Contact Information

Address, Email, and Phone

Department of PA Studies

College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Butler University

4600 Sunset Avenue

Indianapolis, IN 46208

Phone: 317-940-6026

Email: PAprogram@butler.edu

PA Program Office Fax: 317-940-9857

PA Program Experiential Office Fax: 317-940-9857

Admission questions: PAadmission@butler.edu

Website: https://www.butler.edu/pharmacy-health/physician-assistant/

College of Pharmacy and Health Science Administration

Dean: Robert Soltis, PhD

Associate Dean: Jennifer Snyder, PhD, PA-C

Assistant Dean of Student Affairs: Gayle Hartleroad, EdD, MA, BS

Associate Dean for External Affiliations: Julie Koehler, PharmD, FCCP

PA Administration

Program Director: Elizabeth Schmidt, DMS, PA-C (Accreditation Standards A2.02a; A2.06)

Director of Experiential Education: Jennifer Guthrie, MPAS, PA-C

Medical Director: Lauren Granger, MD (Accreditation Standards A2.02; A2.11)

Principal Faculty

The following individuals are principal faculty of the PA Program (Accreditation Standard A2.02b):

Jennifer Guthrie, MPAS, PA-C, Associate Professor, jrguthri@butler.edu

Dan Sturm, MMS, PA-C, Associate Professor, dsturm@butler.edu

Kali Veness, MPAS, PA-C, Associate Professor, kveness@butler.edu

Elizabeth Schmidt, DMS, PA-C, Associate Professor, ehschmid@butler.edu

Andrew Chastain, MSPAS, PA-C, Assistant Professor, achastain@butler.edu

Carol Sitzman, MPAS, PA-C, Assistant Professor, casitzman@butler.edu

Annie Geary, MPAS, PA-C, Assistant Professor, ageary1@butler.edu

Kevin Bogenschutz, DMS, PA-C, Assistant Professor, kbogensc@butler.edu

Jaclyn Demeter, DMS, PA-C, Assistant Professor, jdemeter@butler.edu

Chris Roman, DMS, PA-C, Associate Professor, croman@butler.edu

Instructional Faculty

The following are instructional faculty of the PA Program (Accreditation Standard A2.13): 

Markian Bochan, MD, PhD, FIDSA, Internal Medicine, Markian.Bochan@ascension.org

Hemalatha Hemachandra, MD, Pediatric Medicine, hhemachandra@shalomhealthcenter.org

Kevin Henderzahs, MD, Women’s Health, khenderzahs@ecommunity.com

Sarah Amrine, NP, MSN, BA, BSN, MA, Women’s Health, samrine@ecommunity.com

Kate Kaiser, PA-C, Emergency Medicine, kate.kaiser1@gmail.com

Muhammad Munir, MD, Mental Health mmunirmd@gmail.com  

James Pike, DO, FCCP, FACP, Internal Medicine, drpike@pikemedical.com

Emily Skeeters, PA-C, Women’s Health, eskeeters@ecommunity.com  

Lori Vasquez, DMS, PA-C, General Surgery, lvasquez@ecommunity.com

Matthew Scherschel, DMS, PA-C, Cardiovascular Care, scherschel.m@gmail.com

Karina White, PA-C, Family Medicine, kmwhite2@butler.edu

Staff

These individuals are administrative support staff of the PA program (Accreditation Standard A2.18):

Karen Corby, Experiential Education Liaison, kcorby@butler.edu

Olivia West, Clinical Coordinator, obwest@butler.edu

Heather LeFebvre, Academic Program Coordinator, hlefebvre@butler.edu

Katherine Patton-Eilers, Administrative Specialist, kpattone@butler.edu