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Faculty Senate


Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Department of Pharmacology
4301 Jones Bridge Road
Bethesda, Maryland 20814-4799

Senators & Officers

The Faculty Senate consists of 28 faculty members: 24 senators and four officers. Nine senators from clinical departments and nine from basic science departments represent the School of Medicine (SOM). Two senators represent the Graduate School of Nursing (GSN), two senators represent faculty not billeted to USU, and two senators represent the Post-Graduate Dental College (PGDC). Senators serve three-year terms and are expected to represent the common good of the university rather than individual constituencies. The senate officers are the President, the President-Elect, the immediate Past President, and the Secretary-Treasurer. Each of these officers serve a one-year term; a new President-Elect and a Secretary-Treasurer are elected each year. Senate elections are held each May, and terms of office begin in July.

Officers

President
James G. Smirniotopoulos, MD
Professor (RAD-SOM)
President Elect
LTC Justin Woodson, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor (MEM-SOM)
Past President
Tonie Hooper, MD, MPH
Professor (PMB-SOM)
Secretary Treasurer
CDR Michael Keith, MD
Associate Professor (MED-SOM)

Basic Science Senators (9)
Term Ends
COL Richard Johnson, PhD
Assistant Professor (PMB-SOM)
2015
Johnan Kaleeba, PhD
Assistant Professor (MIC-SOM)
2015
LTC Amy K. Korman, PhD
Assistant Professor (PMB-SOM)
2015
Col Nicholas G. Lezama, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor (PMB-SOM)
2014
Mark A. Roseman, PhD
Associate Professor (BIO-SOM)
2014
Stephen Rothwell, PhD
Associate Professor (APG-SOM)
2013
Tracy Sbrocco, PhD
Associate Professor (MPS-SOM)
2015
V. Ann Stewart, DVM, PhD
Associate Professor (PMB-SOM)
2014
Yumin Zhang
Associate Professor (APG-SOM)
Substitute for JW

Clinical Science Senators (9)
Term Ends
Simon Auster, MD
Professor (FAM-SOM)
Substitute for JGS
2015
Louis R. Cantilena, MD, PhD
Professor (MED-SOM)
2014
Robert Goldstein, MD
Professor (MED-SOM)
2013
Maj Grant E. Lattin, MD
Assistant Professor (RAD-SOM)
2014
Eric Marks, MD
Professor (MED-SOM)
2013
CDR Kathleen McDonald, MD, MC, USN
Assistant Professor (SUR-SOM)
2015
Col Francis O'Connor, MD, MPH
Associate Professor (MEM-SOM)
2013
Todd Villines, MD
Professor (MED-SOM)
2015
Col Michael S. Xydakis, MD, MS
Assistant Professor (SUR-SOM)
2014

Non-Billeted Senators (2)
Term Ends
COL J. Edwin (Eddie) Atwood
Professor (MED)
2014
Debra Malone, MD
Assistant Professor (SUR) WRNMMC
2013

Graduate School of Nursing (2)
Term Ends
Susanne W. Gibbons, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor (GSN)
2014
CDR Lisa Osborne, PhD
Assistant Professor (GSN)
2013

Post-Graduate Dental College (2)
Term Ends
CDR Istvan (Steve) A. Hargitai, DDS, MS
Assistant Professor (NVD-PGDC)
2014
CAPT (Ret.) John F. Johnson, DDS, MS
Professor (NVD-PGDC)
2014