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