Mailing Address
Samuel Merritt College
Physician Assistant Department
450 30th Street
Oakland, CA 94609
Administrative Assistant:
Eugenia Berdali
510.869.6623
Department Faculty
Monica Rosenthal, MD
mrosenthal@samuelmerritt.edu
Medical Director
Assistant Professor
Lorraine Petti, PA-C, MS
lpetti@samuelmerritt.edu
Department Chair
Assistant Professor
Mark Lederer, PA-C
mlederer@samuelmerritt.edu
Clinical Coordinator
Tana Rhodes, MS, PA-C
trhodes@samuelmerritt.edu
Assistant Professor
Academic Coordinator
Michael DeRosa, PhD
mderosa@samuelmerritt.edu
Academic Coordinator
Assistant Professor
Lauri Paolinetti, PA-C, MS
lpaolinetti@samuelmerritt.edu
Academic Coordinator
Assistant Professor
Cyril Kulka, MPA-C
ckulka@samuelmerritt.edu
Assistant Academic Coordinator
Stacey Welcome, MPA-C
swelcome@samuelmerritt.edu
Assistant Clinical Coordinator
Shelby Edwards, MPA, PA-C
Assistant Clinical Coordinator
sedwards@samuelmerritt.edu
Kelly Heath, MPA, PA-C
Assistant Clinical Coordinator
kheath@samuelmerritt.edu
Cheryl Zlotnick, RN, DrPH
czlotnick@samuelmerritt.edu
Associate Research Scientist
Center for the Vulnerable Child Children's Hospital &
Research Center at Oakland