Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Founded in 1824, Jefferson Medical College, now the Sidney Kimmel Medical College, has awarded more than 31,000 medical degrees and has more living graduates than any other private medical school in the nation. It offers both undergraduate medical education programs and innovative joint degree programs to more than 1,000 students each year.
The Sidney Kimmel Medical College is recognized for its balanced approach to medical education, and approximately one out of four to one out of five applicants throughout the U.S. apply to Jefferson.
College & Department Leadership
Dean

Steven Herrine, MD
Interim Anthony F. and Gertrude M. DePalma Dean,
Sidney Kimmel Medical College
Deans/Senior Leadership

David Abraham, PhD
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education & Academic Affairs

Katherine Berg MD, MPH
Associate Dean Assessment, Undergraduate Medical Education & Academic Affairs

John Caruso, MD
Senior Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education & Affiliations

Kristin DeSimone, MD
Associate Dean, Student Affairs & Career Counseling

Gretchen Diemer, MD
Senior Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education & Affiliations

Ronald V. Hall, MD
Assistant Dean, Diversity & Student Diversity Programs, RCSSC

Judd Hollander, MD
Associate Dean, Strategic Health Initiatives

Abigail Kay, MD
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education & Academic Affairs

Bon Ku, MD
Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education & Academic Affairs

Wayne Bond Lau, MD
Associate Dean, Student Affairs & Career Counseling

Leonard Levine, MD
Associate Dean, Student Affairs & Career Counseling

Bernard Lopez, MD
Senior Associate Dean, Diversity & Community Engagement, Associate Provost Diversity & Inclusion

Karen Novielli, MD
Vice Provost, Faculty Affairs (TJU) & Vice Dean, Faculty Affairs (SKMC)

Dimitrios Papanagnou, MD
Associate Dean, Faculty Development & Assistant Provost for Faculty Development

Charles Pohl, MD
Vice Dean Student Affairs & Career Counseling
Vice Provost, Student Affairs

Stefani Russo, MD
Assistant Dean, Student Affairs & Career Counseling

John Spandorfer, MD
Roger Daniels Associate Dean for Professionalism in Medicine

Brian Squilla, MBA
Vice Dean for Administration

Michael Stillman, MD
Assistant Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education & Academic Affairs

Howard Weitz, MD
Senior Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education & Academic Affairs

David Whellan, MD
Associate Dean, Clinical Research & Senior Associate Provost for Clinical Research

Alliric Willis, MD
Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs

Deborah Ziring, MD
Senior Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education & Academic Affairs
Department Chairs

David Brousseau, MD
Pediatrics

Theodore Christopher, MD
Emergency Medicine

David Cognetti, MD
Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery

Sandra Dayaratna, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology

Adam Dicker, MD, PhD
Radiation Oncology

Robert Diecidue, DMD, MD
Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Dentistry

Anna Flattau, MD
Family & Community Medicine

Leonard Gomella, MD
Urology

Michael Green, MD
Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine

Matthew Keller, MD
Dermatology & Cutaneous Biology

W. Kevin Kelly, DO
Medical Oncology

John Lauriello, MD
Psychiatry & Human Behavior

Steven McMahon, PhD
Associate Dean, Basic Science Research
Senior Associate Provost for Programmatic Science
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Daniel Monti, MD
Integrative Medicine & Nutritional Sciences

Robert Rosenwasser, MD
Neurological Surgery

Abdolmohamad Rostami, MD, PhD
Neurology

Christopher Roth, MD
Radiology & Molecular Imaging

Matthias Schnell, PhD
Microbiology & Immunology

Richard Smeyne, PhD
Neuroscience

Charalambos Solomides, MD
Pathology & Genomic Medicine

Alexander Vaccaro, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery

Scott Waldman, MD, PhD
Pharmacology, Physiology, & Cancer Biology

Steve Williams, MD
Rehabilitation Medicine

Charles Yeo, MD
Surgery