Institutional Leadership
John L. Hummer, MHA
President & Chief Executive Officer
William Pieratt, DO, FACP
Executive Vice President of Academic Services;
Dean & Chief Academic Officer
Michael Nichols, MS, MBA, CAA
Executive Vice President, Dean & Chief Academic Officer - BSHP
Nina Nuñez, MAEd
Vice President of Administration;
Chief of Staff
Doris Newman, DO, FAAODist
Campus Dean - Florida
Jennifer Taylor, MBA
Program Director
Tammy Fowler, EdD
Vice President of Student Services
Muneer Assi, DO
Associate Dean of Clinical Education; Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine Clerkship Director, Internal Medicine
Jeff Harris
Associate Vice President of Operations
Oliver W. Hayes, DO, FACEP
Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education
Professor, Clinical Medicine
Clerkship Director - Emergency Medicine
Mary Lacaze, MD
Associate Dean of Community-Based Learning
Chair of Preclinical Medicine
Associate Professor of Hematology & Oncology, Preclinical Medicine
Michael E. Woods, PhD
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs;
Associate Professor of Pathology
Colin Malchow, CPA
Chief Financial Officer;
Vice President of Finance
Lee Reid, MSE
Chief Information Officer
John Cruickshank, DO, MBA, CPE
Regional Development Officer - NM
Chris Hague, PhD
Assistant Dean of Research
Director of Research Lab
Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Marc Benson, PhD
Assistant Dean of Evaluation and Assessment
Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Yvonne Ortega, PhD
Assistant Dean of Medical Education
Gabor Szalai, PhD
Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs;
Professor of Immunology, Biomedical Sciences
Sydney Alvarez, MS
Assistant Vice President of Marketing & Communications
Dawn Leake, SHRM-CP
Assistant Vice President of Human Resources
