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, DFAAPA, PA-C

Professor & Program Director, 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, Director of Didactic Education, Physician Assistant Studies

Sophia Garrison, MSPAS, PA-C

Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant Studies

Tony Schnuerer, PA-C

Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant Studies

Matthew Suda, PhD

Data Manager & Assessment Specialist, Academic Affairs

Clinical Faculty

Robert Booth, MSPA, EMPA-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

Assistant Professor Clinical Education Faculty, Physician Assistant Studies

Amber Hall, MPAS, PA-C

Director of Clinical Education, 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
• Christopher Church, PhD., HEC-C, Instructional Faculty
  The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, The University of Georgia
• 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