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

Director, Associate Professor, Physician Assistant Studies

Amanda L. Kirwan

Admissions Coordinator, Physician Assistant Studies

 

Dr. Cherese W. Tooley, MD

Medical Director, Associate Professor, Physician Assistant Studies

Karen Chaffin

Administrative Assistant, Physician Assistant Studies

Didactic Faculty

Sophia Garrison, MSPAS, PA-C

Assistant Professor – Didactic Education, Physician Assistant Studies

Mallory Tatum, MSPAS, PA-C

Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant Studies

Tony Schnuerer, PA-C

Assistant Professor, Physician Assistant Studies

Dr. Sandra L. Thompson-Jaeger

Professor, Biology, 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

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
• Elizabeth Schriner, MBA, MSPAS, PA-C, Instructional Faculty
  Christian Brothers University, Belmont University