Christine Arenson is the Co-Director of the InterProfessional Education Center at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Arenson graduated from the University of Delaware in 1986 and Jefferson Medical College in 1990. She completed her residency training at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital where she was chief resident in 1993. Post-residency, Dr. Arenson completed a two-year geriatric fellowship at Jefferson. In 2005, Dr. Arenson became Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine in the Department of Family and Community Medicine. Her clinical, academic and research concentrations continue to be in the area of geriatric medicine.
Email: Christine.Arenson@jefferson.edu

Molly Rose is the Co-Director of the InterProfessional Education Center at Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Rose is a Professor of Nursing and Director, Community Systems Administration Graduate Nursing. Dr. Rose is a certified family nurse practitioner from Cornell/New York Hospital. She has an MSN in community health nursing from the University of Pennsylvania and a PhD in health education from Temple University. Dr. Rose’s practice and scholarship include public health, gerontology, HIV and women, HIV and the elderly, international nursing, chronic disease, interprofessional education, program planning and evaluation, and vulnerable populations.
Email: Molly.Rose@jefferson.edu

Reena Antony is the Education Programs Administrator of the InterProfessional Education Center at Thomas Jefferson University. Prior to joining Jefferson, she worked as a Program Analyst for the City of Philadelphia Department of Public Health - Tobacco Control Program. She received an M.P.H. and B.S. from Drexel University. Ms. Antony’s concentration continues to be in the areas of public health, interprofessional education, program planning and evaluation.
Email: Reena.Antony@jefferson.edu

Dale Berg, MD is Co-Director of the UCSSC and Professor of Medicine. He is a national leader in medical education and in the use of Standardized Patients and Simulation in teaching and evaluation. He has an expertise in physical examination and in teaching the teachers how to teach clinical skills. He has been Faculty and Course Director of an innovative Advanced Physical Diagnosis course at Harvard Medical School and at Jefferson. He is a leader in developing curricula and in its evaluation and has a great interest in Interdisciplinary curriculum development. He has won multiple teaching awards on a local and national level.
Email: Dale.Berg@jefferson.edu

Katherine Berg, MD is Co-Director of the UCSSC and Associate Professor of Medicine. She is a national leader in medical education and in the use of Standardized Patients and Simulation in teaching and evaluation. She has an expertise in physical examination and in teaching the teachers how to teach clinical skills. She has been Faculty of an innovative Advanced Physical Diagnosis course at Harvard Medical School and at Jefferson. She is a leader in developing curricula and in its evaluation and has a great interest in Interdisciplinary curriculum development. She has won multiple teaching awards on a local and national level.
Email: Katherine.Berg@jefferson.edu

Except for two years when I worked as a nurse practitioner in private practice, I have been a staff member at TJUH since 1975. I am presently the CNS and NP for obstetrics. I also represent the staff nurses as the chair for the Nurse Executive Coordinating Committee and have been given the charge to assist with the implementation of shared governance for the Department of Nursing here at Jefferson.
Email: Patricia.Constanty@jeffersonhospital.org

Anthony Frisby is the Director of Education Services in the Department of Academic and Instructional Supports & Resources at Jefferson. A graduate of The Ohio State University, Tony holds degrees in: Bio-medical Communication (BS, College of Medicine), Labor and Human Resources (MLHR, College of Business), and Instructional Design and Technology (PhD, College of Education). Prior to joining Jefferson he was responsible for software design and development for the Office of Academic Services, College of Medicine, at OSU. His research interests include: human-computer interface design, development and measurement of self-directed learning skills, understanding and promoting best-evidence medical education practices.
Email: Tony.Frisby@jefferson.edu
Website: http://jeffline.jefferson.edu/aisr/directory/frisby.html

Karen M Glaser is a faculty member in the Departments of Family and Community Medicine and Psychiatry and Human Behavior. A graduate of Cornell University with a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania, Dr. Glaser has been teaching communication skills and the dynamics of the doctor-patient relationship at Jefferson for over twenty-five years. Dr. Glaser has been an active facilitator of student and faculty professionalism committees. Her most recent presentations have centered around physician/patient dynamics and the effects of Balint group work on the doctor-patient relationship and the well-being of the practicing physician.
Email: Karen.Glaser@jefferson.edu

Arlene Lorch is an occupational therapist, a Certified Health Education Specialist (CHES) and an instructor in the Department of Occupational Therapy. In addition to teaching courses in occupational therapy evaluation and intervention, she supervises a nontraditional student fieldwork program at Riverview which is an assisted living facility operated by the City of Philadelphia. Arlene’s professional interests include development of rehabilitation services and inter-professional health promotion programs for older adults and persons with chronic physical and mental health conditions. She is a co-author of the Occupational Therapy Review Guide and the COTA Examination Review Guide.
Email: Arlene.lorch@jefferson.edu

Associate Director of University Simulation - Thomas Jefferson University Director Simulation and Clinical Skills- Jefferson School of Nursing.
Email: Thomas.Loveless@jefferson.edu
Website: http://www.jefferson.edu/jchp/nursing/faculty_profile.cfm?key=tjl002

Dr. Kevin J. Lyons is Associate Dean in the College of Health Professions and directs the Center for Collaborative Research in the College. Dr. Lyons has presented numerous papers at scientific meetings. He has published extensively and has two books; Successful Grant Writing: Strategies for Health and Human Service Professionals and Allied Health: Practice, Issues and Trends in the New Millennium. He has also served on the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences Committee on Health Services Research and written a white paper for the National Commission on Allied Health. Dr. Lyons has received the J. Warren Perry Distinguished Author Award from the Association of Schools of Allied Health Professions and is Editor of the Journal of Allied Health, which is the scholarly journal of that organization.
Email: Kevin.Lyons@jefferson.edu

Dr. Manning is Associate Professor in the College of the Health Professions, School of Nursing. Prior to joining Thomas Jefferson in July 2007, Dr. Manning held leadership positions at the National Patient Safety Foundation and The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. At Children’s Hospital she served as Executive Director of the Center for Quality and Patient Safety, Care Model Initiatives and Director of Infection Control and Occupational Health. Dr Manning received a Ph.D. from Temple University in Health Education and MSN and BSN from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a former Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow. Dr. Manning has over 30 years of clinical, educational and administrative experience. Dr. Manning’s areas of scholarship include infectious diseases, infection prevention and control, organizational leadership, and interprofessional education.
Email: Mary.Manning@jefferson.edu

Dr. Marino is Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Thomas Jefferson University and Director of the Regional Spinal Cord Injury Center of the Delaware Valley. He is board certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation and in the subspecialty of Spinal Cord Injury Medicine. He received a master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology from the University of Pennsylvania in 1998. Dr. Marino is the Co-Chair of the Standards Committee of the American Spinal Injury Association (ASIA), which oversees development and training for neurological examination and classification of traumatic spinal cord injury. Dr. Marino is involved in clinical research in SCI as a principal investigator and collaborator. His research interests include time course and determinants of neurological recovery after SCI, functional enhancement, and outcomes assessment.
Email: Ralph.Marino@jefferson.edu
Website: http://www.spinalcordcenter.org/doctors/marino.html

Ms. Millinghausen is the Vice President of Medicine, Cardiac Critical Care and Specialty Services in the Department of Nursing at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Ms. Millinghausen has experience in establishing and maintaining effective business relationships in a multidisciplinary environment; designing and implementing new and innovative programs; developing and mentoring competent staff and managers; anticipating and responding to budgetary and accreditation demands; integrating information systems as a business tool; recruiting and retaining high quality professional nurses resulting in increased nurse satisfaction, improved staffing ratios and maximum quality of care delivered to patients; and eliminated high cost of travel and agency nurses in all areas of responsibility. Ms. Millinghausen has been with Jefferson since 1986.
Email: Sharon.Millinghausen@jeffersonhospital.org

Dr. Rattner is Professor of Medicine, Professor of Family & Community Medicine (secondary), and Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs/Undergraduate Medical Education. She has been at Jefferson for 14 years. Her administrative responsibilities and research focus on planning, development, implementation and evaluation of the medical student curriculum. She sees patients with the Jefferson Internal Medicine group practice. Over the years, she has had the pleasure of teaching college students, nurse practitioners and physician assistants as well as medical students, residents and colleagues.
Email: Susan.Rattner@jefferson.edu

Dr. Rob Simmons is an Associate Clinical Professor, and the Director of the MPH Program, in the College of Graduate Studies, College of Medicine, Health Policy and Family & Community Medicine. Dr. Simmons has 35 years of public health experience in local and state government, international health in Latin America, health care, private health foundations, community health organizations and academia. His MPH is from Loma Linda University School of Public Health and DrPH from UCLA School of Public Health. He has taught at the University of Delaware, Delaware State University, West Chester University and more recently Drexel University School of Public Health. Dr. Simmons came to Jefferson in July 2007 to direct the newly reformatted Masters in Public Health (MPH) program. Rob is professionally trained as a Health Educator (CHES is Certified Health Education Specialist) and is currently President of the Society for Public Health Education (SOPHE), the nation’s leading health education organization.
Email: Robert.Simmons@jefferson.edu

Dr. Beth Ann Swan is an Associate Professor and Associate Dean of Graduate Programs at the Jefferson School of Nursing, Thomas Jefferson University. Dr. Swan is a Fellow of the American Academy of Nursing. She is the Immediate Past President of the American Academy of Ambulatory. Currently, Dr. Swan is a Robert Wood Johnson Executive Nurse Fellow. Dr. Swan has presented nationally and internationally on topics related to evidence-based practice, ambulatory nursing care, and academic nursing practice. Dr. Swan is funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) to study delirium screening in hospitalized older adults and HRSA’s Bureau of Health Professions, Division of Nursing to develop, implement, and evaluate advanced practice educational programs to promote health access in rural Pennsylvania.
Email: Beth.Swan@jefferson.edu
Website: http://www.jefferson.edu/jchp/nursing/faculty_profile.cfm?key=bxs213

Dr. Truluck is the Program Director and Clinical Coordinator (Nuclear Medicine & PET/CT) in the Department of Radiologic Sciences, Jefferson College of Health Professions since 2003. She obtained B.S and Ph.D degrees at University of Wales, U.K., before moving to the U.S. in 1988. She held a position of Assistant Chief Nuclear Medicine Technologist at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital from 1993 until 2006.
Email: Christina.Truluck@jefferson.edu

Elena Umland spent 10 years practicing as a clinical pharmacist in the Thomas Jefferson University’s Department of Community and Family Medicine. She is currently the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs in the new Jefferson School of Pharmacy in the Jefferson College of Health Professions. The Jefferson School of Pharmacy is poised to admit its first class in the Fall of 2008.
Email: Elena.Umland@jefferson.edu

Director Medical Education Research
Email: Jon.Veloski@jefferson.edu
Website: http://www.jefferson.edu/jmc/crmehc/faculty_profile.cfm?key=jxv001

Tarae Waddell is the Education Coordinator for Eastern Pennsylvania - Delaware Geriatric Education Center (EPaD GEC)at Thomas Jefferson University. She provides educational support and design to the EPaD GEC committee and staff by coordinating and assisting in developing the center's educational activities and programs. Tarae has 10 years of administrative educational experience. Prior to her position as EPaD GEC education coordinator, she managed the first year doctoring course at Jefferson titled Introduction to Clinical Medicine 1. She obtained an associate's degree from Peirce College in General Studies. She also obtained her bachelor's of science degree from Drexel University in Health Services Administration. Tarae is currently pursuing her masters at St. Joseph's University in Training & Organizational Development: Adult Learning and Training. Ms. Waddell's continued areas of interest include creating innovative systems and processes for higher education and organizations.
Email: Tarae.Waddell@jefferson.edu
Website: http://epadgec.jefferson.edu/

I completed my first 2 years of pre-nursing at Camden County College. This is my first year at Jefferson and I have had a wonderful experience thus far. I enjoy being involved in school activities and my passion is most definitely nursing. I am expected to graduate May 2009.
Email: Jamie.Gribaudo@jefferson.edu

I received a BS in Biology from the University at Albany in 2006 and am currently a second year medical student. Outside of school I'm a competitive figure skater on the adult level. I also enjoy working out and watching TV. I'm originally from Merrick, New York and I visit home during breaks.
Email: Melissa.Nappi@jefferson.edu

I received my BS in Athletic Training in 2007 from the University of Delaware, and am currently an entry-level master’s student in the occupational therapy program. In my free time, I enjoy music and the arts as well as Philadelphia sporting events. I am a native of Delaware, and return home to visit my family when I am able.
Email: Laura.Pepper@jefferson.edu

I am a second year student in the physical therapy department. I enjoy working in orthopedics setting and am enthusiastic to gain experience in neuromuscular rehabilitation. I am expected to graduate in May 2009
Email: Laureen.Regan@jefferson.edu