Faculty Directory

Meet Our Renowned Medical Leaders


NSU MD has recruited national experts to create our innovative medical school program from the ground up, transforming promising students into physician leaders. In addition to each faculty member’s considerable career accomplishments, each is strongly committed to creating a supportive, collaborative learning culture: grounded in student-first focus, responsiveness, transparency, and camaraderie. 

Faculty Directory

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Kaitlin Abers

Assistant Professor - Physician Assistant

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Raad Al Ani, MBChB (M.D.), MSc, F.I.C.M.S.(=PhD)

Associate Professor - Medical Education

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Ghaith Al-Eyd, M.B.Ch.B., M.Sc., Ph.D.

Associate Professor - Medical Education

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Moya Alfonso

Program Director - Health Science/Associate Professor

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Stephanie Anderson

Assistant Professor - Physician Assistant

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Melissa Armas, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Assistant Professor - Medical Education

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Llalando Austin

Associate Professor - Anesthesia

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Olga Avilova

Assistant Professor - Medical Education

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Meagan Babyak

Assistant Professor - Anesthesia

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Sylwia Bareja

Associate Professor - Physician Assistant

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Kyle Bauckman, Ph.D.

Associate Professor - Medical Education/Associate Dean - Medical Education

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Vladimir Beljanski

Associate Professor - Allopathic Medicine

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Jennifer Bencsik

Clinical Director - Respiratory Therapy/Assistant Professor

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David Biel

Assistant Professor - Anesthesia

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Lauren Bledsoe

Assistant Professor - Physician Assistant

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Anna Blevins

Assistant Professor - Anesthesia

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Edward Bolanos

Assistant Professor - Anesthesia

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Charlene Bolton

Chair - Physician Assistant/Assistant Professor - Physician Assistant

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Ricardo Bonfil, Ph.D.

Professor - Pathology

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Patricia Brown

Assistant Professor - Anesthesia

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Jonathan Caplan

Associate Professor/Director - Physician Assistant

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Elizabeth Carter

Program Director - Anesthesia/Assistant Professor

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Stefanie Carter, Ed.D.

Assistant Professor - Allopathic Medicine/Director - Faculty Affairs

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Jorge Cervantes Gonzalez, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor - Medical Education

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Amanda Chase, Ph.D.

Associate Professor - Medical Education

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Charles Chase

Medical Director/Assistant Professor - Anesthesia

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Diana Cherkiss

Program Director - Physician Assistant/Associate Professor - Physician Assistant

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Carol Chevalier

Assistant Professor - Health Science

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Jason Chrobak

Assistant Professor - Anesthesia

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Jodi Clark-Locascio

Professor - Health Science

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Evelyn Cole-Sanders

Assistant Professor - Medical Sonography

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Joshua Costin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor - Microbiology

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Charlene Couillard

Program Director - Physician Assistant/Assistant Professor

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Natalee Covitz

Assistant Professor - Physician Assistant

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Mansour Dagher

Assistant Professor - Anesthesia

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Randy De Kler

Assistant Professor - Respiratory Therapy

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Rolando De Leon, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.

Assistant Professor - Physician Educator

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Michelle Demory, Ph.D.

Associate Professor - Medical Education/Assistant Dean - Pre-Clerkship Curriculum

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Debra Dixon

Director - Master of Health Science Program/Associate Professor

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Stephen Ely, M.D., Ph.D., FACS

Professor - Medical Education

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Andrew Eun

Assistant Professor - Anesthesia

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Lisa Farach

Chair - Respiratory Therapy/Program Director/Assistant Professor

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Megan Finck

Assistant Professor - Physician Assistant

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Lauren Fine, M.D.

Associate Professor - Medical Education

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Amanda Ford-Trotter

Assistant Professor - Physician Assistant

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Sandrine Gaillard-Kenney

Associate Dean - Health Care Sciences/Professor - Health Science

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Sally Garrett

Assistant Professor - Physician Assistant

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Arlene Giczkowski

Assistant Professor - Medical Sciences/Associate Director - Master of Biomedical Sciences

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Gary Gomez

Associate Professor - Anesthesia

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Regina Graham

Associate Professor - Allopathic Medicine/Research Scientist

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