Tenure, Promotion, and Appointment of WCM Faculty--August 2025

The Office of Faculty Affairs is proud to announce our awards of Tenure, Promotion, Endowed Appointment, and New Appointments of Weill Cornell Medicine faculty for August 2025.

Tenure

Associate Professor

Eftychia Apostolou, Ph.D.--Associate Professor of Molecular Biology in Medicine
Natalia De Marco Garcia, Ph.D.--Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Promotion

Professor

Richard Lee, M.D.--Professor of Urology

Associate Professor

Diany Calderon, M.D., Ph.D.--Associate Professor of Neuroscience in Anesthesiology
Julia Cron, M.D.--Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Moustafa Gabr, Ph.D.--Associate Professor of Chemistry in Radiology
Eugene Shostak, M.D.--Associate Professor of Medicine in Clinical Cardiothoracic Surgery

Assistant Professor

Krupa Patel, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Endowed Appointments

Endowed Professorship

Teresa Milner, Ph.D.--Thomas H. Meikle Professor in Medical Education

Clinical Scholar

Virginia Gao, M.D., Ph.D.--Louis and Rachel Rudin Clinical Scholar in Neurology
Jeanyoung Kim, M.D.-- Clinique Clinical Scholar in Dermatology
Mateo Saldarriaga, M.D.--Charles, Lillian and Betty Neuwirth Clinical Scholar in Oncology

New Appointment

Professor

Andres Leschziner, Ph.D.--Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics (Pending Appointment at Rank)

Associate Professor

Adrian Majid, M.D.--Associate Professor of Medicine (Pending Appointment at Rank)

Assistant Professor

Aiya Aboubakr, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine
Tatiana Carrillo, D.O.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Peyton Cramer, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Ryan Des Jean, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Sapna Desai, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Ramon Gist, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Sarah Grout, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Kavita Gupta, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Urology
Keerthana Haridas, M.B.,B.S.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Nia Harris, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Jason Ho, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Amar Ingravera, D.O.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Amir Jahanshad, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Arielle Kushman , M.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine
Erik Lawrence, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Jennifer Lee, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Arielle Lehman, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Hannah Lehrenbaum, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine
Michael Lor, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Dermatology
Melina Manolas, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Jason Matakas, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Lauren Miller-Lopez, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Younghoon Moon, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Laura Naccarato, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Chukwuma Onyebeke, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine
Maelle Saliba, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Emily Storch, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Elsa Thomas, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Erik Wang, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Daniel Wolfanger, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Instructor

Hossam Abdou, M.D.--Instructor in Surgery
Shannon Caesar-Peterson, D.O.--Instructor in Surgery
Lawrance Chung, M.D.--Instructor in Neurological Surgery
Carolina Cocito, D.V.M., Ph.D.--Instructor of Neuroscience in Neurological Surgery
Britny Keith, M.D.--Instructor in Surgery
Ross Mudgway, M.D.--Instructor in Surgery
Anna Najor, M.D.--Instructor in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Balaji Pandian, M.D.--Instructor in Anesthesiology
Sarah Perelman, M.D.--Instructor in Clinical Emergency Medicine
Matthew Abola, M.D.--Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery
Marco Burkhard, M.D.--Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery

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