director, Development

Lorin F. Akers

Job Titles:
  • Program Administrator

Luci Balcerzak

Job Titles:
  • Residency Program Coordinator

Maggie Morales

Job Titles:
  • Senior Business Manager

Mandi D. Conway

Job Titles:
  • Student Interest Group

Mary Berens

Job Titles:
  • Department Faculty Coordinator

Matthew Barrett

Job Titles:
  • Senior Research Specialist

Melanie C. Dean

Job Titles:
  • Director, LCME Accreditation

Melissa Bosco

Job Titles:
  • Senior Coordinator, Faculty Affairs

Michael Dake

Job Titles:
  • UA Senior Vice President for Health Sciences

Michele Lundy

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Michelle Huddleston

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Clinical Professor, Child Health / Internal Medicine
  • Member of Committee

Nafis Shamsid-Deen

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine
  • Assistant Clinical Professor, Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary
  • Member of Committee

Nicole Sherwood

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Research Associate / PhD in Clinical Translational Sciences

Olivia Ekberg

Job Titles:
  • Assistant to Andrei Alexandrov

Pamela Garcia-Filion

Job Titles:
  • Research Associate Professor

Paul Boehmer

Job Titles:
  • Interim Associate Dean, Research, and Chair and Professor, Department of Basic Medical Sciences

Paul Standley

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean
  • Director, and Associate Dean, Curricular Affairs and Program Evaluation, and Professor, Basic Medical Sciences and Physiology

Rachel Mariani

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Child Health / Pathology
  • Member of Committee

Rayna J. Gonzales

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Basic Medical Sciences

Richard Gerkin

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Internal Medicine, and Medical Director, GME Research at Banner - University Medical Center Phoenix

Rodolfo "Rudy" Rangel

Job Titles:
  • RMA ( AMT ), Program Coordinator

Roxana Ursea

Job Titles:
  • Associate Clinical Professor, Ophthalmology
  • Member of Committee

Sandra Gage

Job Titles:
  • Associate Clinical Professor, Child Health

Sara Joplin

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator, Faculty Affairs

Sean Dunn

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Research Associate / PhD in Clinical Translational Sciences

Shakaib (Shak) U. Rehman

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Internal Medicine ( Clinical Scholar Track )
  • Professor, Internal Medicine and Biomedical Informatics, and Chief of Education, U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs

Shanna Baker

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

Sharon Lobo - COO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Operations

Sonji Muhammad Perry

Job Titles:
  • Director, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion

Stephanie Briney

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean, Student Affairs

Susan Kaib

Job Titles:
  • Student & Resident Wellness

Teri Glidewell

Job Titles:
  • Administrator
  • Program Coordinator

Tomi St. Mars

Job Titles:
  • Senior Coordinator, Research

Trudy Miller

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Senior Executive

Veronica Ortiz

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator, Faculty Affairs

Whitney Romero

Job Titles:
  • Business Manager

Zhu Zhao

Job Titles:
  • Graduate Research Associate / PhD in Biomedical Engineering