Basic Biomedical Sciences Faculty and Staff | USD

Name	Department & Office	Contact
William Mayhan Dean, Basic Biomedical Science	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 202E	(605) 658-6400 William.Mayhan@usd.edu
Steve Waller Associate Dean, Basic Sciences	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 202C	(605) 658-6323 Steve.Waller@usd.edu

Cancer Biology

Name	Department & Office	Contact
Kristi Egland Associate Professor	Obstetrics/Gynecology	(605) 357-1520 Kristi.Egland@usd.edu
Keith Miskimins Professor	Obstetrics/Gynecology	(605) 357-1520 Keith.Miskimins@usd.edu
Khosrow Rezvani Associate Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 345	(605) 658-6383 Khosrow.Rezvani@usd.edu
William Spanos Associate Professor	Surgery	(605) 357-1370 William.Spanos@usd.edu
Jianning Tao Assistant Professor	Pediatrics	(605) 357-1508 Jianning.Tao@usd.edu

Cardiovascular

Name	Department & Office	Contact
Yi-Fan Li Associate Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 145	(605) 658-6319 Yifan.Li@usd.edu
Douglas Martin Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 139	(605) 658-6318 Doug.Martin@usd.edu
Lisa McFadden Assistant Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 252	(605) 658-6346 Lisa.McFadden@usd.edu
Nirmal Parajuli Research Assistant Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 257	(605) 658-6347 Nirmal.Parajuli@usd.edu
Scott Pattison Assistant Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 349	(605) 658-6385 Scott.Pattison@usd.edu
Xuejun Wang Director MD/PhD Program	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 251	(605) 658-6345 Xuejun.Wang@usd.edu

Microbiology

Name	Department & Office	Contact
Daniel Bird Assistant Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 206	(605) 658-6325 Daniel.Bird@usd.edu
Michael Chaussee Associate Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 339	(605) 658-6380 Michael.Chaussee@usd.edu
Victor Huber Associate Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 367	(605) 658-6390 Victor.Huber@usd.edu
Jose Pietri Assistant Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 368	(605) 658-6391 Jose.Pietri@usd.edu
Keith Weaver Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 340	(605) 658-6381 Keith.Weaver@usd.edu

Neuroscience

Name	Department & Office	Contact
Lee Baugh Associate Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 258	(605) 658-6348 Lee.Baugh@usd.edu
Brian Burrell Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 266	(605) 658-6352 Brian.Burrell@usd.edu
Xuesheng Feng Clinical Associate Professor	Neurosciences	(605) 357-1331 Xuesheng.Feng@usd.edu
Emily Griese Assistant Professor	Pediatrics	(605) 357-1508 Emily.Griese@usd.edu
Joyce Keifer Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 274	(605) 658-6355 Joyce.Keifer@usd.edu
Pasquale Manzerra Assistant Dean, Medical Student Affairs	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 246	(605) 658-6344 Pat.Manzerra@usd.edu
Lisa McFadden Assistant Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 252	(605) 658-6346 Lisa.McFadden@usd.edu
Robert Morecraft Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 245	(605) 658-6343 Robert.Morecraft@usd.edu
Patrick Ronan Associate Professor	Psychiatry	(605) 322-5735 Patrick.Ronan@usd.edu
Samuel Sathyanesan Associate Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 130	(605) 658-6313 Samuel.Sathyanesan@usd.edu
Timothy Soundy Chair, Psychiatry	PSYCHIATRY SFMCKENN	(605) 322-5740 Timothy.Soundy@usd.edu
Steve Waller Associate Dean, Basic Sciences	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 202C	(605) 658-6323 Steve.Waller@usd.edu
Hongmin Wang Associate Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 344	(605) 658-6382 Hongmin.Wang@usd.edu
Jill Weimer Associate Professor	Pediatrics	(605) 357-1508 Jill.Weimer@usd.edu
Hong Zheng Assistant Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 132	(605) 658-6397 Hong.Zheng@usd.edu

Physiology

Name	Department & Office	Contact
Michelle Baack Associate Professor	Pediatrics	(605) 357-1508 Michelle.Baack@usd.edu
John Brannian Professor	Obstetrics/Gynecology	(605) 357-1520 John.Brannian@usd.edu
Jessica Freeling Physiology Core Facility Manager	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 124	(605) 658-6310 Jessica.Freeling@usd.edu
Keith Hansen Chair, OB/GYN	OBSTETRICS/GYNECOLOGY SFSXVAL	(605) 357-1520 Keith.Hansen@usd.edu
Curtis Kost Associate Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 138	(605) 658-6317 Curt.Kost@usd.edu
Yi-Fan Li Associate Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 145	(605) 658-6319 Yifan.Li@usd.edu
Douglas Martin Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 139	(605) 658-6318 Doug.Martin@usd.edu
William Mayhan Dean, Basic Biomedical Science	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 202E	(605) 658-6400 William.Mayhan@usd.edu
Scott Pattison Assistant Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 349	(605) 658-6385 Scott.Pattison@usd.edu
Xuejun Wang Director MD/PhD Program	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 251	(605) 658-6345 Xuejun.Wang@usd.edu
Hong Zheng Assistant Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 132	(605) 658-6397 Hong.Zheng@usd.edu

General Research

Name	Department & Office	Contact
Indra Chandrasekar Assistant Professor	Pediatrics	(605) 357-1508 Indra.Chandrasekar@usd.edu
Gareth Davies Professor	Psychiatry	(605) 322-5735 Gareth.Davies@usd.edu
Pilar DeLaPuente Assistant Professor	Surgery	(605) 357-1370 Pilar.DeLaPuente@usd.edu
Erik Ehli Associate Professor	Psychiatry	(605) 322-5735 Erik.A.Ehli@usd.edu
Randy Faustino Assistant Professor	Pediatrics	(605) 357-1508 Randy.Faustino@usd.edu
Kevin Francis Assistant Professor	Pediatrics	(605) 357-1508 Kevin.Francis@usd.edu
Barb Goodman Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 224	(605) 658-6337 Barb.Goodman@usd.edu
Kurt Griffin Associate Professor	Pediatrics	(605) 357-1508 Kurt.Griffin@usd.edu
Michael Kareta Assistant Professor	Pediatrics	(605) 357-1508 Michael.Kareta@usd.edu
Lance Lee Associate Professor	Pediatrics	(605) 357-1508 Lance.Lee@usd.edu
Sam Milanovich Assistant Professor	Pediatrics	(605) 357-1508 Sam.Milanovich@usd.edu
David Pearce Professor	Pediatrics	(605) 357-1508 David.Pearce@usd.edu
Steven Powell Associate Professor	Internal Medicine	(605) 357-1340 Steven.Powell@usd.edu
Kyle Roux Associate Professor	Pediatrics	(605) 357-1508 Kyle.Roux@usd.edu
Alexei Savinov Associate Professor	Pediatrics	(605) 357-1508 Alexei.Savinov@usd.edu
Kameswaran Surendran Associate Professor	Pediatrics	(605) 357-1508 Kameswaran.Surendran@usd.edu
Paola Vermeer Assistant Professor	Surgery	(605) 357-1370 Paola.Vermeer@usd.edu
Peter Vitiello Associate Professor	Pediatrics	(605) 357-1508 Peter.Vitiello@usd.edu

Educational Faculty

Name	Department & Office	Contact
Denise Arrick Instructor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 223	(605) 658-6400 Denise.Arrick@usd.edu
Edward Bagu Assistant Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 207	(605) 658-6331 Edward.Bagu@usd.edu
Stephen Bambas Instructor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES SFCE 231	(605) 274-9556 Stephen.Bambas@usd.edu
Bruce Cuevas Assistant Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 214	(605) 658-6330 Bruce.Cuevas@usd.edu
Scott Druecker Assistant Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 209	(605) 658-6327 Scott.Druecker@usd.edu
Jane Gavin Assistant Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES	Jane.Gavin@usd.edu
Gerald McGraw Assistant Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 202	Gerald.McGraw@usd.edu
Angela Schladoer Assistant Professor	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 222	(605) 658-6305 Angela.Schladoer@usd.edu
Zhaoqing Zheng Assistant Professor, Research	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 272	(605) 677-3144 Zhaoqing.Zheng@usd.edu

BBS Staff

Name	Department & Office	Contact
Pam Bernard Accounting Assistant	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 114	(605) 658-6309 Pam.Bernard@usd.edu
Sara Bird Program Assistant I	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 202B	(605) 677-5555 Sara.Bird@usd.edu
Luci Drapeau BRIN Tribal College Coordinator	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 233	(605) 658-6338 Luci.Drapeau@usd.edu
Donis Drappeau Crd, Diversity & Pipeline Prog	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Native American Center 104	(605) 202-1335 Donis.D.Drappeau@usd.edu
Shasta Hans BBS Senior Secretary	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 202	(605) 658-6400 Shasta.Hans@usd.edu
Andrea Jahn BBS Management Analyst	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 202D	(605) 658-6324 Andrea.Jahn@usd.edu
Damon LeaderCharge Assistant Program Cord NAHSP	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 233	(605) 658-6400 Damon.LeaderCharge@usd.edu
Mike Olson Fabrication Technician	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 116A	(605) 658-6400 Mike.Olson@usd.edu
Wendy Pederson Graduate & Education Coordinator	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 202A	(605) 658-6322 Wendy.Pederson@usd.edu
Diane Penfield BBS Financial Assistant	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 114	(605) 658-6389 Diane.Penfield@usd.edu
Melinda Robinson Program Assistant II	SANFORD/USD RESEARCH Lee Medicine & Science Hall 233	(605) 658-6314 Melinda.Robinson@usd.edu
Jackie Rubida BBS Human Resources Assistant	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 201	(605) 658-6308 Jackie.Rubida@usd.edu
Isaac Yellowbank Program Assistant I	ARTS & SCIENCES Akeley-Lawrence Science Center	(605) 677-5649 Isaac.Yellowbank@usd.edu
Rose Zediker Program Assistant I	BASIC BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES Lee Medicine & Science Hall 233	(605) 658-6339 Rose.Zediker@usd.edu