World-Class Instructors

Edward Goljan, MD is a world renowned physician and educator certified in Pathology. As the author of Rapid Review Pathology and Co-Author of Rapid Review Biochemistry and Rapid Review USMLE Step 1 and numerous other titles, he is uniquely qualified to provide in-depth insights to Falcon students. Dr. Goljan received his Bachelor of Science from St. Bonaventure University in Olean, New York, and earned his M.D. at Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He currently holds a full-time position as Professor of Pathology at Oklahoma State University.

Samir Mehta, MD, holds a certification from Part I, American Board of Orthopaedic Surgery. Currently serving as a physician in the University of Pennsylvania Health System’s Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, he received his medical degree from Temple University School of Medicine in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dr. Mehta's clinical expertise and interests include trauma surgery, total joint arthroplasty, and spine surgery. He has authored numerous papers and is a member of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons’ Implant Committee, the American Orthopaedic Association, and the Emerging Leaders Program.

Patrick Sosnay, M.D., currently serves as Instructor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Cystic Fibrosis Center, where he completed his fellowship in Pulmonary and Critical Medicine. Dr. Sosnay received his undergraduate and medical degrees at the University of Wisconsin, and is Board Certified in Internal Medicine and Pulmonary Medicine. His research has been published in The New England Journal of Medicine, The American Journal of Medicine, and Cancer Journal.

Bradley Miller, MD, PhD, is a physician-scientist specializing in Laboratory Chemistry and Neuropathology. His education (a PhD in Biochemistry) and clinical service (Clinical Chemistry) make him ideally suited to teaching biochemistry with a medically-relevant focus. In addition, he currently lectures on multiple subject areas in pathology. He has been associated with Falcon Physician Reviews since its inception and is the initial author of its biochemistry syllabus. He received his MD/PhD training at Virginia Commonwealth University and his research and clinical training in pathology at the University of Virginia. He currently holds The CH Foundation Regents Endowed Chair in Parkinson's Disease Research and is an Assistant Professor in Pathology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.

Dr. James Brewer obtained his MD and PhD degrees from Stanford University where he was heavily involved in neuroscience instruction of Stanford graduate and medical students. Following this, he completed neurology residency at Johns Hopkins and joined the Neurosciences and Radiology faculty at the University of California, San Diego. He co-directs the UCSD Neurology Residents' Clinic and, as an active clinical neurologist, he teaches and mentors medical students and residents. He also directs the UCSD Human Memory Laboratory, where MRI is used to examine the neural bases of human memory formation and the structural and functional brain changes caused by neurodegenerative illnesses, such as Alzheimer's disease. His laboratory applies new advances in quantitative brain imaging to the early diagnosis of neurodegenerative disease and evaluates the effects of therapies.