Appointment, Promotion, and Tenure of WCM Faculty---July 2019

Promotions

Professor

Claire Henchcliffe, D.Phil., M.D.--Professor of Neurology

Associate Professor

Tirsit Asfaw, M.D.--Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Heidi Hansen, D.M.D.--Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery (Dentistry, Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery)
Margaret McNairy, M.D.--Associate Professor of Medicine
Robert Peck, M.D.--Associate Professor of Medicine
Julie Penzner, M.D.--Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Xiao-Han Tang, Ph.D.--Associate Professor of Research in Pharmacology

Assistant Professor

Czarina Behrends, Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Healthcare Policy and Research
Bradley Hayward, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Tammy Hennika, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Line Malha, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine
Samyukta Mullangi, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Healthcare Policy and Research
Ugochi Nwosu, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine
Melissa Rusli, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Lourdes Sanso, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Nina Schatz-Siemers, D.O.--Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Amy Shaw, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Helene Strauss, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Brian Walker, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology
Kathleen Walsh, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine
Kirk Young, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

New Appointments

Professor

Said Ibrahim, M.D.--Professor of Healthcare Policy and Research
Cora Sternberg, M.D., M.D.--Professor of Medicine

Associate Professor

Ashlesha Dayal, M.D.--Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Theresa Hetzler, M.D.--Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Illes Kovacs, M.D., Ph.D.--Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology

Assistant Professor

Prakhar Agarwal, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Baxter Allen, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Lauren Antler, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Ashley Bakhoum, Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
Robert Battat, M.D., C.M.--Assistant Professor of Medicine
Ken-Michael Bayle, D.O.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Jules Beal, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Rajiv Bhagat, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine
Samuel Boas, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Kyle Brintz, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Lola Brown, Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Research Education in Anesthesiology
Leyda Callejas, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Judy Ch'ang, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Neurology
Michelle Cohen, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Sara Cohen, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Meghan Conroy, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Joseph Doria, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Julie Friedman, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Encouse Golden, M.D., Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology (Interim)
Christopher Harnain, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Sonal Harneja, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Richard Heekin, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Andrea Heras Barros, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Daniel Holzwanger, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Kevin Jeng, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Angela Kadenhe-Chiweshe, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Surgery
Alexander Kane, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Mashal Khan, M.B.,B.S.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Justin Kingery, M.D., Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine
Matthew McCarty, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine
Eralda Mema, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
David Narotsky, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Jamie Palaganas, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Neal Parikh, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Neurology
Sanjay Patel, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Eshan Patel, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Altaf Pirmohamed, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Sabrina Racine-Brzostek, M.D., Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Kapil Rajwani, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Hasina Reed, M.D., Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine
James Rim, J.D., M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Vanessa Rouzier, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Pediatrics in Medicine
Rivka Sachdev, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology
Barton Sanders, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Kimberly Scherer, D.O.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
William Schpero, Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Healthcare Policy and Research
Roy Smetana, M.D., Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
James Solomon, M.D., Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Jessica Spellun, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Lakshminarayan Ram Srinivasan, M.D., Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Joshua Stewart, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Travis Stradford, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology
Panagiotis Vlachostergios, M.D., Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine
Mark Weiner, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Healthcare Policy and Research (Interim)
Benjamin Zebley, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

Instructor

Ghaith Abu Zeinah, M.D.--Instructor in Medicine
Mohamed Ahmed, M.B.,B.Ch.--Instructor in Cardiothoracic Surgery
Christopher Brown, M.D.--Instructor in Neurology
Timothy Connolly, M.D.--Instructor in Anesthesiology
Daniel Cook, M.D.--Instructor in Anesthesiology
Alexander Fortenko, M.D.--Instructor in Emergency Medicine
Deborah Fung, M.D.--Instructor in Medicine
Christine Greer, M.D.--Instructor in Ophthalmology
Deborah Haisch, M.D.--Instructor in Medicine
Georgina Hartzell, M.D.--Instructor in Psychiatry
Michael Hemond, M.D., Ph.D.--Instructor in Ophthalmology
Ian Hoffman, M.D.--Instructor in Emergency Medicine
Gerard Huysmans, Ph.D.--Instructor in Physiology and Biophysics
Lynn Jiang, M.D.--Instructor in Emergency Medicine
Editha Johnson, D.O.--Instructor in Ophthalmology
Laura Kolbe, M.D.--Instructor in Medicine
Anand Kumar, M.B.,B.S., M.D.--Instructor in Medicine
William Levine, M.D.--Instructor in Medicine
Ross Littauer, M.D.--Instructor in Emergency Medicine
Colleen Maturana, M.D.--Instructor in Ophthalmology
Seung Ha Nam, M.D.--Instructor in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Evan Noch, M.D., Ph.D.--Instructor in Neurology
Robert Pelgrift, M.D.--Instructor in Emergency Medicine
Nahid Punjani, M.D.--Instructor in Urology
Sarah Ramer, M.D.--Instructor in Medicine
Megan Ritter, M.D.--Instructor in Medicine
Alberto Rojas, M.D.--Instructor in Medicine
Eric Rosenberg, D.O.--Instructor in Ophthalmology
Shawn Shah, M.D.--Instructor in Medicine
Jonathan Shoag, M.D.--Instructor in Urology
Abhilasha Solanki, M.B.,B.S., M.D.--Instructor in Anesthesiology
Sara Strauss, M.D.--Instructor in Radiology
Beverly Tchang, M.D.--Instructor in Medicine
Richard Thalappillil, M.D.--Instructor in Anesthesiology
Robert White, M.D.--Instructor in Anesthesiology
Ivan Wong, M.D.--Instructor in Medicine
Devin Worster, M.D.--Instructor in Medicine
Michele Yeung, M.D.--Instructor in Medicine

Lecturer

Victoria Tiase, --Lecturer in Healthcare Policy and Research (Courtesy)

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