Academic Leadership
Marshall Walker
Chief Academic Officer
Dr. Marshall Walker is a board-certified radiologist and physician-leader with broad clinical, academic, and administrative experience. He earned his MD and MPH from Tulane University and completed his residency in Diagnostic Radiology at the University of South Alabama, followed by a fellowship in Vascular and Interventional Radiology at UAB. As Chief Academic Officer, Dr. Walker brings expertise in curriculum oversight, accreditation readiness, and faculty development.
Dr. Eric Goldklang
Dean of Clinical Sciences
Dr. Eric Goldklang, MD is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician with over 20 years of clinical, teaching, and hospital leadership experience. He earned his MD from the Medical College of Georgia and completed his Emergency Medicine residency at Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago. He serves as Medical Director at Northside Hospital Duluth and has trained residents and medical students across multiple programs.
Dr. Goldklang specializes in emergency department efficiency, patient experience, and performance improvement, bringing a strong commitment to high-quality clinical education.
Faculty
Basic Science Faculty
Frank Michael Navarrete, MD
Professor & Chair, Neuroscience, Behavioral Sciences, Preventive Medicine & Epidemiology Professor, Nutritional, and Biochemical & Molecular Sciences
Deepti Mankar MBBS, MD (Pathology), PGDHHM
Professor, Pathological Processes and Therapeutics
Priti Singh, MD, MSc
Assistant Professor, Premedical Sciences, and Nutritional, Biochemical & Molecular Sciences
Dr. Jennifer Tuong
Medical School Liaison and PreClinical Librarian
Dr. Jennifer Tuong, MD serves as Medical School Liaison and Preclinical Librarian at the American University School of Medicine Aruba. She earned her MD from the Washington University of Health and Sciences and brings experience in medical education support, regulatory affairs, and evidence-based research. Dr. Tuong supports students and faculty through library services, literature searches, database training, and academic resource development, while helping ensure alignment between academic operations in Aruba and the United States.
Clinical Faculty
Dr. Eric Goldklang
Dean of Clinical Sciences
Dr. Eric Goldklang, MD is a board-certified Emergency Medicine physician with over 20 years of clinical, teaching, and hospital leadership experience. He earned his MD from the Medical College of Georgia and completed his Emergency Medicine residency at Resurrection Medical Center in Chicago. He serves as Medical Director at Northside Hospital Duluth and has trained residents and medical students across multiple programs.
Dr. Goldklang specializes in emergency department efficiency, patient experience, and performance improvement, bringing a strong commitment to high-quality clinical education.
Dr. Nazir Ahmed Umrani
Associate Dean of Clinical Sciences
Dr. Muhammad S Ahmed
Clinical Chair of Psychiatry
