Faculty Resources
Career Development
Advanced Healthcare Leadership Academy

Learning to Lead - 2014 Cohort

Joshua E. Appel, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

jappel@aemrc.arizona.edu

Colleen K. Cagno, MD

Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine - (Educator Scholar Track)

Service Chief Maternal & Child Health

colleenc@email.arizona.edu

Kendra W. Drake, MD

Associate Professor, Neurology - (Clinical Scholar Track)

Associate Professor, Pharmacy Practice-Science

kdrake@email.arizona.edu

David A. Elliott, PhD

Assistant Professor Emeritus

elliott@arizona.edu

Dorothy Gilbertson-Dahdal, MD

Professor, Medical Imaging - (Clinical Scholar Track)

Division Chief, Pediatric Radiology

Director, Residency Program

Professor, Pediatrics - (Clinical Scholar Track)

Vice Chair of Education

dgilbertson@radiology.arizona.edu

Henk L. Granzier, PhD

Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine

Professor, Molecular and Cellular Biology

Professor, Physiology

Professor, Physiological Sciences - GIDP

Professor, Biomedical Engineering - GIDP

Professor, BIO5 Institute

Allan and Alfie Norville Endowed Chair in Women’s Heart Disease

granzier@email.arizona.edu

Christina M. Laukaitis, MD, PhD, FACP, FACMG

Assistant Professor, Cancer Biology - GIDP

Assistant Professor, Genetics - GIDP

Associate Professor, Medicine

Associate Professor, Nutritional Sciences

Director, Genetic Consultation and Counseling Services, UAHS Center for Applied Genetics and Genomic Medicine

Director, Molecular Genetic Pathology Fellowship Program, Department of Pathology, UA College of Medicine

Medical Education Director, Partnership for Native American Cancer Prevention, UA Cancer Center

Member, Southwest Environmental Health Sciences Center, UA College of Pharmacy

Member, UA Center on Aging

cmlaukai@email.arizona.edu

Bijan Najafi, PhD, MS

Director, interdisciplinary Consortium on Advanced Motion Performance (iCAMP)

Professor of Surgery

Member of the University of Arizona Center on Aging

Associate Member of the University of Arizona Cancer Center

Arizona Arthritis Center, Scientific Advisory Board Member

Faculty, Biomedical Eng. Graduate Interdisciplinary Program

Faculty, Department of Biomedical Eng. (BME)

Faculty, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering

bnajafi@email.arizona.edu

Valentine N. Nfonsam, MD, MS, FACS

Associate Professor, Surgery

Interim Chief, Division of Surgical Oncology

General Surgery Residency Program Director

vnfonsam@surgery.arizona.edu

Violet Perez Siwik, MD

Assistant Dean, Student Affairs

Assistant Professor, Family and Community Medicine - (Clinical Scholar Track)

vsiwik@email.arizona.edu

Kathy W. Smith, MD