Dean
Admissions, M.D. Program
Alumni and Development Office
Clinical Affairs
Clinical Activities (Chief-of-Staff)
Continuing Professional Development and Evaluation Studies (CPDE)
Faculty Affairs
Faculty Affairs - Career Development
Finance and Administration
Financial Aid
Graduate Education Programs (Ph.D., Master’s, Pre-med Basic Health Sciences Certificate)
Graduate Medical Education (Residencies and Fellowships)
Human Simulation and Patient Safety, Center for
Inova Campus - Medical Education
M.D./Ph.D. Programs
Medical Education Curriculum Office
Practice Plan
Public Health
Research and Research Training
Student Affairs
Technology Services
Veteran’s Services
Jerome F. Strauss III, M.D., Ph.D.
Dean, School of Medicine
Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs, VCU Health System
Sanger Hall, Room 1-071
Phone: 804-828-9788
Fax: 804-828-7628
E-mail: jfstrauss@vcu.edu
Web site: Dean’s Office
Michelle Whitehurst-Cook, M.D.
Associate Dean for Admissions
Sanger Hall, Room 1-014
Phone: 804-828-9629
Fax: 804-828-1246
E-mail: mwcook@vcu.edu
Web site: Admissions - M.D. Program [Faculty/Staff]
Thomas Holland
Associate Dean for Alumni Relations and Development
MCV Alumni House
Phone: 804-828-4800
Fax: 804-828-4600
E-mail: tehollan@vcu.edu
Web site: Giving [Faculty/Staff]
John Ward, M.D., M.S.H.A.
Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs
Interim President, MCV Physicians
Old City Hall, 1001 E. Broad Street
Phone: 804-827-8400
Fax: 804-827-8411
E-mail: jward@mcvh-vcu.edu
Ralph (Ron) Clark III, M.D.
Associate Dean for Clinical Activities
Main Hospital, 1250 East Marshall Street
Phone: 804-828-4654
Fax: 804-828-1657
E-mail: rclark@mcvh-vcu.edu
Paul Mazmanian, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Continuing Professional Development and Evaluation Studies
Theatre Row,730 East Broad Street
Phone: 804-828-0492
Fax: 804-828-7438
E-mail: pemazman@vcu.edu
Web site: CPDE [Faculty/Staff]
PonJola Coney, M.D.
Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
Sanger Hall, Room 1-022
Phone: 804-628-2353
Fax: 804-628-9978
E-mail: pconey@vcu.edu
Web site: Faculty Affairs [Faculty/Staff]
Amy S. Sebring, M.P.P.
Associate Dean for Finance and Administration
Sanger Hall, Room 1-058
Phone: 804-828-9794
Fax: 804-828-7628
E-mail: asebring@vcu.edu
Web site: Finance and Administration
Glenda Palmer, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Director for Financial Aid
Sanger Hall, Room 1-010
Phone: 804-828-4006
Fax: 804-827-5555
E-mail: gupalmer@vcu.edu
Web site: Financial Aid [Faculty/Staff]
Jan Chlebowski, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Graduate Education
Sanger Hall, Room 1-023
Phone: 804-828-1023
Fax: 804-828-6011
E-mail: jfchlebo@vcu.edu
Web site: Graduate Education [Faculty/Staff]
Mary Alice O’Donnell, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education
West Hospital, 6th Floor, South, Room 317C
Phone: 804-828-9783
Fax: 804-828-5613
E-mail: modonnell@mcvh-vcu.edu
Web site: Residencies and Fellowships [Faculty/Staff]
Ellen L. Brock, M.D., M.P.H.
Medical Director, Center for Human Simulation and Patient Safety
Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Main Hospital, Room 8-220
Phone: 804-628-7023
Fax: 804-828-1792
E-mail: ebrock@mcvh-vcu.edu
Web site: Center for Human Simulation and Patient Safety
Brenda L. Seago, M.L.S., M.A.
Administrative Director, Center for Human Simulation and Patient Safety
1300 E. Marshall St., 2nd Floor, North Hospital (Spring 2009)
Phone: 804-828-3914
Fax: 804-827-1367
E-mail: blseago@vcu.edu
Craig Cheifetz, M.D., F.A.C.P.
Associate Dean for Medical Education
VCU School of Medicine Inova Fairfax Campus
Director, Undergraduate Medical Education
Inova Health System
Phone: 703-776-3720
E-mail: craig.cheifetz@inova.org
Samantha Buery-Joyner, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
VCU School of Medicine Inova Fairfax Campus
E-mail: samantha.buery@inova.org
Alicia Freedy, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Assistant Dean for Curriculum
VCU School of Medicine Inova Fairfax Campus
E-mail: alicia.freedy@inova.org
Gordon Archer, M.D.
Director, M.D./Ph.D. Program
Sanger Hall, Room 1-018A
Phone: 804-828-0678
Fax: 804-828-5022
E-mail: garcher@vcu.edu
Web site: M.D./Ph.D. Program [Faculty/Staff]
Isaac Wood, M.D.
Senior Associate Dean for Medical Education and Student Affairs
Sanger Hall, Room 1-002B
Phone: 804-828-9790
Fax: 804-828-0086
E-mail: iwood@vcu.edu
Web site: Curriculum - M.D. Program [Faculty/Staff]
Web site: eCurriculum - M.D. Program
Web site: Curriculum Innovation Resource Center
James Potyraj, Ph.D., M.H.A.
Associate Dean for the Practice Plan
Old City Hall, 1001 East Broad Street
Phone: 804-827-8406
Fax: 804-827-8411
E-mail: jpotyraj@mcvh-vcu.edu
Tilahun Adera, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Senior Associate Dean for the Emerging School of Public Health
Leigh House, 1000 East Clay Street
Phone: 804-828-9785
Fax: 804-828-9773
E-mail: tadera@vcu.edu
Gordon Archer, M.D.
Senior Associate Dean for Research and Research Training
Sanger Hall, Room 1-018A
Phone: 804-828-0678
Fax: 804-828-5022
E-mail: garcher@vcu.edu
Web site: Research [Faculty/Staff]
George Ford, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Research
Sanger Hall, Room 1-025
Phone: 804-828-0527
Fax: 804-827-1469
E-mail: ford@vcu.edu
Web site: Research [Faculty/Staff]
Christopher Woleben, M.D.
Associate Dean for Student Affairs
Sanger Hall, Room 1-005
Phone: 804-828-9791
Fax: 804-828-5115
E-mail: cwoleben@mcvh-vcu.edu
Web site: Student Affairs [Faculty/Staff]
Glenda Palmer, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Sanger Hall, Room 1-010
Phone: 804-828-4006
Fax: 804-828-5555
E-mail: gupalmer@vcu.edu
Michael Duong
Executive Director of Technology Services
Sanger Hall, Room 1-034
Phone: 804-828-2142
Fax: 804-828-6835
E-mail: mpduong@vcu.edu
Web site: Technology Services [Faculty/Staff]
