Office of Medical Education
Donna Elliott
Vice Dean for Medical Education
(323) 442-1875
delliott@usc.edu
I have two daughters in their 30s, both married (no grandchildren yet!). One is a Cook County public defender and the other is a graduate of Keck and is currently a pediatric emergency medicine fellow at Loma Linda; she completed her pediatric residency at CHLA. My husband and I have two Labrador retrievers – Kona a chocolate lab and Lulu a black lab mix. I love reading mystery novels and watching romantic comedies. I have a love of dance and have danced my entire life; recently I took ballroom dance classes. My dream was to dance on Broadway!
Hazel Martinez
Medical Education Assistant
(323) 442-2010
hazel@med.usc.edu
I like to take long walks and enjoy hiking. Also, I’m a proud grand-mother who enjoys spending time with my grandkids. I have two beautiful furry babies, Tiger and Baby, who I enjoy playing with.
Georgianna Newell
CQI Accreditation Administrator
georgianna.newell@med.usc.edu
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Teresa
Cook
Assistant Dean, Educational Administration / Registrar
(323) 442-2419
teresa.cook@usc.edu
I enjoy spending time with my husband and four children, two girls that are USC undergraduates and my twin sons who are in high school. I am a Disney fanatic (annual passholder).
Mandy Garcia
I have a passion for crafts, especially for making cards (I even have a side hustle Etsy shop for handmade greeting cards).
I also enjoy crocheting and cross-stitching.
I get a rush from breaking out of escape rooms, and I secretly love Barry Manilow's song, Mandy, for which I am named.
Cynthia Hyun
Operations Manager
(323) 442-2964
cynthia.hyun@med.usc.edu
Allison
Bryant
Special Projects Manager
Scholarship and Financial Literacy Program Manager
allison.bryant@med.usc.edu
Cynthia
Galvez
Clerkship Coordinator
cynthia.galvez@med.usc.edu
Department of Medical Education
When I’m not drawing or painting, you can find me in the gym, curled up with a book, or hitting the trail in a National Park.
Amanda Frataccia
Assistant Professor of Clinical Medical
Education; Assistant Director of Clinical
Skills Education and Evaluation Center
(323) 442-0311
Alan Liu
Kathryn Schaivone
I had the privilege of working at the University of Rwanda School of Nursing for 2 years in 2012 and 2013. These amazing students are now my family and I have traveled back over the years for their weddings and celebrations. Despite the distance l love having “adopted” children who continue to teach me the power of kindness, justice, resilience, and compassion.
Student Affairs
Tanisha
Price-Johnson
Stephanie
Zia
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
(323) 442-2553
zia@usc.edu
I’m a lifelong Trojan and SoCal resident who was born and raised in the “SGV.” I’m a fan of football and music, going to concerts (of all genre, but usually pop/rock), and am married to a musician. I love my three jobs--Med/Peds hospitalist, Student Affairs, and mother to my three children (2 fur children and 1 human toddler)—and enjoy spending quality time with family and friends doing one of my favorite activities—eating and enjoying boba.
Director, Student Affairs
Associate Director, Academic and Career Advising
Anthony Tritto
Randolph
Zuniga
I love watching all sports, specially football. I’m originally from Buffalo, NY so my favorite team is the Buffalo Bills. My wife and I have a tradition to visit a new football stadium every year and last year my daughter joined this tradition.
Roland
Rapanot
Office Assistant II
I'm the mom of 3 amazing kids, 2 boys, 1 girl and a grandma to a furry Papillon/ Maltese name "Whiskey"!😁 My favorite colors are Aqua, Turquoise, and black.
Maria
Saavedra
Academic Support Services
Director, Academic Support Program
(323) 442-2553
Ranna
Nash
Student Well-Being
Chantal Young
Director of Medical Student
Well-Being
(323) 442-2420
chantaly@usc.edu
East coast born but west coast obsessed, I'm a fan of backpacking in remote nature, travel, salsa dancing, weightlifting, playing the harp and piano, the Ezra Klein podcast, cozy times with friends and family, and cuddling up with a novel and my grey tabby, Lia.
Maria Juliani
Associate Director of Medical
Student Well-Being
(323) 442-4504
mjuliani@usc.edu
I love spending time with my two kids whenever we can (both USC grads!) and friends. I try to stay in the moment, enjoy going on walks with my rescue pup Lefty and attempting new vegetarian recipes!
Admissions
Asssitant Director of Admissions
(323) 442-2420
mabeyta@usc.edu
Michael Richards
Associate Director for Admissions
(323) 442-2452
michael.richards@med.usc.edu
Monique
Abeyta
Curriculum
Associate Dean for Curriculum
(323) 442-1763
rbenari@med.usc.edu
I love to travel and read and I relish Sunday mornings with the paper and a cup of coffee. But mostly, I love to spend time with my wife, two teenage daughters and dog.
Kevin Nash
Assistant Dean for Curriculum
(323) 442-1295
kanash@usc.edu
Ron
Ben-Ari
Shelli
Shepherd
Director, Office for Curriculum
(323) 442-1608
Terri Bidle
Program Specialist
(323) 442-2081
terri.bidle@med.usc.edu
My passion is playing in the ocean! I love SCUBA diving, snorkeling and teaching others about magnificent whales as a naturalist on Whale Watching boats. My two Fur-Friends keep me hiking and happy.
Christine Kaneshige
Academic Program Specialist
(323) 442-1763
currev@usc.edu
Now that I’ve graduated from the USC Gould School of Law, Master of Studies in Law program, my focus is on simplifying/ decluttering, knitting hats for donation to the USC Norris Image Enhancement Center, learning American Sign Language, Japanese calligraphy, and doga.
Maribel Martinez
Academic Program Specialist, PPM
(323) 442-2452
maribel.martinez@med.usc.edu
I love spending time with my beautiful daughter. I enjoy the theater, writing poetry, painting, music, dancing, pretty much everything and anything that has to do with the arts. I also enjoy the outdoors especially visiting floral gardens.
Academic Program Specialist, ICM
(323) 442-2439
eltiwanr@usc.edu
I love all outdoor sports/activities.
I especially enjoy riding my bike, exercising and spending time with friends and family. I'm just a social butterfly.
Elti Ramirez
Academic Program Specialist
(323) 442-1763
curric@usc.edu
I enjoy spending my free time with my two kids, who are 11 and 5. I also like to read and watching scary movies.
Jasmine Serrano
Diversity and Inclusion
Joyce Richey
Associate Dean, Diversity and Inclusion
Associate Professor, Clinical Physiology
& Neuroscience
(323) 442-1939
jrichey@usc.edu
My favorite way to decompress is to cook. Yes, chopping, dicing, mixing and tasting are excellent de-stressors. I love creating different dishes for my husband and son (when he is visiting from Chicago.) Their favorite meal is seafood etouffee. As you can imagine, there is a great deal of cooking this year!
Kairos Llobrera
Educational Information Systems
Norm Hopson
Information Technology Manager
(323) 442-3563
hopson@usc.edu
Wesley Chen
Programmer Analyst II
(323) 442-2042
weitzunc@usc.edu
Standard family man. Have two sons and a beautiful wife. Like to sing, watching movies and eat Sushi with my family. Very pleased to work at Keck School of Medicine.
Chulho Jo
I work as a software engineer in a team responsible for implementing and maintaining solutions for learning system needs and data integration. I'm a family man and usually go by CJ.
Programmer Analyst III
(323) 442-2190
chiyuila@usc.edu
Raymond Lam
Primary Care Program
Jo Marie Reilly
Clinical Professor of Family Medicine
Director, Primary Care Initiative
Vice Chair for Education, Family Medicine
(323) 442-2438
I love spending time with my multi-generational family, cooking , baking, hiking and perusing my two professional passions- seeing patients and teaching students!
Educational Technologies & Learning Environments
Patrick Crispen
Director of Educational Technology
(323) 442-2183
pcrispen@usc.edu
Reuben Elias
Manager of Learning Environments
(323) 442-2197
rjelias@usc.edu
Office of Financial Aid
MD/PhD Program