Office of the Clinical Director (OCD)

Staff

OCD Leadership

Catherine Gordon, M.D., M.S., Clinical Director
Laverne Mensah, M.D., FACOG, FACS, Deputy Clinical Director
Karim Anton Calis, Pharm.D., M.P.H., FASHP, FCCP, Director of Clinical Research and Compliance

Administrative

Lealem Asrat, M.H.M., Patient Care Coordinator
Mahlet Asrat, M.H.M., Chief of Staff
Monique Bertschy, M.B.A., Patient Care Coordinator
Denise Phillips, Program Specialist
Autumn Rice, Administrative Assistant
Glynnis Vance, B.A., Research Protocol Coordinator

Principal Investigators

Micah Hill, D.O., Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
Veronica Gomez-Lobo, M.D., Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology
Roberto Romero, M.D., D.Med.Sci., Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Clinical Investigators

An Dang Do, M.D., Ph.D., Assistant Clinical Investigator
Sarah Sheppard, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.T.R., Clinical Tenure-Track Investigator
Christina Tatsi, M.D., M.H.Sc., Ph.D., Assistant Clinical Investigator

Staff Clinicians

Jacqueline Yano Maher, M.D.
Samar Rahhal, M.D.
Deena Zeltser, M.D.

Nurse Practitioners

Ibukun Agbede, CRNP
Gladys Andoh, FNP, CRNP, M.S.N.
Andrea Bowling, FNP, CRNP, M.S.N., CLT
Sheila Brady, CRNP, M.S.N.
Alberta Derkyi, FNP, CRNP, M.S.N.
Desiree Labor, FNP
Harinder Raipuria, DNP, FNP-C
Devora Stein, FNP-BC, M.S.N.

Research Nurses

Kisha Jenkins, B.S.N., RN
Ka Wing Joyce Lam, RN
Sara Talvacchio, B.S.N., RN

Research Staff

Craig Abbott, Ph.D., Statistician
Samah Agabein, M.D., Research Protocol Coordinator
Derek Alexander, B.S., M.P.H., Clinical Program Manager
Firaol Wagari Bayissa, M.H.M., Clinical Research Coordinator
Varintorn ("Kitty") Huntley, RT, Radiation Technician

Research, Compliance, Support, and Quality Management

Umber Shafique, M.D., Protocol Monitoring Specialist
Lola Ulomi, M.S., Protocol Monitoring Specialist

Biorepository Staff

Fathy Majadly, B.S., Research Chemist
Loc Trinh, B.S., B.A., Research Chemical Engineer