Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology: Faculty and Staff

Title/Name(s)
Phone/Email
Chair:
Col Christopher Zahn, USAF, MD, Professor

295-3430, christopher.zahn@usuhs.edu
Vice Chair:
Col Anthony Propst, USAF, MC, Associate Professor

295-0398, anthony.propst@usuhs.edu
Administrative Officer:
Tracy Smith

295-3430, tracy.smith@usuhs.edu
Clerkship Coordinator:
Tanya Christian

295-3777, tanya.christian@usuhs.edu
Administrative Staff:

Donna Tatham

295-9692, donna.tatham@usuhs.edu

Education Division

Title/Name(s)
Phone/Email
Col Christopher Zahn, USAF, MC, Professor & Head

295-3430, christopher.zahn@usuhs.edu
Chair-Committee on Academic Promotions and Tenure, OBGYN:
William H. J. Haffner, M.D., Professor

295-3886, william.haffner@usuhs.edu
Program Director:
Col John Fischer, USAF MC, Associate Professor

295-6860, john.fischer@usuhs.edu
Director of Clinical Clerkships:
Katerina Shvartsman, MD, Assistant Professor

295-6009, Katerina.Shvartsman@usuhs.edu
Ernest G. Lockrow DO, COL, MC, USA
Program Director, Minimally Invasive GYN Surgery
Associate Professor, Uniformed Services University
295-1232, ernest.lockrow@usuhs.edu
LTC Shad Deering, MD, FACOG
Assistant Dean for Simulation Education, USUHS
Deputy Medical Director, USUHS Simulation Center
Chair, Central Simulation Committee
295-6009, 295-7516, shad.deering@usuhs.edu
Louis Dainty, MD, COL, MC. USA
Assistant Professor
295-9697, louis.dainty@usuhs.edu

Uniformed Services Residency in OB/GYN

Title/Name(s)
Phone/Email
Program Director:
Col John Fischer, USAF MC, Associate Professor

295-6860, john.fischer@usuhs.edu
Associate Residency Coordinator:
Loretta Neal

295-2045, Loretta.m.smith@amedd.army.mil
Loretta.Neal.VOL@usuhs.edu

Research Division- Faculty

Title/Name(s)
Phone/Email
Director, Division of Research:
William Catherino, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor

295-3126, william.catherino@usuhs.edu
John Wu, Ph.D., Associate Professor
295-9691, tao-yiao.wu@usuhs.edu
Viqar Syed, Ph.D., Assistant Professor
295-3128, vigar.syed@usuhs.edu
Minnie Malik, Ph.D., Senior Research Associate
295-3117, minnie.malik@usuhs.edu

Research Division- Associated Personnel

Title/Name(s)
Phone/Email
Madelaine Clark
295-0796, madelaine.clark@usuhs.edu
Joy Webb
295-9840, joy.webb@usuhs.edu
Laura Lee
295-3471, laura.lee@usuhs.edu

Continuing Medical Education

Title/Name(s)
Phone/Email
Vice Chair, Director, Continuing Education:
Col Anthony Propst, USAF, MC, Associate Professor

295-0398, Anthony.Propst@usuhs.edu