Office of Academic Affairs at Boonshoft School of Medicine, Wright State University, Dayton, Ohio

The Office of Academic Affairs is responsible for managing the four-year curriculum for medical students, including:

working with faculty to design and deliver courses and clerkship experiences, including production of “Class Notes,” examinations, small-group and team-based learning activities, and student evaluation of faculty and courses/clerkships,
coordinating and providing faculty development activities so that faculty can continue to enhance their teaching skills,
providing faculty with up-to-date technological support for their teaching activities,
collaborating with faculty to introduce innovations in their teaching approaches and assisting with data collection to evaluate outcomes of innovations in teaching and the curriculum,
supporting the staffing and programs of the Skills Assessment & Training Center so that students have ever-challenging opportunities to improve their interviewing, diagnostic, and procedural skills,
working closely with the Faculty Curriculum Committee (FCC) and its three subcommittees to ensure that the content, format, and evaluation methods of the curriculum meet the standards for accreditation of the Liaison Committee on Medical Education (LCME) of the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC).

Dean X. Parmelee, M.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
(937) 775-2161
dean.parmelee@wright.edu

Erin Ash
Student Worker
(937) 775-2161
ash.8@wright.edu

Nicole Borges, Ph.D.
Director of Medical Education Research
(937) 775-3196
nicole.borges@wright.edu

Lynn Compton, A.A.S.
Administrative Specialist
(937) 775-2161
lynn.compton@wright.edu

Valencia Merrill
Data Collections Specialist
(937) 775-3389
valencia.merrill@wright.edu

Patricia Hudes, M.S.I.T.
Faculty Development Coordinator
(937) 775-2643
patricia.hudes@wright.edu

Robert Koerker, Ph.D.
Year II Curriculum Coordinator
(937) 775-3820
robert.koerker@wright.edu

Ruth Paterson, B.A.
Administrative Coordinator
(937) 775-2675
ruth.paterson@wright.edu

Sandy Trimboli
Administrative Specialist
(937) 775-3995
sandra.trimboli@wright.edu