Aug 31, 2025  
2025-2026 Academic Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Academic Catalog

BVI Administration and Staff


Governance

Board of Advisors of PHSU-SOM-BVI

Voting Members

Dr Jaime Maestra, VP Operations, Mayaguez Medical Center, Mayaguez, PR

Dr Edgardo Rodriguez Monge, Oncologist, Advanced Hematology and Oncology Group, Caguas, PR

Dr Ronald Georges, Chief Medical Officer, BVI Ministry of Health, Road Town, BVI

Dr Craig Stout, Chair of Medical Council, BVI Ministry of Health, Road Town BVI

Ms Marta Rivera Plaza, CEO of Sistema San Juan Capestra, Puerto Rico

 

Ex Officio Nonvoting Members

Dra Olga Rodriquez de Arzola, MD, FACCP. VP for Medical Affairs, Ponce PR

Dr. E Anne Peterson, MD, MPH, Founding Dean PHSU-SOM, BVI

Dr J Daniel Perez, VP Operations BVI

Dr Donna Viens, MBA, CPA, Vice President of Regulatory Compliance and Program Innovation (International)


 

Administration

 

Principal Administrators - SOM-BVI

Ponce Health Sciences University President ………………………………………………Gino Nataliccio, Ph.D.

Vice President for Operations…………………………………………………..J. Daniel Pérez MD, MBA, MSc

Chief Financial Officer ………………………………………………………………………………………….. Paul Tychsen

Founding Dean, Medicine ………………………………………………………………… E Anne Petersen MD, MPH

Associate Dean, Academic Affairs …………………………………………………………………Under Recruitment

Associate Dean, Enrollment Management & Student Services ………………………Under Recruitment

Director, Accreditation and Quality ………………………………………………………………Under Recruitment

 

Centralized Support Administrators

Vice President of Academic Affairs ………………………………………………Elizabeth Rivera-Mateo, Ed.D.

Vice President of Student Affairs …………………………………………… Elisandra Rodríguez-Moreno, MS

Vice President for Medical Affairs……………………………………………….. Olga Rodriguez de Arzola, MD

Vice President of Research and President of Ponce Research Institute ……. Kenira Thompson, PhD

Vice President for Marketing and Enrollment ……………………………………Emsley Vázquez-Colón, MS

Vice President of Campus Expansion and Facilities ……………………………. Carlos Solís Ramírez, MEM

Controller …………………………………………………………………………………………… Carlos A. Ramírez, MBA

Chief Compliance Officer …………………………………………………………………………..Waleska Murphy, JD

Registrar …………………………………………………………………………………………………..Ivette Oliveras, MBA

Director, Educational Technology & Online Division ………………………………………. Carlos Sellas, PsyD

Accreditation Liaison Officer …………………………………………………………………………. Donna Viens, PhD

Associate Dean for Medical Education …………………………………………………….. Georgina Aguirre, MD

Associate Dean for Faculty and Clinical Affairs ……………………………………….. Norma Arciniegas, MD

Associate Dean for Student Affairs & Career Development …………………………. Orlando Torres, MD

 

Departments

Basic Science chair Dr Raghendra Tey,

Basic Sciences Coordinators

Anatomy………………………………………………………………………………. Dr Chendra Purushothama

Biochemistry……………………………………………………………………………………Dr Sabrina Wheatley

Microbiology …………………………………………………………………………………. Dr E Anne Peterson

Histology………. ………………………………………………………………………Dr Chendra Purushothama

Pathology ……………………………………………………………………………………….. Dr Raghvendra Tey

Physiology…………………………………………………………………………………….. Dr Pallavi Haldankar

Pharmacology/Toxicology …………………………………………………………….. Dr Sabrina Wheatley

Adjunct faculty (17) …………………………………………………………………………. St. Louis-PHSU, NextGenU

Clinical Sciences Directors

Emergency Medicine ………………………………………………………………………………………………TBA

Family and Community Medicine …………………………………………………………………………….TBA

Internal Medicine……………………………………………………………………………………………………TBA

Obstetrics-Gynecology ……………………………………………………………………………………………TBA

Pediatrics ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….TBA

Psychiatry ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………TBA

Surgery …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..TBA

 

Inter Departmental Programs/Divisions Coordinators

Medical Ethics ………………………………………………………………………E Anne Peterson, MD, MPH

Introduction to Clinical Skills……………………………………………………………………………………TBA

Fundamental Pathophysiology for Clinical Medicine ………………………………………………..TBA

Clinical Correlation- Problem-Based Learning …………………………………… Dr Raghvendra Tey

Standardized Patients Division ………………………………………………………………………………..TBA

Community and Geriatric Division……………………………………………………………………………TBA