Faculty & Staff

Our faculty and staff take great pride in the physician assistant profession, value the art of medicine, the importance of PA education, and represent some of the best qualified physician assistants in the community. And you can see it in their commitment to our students, and to providing cutting edge didactic and clinical training. Contact the administration office to help you through the admissions process, direct you through financial aid and help in any way they can.

Paula Boyle, MS, PA-C

Director, Physician Assistant ManhattanAssistant Professor, Physician Assistant Manhattan

Danielle Varney, MS, PA-C

Associate Program Director, Physician Assistant ManhattanAssistant Professor, Physician Assistant Manhattan

Zachary Gerut, MD

Medical Director, Physician Assistant Manhattan

Victor Politi, MD, MBA, FACP, FACEP

Medical Director, Physician Assistant ManhattanMedical Director, Physician Assistant Middletown

Joseph F. Faiella-Tommasino, PhD, PA-C

Vice President of PA Program Development and OperationsChairman of Physician Assistant Programs Northeast Division

Mary Flanagan-Kundle, DPA, PA-C

Co-Chair, Physician Assistant ProgramsChair of Assessment and Remediation, Physician Assistant Long IslandAssociate Professor, Physician Assistant Programs

James Van Rhee, DMSc, PA-C, DFAAPA

Director of Remediation and Assessment, Physician Assistant ProgramsAssociate Professor, Physician Assistant Programs

Daniel Boyle, PhD

Director Behavioral Health Track, Physician Assistant ManhattanAssociate Professor, Physician Assistant Programs

Steven Jacobs, MS, PA-C

Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant ManhattanClinical Coordinator , Physician Assistant Manhattan

Erin Armellino , MS, PA-C

Instructional Faculty, Physician Assistant Manhattan

Tyler Carle, MS, PA-C

Academic Coordinator, Physician Assistant ManhattanAssistant Professor, Physician Assistant Manhattan

Mazal Magad, MS, PA-C

Instructional Faculty, Physician Assistant Programs

Gregory Bednar, MS, PA-C

Instructional Faculty, Physician Assistant ManhattanAcademic Coordinator, Physician Assistant Programs

Suzan Bignami, DHSc, PA-C

Clinical Coordinator, Physician Assistant ProgramsAssistant Professor, Physician Assistant Programs

Samantha Hellerman, MS, PA-C

Instructional Faculty, Physician Assistant Manhattan

Jehona Marku-Podvorica, DMSc, MS, PA-C

Academic Faculty, Physician Assistant ManhattanFaculty Instructor, Physician Assistant Programs