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    The Health Sciences Department at LaGuardia Community College believes in the transformative power of education – not just for individual students but also for our community and society. This is why our programs have become models throughout the nation.


    For more information, please visit the Health Sciences Department website.


    Chair of Department

    Rosann Ippolito
    (718 ) 482-5745
    ippolitoro@lagcc.cuny.edu


    The Department offers courses in the following areas:


  •  Food and Nutrition

    Food and Nutrition


    All Food and Nutrition courses have the prefix of SCD. For full list of courses/open sections visit the LaGuardia Schedule of Classes or contact the discipline coordinator.


    Program Director:

    Bette Cohen
    (718) 482-5762
    bcohen@lagcc.cuny.edu 



     Health

    Health


    All Health courses have the prefix of SCH. For full list of courses/open sections visit the LaGuardia Schedule of Classes or contact the discipline coordinator.


    Discipline Coordinator:

    Herbert Samuels
    (718) 482-5742
    hsamuels@lagcc.cuny.edu 



     Human Services

    Human Services


    All Human Services courses have the prefix of HSC, HSD, HSE, HSG, HSM, HSN and HSS. For full list of courses/open sections visit the LaGuardia Schedule of Classes or contact the discipline coordinator.


    Program Director:

    Les Gallo-Silver
    (718) 482-5756
    gallo@lagcc.cuny.edu 



     Nursing

    Nursing


    All Nursing courses have the prefix of SCL or SCR. SCL are practical nursing (LPN) courses. SCR are nursing (RN) courses. For full list of courses/open sections visit the LaGuardia Schedule of Classes or contact the discipline coordinator.


    Program Director
    Lisa O'Donnell,
    Practical Nursing
    (718) 482-5248
    lodonnell@lagcc.cuny.edu 
    Program Director
    Kathleen Karsten,
    Nursing (RN)
    (718) 482-5782
    kkarsten@lagcc.cuny.edu 
    Coordinator
    Valerie Taylor-Haslip,
    LPN to RN Advance Pathway
    (718) 482-5752
    vtaylor@lagcc.cuny.edu 
     

     Occupational Therapy

    Occupational Therapy


    All Occupational Therapy courses have the prefix of SCO. For full list of courses/open sections visit the LaGuardia Schedule of Classes or contact the discipline coordinator.


    Program Director:

    Sherrell Powell
    (718) 482-5776
    spowell@lagcc.cuny.edu 



     Paramedic

    Paramedic


    All Paramedic courses have the prefix of SCE. For full list of courses/open sections visit the LaGuardia Schedule of Classes or contact the discipline coordinator.


    Program Director:

    Christine Alvarez
    (718) 482-5768
    christinea@lagcc.cuny.edu 



     Physical Therapy

    Physical Therapy


    All Physical Therapy courses have the prefix of SCT. For full list of courses/open sections visit the LaGuardia Schedule of Classes or contact the discipline coordinator.


    Program Director:

    Debra Engel
    (718) 482-5780
    dengel@lagcc.cuny.edu  



     Radiologic Technology

    Radiologic Technology


    All Radiologic Technology courses have the prefix of SCX. For full list of courses/open sections visit the LaGuardia Schedule of Classes or contact the discipline coordinator.


    Program Director:

    Theresa Licari
    (718) 482-5597
    tlicari@lagcc.cuny.edu 



     Urban Study

    Urban Study


    All Science Urban Study courses have the prefix of SCN.

    For full list of courses/open sections visit the LaGuardia Schedule of Classes or contact the program director.



     Veterinary Technology

    Veterinary Technology

    Please note that we are not accepting applications to the Veterinary Technology Program for the Fall 2013 semester.

    All Veterinary Technology courses have the prefix of SCV.

    For full list of courses/open sections visit the LaGuardia Schedule of Classes or contact the program director.


    Program Director:

    Dr. Jennifer Hess
    (718) 482-5470
    jhess@lagcc.cuny.edu 


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