Faculty & Staff
Faculty
Alexandria Garino, PhD, PA-C
Assistant Professor in the Physician Associate Program, Department of Medicine
Program Director
Alexandria (Xandi) Garino joined Yale in 2006 as academic coordinator and is currently the Director of the Yale Physician Associate Program. Committed to the education of competent and compassionate PA clinicians, Xandi directs the Behavioral and Preventive Medicine course. She teaches various topics in medicine, history taking, motivational interviewing, and physical exam skills. Her administrative responsibilities include curriculum development, student assessment, and program evaluation. She...
David Brissette, MMS, PA-C
Assistant Professor in the Physician Associate Program, Department of Medicine
Associate Program Director
Director of Admissions
Courtney Fankhanel, MMSc, PA-C
Assistant Professor in the Physician Associate Program, Department of Medicine
Rosana Gonzalez-Colaso, PharmD, MPH
Assistant Professor in the Physician Associate Program, Department of Medicine
Faculty Director, Workforce Development and Research, Equity Research and Innovation Center (ERIC)
Associate Director, Teamwork Curriculum, Interprofessional Longitudinal Clinical Experience
Mark Perazella, MD
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology)
Director, Acute Dialysis Unit
Medical Director, Yale Physician Associate Program
Medical Director, Yale PA Online Program
Rita Rienzo, PA-C, MSc
Assistant Professor in the Physician Associate Program, Department of Medicine
Elizabeth Roessler, MMSc, PA-C
Assistant Professor in the Physician Associate Program, Department of Medicine
With more than 20 years experience as a clinical PA, Liz joined the Yale Physician Associate Program as the Academic Coordinator in 2013. Her interests are improving access to health care in the medically underserved, a path that has led her to practice mainly in the primary care setting. She currently serves as the co-medical director of HAVEN, a free clinic supported and run by the student from the YSM, YSN and the Yale Physician Associate Program. She also volunteers as an attending at...
Staff
Alison Garb, MBA
Associate Director, PA Program
Associate Director of Operations, Yale Physician Associate Program
- Email alison.garb@yale.edu
Wynne Bottomley
Senior Administrative Assistant Yale School of Medicine PA Program
Curriculum Coordinator, Didactic
- Email wynne.bottomley@yale.edu
Robin Duncan-Smith
Clinical Curriculum Coordinator
Senior Administrative Assistant, Physician Associate (PA) Program
