Faculty and Staff

I. Michael Leitman, MD, Dean for Graduate Medical Education and co-director

Brian J. Nickerson, PhD, JD, FACHE, Senior Associate Dean for Master’s Programs, Senior Faculty and co-director

Shashi Anand, MEd, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education Affairs

Jonathan M. DePierro, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Clinical and Research Director of the Center for Stress, Resilience and Personal Growth (CSRPG)

Helen Fernandez, MD, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine

Frank Irr, MTSM, Senior Partner AIM Consulting Associates

Lauren Peccoralo, MD, MPH, Senior Associate Dean of Faculty Well-being and Development; Associate Chief Wellness Officer, Offices of Well-Being and Resilience and Faculty Development; Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine

Brijen Shah, MD, Associate Dean at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and VP Medical Affairs, MSHS

Herb Lopez, Administrative Manager, Master of Health Administration and GME Leadership Programs

Mariana Bernstein, Associate Director, Instructional Design and Technology