Rashida Jones
Monday, 16 February 2026
Rashida Jones is a doctoral candidate in the epidemiology concentration in the College of Public Health, at the University of South Florida. Prior to pursuing her doctoral studies, she obtained a Doctor of Pharmacy degree from Temple University School of Pharmacy. Following her graduation, she practiced community pharmacy, where she developed a profound... Read More »
Vithalbhai D. Dhaduk
Thursday, 11 September 2025
Dr. Dhaduk is an actively practicing neurologist. He was chief of Neurology at the Community Medical Center in Scranton, PA, for 30 years. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology. His post-graduate medical training was conducted at the B.J. Medical College in Ahmedabad, India, and at the Medical College of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, PA.... Read More »
Natalie D. Novak
Wednesday, 3 September 2025
Dr. Novak is an Assistant Professor at the LECOM School of Health Services Administration teaching across graduate programs. She has also taught Public Health Statistics at the University of South Florida. Previously, she served as the Prevention Director with the Manatee County’s Substance Abuse Prevention Coalition in Bradenton, FL. She worked wit... Read More »
Paige Alitz
Friday, 18 July 2025
Paige Alitz, Ph.D. is a behavioral health professional with over 10 years of experience in public health, epidemiology, child and family studies, data analysis, and mental health and substance abuse prevention. Dr. Alitz’s field work began in global health, traveling to Nicaragua and Haiti with volunteer teams to provide medical and pharmaceutical ser... Read More »
Saige Petzen
Professor Saige Petzen began working for Trulieve in 2018 first as a Patient Consultant and then promoted to Community Educator in 2019. Saige was one of the first patients in the Florida MMJ program at the age of 17 and has been devoted to efficacy education since finding relief with medical cannabis herself. She is a passionate advocate, educator, a... Read More »
Sandip Rathod
Thursday, 17 July 2025
Dr. Rathod serves as an adjunct faculty member of Master of Science in Medical Cannabinoid Therapeutics (MCT) program at LECOM, where he brings leadership experience in healthcare operations, pharmacy management, and health system integration. He holds a Doctor of Healthcare Administration (DHA) degree from LECOM, where his dissertation explored the org... Read More »
Donald G. Henderson
Friday, 7 July 2023
Dr. Don Henderson serves as the Director of the LECOM Doctor of Healthcare Administration program in Bradenton. He has previous experience teaching at the both the graduate and undergraduate level in the field of healthcare administration. Prior to joining LECOM, Dr. Henderson served as a hospital executive for over 30 years advancing community health ... Read More »
Magon Saunders
Tuesday, 23 May 2023
Dr. Magon Saunders presently serves as a Program Development Consultant in the federal public health system where she provides technical assistance and support to State and territorial public health departments. Dr. Saunders also provides subject matter expertise to federal grantees in the areas of health systems improvement, public health policy, healt... Read More »
Marcos Sanchez-Gonzalez
Dr. Sanchez-Gonzalez is currently the Vice President for Medical & Scientific Affairs at QHSLab, Inc., where he leads the integration of digital medicine tools and innovative assessments to enhance patient care. With over 18 years of experience in academia and industry, he has made significant contributions to medical education and research. Prev... Read More »
Elizabeth Kerns
Dr. Elizabeth Kerns is a business executive with over three decades of experience in information technology leadership, healthcare consulting, academic teaching and research. She was recently Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer at Lakeland Regional Health, a large community hospital and network of ambulatory clinics serving central Flori... Read More »
Harry Hobson
Harry Hobson has been president and CEO of Plymouth Harbor on Sarasota Bay for 14 years. During his career, he has worked in both hospital and retirement community administration. Prior to his arrival at Plymouth Harbor, he was the President and CEO of Westminster-Canterbury Retirement Community of Irvington, Virginia, and First Community Village of Col... Read More »
Robert W. Hammond
Dr. Robert (Rob) Hammond is a practitioner-scholar and go-to-market expert with over 30 years of global leadership experience in enterprise strategy, product management, sales, and engineering. He has been at the epicenter of innovation throughout his career, working with both start-ups and mature companies. He has worked at some of the world’s most i... Read More »
Pamela Goldman
Pamela Goldman, DO, MHSA, FACOI is a board-certified Internist and hospital medicine specialist. She is the Associate Chair of the Division of Hospital Medicine and is currently the Interim Chair of the Division of Hospital Medicine for the Einstein Physician Practice. She works as an academic hospitalist and clinical faculty in an ACGME internal med... Read More »
David J. Emrhein
Dave Emrhein is the Administrative Director of Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official (DIO) at WellSpan Health, a five-hospital system located in York, PA. He is responsible for Graduate Medical Education for 160 residents in seven residency training programs and 15 fellows in six fellowship programs. He also oversees the undergraduate ... Read More »
Janene Culumber
Monday, 22 May 2023
Dr. Janene Culumber is an Adjunct Professor in the LECOM School of Graduate Studies. Professor Culumber’s areas of graduate instruction include: economic analysis and application in decision making in LECOM’s Masters in Health Services Administration program. She is the author of a discussion case titled Physician EMR Adoption in an Academic Settin... Read More »
Bonnie W. Brown
Bonnie W. Brown, Ph.D. is an applied behavioral health researcher with experience in public education, child and family studies, public and population health studies, and substance abuse. Her research and evaluation studies focus on behavioral health strategies for those struggling with mental illness and community-based interventions that support vulne... Read More »
Melissa (Hooks) Berdell
Dr. Melissa Berdell received her Doctor of Healthcare Ethics from Duquesne University in 2016. While at Duquesne University, she completed an ethics residency program at UPMC Mercy Hospital and completed a clinical internship at Value Behavioral Health of Pennsylvania. Prior to pursuing her interests in healthcare, Dr. Berdell went to school and worked ... Read More »
Joshua Barnett
Dr. Joshua Barnett has served as county health administrator to two counties in Florida (Manatee and Pinellas), managing safety-net health services provided to low-income and uninsured adults in Florida for the past seven years and CEO of a federally qualified health center (FQHC) in Clearwater, FL overseeing site-based operations, mobile medical servi... Read More »
Pamela Arroyo
Pamela Arroyo currently serves as Program Director, Campus Programs and Recruitment Events at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC). UPMC is a $10 billion, 60,000 employee integrated health care and delivery system. As a leader within talent acquisition at UPMC, she is responsible for the recruitment, development, retention and engagement o... Read More »
Linda K. Thompson, Ph.D.
Thursday, 16 February 2023
Dr. Thompson has been in the field of behavioral health for almost 30 years as a clinician, administrator, and educator. She holds a master’s degree in Counseling from the University of Missouri and a doctorate degree from Saint Louis University in Education/Medical Family Therapy. Dr. Thompson has served in leadership in a variety of healthcare se... Read More »
