NAU Physician Assistant Studies

Alison Essary, PA-C, MHPE, DHSc
Professor and Chair, Department of PA Studies, Director of the PA Program
Alison.Essary@nau.edu

Greg Mayer, MD
Medical Director – Didactic Year
Gregory.K.Mayer@asu.edu

Jonathan Cartsonis, MD
Medical Director – Clinical Year
jcartsonis@arizona.edu

Richard Dehn, MPA, PA-C
Founding Chair and Director, Professor, College of Health and Human Services, Department of
Physician Assistant Studies and Professor of Practice, Department of Biomedical Informatics,
University of Arizona College of Medicine – Phoenix
Richard.Dehn@nau.edu

Kirsten Bonnin, PA-C, MPAS, DMSc
Clinical Professor
Kirsten.Bonnin@nau.edu

Mary Lou Brubaker, PharmD, PA-C, FASHP
Associate Clinical Professor
Mary.Brubaker@nau.edu

Tiffany Cooke, MSHS, PA-C, RD
Assistant Clinical Professor
tiffany.cooke@nau.edu

Bettie Coplan, PhD
Associate Professor
Director of the Rural Health Professions Program
bettie.coplan@nau.edu

Nicole Ferschke, MMS, MBS, PA-C
Assistant Clinical Professor and Clinical Coordinator
AHEC Scholars Faculty Mentor
nicole.ferschke@nau.edu

Nicholas Goodman, MPAS, PA-C
Assistant Clinical Professor
Nicholas.Goodman@nau.edu

Jacob E. Gubler, MMS, PA-C
Assistant Clinical Professor and Director of Clinical Education
WAHEC Faculty Mentor
jacob.gubler@nau.edu

Joseph Harrison, MSPAS, PA-C
Assistant Clinical Professor and Clinical Coordinator
joseph.harrison@nau.edu

Ian McLeod, MS, MEd, PA-C, ATC
Associate Clinical Professor and Director of Didactic Education
ian.mcleod@nau.edu

Roderick Hooker
Associate Professor

Zac Baker, M.Ed (he, him)
Academic Success Coordinator
zachary.baker@nau.edu
602-827-2669

Katherine Look
Program Operations Manager
Kay.Look@nau.edu
or paprog@nau.edu

Molly Minko
Administrative Services Assistant
Molly.Minko@nau.edu