Faculty & Staff

Peter A. Bell, DO, MBA, FACOEP-dist, FACEP
Dean, Professor of Family and Emergency Medicine, Health Policy Fellow
(434) 592-6515
LUCOMDean@liberty.edu

Chad K. Brands, MD, CPE, SFHM
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
(434) 592-4151
cbrands@liberty.edu

Joseph W. Brewer, PhD
Associate Dean for Research; Chair, Department of Molecular and Cellular Sciences; Associate Professor of Immunology
(434) 582-2949
jwbrewer1@liberty.edu

Amber Fedin, DO, FAAFP, FACOFP
Assistant Dean of Clinical Education, Associate Professor of Family Medicine
(434) 592-7386
afedin@liberty.edu

Carl R. Hoegerl, DO, FACP
Assistant Dean for Clinical Education; Chair, Department of Internal Medicine; Associate Professor of Neurology
(434) 592-6986

Michael G. Hueber, DO, MSc
Assistant Dean of Admissions and Student Services, Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
(434) 592-7105
mhueber@liberty.edu

Timothy O. Leonard, MD, PhD
Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs, Associate Professor of Pathology
(434) 592-6217
toleonard@liberty.edu

Jason E. Wells, PhD
Assistant Dean of Academics | Years 1 and 2, Associate Professor of Neurosciences
(434) 592-6983
jewells1@liberty.edu

Kevin Bolden
Director of Operations
(434) 582-7734
klbolden2@liberty.edu

Meesha Hickson
Director of Academic Budget and Finance
(434) 592-6955
mnhickson@liberty.edu

Carla Jones
Senior Executive Director of Administration
(434) 582-3437
cvjones@liberty.edu

Chris Kennedy
Senior Executive Director of Special Projects
(434) 592-7207
cmkennedy@liberty.edu

Robbin Wright
Assistant Director of Administration
(434) 592-7657
rbwright1@liberty.edu

Carol Bapst
Administrative Assistant - Admissions & Student Services
(434) 582-2232
cbapst@liberty.edu

Debbie Bennett
Administrative Assistant - Medical Education
(434) 582-3439
dibennett@liberty.edu

Jay Bright
Administrative Assistant - Anatomical Sciences
(434) 582-8605
jbright11@liberty.edu

Lisa Estes
Administrative Assistant - Clinical Medicine
(434) 582-2317
llestes@liberty.edu

Kaitlyn Genaway
Senior Administrative Assistant to the Dean
(434) 592-6515
kbachmann@liberty.edu

Jennifer Jones
Administrative Assistant - Biomedical Sciences
(434) 592-7659
jajones12@liberty.edu

Christy Klamm
CMHS Receptionist
(434) 582-7941
clklamm@liberty.edu

Wendy Phillips
Administrative Assistant - Clinical Medicine
(434) 582-2949
wdphillips@liberty.edu

Charlena Schubert
Administrative Assistant - Administrative Services
(434) 592-3674
cdschubert@liberty.edu

Sarah Turner
Administrative Assistant - Clinical Medicine
(434) 582-3440
sturner147@liberty.edu

Anna Velez
Senior Administrative Assistant - Dean's Suite
(434) 582-2036
aleaptrott@liberty.edu

Shannan Zilles
Administrative Assistant - Biomedical Sciences
(434) 582-7075
slzilles@liberty.edu

Meagan Arthur
Director of Alumni Relations
(434) 592-3767
meckhardt@liberty.edu

Christopher R. Breedlove
Director of Marketing, PR, and Web-Operations
(434) 592-6753
crbreedlove@liberty.edu

Brett Brenner
Assistant Registrar
(434) 592-7671
bjbrenner@liberty.edu

Troy Burnett
Associate Director of Student Services
(434) 592-7204
tburnett1@liberty.edu

Allison Davis
Associate Registrar
(434) 582-2536
addavis5@liberty.edu

Julia Deacon
Student Accounts Representative
(434) 592-7391
jhigbee@liberty.edu

Caleb Fancher
Financial Aid Coordinator
(888) 583-5704
cfancher@liberty.edu

John Johnson
Admissions Coordinator
(434) 592-7297
jhjohnson2@liberty.edu

Hannah Martin
Student Services Coordinator
(434) 582-7185
hemartin2@liberty.edu

Jacqueline Mendez
Associate Director of Recruiting
(434) 592-6953
jmendez1@liberty.edu

Barry Ousley
Assistant Director of Admissions
(434) 592-6917
bjousley@liberty.edu

Patrick Slagle
Director of Financial Aid
(434) 592-7156
pjslagle@liberty.edu

Benjamin Smith
Associate Director of Admissions
(434) 592-7444
bcsmith4@liberty.edu

Debbie Stone
Registrar Counselor
(434) 592-4224
dlstone2@liberty.edu

Chris Trahant
Director of Student Services and Admissions
(434) 582-7713
catrahant@liberty.edu

Katherine Christine
Teaching Assistant
(434) 582-8634
kchristine@liberty.edu

Leslie A. Hammer, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anatomy
(434) 582-7697
lahammer@liberty.edu

Bo Liu, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anatomy
(434) 592-6956
bliu1@liberty.edu

Richard Okimoto
Teaching Assistant
(434) 582-7189
rtokimoto@liberty.edu

R. James Swanson, PhD
Chair, Department of Anatomical Sciences; Professor of Anatomy
(434) 592-6733
rjswanson@liberty.edu

Amanda E. Troy, PhD
Assistant Professor of Anatomy
(434) 592-7660
aetroy@liberty.edu

Linda S. Mintle, PhD
Director of Strategic Development for Clinical Affairs, Professor and Chair: Division of Behavioral Health, Deputy IX Coordinator
(434) 592-7345
lsmintle@liberty.edu

Teresa Ramerth, MD
Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

tramerth@liberty.edu

Jeffrey Houghton
Research Technician II, laboratory of Joseph C. Gigliotti, PhD

Barbara Lutz
Research Manager
(434) 592-7754
blutz1@liberty.edu

Nicholas G. Minner
Research Technician I, laboratory of Anthony J. M. Bauer, PhD

Jill Dobson
Clinical Practice Manager - Liberty Mountain Medical Group (Wards Road)
(434) 582-7833
jacrawford2@liberty.edu

Rebecca Hamlett
Administrative Director, Standardized Patients and Simulation
(434) 592-7757
rchamlett@liberty.edu

Kim Hartless
Simulation Specialist
(434) 592-5932
klhartless@liberty.edu

Timothy Hodge
Simulation Supervisor
(434) 582-7680
thodge6@liberty.edu

Pamela Watson
Assistant Director, Standardized Patients and Simulation
(434) 592-7661
pjwatson1@liberty.edu

Tammy Weigner
Clinical Director of Health Records & Outreach
(434) 582-7422
tlweigner@liberty.edu

Chad K. Brands, MD, CPE, SFHM
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs, Associate Dean of Graduate Medical Education, Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
(434) 592-4151
cbrands@liberty.edu

Jennifer Jessee
Assistant Director, Clinical Affairs and Graduate Medical Education
(434) 592-7663
jjessee4@liberty.edu

Sydney Coffey
Coordinator - Clinical Collaboration and Education
(434) 582-3352
smcoffey@liberty.edu

Chaka Burnett
Director of Clinical Rotations
(434) 582-8641
cburnett4@liberty.edu

Teresa Henderson
Director of Site Development
(434) 592-7199
tahenderson1@liberty.edu

Ryan Hepler
Assistant Director of Clinical Education
(434) 582-8672
rahepler@liberty.edu

Traci Peters
Clinical Rotations Coordinator
(434) 592-7169
tcoltrain@liberty.edu

Katelyn Sherland
Assistant Director of GME & Clinical Curriculum
(434) 592-7808
ksherland@liberty.edu

Alyssa Barnett
Affiliations Coordinator
(434) 582-8655
abarnett10@liberty.edu

Alisa S. Dyson, EdD
Senior Director of External Affairs and Faculty Development
(434) 582-8720
asdyson@liberty.edu

Denise Farmer
Credentialing Coordinator
(434) 582-2380
ldfarmer1@liberty.edu

Ben Samuel
Assistant Director of Clinical Faculty Development
(434) 582-2762
bsamuel@liberty.edu

Raena M. Pettitt, DO
Chair, Department of Family Medicine; Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
(434) 582-2344
rmpettitt@liberty.edu

C. Riley Latham, DO
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
(434) 582-2247
crlatham@liberty.edu

Lauri Ann Maitland, DO, MPH
Associate Professor of Family Medicine
(434) 582-2164
lamaitland@liberty.edu

Russell W. Melton, MD
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
(434) 582-3517
rwmelton@liberty.edu

Sigmund P. Seiler, MD
Associate Professor of Family Medicine
(434) 582-2345
spseiler1@liberty.edu

Daniel J. Swartz, MD
Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
(434) 592-3178
dswartz1@liberty.edu

Anthony J.M. Bauer, PhD
Associate Professor of Physiology
(434) 592-7756
ajmbauer@liberty.edu

Joseph C. Gigliotti, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physiology
(434) 582-3544
jcgigliotti@liberty.edu

Jeffrey Jasperse, PhD
Professor of Integrative Physiology, Department of Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology
(434) 592-6975
jljasperse@liberty.edu

John R. Martin, PhD
Interim Chair, Department of Integrative Physiology and Pharmacology; Professor of Pharmacology
(434) 582-8507
jrmartin14@liberty.edu

Eugene S. Patterson, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology
(434) 592-6987
espatterson@liberty.edu

Andrew J. Behnke, MD, FACE
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine
(434) 582-3207
abehnke1@liberty.edu

Kathleen Bogacz, MD, FACP
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
(434) 582-7681
kbogacz@liberty.edu

Charles R. Joseph, MD
Assistant Professor of Neurology
(434) 582-7809
crjoseph@liberty.edu

Brian N. Kilpatrick, MD
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine / Pediatrics
(434) 582-2773
bkilpatrick1@liberty.edu

Jodi Mayo
Administrative Director of Medical Education
(434) 592-6444
jlmayo@liberty.edu

Jeni McGlauflin
Academic Counselor
(434) 582-2068
jacoleman3@liberty.edu

Kareen Ousley
Assistant Director of Academic Affairs
(434) 592-6217
kousley@liberty.edu

Leslie Perkins
Academic Counselor
(434) 582-2832
llperkins1@liberty.edu

Elisabeth Roselle
Academic Counselor
(434) 592-6458
edroselle@liberty.edu

Abi Stafford
Academic Coordinator
(434) 582-2945
arstafford2@liberty.edu

Sarah Stearns
Academic Coordinator
(434) 582-2351
srstearns@liberty.edu

Justin Waldron
Academic Coordinator: OMS-II
(434) 582-7190
jlwaldron1@liberty.edu

Diane S. Garber, MLS
Assistant Professor, Director of Medical Library
(434) 592-7164
dsgarber@liberty.edu

Robert P. Morrisette
Associate Librarian
(434) 592-7555
rmorrisette2@liberty.edu

Kimberly Sandidge
Library Manager
(434) 592-7586
ksandidge@liberty.edu

Mark E. Hemric, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry
(434) 592-6982
mhemric@liberty.edu

Yingguang Liu, PhD
Associate Professor of Microbiology
(434) 592-7344
yliu@liberty.edu

Matthew K. Pelletier, PhD
Associate Professor of Human Genetics, Director of Assessment and Outcomes
(434) 592-6907
mkpelletier@liberty.edu

Michael S. Price, PhD
Professor of Microbiology
(434) 592-7277
msprice2@liberty.edu

Scott M. Severance, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
(434) 582-2477
smseverance@liberty.edu

Amanda Baright, DO, FACOS, FACS
Assistant Professor
(434) 582-3515
abaright@liberty.edu

Zachariah Jon Jensen, DO
Clinical Instructor of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
(434) 582-2273
zjjensen@liberty.edu

Michael D. Lockwood, DO, FCA
Professor of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
(434) 592-7343
mdlockwood@liberty.edu

Mark E. Rolfs, DO, PharmD
Interim Chair, Department of Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine & Osteopathic Principles and Practice; Assistant Professor of Family Medicine
(434) 582-3538
merolfs@liberty.edu

Joyce Scott
OMM Curriculum Coordinator
(434) 582-2160
jhscott1@liberty.edu

Scott C. Cole, MD, FACP
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
(434) 582-2488
sccole@liberty.edu

James R. Grinols, MD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
(434) 582-3371
jrgrinols@liberty.edu

Kirsten J. Madea, DO
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
(434) 582-2301
kjmadea@liberty.edu

Olubukola Ojuola, MD, MPH
Chair, Division of Pediatrics; Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
(434) 592-7694
oojuola@liberty.edu

David F. Klink, DO
Global Medicine Concentration Faculty Program Director, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology
(434) 582-2036
dfklink@liberty.edu

Eric P. Miller, DO, FACS, FACOS
Assistant Professor of Surgery, Department of Specialty Medicine
(434) 592-4705
epmiller1@liberty.edu

John G. Pierce Jr., MD
Chair, Department of Specialty Medicine; Associate Professor of Women's Health
(434) 582-2598
jpierce19@liberty.edu

Laura J. Potter, MD, FACEP
Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine
(434) 582-7469
lpotter4@liberty.edu

Catherine Schuller, MD, FACOG
Assistant Professor of Women's Health
(434) 582-7582
cschuller@liberty.edu