Faculty & Staff

Richard V. Chua, MD

Professor, Neurosurgery
Clinical Specialties
Degenerative Spine Disease
Motion Preservation Surgery of the Cervical Spine (Arthroplasty)
Image-guided and Robotic-assisted Techniques for Instrumented Spinal Fusions
Minimally Invasive Surgeries of the Entire Spine

Jared Churko, PhD

Associate Professor, Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Assistant Professor, Physiological Sciences - Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs (GIDP)
Assistant Professor, Genetics - Graduate Interdisciplinary Programs (GIDP)
Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering
Director, University of Arizona iPSC Core

Heather Coffman, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Otolaryngology
Clinical Specialties
diseases of the hearing and balance system
chronic ear disease
middle ear surgery
implantable hearing devices

Zoe Cohen, PhD

Associate Professor, Physiology
Director, Medcats Honors Program
Director, Acclerated Pathway to Medical Education
Director, COM-T Bachelor's Programs
Associate Professor, Physiological Sciences GIDP