2026-27 Branch Officers and Committee Chairpersons

President: Kyle Rodino, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
4th Floor Gates Building
3400 Spruce Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Phone: (215) 662-6651
Email: Kyle.Rodino@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

President-Elect: Jason E. Heindl, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Biology and Biomedical Sciences
Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ 08028
Phone: (856) 256-4500 x53577
Email: heindl@rowan.edu

Past President: Vincent Tam, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
Lewis Katz School of Medicine, Temple University
Kresge 5th Floor, Room 501
3440 N Broad Street
Philadelphia, PA 19140-5104
Email:  vincent.tam@temple.edu

Secretary: Pina Fratamico, Ph.D.
USDA-Agricultural Research Service
Eastern Regional Research Center
7608 New Second Street
Elkins Park, PA 19027
Phone: 267-307-5294
Email: pfratamico.ars@gmail.com

Treasurer: Kaitlyn Grando
Lewis Katz School of Medicine
Temple University
email: kaitlyn.grando@temple.edu

Councilor and ASM COMS Representative:
Courtney Comar, Ph.D., D(ABMM)
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pathology and Genomic Medicine
Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
117 S. 11th Street, Pavilion Bldg. Suite 207
Philadelphia, PA 19107-4998
Phone: 215-503-1751
email: courtney.comar@jefferson.edu

At-Large Member:  Michelle Kutzler, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine, Microbiology and Immunology
Drexel University College of Medicine
New College Building, Room 6417, Mail Stop 461
245 N. 15th Street
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Email: mak98@drexelmed.edu

At-Large Member: Cagla Tukel, Ph.D.
Email: cagla.tukel@temple.edu

At-Large Member: Aleksandra Snyder
Email: aleksandra.snyder@jefferson.edu

At-Large Member: Fabienne Paumet, Ph.D
Email: fabiennepaumet@jefferson.edu

At-Large Member: Dieter Schifferli, D.V.M., Ph.D.
Email: dmschiff@vet.upenn.edu

At -Large Member: Alan Evangelista, Ph.D.
Email:

Committee Chairpersons

Archives, Linda A. Miller, Ph.D.
CMID Pharma Consulting, LLC
Phone: 215-272-6590
Email: cmidpharma@gmail.com

Education, Barbara B. McHale, Co-Chair
Phone: 215-704-7674
Email: mchaleb@comcast.net

Brian Forster, Co-Chair
St. Joseph’s University
5600 City Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19131
Phone: 610-660-3188
Email: bforster@sju.edu

Faculty Advisor, EPAASM Student Chapter
Sunny Shin, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
201B Johnson Pavilion
3610 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 746-8410 (office)
email: sunshin@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Infection & Immunity Forum, Chair
Sunny Shin, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
201B Johnson Pavilion
3610 Hamilton Walk
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: (215) 746-8410 (office)
email: sunshin@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Industrial Affairs, Stephen Rittenhouse, Ph.D.
Director of Microbiology
GlaxoSmithKline
1250 South Collegeville Road
Collegeville, PA 19426
Phone: 610-917-6287
Email: Stephen.Rittenhouse@gsk.com

Membership
Amy Ma, Ph.D.
Email: atm84@drexel.edu

Monthly Programs
Jason E. Heindl, Ph.D., Co-Chair
Associate Professor
Department of Biology and Biomedical Sciences
Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ 08028
Phone: (856) 256-4500 x53577
Email: heindl@rowan.edu

Robert Potter, Ph.D., D(ABMM), Co-Chair
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Assistant Director, Clinical Microbiology
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
email: potterr1@chop.edu

Clinical Microbiology Symposium
Laurel Glaser, M.D., Ph.D., D(ABMM), Co-Chair
Director, Clinical MIcrobiology Laboratory
Assistant Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
3400 Spruce Street, 4th Floor Gates Bldg
Philadelphia, PA 19104-4283
Phone: 215-662-6651
email: Laurel.Glaser@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Courtney Comar, Ph.D., D(ABMM). Co-Chair
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Pathology and Genomic Medicine
Associate Director, Clinical Microbiology
Thomas Jefferson University Hospital
Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University
117 S. 11th Street, Pavilion Bldg. Suite 207
Philadelphia, PA 19107-4998
Phone: 215-503-1751
email: courtney.comar@jefferson.edu

Webmaster, Irving Nachamkin, DrPH, MPH, D(ABMM), FAAM
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Professor Emeritus, Dept of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Email: nachamki@pennmedicine.upenn.edu