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Our Team

Headshot of Cindy CrustoCindy Crusto
Senior Associate Dean for Program Development, Effectiveness, and Evaluation in the Office of Faculty Affairs, Advancement, and Inclusion
Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences
cindy.crusto@med.usc.edu

 

lisa perkins

Lisa Perkins, Special Project Manager
Well-being Program & Office of Faculty Affairs, Advancement and Inclusion
lisa.perkins@med.usc.edu

 

 

brandi montanezBrandi Montanez, Administrative Assistant II
Office of Faculty Affairs, Advancement and Inclusion​
brandi.montanez@med.usc.edu

 

 


For General Inquiries, email wellbeing@med.usc.edu

Partners

The Well-being Program works with individuals and groups across the school to help advance its mission. Below are some of the key players in what we do.

  • Name Department Email
    Chantal Sheridan Chair; Associate Dean for Learner Wellbeing; Director of Medical Student Wellness Chantal.Sheridan@med.usc.edu
    Alex Rosenberg LAC + USC Wellness alex.rosenberg@med.usc.edu
    Carmen Carillo Director of Human Resources carmen.carillo@med.usc.edu
    Cortney Montgomery Co-Chair, Keck Medicine Wellness Committee cortney.montgomery@med.usc.edu
    Dara Weinraub Program Manager, Care for the Caregiver dara.weinraub@med.usc.edu
    Debbra Cuellar Human Resource Director, Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute dcuellar@usc.edu
    Evelyn Felina Castillo Student Programs Manager efelina@med.usc.edu
    Greg Harlan * Director, Introduction to Clinical Medicine, Keck School of Medicine gregory.harlan@med.usc.edu
    Ilanit Brook CHLA – Wellness ibrook@chla.usc.edu
    Ilene Rosenstein Provost Office / Campus Well-being & Education irosenst@usc.edu
    Jeff Gold CHLA – Institute for Integrative Health and Wellness jgold@chla.usc.edu
    Julie Chobdee USC WorkWell Center jchobdee@usc.edu
    Kevin Tang KSOM Human Resources Kevin.Tang@med.usc.edu
    Lindsey Lawrence Morrison Keck Medicine Value Improvement Office lindsey.lawrence@med.usc.edu
    Lindsey Reeves Schomer Ostrow School of Dentistry / Division of Occupational Therapy Lindsey.Reeves@med.usc.edu
    Maritza Montalvo HBSE Graduate Affairs maritza.montalvo@med.usc.edu
    Melissa Durham School of Pharmacy melissa.durham@med.usc.edu
    Sadi Metz Ostrow School of Dentistry / Division of Physical Therapy sadimetz@usc.edu
    Stephanie Hall Keck Hospital Administration slhall@med.usc.edu
    Jonathan Wong Mental Health Director, Care for the Caregiver, Keck Medicine Jonathan.Wong@med.usc.edu
    Suzzane Huynh USC WorkWell Center sanhuynh@usc.edu
    Thomas Kosakowski Ombudsman for HSC hscombuds@usc.edu
    Tobi Fishel GME Director of Residency Wellness pamela.fishel@med.usc.edu
    Veronica  Acosta School of Pharmacy vaacosta@usc.edu

  • The Keck Well-being Champions are nominated representatives from clinical, basic sciences, and staff departments/units departments who provide leadership and oversight of well-being efforts for their department. The Champions work with the KSOM Well-being Program to assess departmental needs and undertake specific local projects related to well-being.

    Name Department Email
    Cindy Crusto Office of Faculty Affairs, Advancement, and Inclusion cindy.crusto@med.usc.edu
    Brian Loew Advancement brian.loew@med.usc.edu
    Linda Rever Anesthesiology rever@med.usc.edu
    Dinh Albright* Alzheimer’s Therapeutic Research Institute (ATRI) dinhalbr@usc.edu
    Pragna Patel* Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine pragna@usc.edu
    Jonathan Wong Care for the Caregiver (C4C) Jonathan.Wong@med.usc.edu
    Ilanit Brook CHLA – Chief Faculty Well-being Officer ibrook@chla.usc.edu
    Jennifer Romero * Clinical & Translational Sciences Institute (CTSI) Jennifer.Romero@med.usc.edu
    Marilyn Ho Dean’s Office/ Administration Marilyn.Ho@med.usc.edu
    Zachary Goldstein* Dermatology zachary.goldstein@med.usc.edu
    Teresa Cook Educational Affairs/Medical Education teresa.cook@med.usc.edu
    Jesus Solano* Family Medicine jesus.solano@med.usc.edu
    Patty Pinanong* Family Medicine patty.pinanong@med.usc.edu
    Tobi Fishel Graduate Medical Education/ LAGMC tfishel@usc.edu
    Maritza Montalvo HBSE Graduate Affairs Maritza.montalvo@med.usc.edu
    Yolee Casagrande Keck Medicine Nursing Yolee.casagrande@med.usc.edu
    Greg Harlan* Medical Education gregory.harlan@med.usc.edu
    Zhiheng (Andy) He Molecular Microbiology & Immunology zhihengh@usc.edu
    Chelsea Stone * Neurology chelsea.stone@med.usc.edu
    Frank Attenello* NeuroSurgery frank.attenello@med.usc.edu
    Marcia Ciccone * Obstetrics & Gynecology marcia.ciccone@med.usc.edu
    Kimberly Gokoffski Ophthalmology Kimberly.Gokoffski@med.usc.edu
    Joseph Liu Orthopaedic Surgery liujosep@usc.edu
    Roxana Moayer* Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery roxana.moayer@med.usc.edu
    Michael Press Pathology Michael.Press@med.usc.edu
    Joyce Richey Physiology & Neuroscience jrichey@usc.edu
    Genevieve Dunton* Population and Public Health Sciences (includes Center for Genetic Epidemiology) dunton@usc.edu
    Barbara Van Noppen * Psychiatry and the Behavioral Sciences vannoppe@med.usc.edu
    Jennifer Ho* Radiation Oncology Jennifer.Ho@med.usc.edu
    Kevin Pacheco* and Dr. Sravanthi Reddy* Radiology kevin.pacheco@med.usc.edu; sravanthi.reddy@med.usc.edu
    Francesca Mariani* Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine fmariani@usc.edu
    Graeme Rosenberg* Surgery graeme.rosenberg@med.usc.edu 
    Mary Samplaski Urology Mary.Samplaski@med.usc.edu
    Danielle Levvitt CHLA Pediatrics dlevitt@chla.usc.edu

    *Champions with an asterisk are also funded Well-being Directors for their departments.

  • The KSOM Well-being Program works closely with other campus partners also focused on matters pertaining to well-being.

    USC WorkWell Center

    The USC WorkWell Center (formerly CWFL) empowers USC-benefitted Faculty and Staff to thrive in mind, body, and spirit, so that our people are engaged, productive, and happy. We do this through confidential and cost-free counseling, executive coaching, consultation, critical incident support, and health and wellness promotion and education programs. For more information, visit our website, call us (24/7) at (213) 821-0800 or email workwell@usc.edu.

    Keck Medicine’s Care for the Caregiver

    KSOM faculty at Keck Medicine have access to Care for the Caregiver (C4C). Directed by Dr. Steve Siegel and supported by Dr. Jonathan Wong and Dara Weinraub, CFC offers peer support, support groups, massages, workshops, and an Emotional Well-being Hotline for non-crisis emotional support at 323-865-9897. To learn more about C4C services, email careforthecaregiver@med.usc.edu.

    CHLA Well-being

    KSOM faculty at CHLA have access to the CHLA well-being leadership team. Directed by Drs. Sara Semal, Chief Wellness Officer, and Ilanit Brook, Chief Faculty Wellness Officer, the well-being team offers 24/7 peer support for adverse events, emotional support counseling services, professional coaching, benefit perks, community building, spiritual care, Schwartz Rounds, debriefs, and dog therapy.

    LAC+USC Wellness

    KSOM faculty at LAC+USC have access to the Helping Healers Heal (H3) Wellness Team and the DHS wellness resources. Directed by Drs. Allison Luu and Alex Rosenberg, the H3 team responds to distress in healthcare workers as a result of adverse events, bad patient outcomes, verbal/physical abuse by patients, the loss of coworkers, and other devastating events during the pandemic. The H3 team has expanded to monthly Schwartz Rounds, exercise/meditation/educational sessions, improvement of call rooms, and a meditation room. You can submit a request for either 1:1 or group peer support or find an upcoming training at the H3 website. Email the team at H3Team@dhs.lacounty.gov or call for emergency debriefs at 323-409-4445.

    • GME Director of Residency Wellness, USC/LAC+USC:
      Tobi Fishel, Ph.D.
      Clinical Associate Professor, Pediatrics, Keck School of Medicine
      GME Director of Residency Wellness, USC/LAC+USC
      A member of the Consortium for Integrative Health and Wellness
      Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work at USC (Department of Adult Mental Health and Wellness)
      (323) 409-6925
      tfishel@usc.edu

    Counseling and Mental Health Services Services (in USC Student Health)

    Counseling and Mental Health programs for USC Students include individual therapy, group therapy, crisis support, psychiatric services and specialties for gender-based harm. Make an appointment through MySHR (https://usc.edu/myshr); or call 213-740-9355 (WELL).

    USC Office of Campus Wellbeing and Crisis Intervention (CWCI)

    CWCI is a one stop shop serving the entire USC community. It addresses concerns and questions, and provides support, troubleshooting, threat assessment, advocacy, education, referrals and crisis response and support.

    Medical Student Well-Being Program

    KSOM acknowledges the stress inherent to medical school and strives to build a safe, humane, and compassionate educational experience that puts students first. The medical student well-being office is staffed by two licensed clinical psychologists who deliver well-being curricular content, provide safe spaces to talk, and advocate for policies and procedures to support student health.

    Humanities, Ethics/Economics, Arts and the Law (HEAL) Program

    The HEAL (Humanities, Ethics, Art, and Law) curriculum prepares students to care for patients as complete human beings, not just as injuries or illness. HEAL hosts a variety of co-curricular events such as creative writing workshops, the Art and Medicine series, and the Lunch and Learn series, to support the well-being of students and of our KSOM community.

    USC Institute for Integrative Health and Wellness

    The USC Institute for Integrative Health and Wellness mission is to promote the health and healing of individuals, families, and communities we serve through the advancement of the practice of integrative health, the science upon which it is based, and the education of healthcare practitioners and the USC community.

    Mindfulness USC

    Mindful USC is a service from the Provost’s Office with a mission to empower the USC community to make positive change in the world by building a culture of mindfulness and compassion.  It offers ongoing training, practice groups and special events throughout USC.

     YogaUSC

    Yoga USC is the home base for all yoga related activities at the University of Southern California campus. It serves as the resource guide for existing departmental classes, as an educational tool for greater understanding of yoga’s many benefits, and offers specialized classes designed to bring together students, staff, and faculty.

    Lifestyle Redesign(R) Services at the Occupational Therapy Faculty Practice: 

    The Occupational Therapy Faculty Practice offers Lifestyle Redesign services to faculty, staff, and students. Clinicians collaborate with individuals to create sustainable, health-promoting habits and routines to support well-being and improved disease self-management. For more information, or to schedule an appointment with a clinician, visit our website, call us at 323-442-3340, or email otfp@med.usc.edu.

  •  

    Name Email Department
    Chantal Sheridan Chantal.Sheridan@med.usc.edu Associate Dean for Learner Wellbeing;
    MD Students
    Albert Farias Albert.Farias@med.usc.edu Graduate & Undergrad Students
    Alex Read amread@usc.edu Speech-Language Pathology Student Representative
    Allison Bryant Allison.Bryant@med.usc.edu MD Students
    Axel Schonthal schontha@usc.edu Graduate Students
    Barbara Moore Barbara.Moore@med.usc.edu Speech-Language Pathology Students
    Elizabeth Bamgbose elizabeth.bamgbose@med.usc.edu Doctor of Nurse Anesthesia Practice Students
    Emilee Rohrer eerohrer@usc.edu Speech-Language Pathology Student Representative
    Evelyn Castillo efelina@med.usc.edu Graduate Students
    Jenevieve Rodriguez jeneviev@usc.edu HBSE Graduate Student Representative
    Lizbeth Becerra lsbecerr@usc.edu HBSE Graduate Student Representative
    Maria Juliani maria.juliani@med.usc.edu MD Students
    Maritza Montalvo maritza.montalvo@med.usc.edu Graduate Students
    Mitzi D’Aquila daquila@med.usc.edu Physician Assistant Program Students
    Nikitha Reddy npreddy@usc.edu MD Student Representative
    Pat Kolyouthapong kolyouth@usc.edu MPAP Student Representative
    Sandra Onyemaechi onyemaec@usc.edu HBSE/PIBBS Student Representative

Mental Health Support

Students can access immediate mental health support by calling USC Student Health at 213-740-9355 (available 24/7).

Faculty and staff can access immediate support by calling the Center for Work & Family Life at (213) 821-0800 (available 24/7) or Care for the Caregiver at (323) 865-9897 (for Keck Medicine healthcare workers, 8am-5pm).