MAHJB Team

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Core Faculty

Nicolle Strand, JD, MBE, MPH – Director and Associate Professor, CHJB | Director of Equity and Culture Initiatives, Office of Health, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion – LKSOM

Whitney Cabey, MD, MSHP, MAUB – Assistant Professor, CHJB | Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Physician scientist, bioethicist, pop culture junkie

Melanie Cosby, PhD | Assistant Professor, CHJB | Director, Office of Health Equity, Diversity & Inclusion – LKSOM

Brendan Hart, MD, PhD | Assistant Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine

Mary Beth Hays, MSW | Assistant Professor and Faculty Lead – Philadelphia Healthy and Safe Schools Initiative

Sharon Herring, MD, MPH – Associate Professor, Medicine | Associate Professor, Obstetrics & Reproductive Services | Associate Professor, Clinical Sciences | Director, Maternal Health Equity

Laura Igarabuza, MD | Family Medicine

Janet Lee, MD | Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Cornelius (Neil) Pitts, PharmD | Assistant Professor, CHJB| Pharmaceutical Care Director, Miriam Medical Clinics
Research scientist, healthcare historian, bass guitarist

Christine M. Santoro, MAUB | Assistant Professor, CHJB

Peter Simonsson, PhD, MSW, LCSW | Assistant Professor, CHJB | Secondary Appointment, Department of Criminal Justice

Sam Stern, MD | Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine

Brian Tuohy, PhD | Assistant Professor, CHJB | Secondary Appointment, Department of Sociology

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Affiliated Faculty

Valerie Armstead, MD, FAAP, DABA | Professor, Clinical Anesthesiology

Brenda Arthur, MD | Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Jessica Beard, MD, MPH, FACS |Associate Professor, Surgery | Director of Trauma Research & Interim Trauma Program Medical Director, TUHS

Seetha Chandrasekhara, MD, MA | Psychiatrist

Breck Chumley, MD | Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatry

Nicole Desai, DO | Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine

Pritha Dewanjee, DO | Assistant Professor, Clinical Pediatrics

Shaden Eldakar-Hein, MD, MS, FACP

Megan Gunn, MD | Internal Medicine
Womanist, bioethicist, décor connoisseur

Ashleigh Hall, D.O., MAUB | Pediatrician

Megan Healy, MD | Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine | Assistant Program Director, Emergency Medicine Residency

Brian Hutler, JD, PhD | Assistant Professor of Philosophy, CLA

Shadd Maruna

Jessica Moore, MD | Assistant Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine

Caterina Roman, PhD | Professor of Criminal Justice, CLA

Margot Savoy, MD, MPH | Senior VP for Education, Inclusiveness and Physician Well-Being, AAFP

Miriam Solomon, PhD | Professor of Philosophy, CLA
Philosophy of science, philosophy of medicine, bioethics

Stephanie Spivack, MD, MAUB | Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine

Sarah Tabi, MD | Assistant Professor, Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Science