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Lisa DeMarco

  • Clinical Associate Professor

Biography

Dr. Lisa A. DeMarco has been in private practice serving the Depew area since 1996. Dr. DeMarco held multiple teaching positions at New York Chiropractic College and New York Institute of Massage before joining D'Youville. As a chiropractic technique faculty, she utilizes evidence-informed practice models to provide students with the knowledge to succeed as competent Doctor of Chiropractic and become skilled at the art of chiropractic manipulative therapy. In 2009, she co-founded We Can Row-Buffalo, NY, a program that promotes healthier lifestyles by building physical strength, and endurance, and empowering women who are in different phases of cancer survivorship through participation in sweep rowing.

Education & Training

  • CHSE® -Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator® Society for Simulation in Healthcare, 2020
  • D.C. Doctorate in Chiropractic, New York Chiropractic College, 1996
  • B.S. Exercise Science, University at Buffalo, The State University of New York, 1990

Awards & Honors

  • Faculty Award- Outstanding Service - Department of Chiropractic 2021

Research Interests

  • Interprofessional Education and Simulation in Healthcare

Publications

  • Butterfoss, K.H., Cieri-Hutcherson, N.E., Ferro, H. et al. Interprofessional education and transitions of care: a simulated curriculum from preoperative to community care. SN Soc Sci 2, 51 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43545-022-00355-2
  • DeMarco, L., Panzarella, K., Ferro, H., Pownall, L., Case, A., Nowakowski, P., Stewart, M., Duszkiewicz, A., Verni, C., Kennedy, M., Cieri, N., Dowd, C., & Dunford, D. (2015) Outcomes of an Interprofessional Simulation Curriculum, Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education, 7(2), 453-468.
  • Panzarella, K., Rivers, L., Bright B., Whelan M., Butterfoss, K., Russ, L., Case, A., Brian, S., Ferro, H., DeMarco, L., Dunford, D., Schmitz, K., Kittleson, H., Kennedy, M., Brzykcy, D., Pownall, L., Reddington, M. (2013). Using Actors as Simulated Patients in Interprofessional Education Medical Science Educator, 23(3), 438-448.

Departments

Contact Information

Email: demarcol@dyc.edu Office: BFAC 349