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Contact SOM

Prospective SOM students contact:

NYMC School of Medicine Office of Admissions
Sunshine Cottage, suite 147
New York Medical College
40 Sunshine Cottage Road
Valhalla, NY 10595
(914) 594-4507

Currently-enrolled SOM students contact:

NYMC School of Medicine Office of Medical Student Affairs
Sunshine Cottage, suite 122A
New York Medical College
40 Sunshine Cottage Road
Valhalla, NY 10595
(T) 914-594-4498
(F) 914-594-4613
msastaff@nymc.edu (routine business) 
msadeans@nymc.edu (confidential and policy issues only)

School of Medicine Academic Administration:

Sunshine Cottage, 1st Floor
(914) 594-4500

Office of the Dean:

Edward C. Halperin, M.D., M.A.
Interim Dean, School of Medicine
(914) 594-4900

Padraic (Paddy) Reynolds, M.P.H.
Associate Dean for Academic Administration, School of Medicine
(914) 594-3677

Faye Seltzer
Assistant to the Dean, School of Medicine
Administrator, School of Medicine Academic Administration 
(914) 594-4500

Percival Liongson, M.A., M.B.A.
Director of Academic Administration, School of Medicine
(914) 594-4322

Christopher Cappucci, M.B.A.
Financial Analyst, School of Medicine 
(914) 594-4130

Office of Admissions:

Sunshine Cottage, 1st Floor
Phone: (914) 594-3002

Karen M. Murray, M.D. ’99
Associate Dean for Admissions, School of Medicine
(914) 594-3002

James P. Demaio
Director, School of Medicine Admissions
(914) 594-3002

Office of Diversity and Inclusion:

Sunshine Cottage, Suite 216A
(914) 594-3880
diversityinc@nymc.edu

Mill Etienne, M.D.'02, M.P.H.
Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Inclusion
Associate Dean for Student Affairs, School of Medicine
(914) 594-4498

Office of Faculty & Academic Affairs:

Sunshine Cottage, 1st Floor
(914) 594-4523
facultyaffairs@nymc.edu

Kathryn Spanknebel, M.D., FACS
Senior Associate Dean, Faculty and Academic Affairs, School of Medicine
(914) 594-4523

Barbara Donnadio
Director, Office of Faculty and Academic Affairs, School of Medicine
(914) 594-3553

Marie Rivera
Administrator, School of Medicine Office of Faculty Records
(914) 594-3773

Office of Medical Student Affairs:

Sunshine Cottage, 1st Floor
Phone: (914) 594-4498
Fax: (914) 594-4613

Jane M. Ponterio, M.D. '81
Dean of Students, School of Medicine
(914) 594-4498

Susan Rachlin, M.D.
Associate Dean of Student Affairs, School of Medicine
(914) 594-4498

Joanna C. Pessolano, M.D. ‘81
Assistant Dean of Student Affairs, School of Medicine
(914) 594-4498

Jonathan Pessolano
Director of Student Affairs, School of Medicine
(914) 594-4498

Office of Undergraduate Medical Education:

Sunshine Cottage, 2nd Floor
(914) 594-3900
(914) 594-3960 (fax)

Jennifer L. Koestler, M.D.
Dean for Undergraduate Medical Education and Curricular Affairs of the School of Medicine
(914) 594-3900

Pamela Ludmer, M.D., M.M.E.L.
Associate Dean for Curriculum Integration, School of Medicine
(914) 594-3954

Celia S. Freeman, M.B.A.
Assistant Dean of Continuous Quality Improvement and Strategic Planning, School of Medicine
(914) 594-4060

Mary M. Petzke, Ph.D.
Assistant Dean for Medical Student Research, School of Medicine
Basic Science Building
(914) 594-4973

Libor Velisek, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.E.S.
Assistant Dean for Basic Sciences, School of Medicine
Basic Science Building, A20
(914) 594-4945

Amanda P. Beck, D.V.M., DACVP
Director of Self-Directed Learning and Evidence-Based Practice Curriculum
(914) 594-4124

Carla Goodman
Director of Assessment and Evaluation
(914) 594-3876

Lila R. Kagedan, MTS, M.Ed.
Course Director of Biomedical Ethics, School of Medicine
(914) 594-4128

Yardaena Osband, M.D.
Director of Longitudinal Curriculum Themes
(914) 594-3900

Christopher Millett
Data Analyst
(914) 594-3312

Supriya Jain, M.D.
Clinical Liaison, Clinical Curriculum
(914) 594-2222

Cheryl Benedetti
Administrative Coordinator, School of Medicine
(914) 594-3872

Fatbardha Shala
Curriculum Coordinator - Year 1 & Year 2, School of Medicine
(914) 594-3957