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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Elliot Sklar

Professor - Health Science

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Robert Smith, Ph.D.

Associate Professor/Research Scientist

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Don Sokolik

Medical Director - Anesthesia/Associate Professor

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Yemmy Soler, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor - Medical Education

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Frank Sorhage

Assistant Professor - Physician Assistant

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Janet Sparker

Associate Professor - Physician Assistant

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Nicholas Spassil

Assistant Professor - Anesthesia

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Lonette Spence

Associate Professor, Medical Sonography

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Linda Steward, DMSc, PA-C

Assistant Professor - Physician Assistant

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Arash Tadjalli

Assistant Professor

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Wensi Tao, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor - Medical Education

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Kamilah Thomas-Purcell

Professor - Health Science

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Ashley Tilton

Program Director - Anesthesia/Assistant Professor

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Caryl Ann Tolchinsky, Ed.D.

Assistant Professor/Director - Student Success & Learning Excellence

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Alexander Torres, D.O., M.B.A., FACEP

Associate Professor - Medical Education/Assistant Dean - Clerkship Curriculum

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Akiva Turner

Chair - Health Science/Professor

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Kallidaikurichi Venkatachalam, Ph.D.

Professor - Biochemistry

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Mani Vindhya

Medical Director - Anesthesia/Instructor - Anesthesia

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Robert Wagner, D.H.Sc., M.M.Sc., CAA, RRT

Executive Associate Dean, School of Health Sciences

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Nathan Weirich

Assistant Professor - Anesthesia

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Monique Wheatley

Assistant Professor - Physician Assistant

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Adam Wood, Pharm.D., DABAT

Professor - Physician Assistant

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Jessica Yanosik

Assistant Professor - Anesthesia

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Rick Yip

Professor - Medical Educator Anatomy

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Samuel Yoders

Chair, Sonography and Program Director, Cardiovascular Sonography and Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Sonography

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Yuri Zagvazdin

Professor - Physiology

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