Faculty and Staff

Sherriann Reid has extensive experience in ultrasound, cardiac sonography, simulation and the use of standardized patients. She started her medical career in 1994 when she received her Associates of Science degree in Cardiovascular Technology from Mount Aloysius College in Cresson, PA which included performing EKGs, Stress Tests, and Echocardiograms. She is a Registered Diagnostic Cardiac Sonographer (RDCS) through the American Registry for Diagnostic Medical Sonography.

Dr. Marek Rudnicki was appointed Clinical Chair of Surgery in May 2019.  He will provide leadership, supervision and guidance and be responsible for all educational efforts of the Department of Surgery, as well as providing support to junior and mid-level faculty.  Dr. Rudnicki will continue to serve as Surgery Residency Site Program Director at the University of Illinois/Metropolitan Group Hospitals and the Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago.  He will report directly to Dr. Seeth Vivek, Associate Dean of Clinical Sciences.

Before joining Ross University School of Medicine in 2015, Scott spent more than 20 years teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), providing ESOL teacher training, and facilitating Educational Technology skills training internationally.

Carlista Tavernier-Durand, MD, is the director of the Academy for Teaching and Learning (ATL). Most recently, she served as an assistant professor for ATL. She began her academic career in Dominica and then moved to the United States where she completed her undergraduate years at Iowa State University, graduating with a BSc in Psychology. She then undertook postgraduate studies at the American University of Antigua College of Medicine, graduating with distinction in 2010.

On May 6, 2019, Dr. Seeth Vivek was appointed as Associate Dean of Clinical Sciences by Dr. William Owen, Dean and Chancellor of Ross University Medical School. He continues to serve as Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry. He is tasked with the responsibility of ensuring quality and reliable uniformity of medical student education at the various clinical sites of RUSM.

Dr. Vivek has been a leader in the field of Psychiatry as a Clinician, an Educator and an Administrator.

Michael Yakubovskyy received his Doctor of Medicine degree in 1981 from the Vinnitsa National Medical University, Ukraine. He completed an Internship in Pathology at Clinical Municipal Hospital #2 in Jitomir-city, Ukraine in 1982 and continued his training at the position of a Junior Specialist Pathologist (Resident equivalent) at Vinnitsa Province Oncology Dispensary, Ukraine in 1982-1985. 1991, for research in the herbicide-induced changes in the endocrine system, Dr.