2025-2026 Morehouse School of Medicine Academic Catalog

MSM Leadership

 Title  Name
 President and CEO   Valerie Montgomery Rice, MD, FACOG 
 Executive Vice President for Health Affairs and Dean  Joseph A. Tyndall, MD, MPH, FACEP, FAAEM
 Dean of Graduate Education Nursing  Renee McLeod-Sordjan, DNP, PhD, MBA, FAAN, FNAP, HEC-C
 Senior Vice President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer  Katherine Napier, EDB, CPA, CIA, CISA, MBA
 Executive Vice Dean for Education and Faculty Affairs
 Ngozi F. Anachebe, PharmD, MD, FACOG
 Senior Associate Dean of Education and Undergraduate Medical Education
 Martha Elks, MD, PhD, FACP, FACE
 Senior Associate Dean, Clinical Affairs
 Errol D. Crook, MD, FACP
 Chief Medical Officer, Morehouse Healthcare
 
 Senior Associate Dean, Research, Innovation & Commercialization  James Lillard, PhD
 Senior Associate Dean & Chief of Clinical and Academic Education in Nursing   Angela Richard-Eaglin, DNP, MSN, FNP-BC, FAANP, CDE, FADLN, FAAN
 Senior Associate Dean, Graduate Medical Education and Designated Institutional Official (DIO)  Chinedu Ivonye, MD, FACP
 Associate Dean, Admissions  Franklyn H. Geary, MD, FACOG
 Associate Dean, Student Affairs  Cinnamon Bradley, MD, FACP
 Associate Dean, Student Affairs  Kennie Shepherd, PhD
 Associate Dean, Graduate Education in Biomedical Studies  Danita Eatman-Daniels, PhD
 Associate Dean, Professor and Chair, Graduate Studies in Public Health Education  Stephanie Miles-Richardson, DVM., PhD
 Associate Dean, Educational Outreach and Health Careers, Director, Master of Science in Medical Sciences  Rita B. Finley, PhD
 Associate Dean, Community Engagement  Tabia Akintobi, PhD, MPH
 Associate Dean, Academic Programs and Affiliations  Kevin Smith, MD, F.A.C.O.G.
 Vice President, Online Education & Expanded Programs  David Hefner, EdD
 Assistant Dean, Pipeline Initiatives  Rahmelle Thompson, DVM
 Assistant Dean, Program Director, and Department Chair, Physician Assistant Studies  Pangela Dawson, PhD, MSPAS, PA-C
 Assistant Dean, Preclinical Undergraduate Medical Education  Kimberly Redding, MD
 Assistant Dean, Preclinical Undergraduate Medical Education  Jacqueline Powell, PhD
 Assistant Dean, Clinical Skills - Undergraduate Medical Education  Khadeja Johnson, MD
 Director, Doctor of Health Administration  Alicia Chatman, DHA, MHA, MBA, B.Sc.
 Director, Doctor of Philosophy in Biomedical Sciences  Jason DeBruyne, PhD
 Director, Master of Science in Clinical Research  Alexander Quarshie, MBChB, MSc
 Director, Master of Science in Biomedical Research  Kareen Russell Randall, PhD
 Director, Master of Science in Biotechnology  Hemant Kumar Bid, PhD
 Director, Master of Science in Health Informatics  Sabine Simmons, EdD
 Director, Master of Science in Neuroscience  Morris Benveniste, PhD
 Director of Clinical Strategy & Transformation in Nursing  Lauren Nunally, RN, MPH
 Director, Counseling Services  Shawn Garrison, PhD
 Director, Student Health and Wellness  Kitty Carter-Wicker, MD
 Director, Office of Student Learning and Educational Resources (OSLER)  Victoria David, PhD
 Director, M. Delmar Edwards Library  Joe Swanson, Jr., MSLS
 Director, Student Fiscal Affairs  Chandra Flowers
 Registrar and Director of Student Information Systems  LaShander McQueen, EdD
 Director, Admissions  Shawntel Jordon, PhD
 Director, Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness and Chief of Police  Joseph R. Chevalier, Jr.
 Executive Vice President of Operations and Business Affairs  Michelle McGuire
 Senior Vice President, Research  Rick Kittles, PhD
 Senior Vice President General Counsel and Corporate Secretary  Jamie Allen, JD, LLM
 Vice President, Strategy and Institutional Effectiveness  Taya Jackson Scott, EdD
 Associate Vice-President of Institutional Effectiveness, Director of Educational Outcomes and Assessment  Mark Howse, PhD
 Senior Associate Dean, Research Development  Sheila McClure, PhD
 Director of the Satcher Health Leadership Institute and Associate Lead for Government Relations (Interim)  Sandra Harris-Hooker, PhD
 Chief Administrative Officer and Chief of Staff  Creshema Murray, PhD
 Chief Innovation Officer  Taya Jackson Scott, EdD
 Chief People Officer  Cindy Lubitz
 Chief Compliance Officer  Alecia Bell, JD, MPH
 Chief Information Officer & Director of Infrastructure Services  Fred Sudler