Faculty and Staff
Department Chair | Full-time Faculty | Part-time Faculty | Staff |
Dean
Department Chair
Department Administrative Aides
Health and Human Performance (TP/SS), Health Information Management and Medical Coding, Physical Therapist Assistant
Full-Time Faculty
Fire Science
Surgical Technology
Health Information Management and Medical Coding
Email: corinne.smith@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5521
Office Location: Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus, HC/243
Biography
Corinne M. Smith, Ph.D., MBA, RHIA, CCS, CDIP, CHDA, is a Professor and Program Coordinator for the Health Information Management and Medical Coding programs at Montgomery College. She is also an adjunct faculty member at UMGC and Purdue Global University. Dr. Smith is an AHIMA Certified ICD-10-CM/PCS trainer with twenty-five years of experience teaching health information management and clinical coding. She has contributed to many medical coding books and educational programs for the American Health Information Management Association (AHIMA). She is a Commissioner for CCHIIM and serves on the AHIMA CCS Exam Review Committee.Educational Background
A.A.S. Health Information Management, Northern Virginia Community College
B.S. Health Information Management, Stephens College
M.B.A. Clinical Information Systems, Stephens College
Ph.D. Educational Psychology, Capella University
Physical Therapist Assistant
Radiologic Technology
Email: Rose.aehle@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5564
Office Location: Takoma Park Silver Spring Campus, HC-442
Educational Background
AA: Radiologic Technology, Montgomery College 1978
BS: Health Care Administration, Columbia Union College, 2000
MS: Education, Johns Hopkins University, 2006
Email: Kathy.lewandowski@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5565
Office Location: Takoma Park Silver Spring Campus, HC 441
Education Background
AAS, Radiology, Montgomery College
BS, Health Science Administration, Columbia Union College
Part-Time Faculty
Physical Therapist Assistant
Fire Science
Health Information Management and Medical Coding
Email: tonya.powell@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5519
Office Location: Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus
Office Hours: Tuesday & Wednesday 10:00am – 1:00pm, or by appointment.
Biography
Tonya Powell Witherspoon, MSA, RHIA, CHDA, CCS, is a Professor and Clinical Education Coordinator in the Health Information Management Program. She is also an adjunct faculty member at the University of Maryland University College in the Baccalaureate Health Services Management Program. Professor Witherspoon brings fifteen years of experience in the education and competency-based training of Health Information Management Professionals and students. She is a high-performing leader with over 30 years of healthcare experience.Educational Background
A.A.S. Health Information Management, Prince Georges Community CollegeB.S. Healthcare Administration, Washington Adventist University
M.S. Healthcare Administration, University of Maryland University College
Radiologic Technology
Surgical Technology
Staff
Email: monica.thomas@montgomerycollege.edu
Phone: 240-567-5535
Office Location: Takoma Park/Silver Spring Campus, HC 241
Biography
Monica S. Thomas, MBA is the currently the Director of Health Sciences Program Effectiveness
at Montgomery College (MC). For the last few years she worked as Program Manager
of the Maryland Clinical Simulation Resource Consortium (MCSRC), a 5-year, 3 million
dollar NSP II grant project, housed at MC. Monica earned her Bachelors of Science
from Howard University and her Masters Business Administration from the University
of Phoenix.
Her experience in the development and maintenance of major programs is a direct result
of multi-faceted environments including the abovementioned MCSRC, and the J. Craig
Venter Institute (JCVI), a leading Genetic Research organization in the world, where
she worked intimately within multiple molecular biology laboratories on highly validated
high throughput sequencing pipelines, mastering evolving DNA sequencing automated
technologies. While with JCVI, she transitioned into Science Educator/Education Outreach
Coordinator roles, playing a leading role in the organization’s Education Department
outreach programming, Discover Genomics! Some time ago,
Monica worked for the Carnegie Institution for Science’s Carnegie Academy of Science
Education (CASE)/Math for America DC (MfA-DC), as MfA DC Program Manager, participating
in all aspects of program maintenance including full planning and implementation of
MfA DC Fellowship and Master Teacher Programs.
Learning Skills Support Specialist
Medical Learning Center
Health Sciences Counseling