Dr. Troy Camarata is an Associate Professor in the Department of Basic Sciences at New York Institute of Technology College of Osteopathic Medicine (NYITCOM) at Arkansas State University. Dr. Camarata earned both Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in Biology from the University of Central Florida before attending Northwestern University, where he earn a Ph.D. in Developmental Biology and Genetics. After receiving his doctorate, Dr. Camarata pursued post-doctoral training in the Nephrology Division at Massachusetts General Hospital. He joined NYITCOM in 2014 and is a member of the inaugural faculty that opened the NYITCOM at Arkansas State University site in 2016.
Dr. Camarata serves as part of the course leadership team for the Foundations of Osteopathic Medicine Course and is the site director for Case-based Learning-1. He also has significant roles in student mentoring, remediation, and the prematriculation program, KickStart. Dr. Camarata is the director of the Summer Health Academy for Research Exploration (SHARE) Program, an STEM outreach program for high school students from underserved and underrepresented communities.
Dr. Camarata runs a research laboratory located in the Arkansas Bioscience Institute on the campus of Arkansas State University. Here, NYITCOM medical students and A-State undergraduates are introduced to biomedical research through several research projects.
