Back row left to right: Brian Paquette, Krystyna Cukrowski, Ana Martinez-Tuma, Joan Seawell, DeLonzo Rhodes Seated left to right: Joy Bailey, Dr. Lisa Mellman, Hazel Bonello Not pictured: Jessica Ash Senior

Associate Dean: Lisa A. Mellman, M.D.
Email: lam3@columbia.edu

Assistant Dean: Brian C. Paquette
Email: bp29@columbia.edu

Location: P&S 3-401
Phone: (212) 305-3806

Concerned with all aspects of students’ progress, academic and non-academic, throughout their four years at P&S, including:

• Academic accomplishments and/or problems
• Student counseling, personal/professional
• Liaison with U.S. Medical Licensing Examinations
• Planning student programs and schedules - Years 1 through 4
• Serves on committees dealing with student-related concerns such as housing, security, minorities, curriculum, academic programs, liability insurance, student services
• Advising students on career decisions and postgraduate education
• Preparing Dean’s letters for postgraduate education
• Coordinating fourth year exchange programs with Universities in Armenia, Australia, Chile, China, France, Germany, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, Lebanon, Romania, Sweden, United Kingdom and Venezuela.
• Supervising programmatic development for five new Advisory Deans
• Implementing on-line schedules and grading for clinical years
• Overseeing logistics for students during clinical rotation at Stamford Hospital
• Ensuring compliance by students for HIPAA and evidence based medicine
• Organizing key student programs, including
• Orientation
• White Coat Ceremony
• Faculty Advisor System
• Student Advisory Tutoring Program
• Women in Medicine Seminars
• AOA
• Residency Honors Day Awards
• Third Year Transition Ceremony
• Class Day
• Graduation
• Producing AAMC Enrollment data, LCME surveys and confirming education for state licensure
• Tracking of students on leave/in dual degree programs
• Conducting evaluations of residency programs by P&S graduates
• Coordinating the "Match" process for fourth year students
• Liaison with National Residency Matching Program, American Medical Association, ^Association of American Medical Colleges, Medical Society of the State of New York
• Resource center for information on:
• Electives at U.S. medical schools
• Overseas electives
• Residency program brochures

Special Events

Program Coordinator: Krystyna Cukrowski
Email: kc17@columbia.edu
Phone:  (212) 305-4028

• Coordinates special events such as Orientation, Dean’s Day for Medical Student Research, Class Day and Graduation
• Provides administrative support for National Institutes of Health student research fellowships: Dean’s Summer Research Fellowships and fourth year research electives.
• Serves as resource center for awards, competitions, fellowships
• Coordinates Women in Medicine group
• Prepares special reports
• Staffs Faculty committees