SAVITA ARYA, MD PATHOLOGY, DPB, MBBS
Professor

Dr. Savita Arya teaches pathology in the Department of Biomedical Sciences at PCOM South Georgia. She received her MD followed by a three-year residency training in pathology from the University of Mumbai, India.

Dr. Arya has almost three decades of experience in teaching medical students. Prior to joining PCOM, she worked as an associate professor at Ross University School of Medicine. She has held several academic positions including assistant dean of basic sciences, director of medical education, course coordinator of pathology and module director of the Heme-Lymph module. She has also served as chair of grand rounds committee, vice chair of student promotions committee and chair of curriculum management sub-committee for the CAAM-HP and DMB accreditation visits; and Exam Soft manager. She is Chair of the Faculty Senate at PCOM.

Dr. Arya increases student engagement in classroom utilizing interactive learning strategies like Think-Pair-share collaboration and peer learning activities, and a myriad of question types via audience response systems. She also uses the flipped classroom strategy of active learning, allowing learners to explore content independently before class, optimizing the use of classroom time encouraging students to apply their basic science knowledge, and engage in higher-order and critical thinking, rather than passively listening to lectures.

Since joining PCOM, she has been actively involved in scholarly activity, delivering several oral presentations at national osteopathic conferences. She also initiated as well as engaged and mentored osteopathic and biomedical PCOM students in anatomical histopathology research. The student mentored research has been presented as posters at the PCOM Research Days, national, and international conferences as well as been published in academic journals.