Academic Catalog

Faculty at Salus University

Ahmed, Naveed, MD, DMSc, MPAS, PA-C

Assistant Professor, CHER, Physician Assistant

Alstrin, Katherine, EdD, EdM

Assistant Professor, GISP, Blindness and Low Vision

Amos, Gwenn, OD, MPH, CMPA

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Andersson, Robert, PhD

Assistant Professor, CHER, Biomedicine, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Appel, Sarah D., OD

Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Aravamudhan, Radhika, PhD, EdD

Associate rofessor, Osborne College of Audiology

Armandi, Maria, OD

Instructor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Barker II, Felix M., OD

Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Barsotti, Robert, PhD

Associate Professor, CHER, Physician Assistant

Bennett, G. Richard, OD

Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

 

Bergstrom, Jennifer, EdD, CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor, CHER, Speech-Language Pathology

Blaha, Rebecca, AuD

Assistant Professor, Osborne College of Audiology

Blaustein, Bernard H., OD

Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Boka, Maria, MPAS, -PA-C

Assistant Professor, CHER, Physician Assistant

Bondurant, Lindsay, PhD, CCC-A

Associate Professor, Osborne College of Audiology, Residential

 

Boyd, Anthony, OD

Instructor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Brackley, Rachel, OD, FAAO

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Bray, Victor, PhD, FNAP

Associate Professor, Osborne College of Audiology

Brilliant, Richard L., OD, FAAO

Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Brim, Brianna, MOT, PhD, OTR/L, CPAM, CLIPP

Assistant Professor, CHER, Occupational Therapy

Caldwell, James M., OD, EdD

Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Casser, Linda, OD, FAAO, FNAP

Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Chigbu, De Gaulle I., OD, MS, FBCLA, FCOptom, FAAO, Dipl.

Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Chronister, Connie L., OD, MS

Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Ciccarone, Dawn, MS, OTR/L, CLVT

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Ciner, Elise B., OD

Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Coyne, Alissa, OD, FAAO

Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Dayhaw-Barker, Pierrette, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

DeMoss, Christin, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

DeVeaux, Brandi, MS, OTR/L, CLT

Assistant Professor, CHER, Occupational Therapy

Di Stefano, Anthony, OD, MEd, MPH, FAAO

Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Ditoro, Rachel, MSPAS, PA-C

Associate Professor, CHER, Physician Assistant

Dizhoor, Alexander M., PhD

Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Draper, Erin, OD, FAAO

Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Duncan, Chad, PhD, Associate Professor

Associate Professor, CHER, Orthotics and Prosthetics

Edmonds, Kimberly, MS, CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor, CHER, Speech-Language Pathology

Ellsworth-Neiman, Jamie, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Fickett, Gabriel, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Fischer, Michelle, MMS

Assistant Professor, CHER, Physician Assistant Program

Fitzgerald, John, DO, FACOG

Associate Professor, CHER, Physician Assistant

Foy, Caitlyn, DOT, MOTR/L

Associate Professor, CHER, Occupational Therapy

Gidosh, Nichloas, OD, FAAO

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Graboyes, MarcyMSW

Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Grasso, Anna, OTD, MS, OTR/L, CAPS, ECHM

Associate Professor, CHER, Occupational Therapy

Greenspan, Lynn D., OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Gurwood, Andrew S., OD

Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Gutman-Britchkow, Michelle, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Hall III, James, BS, MA, PhD

Professor, Osborne College of Audiology

Hatch, Stanley, OD, MPH, FAAO

Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Hehar, Navpreet, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Higa, Laine, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

 

Holt, Stephanie, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Horn, Darryl, PhD

Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry, Osborne College of Audiology

Huebner, Kathleen, PhD

Professor Emeritus, GISP

Hughart, Jiovanne, BS, MA, MBA, AuD

Adjunct, Osborne College of Audiology, Residential

Jenewein, Erin, OD

Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Kaiser, Helene, OD, FAAO

Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Karbach, Nicholas, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Kelly, James MMS, PA-C

Assistant Professor, CHER, Physician Assistant Studies program

Kenny, Erin, OD, FAAO

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

 

Killen, Chad, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Kim, Byung Josh, BS, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Kruemmling, Brooke, PhD, COMS

Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Kwak, Doan, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Labib, Bisant, OD, FAAO

Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Leburg, Stephanie, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Lewis, Thomas L., OD, PhD

Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Lim, Alice, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Lombardi, Lorraine, PhD

Professor Emerita, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

 

Lueders, Kerry, MS, COMS, TVI, CLVT

Associate Professor, GISP, Blindness and Low Vision

 

Lustig, Amy, PhD, MPH, CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor, CHER, Speech-Language Pathology

Maffit, Jamie, MS, COMS, CLVT

Assistant Professor, GISP, Blindness and Low Vision

Maglione, Ashley Kay, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Maharay, Kara, CCC, SLP, BCS-S

Assistant Professor, CHER, Speech-Language Pathology

Malloy, Kelly, OD, FAAO, Dipl.

Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Mani, Shital, BS, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Marcy, Sharon, MS, OTR/L

Assistant Professor, CHER, Occupational Therapy

Martin Mayro, Patricia, MA, CCC-SLP

Assistant Professor, CHER, Speech-Language Pathology

 

Marunde, Elizabeth, OD

Instructor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

McCormick, Christine K., DMS, MS, PA-C

Assistant Professor, CHER, Physician Assistant

Meagher, Andrew, OD, FAAO

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Meiyeppen, Siva, OD, FAAO

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Meltzer, David, OD, MBA

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Minhas, Bhawan, OD, FAAO

Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Miriello, Mark, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Muthard, Virginia, CPO/L. FAAOP

Instructor, Orthotics and Prosthetics

Myers, Bre, AuD

Associate Professor, Osborne College of Audiology

Myung-Shin, Jenny, BS, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Nyman, Jeffrey, OD, FAAO

Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Offerdahl-McGowan, Tracy, BSc, PharmD

Associate Professor, CHER, Physician Assistant

 

Olshevskaya, Elena

Instructor, Research

Orr, Cara, PA-C

Assistant Professor, CHER, Physician Assistant

Owen, Jonette, AuD

Associate Professor, Osborne College of Audiology

Pagani, Jean Marie, OD, FAAO

Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Parisi, Maria, OD, FAAO

Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Patrizi, Korey, OD

Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Pelino, Carlo, OD, FAAO

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Perla, Fabiana, EdD, COMS, CLVR

Associate Professor, GISP, Blindness and Low Vision

Peshenko, Igor, PhD

Assistant Professor, Research

Pfeiffer, Enrique, MD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Pienkowski, Martin, PhD

Associate Professor, Osborne College of Audiology

Pilchman, Jennifer, MSPAS, PA-C

Assistant Professor, CHER, Physician Assistant

 

Pucillo, Jeanne-Marie, DHSc, MSPAS, PA-C

Assistant Professor, CHER, Physician Assistant

Quinlan, Julie, MPO, MS, COP, ATC

Instructor, CHER, Orthotics and Prosthetics

Rajan, Jenny, AuD, CCC-A, FAAA

Assistant Professor, Osborne College of Audiology

Roman, Aaron

Assistant Professor, Osborne College of Audiology

 

Ruckdeschel, Anne, MA, CCC-SLP, CBIS

Instructor, CHER, Speech-Language Pathology

Salmon, Kelly, SLPD, CCC-SLP, BCS-S, CLT-LANA

Associate Professor, CHER, Speech-Language Pathology

Scheiman, Mitchell, OD, PhD, FAAO

Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Scombordi-Raghu, Brandy, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Sedunov, Elizabeth, AuD

Assistant Professor, Osborne College of Audiology

Serianni, Robert, MS, CCC-SLP, FNAP

Associate Professor, CHER, Speech-Language Pathology

Sherman, Erin, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Silbert, Joel, OD

Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Silverman, Fern, EdD, OTR/L

Associate Professor, CHER, Occupational Therapy

Smith, Audrey, PhD, CLVT, COMS

Professor Emeritus, GISP, Blindness and Low Vision

Smith, Lachelle, MS CVRT

Associate Professor, GISP, Blindness and Low Vision

Speirs, Michael, BA

Associate Professor, CHER, Physician Assistant

Sponseller, Lauren, PhD, OTD, MSOTR/L, MEd

Associate Professor, CHER, Occupational Therapy

 

Sundar, Girija, PhD

Associate Professor, Osborne College of Audiology

Tariq, Fiza, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Thomas, Mary-Jo, BSN, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Tonkery, Elizabeth, OD, MPH

Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Trego, Melissa E., OD, PhD

Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Trujillo, Luis, OD

Assistant Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Tyszka, Andrea, OTD, MS, OTR/L, SIPT

Associate Professor, CHER, Occupational Therapy

Vasile, Emily, MAT, TVI, MS, CLVT

Assistant Professor, GISP, Blindness and Low Vision

Verma, Satya, OD, FAAO, FNAP, Diplomate

Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Vitek, Melissa A., OD, FAAO

Associate Professor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

 

White, Lauren, OD

Instructor, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Wormington, Charles M., PhD, OD, FAAO

Professor Emeritus, Pennsylvania College of Optometry

Salus University by choice, declares and reaffirms its policy of complying with federal and state legislation and does not in any way discriminate in education programs, employment or in service to the public on the basis of race, color, creed or religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disabilities, or veteran status. In addition, the University complies with federal regulations issued under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, and the Americans with Disabilities Act. Questions concerning any of the above policies should be addressed to:

Maura Keenan

Affirmative Action Officer

Salus University

8360 Old York Road

Elkins Park, PA 19027

215.780.1267

This catalog intends to reflect current policies and rules of the Board of Trustees of Salus University. Applicants are cautioned that changes or additions to such policies and rules may change and have taken effect since the publication of this catalog. In the event of such changes, the current Board approved policies, as contained in the official minutes and manual of rules, bylaws and guidelines, shall prevail. The provisions of this catalog are therefore not to be regarded as an irrevocable contract between the Board of Trustees of Salus University and the student. The University reserves the right to make changes as required in course offerings, curricula, academic policies, and other rules and regulations. These changes will be effective when determined by the appropriate authority within the University.