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School of Podiatric Medicine Administration

Leadership

Dean

Javier La Fontaine, DPM, MS, MEd

Associate Dean of Research

Naohiro Shibuya, DPM, MS, FACFAS

Assistant Dean of GME & Associate Professor of Medicine

Dustin Prins, DPM, MBA, FACFAS 

Assistant Dean of Pre-Clinical Sciences 

Claudia Biguetti, PhD, MS, DDS 

Assistant Dean of Clinical Education & Assistant Professor

Gladys Bembo, DPM 

Department Chair of Podiatric Medicine, Surgery, and Biomechanics & Assistant Professor of Medicine 

Tyreen Heybeck, DPM

Assistant Clinical Director & Clinical Associate Professor 

Rosemay Michel, DPM

 

Staff

Administrative Associate

Rosalva Anzaldua
School Administrator  Ian Salazar, MBA 

Evaluation, Assessment and Testing Analyst

Ernesto Guajardo, MEd

Medical Simulation Specialist

Heriberto Manriquez, MEd
System Analyst II Ricardo Garza, MBA

Administrative Assistant I

Helen Castillo

Graduate Admissions Officer 

Luis Chavarria, MSCJ

Sr. Office Assistant 

Patricia Gallegos 

Administrative Assistant I

Courtney Torgerson

Clinical Coordinator

Sandra Lazo, MSHS

Course Coordinator

Nina Olvera
Program Coordinator  Amalia Hinojosa, MEd, CALT 

Program Assistant

Candy Montes
Medical Student Academic Advisor Cynthia Deleon 
GME Program Manager  Alexandra Smith, MSHS, C-TAGME
Postdoctoral Fellow, Office of Research Bhuvana Lakkasetter Chandrashekar, MS, PhD

 

Pre-Clinical Faculty

Assistant Professor

Reginald Adiele, PhD.

Assistant Professor

Hooman Mir, DPM, MS, FAPWCA

Professor

Othman Ghribi, PhD.

Clinical Assistant Professor

Hagner da Silva Andrade, MD.

Assistant Professor

Hafizur Rahman, PhD.

Assistant Professor

Nitin Vishwakarma, MBBS, MS

Assistant Professor

Yahan Wei, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Stephen Robinson, MD.
Assistant Professor Carlos Soneira-Ruiz, MD, MS 
Assistant Professor Neeraj Chauhan, PhD

 

Clinical Faculty

Clinical Assistant Professor

Luis Venegas, DPM

Clinical Professor

Naohiro Shibuya, DPM, MS
Associate Professor Dustin Prins, DPM, MBA, FACFAS

Assistant Professor

Tyreen Heybeck, DPM
Clinical Associate Professor Rosemay Michel, DPM
Clinical Assistant Professor Gladys Bembo, DPM

Clinical Assistant Professor

John Tassone, DPM

Clinical Assistant Professor

Monica Agarwal, DPM

Assistant Professor

Amanda Killen, DPM, FACPM, FFPM, RCPS (Glasgow)
Clinical Assistant Professor Naomie Jean, DPM, MPH, DABPM
Clinical Assistant Professor Michael Higham, DPM 
Associate Professor  Graham Hamilton, DPM, FACFAS 
Clinical Assistant Professor  Stephanie Campbell, DPM, AACFAS 
Clinical Associate Professor  Jose Ayala, DPM