The School of Podiatric Medicine's distinguished faculty includes both basic and clinical science specialists. A high teacher-to-student ratio offers students excellent opportunities to interact directly with professors and instructors.

Principal Research Faculty

• Ramjeet Pemsingh, Ph.D. in Anatomy and Cell Biology, is currently teaching General Gross Anatomy, Lower Extremity Anatomy, and Pathology Laboratory. He has extensive training in transmission (TEM) and scanning (SEM) electron microscopy as well as histochemistry and autoradiography.
• Sanjay Sesodia, Ph.D. in Medicine, is currently teaching Physiology and Histology, Neuroanatomy, and Pathology laboratories. He has training in TEM, tissue and SDS-PAGE immunochemistry, polyclonal antibody generation, and live animal surgery techniques. He is currently engaged in examining regenerating muscle to elucidate the relationship between innervation and function after recovery.
• Allen A. Smith, Ph.D. in Anatomy, is currently teaching Histology and Cell Biology as well as Neuroanatomy laboratory. His training and prior research includes work in cutaneous biology and embryology. He has extensive experience in stain development, enzyme histochemistry, and transmission electron microscopy.
• Charles Southerland, DPM, is currently teaching Lower Extremity Anatomy and Biomechanics of Foot Function.

Additional Faculty

• Jacqueline Brill, DPM (lower extremity anatomy)
• Allen Smith, Ph.D. (neuroanatomy)
• Richard Fien, MD (medical anatomy)
• Alex Forteza, MD (clinical neurology)
• Bradley Bakotic, DO, DPM (pathology)
• Thomas Merrill, DPM (lower extremity anatomy)
• Doreen Parkhurst, MD (medical anatomy)
• Nancimae Miller, Ph.D. (immunology and medical microbiology)
• Graham Shaw, Ph.D. (biochemistry)
• Albert Armstrong, DPM,MS,BSRS (radiology)