The members of the COAP are selected by the dean from among the full professors in the Standing Faculty. Terms of service are staggered so that on average one-third of the membership is new to the committee each year and two-thirds has at least one year of experience.
COAP Reports and Support Materials
Chair of the Perelman School of Medicine COAP
Senior Vice-Chair

Roderic G. Eckenhoff, MD
Austin Lamont Professor of Anesthesia and Critical Care
roderic.eckenhoff@uphs.upenn.edu
Vice Chairs

Judy A. Shea, PhD
Professor of Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
SHEAJA@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Erica R. Thaler, MD
Professor of Otorhinolaryngology: Head and Neck Surgery at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
erica.thaler@uphs.upenn.edu
Chair of the Academic Advisory Committee to the PSOM COAP
COAP Members

Meryl Sahn Cohen, MD
Professor of Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
cohenm@email.chop.edu

Ellen J. Kim, MD
Professor of Dermatology at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
ellen.kim@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Robert L Mauck, PhD
Mary Black Ralston Professor for Education and Research in Orthopaedic Surgery
lemauck@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Warren S. Pear, M.D., PhD
Gaylord P. and Mary Louise Harnwell Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
wpear@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

Patrick M. Reilly, MD, FCCP, FACS
C. William Schwab Professor in the Division of Traumatology, Surgical Critical Care and Emergency Surgery
reillyp@uphs.upenn.edu

Douglas J. Wiebe, PhD
Professor of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics; Professor of Surgery
dwiebe@upenn.edu

Robert B. Wilson, MD, PhD
Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
WILSONR@pennmedicine.upenn.edu