Faculty & Staff
Faculty
Alexandria Garino, PhD, PA-C
Assistant Professor in the Physician Associate Program, Department of Medicine
Program Director
Alexandria (Xandi) Garino joined the Yale Physician Associate Program in 2006 and serves as the program’s director. Committed to the education of competent and compassionate PA leaders, Xandi leads program innovation, curriculum development, student assessment, and program evaluation. She has 20+ years of administrative and faculty experience in higher education and has served as a national leader for faculty development workshops designed to transition clinicians into new roles as educators. ...
David Brissette, PA-C, MMSc
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
Charlene Justin, MMSc, PA-C
Instructor in the Physician Associate Program, Department of Medicine
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, MMSc, PA-C, BS
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...
Jonathan Weber, MA, PA-C
Assistant Professor in the Physician Associate Program, Department of Medicine
Jonathan has practiced internal medicine in the Yale New Haven Health and Yale University health systems for the last 20 years. He currently practices at the Yale Diabetes Center at Yale Medicine, the clinical practice of the Yale School of Medicine. He works primarily with patients on diabetes management with a special focus on diabetes technologies. Previously, he has practiced as a hospitalist, primary care, urgent care and athletic medicine clinician. Throughout his medical career,...
Staff
Wynne Bottomley, BA
Senior Administrative Assistant Yale School of Medicine PA Program
Didactic Curriculum Coordinator, Physician Associate (PA) Program
- Email wynne.bottomley@yale.edu
Meridith Cayer, MS
Physician Associate Student Services Officer 4
Associate Director of Admissions and Registrar, Physician Associate (PA) Program
- Email meridith.cayer@yale.edu
Robin Duncan-Smith
Clinical Curriculum Coordinator
Senior Administrative Assistant, Physician Associate (PA) Program
