Former Board Members

Dr. Anthony Antonoplos

Dr. Anthony Antonoplos (Miami, 1998) graduated with a B.A. in Microbiology. He received his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine in 2002. He completed his Radiology residency at the Cleveland Clinic in 2007 and an MRI Fellowship at The Ohio State University in 2008. Following completion of his fellowship, he entered Radiology private practice in Cincinnati. He is a former president of Northeast Radiology Inc, and currently is the Chairman of the Department of Radiology at Bethesda North Hospital and a member of the Board of Directors for Tristate Imaging Medical Group.

Dr. Paul Gehring

Dr. Paul Gehring (Miami, 1985), graduated with his bachelor’s degree in Zoology. He went on to earn his Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Cincinnati. Dr. Gehring completed his residency in Houston, Texas at the Baylor College of Medicine.   Dr. Gehring then completed a fellowship in reproductive surgery at the Woman’s Hospital of Texas.  Dr. Gehring began his career at the Tulsa Fertility center in Tulsa Oklahoma.  He then joined his wife (who is also an OB/GYN) in a group general OB/GYN practice Tulsa OB/GYN Associates.   Several years ago he, his wife, and three other OB/GYNs started a new private group practice OB/GYN Specialists of Tulsa. He is currently a licensed physician through the State of Oklahoma and is a Fellow of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology. He and his wife Gena have four children together. Their oldest daughter graduated from Miami in 2017 with a degree in communications.

Dr. Richard Kuntz

Dr. Richard Kuntz (Miami, 1979) is Senior Vice President, Chief Medical and Scientific Officer of Medtronic, and serves as a member of the Company’s Executive Committee. In this role, Kuntz oversees the company’s medical affairs, health policy and reimbursement, clinical research activities, and corporate technology. He also served as Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School, Chief of the Division of Clinical Biometrics, and an interventional cardiologist in the division of cardiovascular diseases at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, MA. Dr. Kuntz graduated from Miami University and received his medical degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine. He completed his residency and chief residency in internal medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and then completed fellowships in cardiovascular diseases and interventional cardiology at the Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston. Kuntz received his Master’s of Science in biostatistics from the Harvard School of Public Health.

Dr. Jennifer Nicholas

Dr. Jennifer Nicholas (Miami, 1991) is an  Associate Professor of Radiology and Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine and is the Division Chief of Pediatric Radiology and Vice-Chair for Education for the Department of Radiology at University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center.  She graduated from Miami with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish and Psychology with minors in Latin American Studies and Family Studies.  She spent several years after graduation teaching in various capacities, including: bilingual elementary school, English to Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), Spanish (middle school through college-level), Chemistry, Biology, and science and math to middle school ESOL students.  Her love of languages coupled with her desire to better understand the cognitive science behind language acquisition and bilingualism led her to pursue an interdisciplinary master's degree in Spanish and Linguistics from the University of Colorado, Boulder, which she completed in 1994. 

Dr. Nicholas's quest to optimally utilize her language skills led her to medical school (Duke University School of Medicine, 2004) during which time she also completed a degree through the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill Gillings School of Global Public Health (MHA, 2003).  She completed her internship in her hometown at Akron General Hospital, her Diagnostic Radiology residency in Chicago at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, and her fellowship in Pediatric Radiology at Cincinnati Children's. She is board-certified in Diagnostic Radiology, Pediatric Radiology, and Public Health. Dr. Nicholas was faculty at Northwestern University (Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago) and Washington University School of Medicine (Saint Louis Children's Hospital) before returning to Northeastern Ohio to assume her leadership roles at University Hospitals in 2020. 

Dr. Nicholas has combined her language skills with her medical specialty through global health work in Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Ecuador, Kenya, Rwanda, Nigeria, and Haiti.  Her research interests include imaging of child development, particularly as it relates to nutritional status in resource-limited settings, and she has received funding for research projects in Ecuador and Haiti.  She is also committed to integrating medical technology into medical education, particularly in the global health setting.  To that end,  she is completing a Master of Education through the University of Cincinnati with a focus on Curriculum and Instruction in Medical Education, which brings her life experiences full circle.  While she was at Miami she was involved in the Honors Program, the Scholar-Leader Program, MUSF, Alpha Omicron Pi, and the Office of Learning Assistance as a peer adviser and study skills tutor.

Dr. Deborah Wilson

Dr. Deborah Wilson (Miami, 1984) graduated with a B.A. in Chemistry. She received her Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of Arizona's School of Medicine. Deborah practices with Galion Emergency Room Physicians (Galion, OH) and Premier Physician Services (Dayton, OH). She served in the United States Air Force from 1989–1996, e arned a Master of Public Administration Health Services Management while on active duty, and finished her service with the rank of Captain . She completed a surgical internship at The Ohio State University and then Family Practice Residency at Grant Medical Center. She was in private practice for 10 years followed by 8 years of emergency room and correctional health care work. Currently, she is practicing primary care with the Veterans Healthcare Administration at the Chalmer P. Wylie VA Ambulatory Care Center in Columbus. Ohio.

While at Miami, Deborah was a member of Alpha Sigma Alpha and the AFROTC. She is a former member of the Alumni Band and a past Reunion Weekend Committee member.