Academic title: Professor of pharmacology
Joined the USA College of Medicine faculty: January 2002
What does your position in the USA COM entail?
Teaching, research and service
What is your favorite or most rewarding part of your position?
Seeing our medical students achieve outstanding results in their USMLE Step exams. Also, seeing them getting accepted to prestigious residency programs all around the United States.
Are you involved in research or other initiatives in the College of Medicine?
I collaborate with other researchers in fluorescence imaging, mentor medical students in the summer research program and advise Ph.D. students in their dissertation committees. In addition, I apply principles of psychometrics in the assessment of medical students’ knowledge, skills and attitudes.
What is your advice for medical students?
Be curious about mechanisms of diseases and always stay focused on your learning.
What are your hobbies/interests outside of work?
Traveling (unfortunately restricted by COVID), gardening and fishing
