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 Sidney Kimmel.
College & Department Leadership
Dean:

Mark Tykocinski, MD
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Thomas Jefferson University
The Anthony F. & 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

Clara Callahan, MD
The Lillian H. Brent Dean of Students & Admissions

Brendan Carr, MD, MS
Associate Dean, Healthcare Delivery Innovation

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

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

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

Steven Herrine, MD
Vice Dean, Academic Affairs & Undergraduate Medical Education

Judd Hollander, MD
Associate Dean, Strategic Health Initiatives

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

Bon Ku, MD
Assistant Dean, Medical Education

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

Bernard Lopez, MD
Associate Dean, Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives

Karen Novielli, MD
Vice Dean, Faculty Affairs & Professional Development

Dimitrios Papanagnou, MD
Associate Dean, Faculty Development

David Paskin, MD
Vice Dean, Graduate Medical Education & Affiliates

Charles Pohl, MD
Vice Provost, Student Affairs

Susan Rosenthal, MD
Associate Dean, Student Affairs & Career Counseling

Peter Scoles, MD
Vice Dean for Academic Program Development

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

Brian Squilla, MBA
Senior Vice President, Administration & Chief of Staff

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

Kathryn Trayes, MD
Associate Dean, Student Affairs & Career Counseling

Traci Trice, MD
Assistant Dean, Diversity & Student Diversity Programs

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

David Whellan, MD
Assistant Dean, Clinical Research

Alliric Willis, MD
Assistant Dean, Faculty Affairs

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

Christine Arenson, MD
Family and Community Medicine

Theodore Christopher, MD
Emergency Medicine

Adam Dicker, MD, PhD
Radiation Oncology

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

Neal Flomenberg, MD
Medical Oncology

Leonard Gomella, MD
Urology

Gregory Kane, MD
Medicine

William Keane, MD
Otolaryngology/Head and Neck Surgery

Karen Knudsen, PhD
Cancer Biology

John Lauriello, MD
Psychiatry & Human Behavior

Irwin Levitan, PhD
Neuroscience

Steven McMahon, PhD
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Stephen Peiper, MD
Pathology, Anatomy & Cell Biology

Vijay Rao, MD
Radiology

Robert Rosenwasser, MD
Neurological Surgery

Abdolmohamad Rostami, MD, PhD
Neurology

William Schlaff, MD
Obstetrics & Gynecology

Matthias Schnell, PhD
Microbiology & Immunology

Marion Siegman, PhD
Molecular Physiology and Biophysics

Jouni Uitto, MD, PhD
Dermatology & Cutaneous Biology

Alexander Vaccaro, MD
Orthopaedic Surgery

Scott Waldman, MD, PhD
Pharmacology and Experimental Therapy

Steve Williams, MD
Rehabilitation Medicine

Charles Yeo, MD
Surgery