Sabrina Strelow
Monday, 17 November 2025
As a recent graduate of both LECOM’s Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and Master of Science in Biomedical Ethics programs (June 2025), Sabrina is honored and excited to return to LECOM as an Adjunct Professor. Her primary teaching focus will be Clinical Ethics I, a course that aligns closely with her professional and academic interests. Dr. Strelow is c... Read More »
Tiffany Burca
Wednesday, 9 July 2025
Tiffany Burca, D.O. joined the full-time clinical faculty at the LECOM Bradenton campus in 2025 and holds the title of Assistant Professor of Family Medicine, where her primary responsibilities include serving as an instructor of Clinical Examination Courses, OPP, and facilitating PBL. Dr. Burca has been with LECOM in a part-time capacity since 2024, ... Read More »
Rocco J. Rotello
Monday, 9 June 2025
Rocco Rotello is an Associate Professor of Pharmacology, in the college of medicine at LECOM Bradenton. Dr. Rotello’s graduate level instruction includes pharmaceutical science, drug discovery, action and metabolism, pharmacogenomics, immunology, and antibody therapy. He served as founding faculty member for Cedarville University, Cedarville, Ohio, ... Read More »
Ashminie P. Misir
Friday, 21 March 2025
Dr. Ashminie Misir is the Assistant Professor of Basic Science/Anatomy at LECOM School of Dental Medicine. She was the youngest graduate in over 30 years to earn her Bachelor of Science degree in Biomedical Sciences, with a minor in Biomedical Physics, at the University of South Florida. Dr. Misir also holds a Master’s Degree in Medical Sciences, with... Read More »
Haider Aljewari
Monday, 18 November 2024
Dr. Haider Aljewari, DMD, MS is a Clinical Instructor, Board-Certified Periodontist, and Implant Specialist, dedicated to delivering exceptional patient care in periodontics and implant dentistry. His graduate instruction focuses on advanced techniques in periodontal plastic surgery, dental implants, and the treatment of periodontal disease. Dr. Aljewar... Read More »
Tao Wei
Wednesday, 24 July 2024
Dr. Tao Wei is Associate Professor of Immunology and Microbiology and Course Director of Immunology at LECOM. He received PhD in Microbiology from Uppsala University and MD from Henan Medical University specializing in Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases. He conducted postdoctoral research in Molecular Biology at California Institute of Technology and i... Read More »
Laura Yard
Tuesday, 23 July 2024
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Marvin Hendon
Monday, 22 July 2024
Marvin Hendon, Ph.D., MSCP is the Director of Behavioral Health for the LECOM Bradenton Campus. He has been active in Private Practice for 35 years. Specialty areas of practice include working with individuals who have comorbid medical disorders. He serves as Behavioral Medicine Consultant Liaison to three area hospitals and as Behavioral Medicine consu... Read More »
Tim Veenstra
Dr. Tim Veenstra PhD, is an Associate Professor of Biochemistry and an Assistant Director of Master of Medical Science at LECOM in Bradenton, Florida. After completing a post-doctoral fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, Dr. Veenstra accepted a senior scientist position at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratories in WA where he focused on ... Read More »
Bahar Sultana
Wednesday, 12 June 2024
Susan Spielberg
Monday, 10 June 2024
Susan Spielberg, M.Ed., is the Education Specialist at LECOM, Bradenton, specializing in academic coaching for study skills and time management. She is a former Spanish teacher, School Board Chair, and small business owner. ... Read More »
Ross Longley
Dr. Longley is Professor of Immunology and Microbiology and Facilitator for Problem Based Learning at LECOM Bradenton. Following completion of his Doctorate in Immunology and Microbiology at the University of Oklahoma, Dr. Longley undertook a 3 year post-doctoral fellowship with world renowned immunologist, the late Dr. Robert A. Good, MD, PhD. Dr. Long... Read More »
Amy Dean
Dr. Dean earned her Bachelor’s of Science in Biology from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. She earned her Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine degree from A.T. Still University in Kirksville, Missouri. She completed her internal medicine residency at St. John’s Detroit Riverview hospital, where she served as chief Internal Medicine resident. She com... Read More »
Jerry A. Goodman
Thursday, 6 June 2024
Sweta Andrews
Dr. Andrews started her academic career by serving as a founding faculty for the University of Texas at El Paso School of Pharmacy (UTEP). During this time Dr. Andrews developed and delivered several courses including pharmacy calculations, application labs, communication, practice management and therapeutics. She also held an adjunct appointment with U... Read More »
Tara Higgins
Friday, 5 January 2024
Tara is an assistant professor at Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine (LECOM) School of Pharmacy at the Bradenton, FL campus. She received her Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of Rhode Island. Tara completed her PGY1 pharmacy practice residency at Massachusetts General Hospital and a PGY2 pediatric pharmacy residency at the University of Ken... Read More »
Michael Meese
Wednesday, 13 September 2023
A native of Ohio, Dr. Meese received both his undergraduate degree, BA Finance, and his Doctor of Dental Surgery degree from The Ohio State University. He spent the first part of his career working in private practice in Charleston, South Carolina. While in South Carolina Dr. Meese met his future spouse. He spent 7 years traversing the country workin... Read More »
William Bell
Dr. Bell is a native Kentuckian, having graduated from the University of Louisville School of Dentistry. He completed a combined residency in Prosthodontics and Maxillofacial Prosthetics at the Indiana University School of Dentistry and Medical Center, receiving a Master of Science Degree. He was appointed Assistant Professor of Dentistry and Director o... Read More »
Sean Matheny
Dr. Sean E. Matheny is an Assistant Professor of Restorative Dentistry at LECOM School of Dental Medicine in Bradenton, FL. He instructs third year dental students in clinical dentistry. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in mathematics from The Ohio State University in 1997 graduating summa cum laude. After spending two years teaching mathemat... Read More »
Joshua Howard
Monday, 11 September 2023
In 2022, Dr. Joshua D. Howard became a clinical preceptor at LECOM School of Dental Medicine. He obtained his dental degree from the University of Connecticut in 2002 and successfully completed an AEGED residency at Temple University. Dr. Howard is deeply dedicated to the field of digital dentistry, with a keen interest in intraoral scanning and 3D prin... Read More »
