PA Program Faculty & Staff

Contact the CBU PA Program

Email: pas@cbu.edu
Phone: (901) 321-3388
Mailing Address: Physician Assistant Studies, Christian Brothers University • 650 East Parkway South • Memphis, TN 38104 

Click on each name for contact information and educational/biographical info.

Dr. Gary B. Tooley, DHSc, PA-C Emeritus, DFAAPA

Professor & Didactic Faculty, Physician Assistant Studies

John Easley, M.Ed.

Admissions Coordinator, Physician Assistant Studies

Dr. Cherese W. Tooley, MD

Medical Director, Associate Professor, Physician Assistant Studies

Matthew Suda, PhD

Data Manager & Assessment Specialist, Academic Affairs

Karen Chaffin

Program Administrative Coordinator, Physician Assistant Studies

Didactic Faculty

Todd Smith, MSPAS, PA-C

Associate Professor, Program Director, Physician Assistant Studies

Sophia Garrison, MSPAS, PA-C

Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant Studies

Tony Schnuerer, PA-C

Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant Studies

 

Kristen Hughes, MSM, PA-C

Assistant Professor – Didactic Education, Physician Assistant Studies

 

Ashley Gross, MSPAS, PA-C

Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant Studies

Clinical Faculty

Robert Booth, DMS, PA-C

Assistant Professor, Clinical Faculty, Physician Assistant Studies

Holly Keating, MS

Clinical Administrative Coordinator, Physician Assistant Studies

Claire Ellender, PA-C

Assistant Professor, Clinical Faculty, Physician Assistant Studies

Amy Harkness, PA-C, RDMS, RVT

Director of Clinical Education and Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant Studies

Instructional Faculty

• Maria Zhorne, PharmD, BCCCP, Instructional Faculty
  Drake University
• Allison Brunson, PharmD, Instructional Faculty
  University of Arkansas Medical School, University of Arkansas at Monticello
• Whitney Gatewood, MSPAS, PA-C, Instructional Faculty
  Christian Brothers University, Arkansas State University
• Tessa Denzin, PA-C, Instructional Faculty
  Harding University
• William Cushman, MD, FACP, FAHA, FASH, Instructional Faculty
  University of Mississippi, University of Mississippi School of Medicine
• Sarah Ford, MSPAS, PA-C, Instructional Faculty
  Central Michigan University
• Thomas Cooper, DNP, APRN, ACNP-BC, FNP-C, Instructional Faculty
  University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center, Union University
• Michaela Perkins, BSN, RN, MSN, AGPCNP, Instructional Faculty
  University of Mississippi Medical Center, University of South Alabama
• Erin Chalmers, DMSc, MSPAS, PA-C, Instructional Faculty
  University of Lynchburg, University of Kentucky, Bellarmine University
• Emily Lennon, MSPAS, PA-C, Instructional Faculty
  Christian Brothers University, University of Maryland