Vice Dean Staff

Michael W. Brands, PhD

• Vice Dean for Academic Affairs
• Regents’ Professor of Physiology

Andria Thomas, PhD

• Academic Affairs Administrator
• Sr. Associate Dean for Evaluation, Accreditation, & CQI
• Professor, Medicine

Kelli Braun, MD

• Associate Dean for Admissions

Matthew Lyon, MD

• Associate Dean, Experiential Learning

Shilpa Brown, MD, FACP

• Associate Dean for Curriculum

Christopher Fly, MD

• Assistant Dean for Curriculum: Clinical Enrichment

Nicole Winston, MS, PharmD, EdD

• Assistant Dean for Curriculum, Foundations of Medicine

Natasha Savage, MD

• Senior Associate Dean, GME
• Designated Institutional Official (DIO), ACGME, NRMP

Michael Groves, MD

• Associate Dean for GME/Associate DIO

Jennifer Tucker, MD

• Associate Dean for Student Affairs

Leila Stallworth, MD

• Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Year One
• Assistant Dean for Career Advising

Greer Falls, MD

• Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Year Two

Eric Lewkowiez, MD

• Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Year Three

Christopher M. Watson, MD

• Assistant Dean for Student Affairs, Year Four

Lashon Sturgis, MD

• Assistant Dean for Academic Advising

Vanessa Spearman-McCarthy, MD

• Associate Dean of Learner Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Tania K. Arora, MD

• Assistant Dean of Learner Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Vacant

• Senior Associate Dean for Learner Well-Being

Tracy Casanova, PhD

• Assistant Dean, Learner Well-Being

Kathryn Martin, PhD, MPA

• Associate Dean for Regional Campuses

Paul Brock, MD, FACS

• Campus Associate Dean: Northwest

T. Wayne Rentz, Jr., MD, FACS

• Campus Associate Dean: Southeast

Douglas Patten, MD

• Campus Associate Dean: Southwest

David Stepp, PhD

• Director, MD/PhD Program

Lawrence Layman, MD

• Co-director, MD/PhD Program