Curriculum Committee
2024-2025
Note: All faculty appointments shall be for a period of two (2) years unless otherwise noted.
The voting membership of the Curriculum Committee shall be composed of eleven (11) faculty members, and membership shall be determined as follows:
One chair, appointed by the executive dean; seven curriculum faculty leaders, including two curriculum directors (preclinical curriculum director and clinical curriculum director) and five members of the Curricular Liaison Team (patient encounter & subunit integration liaison, osteopathic patient care liaison, medical morphology liaison, small group & portfolio liaison, and longitudinal content liaison); one faculty member representing the Office of Inclusion; and two faculty members from separate academic departments, elected by the faculty at large.
The non-voting membership of the Curriculum Committee shall be composed of:
One co-chair, an associate dean from the Office of Medical Education; four PHWC students, selected by the committee, representing each year of medical education; one predoctoral medical education associate, determined in coordination with OPCA course director(s); and six ex-officio members (senior associate dean of medical education or designee(s), representative from the Office of Admissions and Student Affairs, chair of chairs or designee, associate dean of curriculum and/or associate dean of clinical education or designee, representative from Faculty Affairs, and curriculum mapping specialist
Voting Members
| Name | Title | End Term |
|---|---|---|
| Andy Chen, PhD | Chair | 2nd term ends 6/30/25 (A) |
| Prince Adu, PhD | Elected Faculty, Nonclinical | 1st term ends 6/30/26 (E) |
| Shawn Rosensteel, DVM | Elected Faculty, Preclinical | 1st term ends 6/30/25 (E) |
| Fabian Benencia, PhD | Preclinical Curriculum Director | |
| Chrissy Fall, MD | Clinical Curriculum Director | |
| Paige Gutheil Henderson, DO | Patient Encounter & Subunit Integration Liaison | |
| Kristin Guilonard, DO | Osteopathic Patient Care Liaison | |
| Sarah Rubin, PhD | Small Group & Portfolio Liaison | |
| Yuriy Slyvka, MD, PhD | Medical Morphology Liaison | |
| Vacant | Longitudinal Content Liaison | |
| Robin Newburn, DO | Inclusion Representative |
Ex-Officio Non-Voting Members
Chris Vinyard, PhD, Co-chair; Associate Dean, Curriculum, or designee
Jody Gerome, DO, Senior Associate Dean, Medical Education, or designee(s)
Scott Rogers, MD, Associate Dean, Clinical Education, or Designee
Amanda Chiplock, PhD, Office of Faculty Learning & Advancement Representative
Kathy Pittman, PhD, Office of Admissions and Student Affairs representative
Shawn Kerger, DO, Chair of Chairs, or Designee
Lindsey Allison, Curriculum Mapping Specialist
4 PHWC students representing OMS I - IV and 1 predoctoral medical education associate
Staff Support
Pam Cochran, Educational Operations Coordinator