Faculty Listing
The SMP
Program Telephone:
202-687-2839 (9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST)
Please address inquiries to:
physio@georgetown.edu
Program Address:
SE404 Med-Dent Building
Georgetown University School of Medicine
3900 Reservoir Rd, NW
Washington, DC 20007
SMP Team Leaders
Each student is assigned to one of the four Team Leader (who will be the source of advice on medical school application process), as well as one letter writer (below), who will write a letter of recommendation. This academic recommendation will include grades from most of the fall classes, and will be sent to medical schools the first week of December.
Susan Mulroney, Ph.D.
Professor
The Director of the Special Master's Program, Dr. Mulroney is also director of the medical Gastrointestinal Biology course and is past director of the summer Medical Physiology course. She received her Ph.D. from Georgetown University and is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology. Her laboratory investigates the impact of gonadal sex on the development of diabetic renal and cardiovascular diseases, and the effects of dietary herbs on the renal, cardiovascular, and immune systems. She is co-author (with Dr Adam Myers) of the Netter's Essential Physiology textbook. Office Location: Med-Dent Building, Room NE409.
Thomas Sherman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dr. Sherman is an Associate Director of The Special Master's Program and teaches in the medical Metabolism, Signal Transduction and Nutrition course, as well as the Human Nutrition and Health course. Dr Sherman also lectures in the Human Endocrinology course. He received his Ph.D. from University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, and is an Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology. His research interests include: neuroendocrine regulation of hypothalamic vasopressin and oxytoxin gene expression; molecular mechanisms of steroid hormone receptor expression and of steroid hormone feedback on neuropeptide genes. Office location: Med-Dent Building, Room NE407.
Jennifer (Rogers) Whitney, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Dr Whitney is an Associate Director of The SMP, and received her Ph.D. in Physiology from Georgetown University. She is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology. She teaches the non-cadaveric Gross Anatomy lectures for the Cardiopulmonary Biology, GI Biology, and Sexual Development & Reproduction courses, and is also Course Director for the Advanced Physiology & Pathophysiology graduate course. Dr Whitney also is director of the summer Medical Physiology course for GSMI. Her research interests are on growth homone-mediated sex differences in diabetic renal disease. Office Location: Med-Dent Building, Room NE404.
Adam Myers, Ph.D.
Professor, Associate Dean and Assistant Vice President for Special Programs
Dr Myers is an Associate Dean and Assistant Vice President at the Medical Center, developing and implementing new biomedical graduate programs. He has previously served as Associate Dean of Biomedical Graduate Education, as well as Director of the Special Master's Program, and continues to contribute to the Program as a Team Leader. In addition, Dr. Myers teaches the cardiovascular portion of the medical Cardiopulmonary Biology course, and has spearheaded the development of the biomedical graduate programs at the Georgetown/George Mason partnership (GeorgeSquared). He received his Ph.D. from Georgetown University, and is a Professor in the Department of Pharmacology & Physiology. His research interests are: cellular mechanisms of platelet and vascular function; mechanisms and mediators of shock, ischemia, and thrombosis; alcohol and platelet function. He is co-author (with Dr Susan Mulroney) of the Netter's Essential Physiology textbook. Office Location: Med-Dent Building, Room NE405.
SMP Academic Coordinator
Amy Richards
ayr@georgetown.edu
Ms Richards is coordinator of the SMP. She received her BS degree from Radford University. She has been providing academic advising to professional students for over 15 years and is a terrific source of information. She also helps organize the Biomedical Career Pathways course. You will love her and her beautiful children. Go Bucks!! Office location: Med-Dent Building, Room SE404.
Faculty Letter Writers
Most all of these faculty members will be teaching you in one or more of your courses.
Your assigned letter writer will be posted on the Google SMP Group page, and a meeting with your letter writer will be scheduled after you start classes.
- Mark Burns, Ph.D.
Dr Burns teaches in the Neuroscience course - Ronald Cihlar, Ph.D.
Dr. Cihlar teaches in the Medical Immunology & Microbiology course. - Robert Clarke, Ph.D.
- Carolyn Ecelbarger, Ph.D.
- Ladan Eshkevari, CRNA, Ph.D.
Dr Eshkevari teaches in the Advanced Physiology & Pathophysiology course - Adriane Fugh-Berman, M.D.
Dr Fugh-Berman teaches in Physiology Forum and Biomedical Career Pathways courses - Joseph Garman, PhD.
Dr Garman teaches in the Advanced Physiology & Pathophysiology course - Jagmeet Kanwal, Ph.D.
- Dr. Kanwal teaches in the Intro to Neuroscience course.
- Joanna Kitlinska, PhD.
- Dr. Kitlinska lectures in the Advanced Physiology & Pathophysiology course.
- Linda MacArthur, Ph.D.
- Dr. MacArthur is Director of the Intro to Neuroscience course.
- John Partridge, Ph.D.
- Dr. Partridge teaches in the Intro to Neuroscience course.
- Harry Preuss, M.D.
- Carlos Suarez-Quian, Ph.D.
- Dr. Suarez-Quian is Director of the Gross Anatomy medical labs
- Stefano Vicini, Ph.D.
- Dr. Vicini teaches the Molecular and Cellular Physiology.
- Jiang-Young Wu, Ph.D.
Dr Wu teaches in the Neuroscience course
