Faculty & Staff
| Paula Phelps, MHE, PA-C, Program Director, Department Chair phelpaul@isu.edu |
 Paula Phelps was promoted to Director of the Department of Physician Assistant
Studies in 2010. Paula graduated from the University of Utah Physician Assistant Program
in 1995 and completed her Master's in Health Education at Idaho State
University in 2000. Her clinical experience is in family practice
& OB/GYN. Mrs. Phelps was hired by the ISU PA Program in 1995. |
| Sherwin D'Souza, MD Medical Director Pocatello pa@isu.edu |
Dr. Sherwin D'Souza is a graduate of GS Medical College in Mumbai India. He completed his internship at St. Lukes Roosevelt in New York City and went on to complete his residency and Chief residency in Internal Medicine at the University of Connecticut Health Sciences Center. He has served as Medical Director and a preceptor for the PA program since 2005.He has practiced in Idaho since 2000 and is currently in private practice.His practice specializes in diabetes, osteoporosis and other endocrine conditions. He is also a Clinical Instructor at the ISU Family Practice residency as well as adjunct Faculty at the University of Washington and Volunteer Clinical Instructor at the University of Utah. |
| David McClusky, MD |
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| Kent Whitaker, MEd, PA-C Clinical Assistant Professor whitken1@isu.edu |
Kent graduated from the University of Utah Physician Assistant Program
in 1995 and completed his Masters of Education at Weber State University.
His clinical experience is in primary care and dermatology. Mr. Whitaker
was hired by the ISU PA Program in 1998. |
| Dave Martin, MPAS, |
Dave graduated from the University of Oklahoma Physician Assistant
Program in 1980 and completed his Master's in Physician Assistant
Studies at the University of Nebraska in 2000. His clinical experience
is in family practice & emergency medicine. Mr. Martin was hired
by the ISU PA Program in 2003. |
| Marvin Sparrell, MPAS, RN, PA-C Clinical Instructional Faculty / Site Development Marv.Sparrell@va.gov |
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| David Talford, MPAS, PA-C Clinical Assistant Professor Master's Project Coordinator talfdavi@isu.edu |
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| Corbin Bunnage, MS, PA-C Clinical Assistant Professor bunncorb@isu.edu |
Corbin graduated from Idaho State University Physician Assistant Program
in 1999. His clinical experience is in emergency medicine. He received
his MS degree with an emphasis in family practice and emergency medicine
from the Arizona School of Health Sciences in March 2004. Corbin was
hired by the ISU PA Program in 2003. |
| Jared Papa, MPAS, PA-C, Service Learning Coordinator, Clinical Assistant Professor papajare@isu.edu |
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| Jeff Johnson, PA-C Assistant Professor johnjef2@isu.edu |
Jeff graduated from the ISU PA Program in 2002. He is also a graduate of the ISU College of Pharmacy earning a PharmD degree. His experience is primarily in emergency and urgent care medicine. He has also worked as a community pharmacist . He joined the ISU PA Program in 2011. |
| Anntara Smith, PA-C
Clinical Coordinator, Clinical Instructor smithann@isu.edu |
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| Vicki Allen, RN, CLNC Director Clinical Site Development allevick@isu.edu |
Vicki has been a Registered Nurse since 1976, She became a Legal
Nurse Consultant in 2005. Vicki's clinical experience is in neonatal
and adult intensive care. She has worked as a staff nurse, manager and
hospital administrator prior to being hired by the PA program in 2010. |
| John Dickey, PhD Behavioral Scientist dickey@fmed.isu.edu |
Dr. Dickey completed his PhD in clinical psychology at Wayne State
University in 1982. He was hired by the ISU PA Program in 1997. |
| Jennifer Forbes MHS, PA-C Assistant Professor |
Jennifer graduated from the University of South Alabama Physician Assistant Program in 2001 where she earned her Master of Health Sciences degree. She has clinical experience in pediatric orthopedics, pediatrics, and family practice. She served as an assistant professor in two other PA programs prior to joining the ISU PA program in 2012. |
| Alan Mirly, MBA, PA-C, Clinical Assistant Professor |
Alan graduated from Idaho State University Physician Assistant Program in 2002. His clinical experience is in Otolaryngology and Neurosurgery. He received his MBA with focus in Health Care Administration from the University of Phoenix in 2011. Alan was hired by the ISU PA program in 2012. |
| Dennis Sawyer Pharm.D., PA-C Assistant Professor |
Dennis received a Pharm.D. degree from University of Texas in 1979 and graduated from Idaho State University physician assistant program in 2003. Clinical experience includes primary care medicine and cardiology. |
| Talia Sierra, PA-C Assistant Professor |
Talia earned a Master of Physician Assistant Studies from Idaho State University in 2008. Her clinical experience is in community health doing primary care. Prior to joining the ISU PA program in 2013 she taught with the MEDEX Northwest Physician Assistant Training Program at the University of Washington. |
| Ann Smalley, MBA Admissions Director smalann@isu.edu |
Ann completed her Master's of Business Administration at Idaho State University in 1985. Ann is the Admissions Director for the program. In addition to her admissions duties, Ann oversees the program's budget and participates on the program's Self Study Committee. She is also a Notary. Ann was hired by the ISU PA Program in 2003. |
| Chad Harball Distance Learning Coordinator, System Administrator harbchad@isu.edu |
 Chad has over 10 years of computer, telecommunications, and business operations experience, specializing in computer hardware and synchronous distributed education. He oversees classroom operations, inventory, building safety, medical & electronics purchasing, and logistics planning. Chad was hired by the ISU PA Program in 2006. |
Brian Redfield
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 Brian
graduated from Brigham Young University in 1983 and has spent 25
years working nationally in commercial, government and educational
television. Brian has been certified in telecommunications network
design and implementation. Brian was hired by the ISU PA Program
in 2007. |
Jerry Jones
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 Jerry is a 1985 cum laude graduate of Brigham Young University where he earned a B.A. in Communications with an emphasis in Broadcast News. Jerry also holds the ANSI-accredited Certified Technology Specialist (CTS) credential from InfoComm International, the association that represents the audiovisual industry worldwide. Jerry has more than two decades of experience in the communications field, having worked in Idaho commercial television as a broadcast journalist and in public relations as a representative of the City of Boise. Jerry also consulted for Ulead Systems, a former global multimedia software developer. |
Rita Kelso
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 Rita
has worked for the state of Idaho, including the Division of Building
Safety. She has a background as a legal secretary and worked in
the public school system. Rita joined the ISU PA Program in
2007. |
| Jeanne Lancaster Administrative Assistant to the Clinical Year Team lancjean@isu.edu |
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former ISU student, Jeanne has worked for the University in several
departments including, Student Services. She previously worked for
the Southeast Idaho District Health Department. She transferred to
the ISU PA Program in 2003. |
| Holly Horsch, Administrative Assistant |
Holly holds a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Marketing from Idaho State University and an Associate of Arts in Interior Design from Bellevue College. Before joining the ISU PA Program in 2011, Holly was living in Athens, Greece working with a social justice organization supporting victims of Human Trafficking. |
| Ellen Tarpley, Administrative Assistant to the Clinical Year Team |
Ellen has work experience in the hospital setting and University setting. She was the Regional Coordinator for Pacific Northwest University for fourth year DO medical students. In the hospital setting she assisted with Quality Improvement, Peer Review, and was the CME Coordinator. Ellen was also a National Registered EMT. She joined the ISU PA Program in 2012. |
Marv earned a Master of Physician Assistant Studies from the University of Utah and has served as a PA at the Boise VAMC since 1982. His clinical experience includes surgical service, internal medicine, and geriatric medicine. He joined ISU's PA program in 2009. 
David earned his Master's degree in Physician Assistant Studies through University of Nebraska Medical Center, and has been practicing clinically since 1999. David has practice experience in urgent care, family practice, and dermatology. David was hired by the ISU PA Program in 2007.
Jared is experienced in rural and underserved community health having worked in the fields of family and urgent care medicine. He is fluent in Spanish. Jared received his Physician Assistant training from Pacific University, graduating in 2003, and joined the ISU PA Program in 2008.
Anntara graduated from Idaho State University in 2003. She has been practicing in the Boise area since that time and clinical experience includes Family Medicine, HIV, and Psychiatry. She joined ISU's PA program in 2011.