Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine at Marshall University
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Administration Contacts
  Dean and Vice President
for Health Sciences
Charles H. McKown, Jr., MD (304) 691-1700
mckown@marshall.edu
  Executive Vice Dean Robert B. Walker, MD (304) 691-1198
walkerrb@marshall.edu
  Senior Associate Dean for Finance
& Administration
James J. Schneider, MPA (304) 691-1720
jschneider@marshall.edu
  Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs Gretchen Oley, MD (304) 691-1714
oley@marshall.edu
  Senior Associate Dean for Research & Graduate Programs Richard M. Niles, PhD (304) 696-7322
niles@marshall.edu
  Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education Dan Cowell, MD (304) 691-1703
cowell@marshall.edu
  Senior Associate Dean for Medical Student Education Aaron M. McGuffin, MD (304) 691-1790
mcguffi3@marshall.edu
  Associate Dean for Academic Affairs Sarah A. McCarty, MD (304) 691-1734
mccarty@marshall.edu
  Associate Dean for Student Affairs Marie C. Veitia, PhD (304) 691-1730
veitia@marshall.edu
  Associate Dean for Outreach
& Development
John B. Walden, MD (304) 691-1199
walden@marshall.edu
  Associate Dean for External Affairs Karen Bledsoe, MS (304) 691-1700
kbledsoe@marshall.edu
  Assistant Dean for Information Technology & Medical Informatics Michael J. McCarthy, MA (304) 691-1750
mccarthy@marshall.edu
  Assistant Dean, Academic Affairs Jo Ann Raines, MA (304) 691-1733
raines@marshall.edu
  Assistant Dean for Admissions &
Student Affairs
Cindy Warren, MA (304) 691-1738
(800) 544-8514
warren@marshall.edu
  Assistant Dean for Continuing Medical Education David N. Bailey, MBA (304) 691-1770
baileyd@marshall.edu
  Assistant Dean for Professional Development in Medical Education Darshana Shah, PhD (304) 696-7352
shah@marshall.edu
  Assistant Dean and Director of the Center for Rural Health Jennifer Plymale, MA (304) 691-1182
plymale@marshall.edu
  Director of Development & Alumni Affairs Linda Holmes, MA (304) 691-1711
holmes@marshall.edu
  Director of Public Relations Beverly W. McCoy, MAJ (304) 691-1713
mccoy@marshall.edu
  Director of Health Science Library Edward Dzierzak, MLS (304) 691-1750
dzierzak@marshall.edu
  Director of Compliance
& Risk Management
Beth Hammers, MBA (304) 691-1712
bhammers@marshall.edu
  Director of Animal Resources Billy W. Howard, DVM (304) 696-7374
howardb@marshall.edu
  Chair, Curriculum Committee Todd Green, PhD (304) 696-7329
green@marshall.edu
Department Chairs
Basic Science Departments
  Anatomy & Pathology David L. Porter, MD (304) 696-7346
dlporter@marshall.edu
    Section of Anatomy Laura Richardson, PhD (304) 696-3562
richardson@marshall.edu
  Biochemistry & Microbiology Richard M. Niles, PhD (304) 696-7322
niles@marshall.edu
    Section of Microbiology Donald A. Primerano, PhD (304) 696-7338
primeran@marshall.edu
  Pharmacology, Physiology & Toxicology Gary O. Rankin, PhD (304) 696-7313
rankin@marshall.edu
    Section of Physiology Gary Wright, PhD (304) 696-7362
phys@marshall.edu
Clinical Departments
  Cardiovascular Services Mark Studeny, MD (304) 697-1166
studeny@marshall.edu
  Family Practice Robert B. Walker, MD (304) 691-1100
walkerrb@marshall.edu
  Internal Medicine Kevin Yingling, MD (304) 691-1000
yingling@marshall.edu
  Neuroscience Bryan R. Payne, MD (304) 691-1787
payneb@marshall.edu
  Obstetrics & Gynecology Robert Nerhood, MD (304) 691-1460
nerhood@marshall.edu
  Orthopaedics Ali Oliashirazi, MD (304) 691-1274
oliashirazi@marshall.edu
  Pediatrics Joseph Werthammer, MD (304) 691-1300
werthammer@marshall.edu
  Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine Samuel Januszkiewicz, MD (304) 691-1500
januski@marshall.edu
  Surgery David A. Denning, MD (304) 691-1200
denning@marshall.edu