Faculty and Staff
George S. Bottomley
Program Director, Associate Professor, Physician Assistant Program
Hersey Hall 312
Phone: 207-221-4527
Fax: 207-221-4711
Email: gbottomley@une.edu
Expertise
Family Medicine, Geriatric Medicine, Health Care for the Homeless, Comparative Pathology,Problem Based Learning, Curriculum Design, Assessment
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Pathogenesis of Atherosclerosis, Gravitational Biology, Clinical neurology, Institutional Assessment, InterProfessional Education
Thomas White
Associate Professor, Academic Coordinator
Hersey Hall
Phone: 207-221-4524
Email: twhite4@une.edu
Expertise
Physician Assistant educational curriculum, outcome based education, primary care medicine, geriatrics, health system development/management, educational methodologies
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Outcomes based education, approaches to primary care geriatrics education, medical-legal issues involving Physician Assistants
Karen Marlin
Clinical Coordinator and Associate Clinical Professor
Hersey Hall 308
Phone: 207-221-4408
Fax: 207-221-4711
Email: kmarlin@une.edu
Expertise
Rural Family Medicine,Geriatric Medicine, Problem Based Learning and curriculum design.
David Alan Loxterkamp
Medical Director, Physician Assistant Program
750 Stevens Avenue
Phone: 207-939-1546
Email: dr.loxterkamp@myfairpoint.net
Expertise
Addition medicine
Group visits
Medical humanities
Practice transformation
Kirsten Thomsen
Clinical Coordinator and Clinical Assistant Professor
Hersey Hall 315
Phone: 207-221-4530
Email: kthomsen@une.edu
Diane Visich
Clinical Coordinator and Assistant Clinical Professor
Hersey Hall 323
Phone: 207-221-4266
Fax: 207-221-4711
Email: dvisich@une.edu
Emily WhiteHorse
Faculty, Associate Professor
Hersey Hall 308
Phone: 207-221-4552
Email: ewhitehorse@une.edu
Expertise
Education: Curriculum design, instruction and assessment, teaching and learning theories and practice, adult education models and methods, pedagogy, ethics, communication and integrative medicine
Clinical: Orthopedic and general surgery, occupational medicine, emergency medicine, clinical skills
Joe Wolfberg
Site Co-Ord, HP/Dp co teacher
Hersey Hall 304
Phone: 4465
Email: jwolfberg@une.edu
Expertise
With a background in Business Adm and Psychology, Joe has focused his past 27 years in Gerontology, concentrating on Community, Spirituality, Healing and Complementary ideas about Aging Wisely.
Edward Bilsky
Associate Provost for Research and Scholarship; Professor of Pharmacology, Director of the Center for Excellence in the Neurosciences
Pickus Center 105
Stella Maris 304
Phone: 207-602-2707
Fax: 207-602-5905
Email: ebilsky@une.edu
Expertise
General pharmacology, neuroscience, opioid pharmacology, acute and chronic pain, addiction, neuropharmacology.
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Drug development for neurological disorders including pain and addiction; mechanisms of opioid receptor regulation in health and disease.
Frank J. Daly
Associate Professor
Alfond Center 232
Phone: 207-602-2415
Email: fdaly@une.edu
Expertise
vertebrate retina anatomy & physiology histology
immunocytochemistry
in situ hybridization
Research Interests/ Scholarship
In order to understand the circuitry in the retina, individual types of cells are studied in depth, developing an understanding of their anatomical structure, physiological function and biochemical characteristics. New cell identification and imaging techniques are being used to characterize the different sub-types of retinal ganglion cells. Immunocytochemistry and in situ hybridization will be used to determine unique intrinsic markers for the different subtypes of cells.
Jennifer Lee Morton
Assistant Professor, BSN Coordinator
Blewett Science Center 228
Phone: 207-221-4438
Email: jmorton@une.edu
Expertise
Community Health & Public Health, Research Utilization & Translation,
Clinical Areas-School Health, Neonatal ICU, International Health-specifically Sub-saharan Africa
James M. Norton
Professor of Physiology
Stella Maris 424
Phone: 207-602-2270
Fax: 207-602-5931
Email: jnorton@une.edu
Expertise
Cardiovascular and respiratory physiology and pathophysiology; evolutionary biology; evolutionary medicine.
Research Interests/ Scholarship
Erythrocyte development and deformability; the physiological basis for osteopathic manipulative procedures, including cranial osteopathy; reconstruction of the ventilatory apparatus of a predatory dinosaur; medical student beliefs in human origins.
Liz J. Cavallaro
Hersey Hall 311
Phone: 207-221-4528
Fax: 207-221-4711
Email: lcavallaro@une.edu
Sylvana Jean D'Alfonso
Hersey Hall 313
Phone: 4526
Fax: 207-221-4711
Email: sdalfonso@une.edu
Amy Grindell
Hersey Hall 311
Phone: 207-221-4529
Fax: 201-221-4711
Email: agrindell@une.edu
