Faculty
Our LA Physician Assistant Program faculty are leaders in health and medicine and experts in the field.
Our professors offer support and guidance during your journey towards becoming a PA. Learn from their extensive experience and knowledge gained as physicians, PAs and other professionals in the medical field.
Steven Jacobson, EdD
Vice ProvostDean of Student Affairs
Farid G. Khalafalla, PhD
Associate Dean and Chief Academic Integrity Officer, College of Health Sciences
Joanne DePrisco, MS, PA-C
Program Director, PA (Los Angeles)Assistant Professor, PA (Los Angeles)
Lourdes G. Bahamonde, DO, MS
Medical Director, PA (Los Angeles)
Matthew E. Bahamonde, MS, PhD
Associate Program Director, PA (Los Angeles)Assistant Professor, PA (Los Angeles)
Mary Flanagan-Kundle, DPA, PA-C
Co-Chair, Physician Assistant ManhattanChair of Assessment and Remediation, Physician Assistant ManhattanAssociate Professor, Physician Assistant Manhattan
Joseph Daleo, DPA, PA-C
Director of Clinical Operations, Physician Assistant ProgramsAssistant Professor, Physician Assistant Middletown
Joseph F. Faiella-Tommasino, PhD, PA-C
Vice President of PA Program Development and OperationsChairman of Physician Assistant Programs Northeast Division
Laura Juarez, DPA, PA-C, MPH
Academic Coordinator, PA (Los Angeles)Assistant Professor, PA (Los Angeles)
Laura Record, DPA, PA-C
Clinical Coordinator, PA (Los Angeles)Assistant Professor