WVSOM Faculty

WVSOM has the necessary academic personnel to design, administer, and teach all phases of our curriculum.

As of February 1, 2011, WVSOM's full-time faculty includes:

19 full-time, tenured or tenure-track faculty in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, all with Ph.D. degrees. These include faculty in all the major basic science disciplines, including Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Microbiology, Immunology, and Pharmacology.
18 full-time, tenured or tenure-track faculty in the Department of Clinical Sciences. These include:
- D.O.s and M.D.s, who are board certified in Family Medicine, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine, Psychiatry, and Pathology
- Two clinical psychologists
- A family nurse practitioner
- One Ph.D. specialist in medical education and program evaluation.
Six faculty members (all D.O.s) in the Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine.

Faculty Roster

Biomedical Sciences	Clinical Sciences
Mary Hamra, Ph.D., Chairperson William T. Blue, Ph.D. Edward Bridges, Ph.D. Kristie Bridges, Ph.D. David Brown, Ph.D. Hugh Clements-Jewery, Ph.D. Bonny Dickinson, Ph.D. Edward P. Dugan, Ph.D. Christine Eckel, Ph.D. Robert M. Fisk, Ph.D. Brian Griffith, Ph.D. Jandy Hanna, Ph.D. Kelly M. Jackson, Ph.D. Carolyn Komar, Ph.D. Judith Maloney, Ph.D. Wayne Miller, Ph.D. Jack D. Thatcher, Ph.D. Peter Ward, Ph.D. Judith O. Westerik, Ph.D.	Craig S. Boisvert, D.O., F.A.C.O.F.P., Chairperson Helen Baker, Ph.D. George F. Boxwell, D.O., F.A.C.O.F.P. Jill D. Cochran, Ph.D., RN-C, FNP Arnold H. Hassen, Ph.D. Christopher Hanley, M.D. Rachel Johnson, D.O. David Leech, D.O. Timothy Leonard, M.D., Ph.D. Gretchen Lovett, Ph.D. David Maki, D.O. Kathleen Martin, M.D. Andrea M. Nazar, D.O. Lisa Ryan, M.A. Patrick Ryan, M.D. Kelly Showalter, M.D. Thomas F. Steele, D.O., F.A.C.O.F.P. Gail M. Swarm, D.O. Emily R. Thomas, D.O. Jeanne Wahl, D.O.
Osteopathic Medical Education
James Kribs, D.O., Chairperson David R. Beatty, D.O. Zachary Comeaux, D.O., F.A.A.O. John Garlitz, D.O. William Lemley, D.O., F.A.A.O. To Shan Li, D.O. Deborah Schmidt, D.O.

In addition, as of June 2010, our faculty included:

15 full-time academic administrators with doctoral degrees
one part-time salaried faculty member seven adjunct clinical instructors in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (OMM) who assist with those laboratories
52 "visiting lecturers" who give occasional guest lecturers in the Year 1 and Year 2 curriculum
42 lab instructors for Clinical Skills labs
26 off-campus Preceptors for Clinical Skills labs
430 Adjunct Clinical Faculty for Year 3 and Year 4 clinical rotations
ten Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs); and
approximately 1,500 "preceptors" who accept students for elective clinical rotations, of whom 430 have formal appointments as adjunct clinical faculty.