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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
- Glynnis Vance, B.A., Research Protocol Coordinator
Principal & Clinical Investigators
- An Dang Do, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Tenure-Track Investigator
- Mary Fairbanks, M.D., General Gynecology
- Carlos Ferreira, M.D., Clinical Tenure-Track Investigator
- Veronica Gomez-Lobo, M.D., Pediatric Adolescent Gynecology
- Lisa Halvorson, M.D., Reproductive Endocrinology & Infertility
- Micah Hill, D.O., Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility
- Roberto Romero, M.D., D.Med.Sci., Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- Sarah Sheppard, M.D., Ph.D., M.S.T.R., Clinical Tenure-Track Investigator
Staff Clinicians
Nurse Practitioners
- Ibukun Agbede, CRNP
- 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
- Erika Goldsberry, B.S.N., RN, C-RNCOB, C-EFM
- Tiffany Hauser, M.B.A, B.S.N, RN-CCRP
- Kisha Jenkins, B.S.N., RN
- Ka Wing Lam, RN
- Sara Talvacchio, B.S.N., RN
Research Staff
- Craig Abbott, Ph.D., Statistician
- Derek Alexander, B.S., M.P.H., Clinical Program Manager
- Varintorn Huntley, RT, Radiation Technician
Research, Compliance, Support, and Quality Management
- Umber Shafique, M.D., Protocol Monitoring Specialist
Biorepository Staff
- Fathy Majadly, B.S., Research Chemist
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