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Deborah Hendricks, Ed.D., CFLE
Director, Pre-Health Advising Center, Mindfulness Coach
UH2160A
Shavron Kelley, M.A.
Program Coordinator, Pre-Health Advising Center
UH2160B
In-Office Campus Collaborators
Hillary Hoffman
Secretary 1
hillary.hoffman@utoledo.edu
Gena Collier
Career Consultant
angena.collier@utoledo.edu
Senior Advisory Board
Dr. Brian Ashburner
Interim Associate Vice Provost for Student Success
Associate Dean
College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics
brian.ashburner@utoledo.edu
Dr. Brent Cameron
Chair
Department of Bioengineering
brent.cameron@utoledo.edu
Dr. Hamoun Delaviz
Assistant Dean for Admissions
College of Medicine and Life Sciences
hamoun.delaviz@utoledo.edu
Dr. Kim Gratz
Chair
Department of Psychology
kim.gratz@utoledo.edu
Adam Hintz
Director, Student Services
Colleges of Art and Letters and Natural Sciences and Mathematics
adam.hintz2@utoledo.edu
Dr. Monica Holiday-Goodman
Associate Dean of Student Affairs and Diversity and Inclusion
College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
monica.holiday-goodman@utoledo.edu
Dr. John Laux
Associate Dean, Student Affairs
College of Health and Human Services
john.laux@utoledo.edu
Dr. Yvette Perry
Assistant Dean for Admissions and Strategic Enrollment
College of Medicine and Life Sciences
yvette.perry@utoledo.edu
PROfessional advisory board
Kimberly D. Jenkins, M.D.
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
Associate Dean of Diversity and Inclusion
Dr. Jenkins, Chair of Anesthesiology, serves on the senior leadership team of the College of Medicine and Life Sciences as Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion. She did her undergraduate work at the University of Michigan and obtained her M.D. degree at Wayne State University medical school in Detroit. She completed her residency in Anesthesiology at Wayne State University. In her diversity role, she has coordinated multiple programs to support underserved students and incoming medical students. Through her leadership, she has helped foster an academic environment within the College of Medicine and Life Sciences that is welcoming and respectful of all arenas of diversity, equity and inclusion and has developed diversity training and speakers’ series for students, residents and faculty throughout the Toledo community.
William J. Davis, D.D.S., M.S.
Professor and Chairman of the Department of Dentistry
Department of Dentistry
Dr. William J. Davis founded the General Practice Residency at MCO in Toledo in 1978 and has been fundamental in its success for the past 45 years. He also helped start the Pediatric Residency 15 years ago. Today, Dr. Davis serves as the Chairman of the Department of Dentistry, teaching topics including ethics and all things Prosthodontics, his specialty in private practice and education, to residents. You may recognize his work “A Philosophy of the Practice of Dentistry” which he co-authored with L.D. Pankey in 1987 and was recently re-published.
Steve Reece, D.V.M.
Medical Director
Anthony Wayne Animal Hospital
Dr. Steve Reece grew up on a farm west of Toledo. He received his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree from The Ohio State University in 1992 and co-owned a veterinary hospital in Perrysburg, OH shortly afterwards, then went on to a Chief of Staff position in Scottsdale, AZ. Longing to relocate back home, he purchased Anthony Wayne Animal Hospital in Maumee, OH where he and his wife ran the practice successfully until 2017 when he sold the hospital to a corporate entity. He is now the Medical Director of the practice.
Dr. Reece lives in Perrysburg and is an active cyclist, boater and jogger. He and his wife have 2 daughters, four grandchildren, and two rescue dogs.
Student Advisory Board
Tyler Schwartz
Board Chairman
President - University of Toledo Avengers Assemble (UTAA)
Holly Heck
Board Vice-Chairman
Secretary - University of Toledo Avengers Assemble (UTAA)
Lilli Cusick
Co-President - UToledo Association of Pre-Veterinary Students
Alyshia Grant
Co-President - UToledo Association of Pre-Veterinary Students
Abby Gladwell
President - American Medical Women’s Association (AMWA)
Megha Girn
President - HOSA Future Health Professionals
Rami Moussa
President - National Arab American Medical Association Next Generation Toledo (NAAMANextGen)
Pranati Kongara
President - Alpha Epsilon Delta (AED)
Michelle Cherian
President - Red Cross Club
Ihechiluru Chinyere Igwe
President – Minority Association of Pre-Med Students (MAPS)
Seham Abutaha
President - Pre-Dental Student Organization
Aastha Bhavsar
President and Founder – Spanish Médica
Faith Zhang
PHAC Lead Volunteer
Anam Dewani
Co-President – UT Cares
Zainab Rahman
Co-President – UT Cares
Atheer Amer
President – UT First Gen Pre-Med Student Association
Tatum Pullins
President – UT Pre-Physician Assistant Association (UTAAA)
Katie Porter
President – Period Medlife
Pre-Health Advising Rocket2Rocket Mentoring Program Student Leadership Team
Kylie Speiker
Chief Encouragement Officer
Peter Tsatalis
Program Coordinator
Will Zeller
Pre-Dental Liaison
Atheer Amer
Pre-Medical Liaison
Maddie Otto
Event Coordinator
Pre-Health Advising Rockets On Call Podcast Student Leadership Team
Kylie Speiker
Executive Producer
Dakota Cecil
Assistant Executive Producer and Public Relations Chair
Brian Jones
Talent
Eden Rosales
Talent
Sangeetha Pillai
Talent
Aditya Acharya
Alumni Lead and Past President/Exec Producer
Rita Kamoua
Alumni Lead and Past Co-President
Jennifer Kim
Medical Student Expert