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 AffairsInterim Dean, College of Education & Health Sciences
Farid G. Khalafalla, PhD
Associate Dean and Chief Academic Integrity Officer, College of Education & 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
Assistant Professor, PA (Los Angeles)
Mary Flanagan-Kundle, DPA, PA-C
Co-Chair, Physician Assistant ProgramsChair of Assessment and Remediation, Physician Assistant Long IslandAssociate Professor, Physician Assistant Programs
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
Assistant Professor, PA (Los Angeles)
Charity Ramsey Irizarry, DPA, MCMSc, PA-C
Assistant Professor, PA (Los Angeles)
Laura Record, DPA, PA-C
Assistant Professor, PA (Los Angeles)
James Van Rhee, DMSC, PA-C
Chair of Assessment and Remediation, PA (Los Angeles)