Journal of Medical Education and Curricular Development

Deputy Editor in Chief

The deputy editor in chief provides support to the editor in chief on editorial decision-making, and is responsible for editorial-decisions when the editor in chief is unavailable or has declared a conflict of interest. 

Michael T. Piascik, PhD

Dr Michael T. Piascik is a Professor and Director of Educational Activities in the Department of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine. He graduated with a B.A. from Hiram College in 1973, completing his Ph.D. in Pharmacology in 1978. He then did 2 years of postdoctoral training in Myocardial Biology at the University of Cincinnati.  In 1991 he was a visiting scientist at the Department of Molecular Cardiology, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Ohio.  Dr. Piascik maintained an NIH funded research program investigating alpha1-adrenergic receptor subtypes for over 25 years before assuming full time educational activities in 2008.   He is currently a director or co-director for courses in Neurology and Cardiology in the College of Medicine as well as being a director of a course in Pharmacology in the College of Dentistry.  

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Editorial Board

The editorial board is the journal's primary source of peer reviewers and members occasionally provide assistance to the editor in chief.  The editor in chief welcomes applications from suitable candidates to join the editorial board.  Further information on the editorial board is available here.

Dr. Mohamed Ahmed
Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Dr. Anjali Bhandarkar
Division of General Internal Medicine, Rutgers-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Dr. Peter Dieter
Medical School Representative for International Relations, Professor of Biochemistry, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Medicine "Carl Gustav Carus", Dresden, Germany

Dr. Deborah Murdoch Eaton
Dean of Medical Education, The Medical School, University of Sheffield, UK

Dr. Jeff Falcone
Course Director, Medical Physiology, Course Director, Intro to Biomed Sci, Principle Academic Investigator, SMDEP, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Health Sciences Center, A-1115, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Dr. Kristi J. Ferguson
Professor of General Internal Medicine and Director, OCRME, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA

Dr. Matthew Gwee
Professorial Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, Chairman of International & Education Programs, Medical Education Unit, Dean's Office, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine and Associate Director, Centre for Development of Teaching and Learning, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Dr. Tracey Hiller
Associate Dean Curriculum, Undergraduate Medical Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, USA

Dr. Amy Holthauser
Assistant Dean for Medical Education, University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

Larry Hurtubise, MA
Faculty Development Education Technologist, Assistant Professor in Family Medicine, Ohio University Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, Athens, Ohio, USA

Dr. Edward Krupat
Director, Center for Evaluation, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Dr. Harold Lehmann
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

Dr. Aaron McGuffin
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, Marshall University Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Huntington, West Virginia, USA

Dr. Moira Maley
Associate Professor, Medical Education Technology, The Rural Clinical School of Western Australia (Albany), University of Western Australia, Albany, Western Australia, Australia

Dr. Veronica Michaelsen
Assistant Dean, Evaluation, George Washington University School of Medicine, Washington, D.C., USA

Dr. Kevin Moynahan
Deputy Dean for Education, Director, Societies Program, Professor of Medicine, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, Arizona, USA

Dr. Gamela Nasr
Faculty of Medicine, Suez Canal University, Ismailia, Egypt

Dr. Jørgen Elefsen Nystrup
Chief Medical Staff Officer Psychiatry, Zealand Region, Senior Advisor WFME, Roskilde, Denmark

Dr. Hirotaka Onishi
International Research Center for Medical Education, University of Tokyo, Japan

Dr. Linda Perkowski
Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs| College of Medicine Central Michigan University, Mt Pleasant, Michigan, USA

Dr. Ralph Pinnock
Associate Professor, School of Medicine and Dentistry, James Cook University, and Senior Staff Paediatrician, The Townsville Hospital, Douglas, Queensland, Australia

Dr. Janet Riddle
Director of Faculty Development for the Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Dr. Gary Rogers
Professor of Medical Education, Deputy Head of School (Learning & Teaching), School of Medicine and Program Lead in Inter-professional Learning, Griffith Health Institute for the Development of Education And Scholarship (Health IDEAS), Griffith University, Queensland, Australia

Dr. Norma Saks
Assistant Dean for Educational Programs & Director, Cognitive Skills Program, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA

Dr. Deborah Simpson
Medical Education Program Director, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA

Dr. Ali Tareq
Head of Medical Education Unit, Kerbala University, Iraq

Dr. Nu Viet Vu
Professor and Director, University of Geneva Faculty of Medicine, Unit of Development and Research in Medical Education (UDREM), Geneva, Switzerland

Dr. Jennifer Weller
Associate Professor, Head of Centre for Medical and Health Sciences Education, University of Auckland and Specialist Anaesthetist, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, NZ

Dr. Jonathan J. Wisco
Associate Professor, Brigham Young University, Department of Physiology and Developmental Biology, Neuroscience Center, Provo, Utah, USA; Adjuct Associate Professor, University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy, Salt Lake City, Utah USA