Promotion and Appointment of WCM Faculty--June 2025

The Office of Faculty Affairs is proud to announce our awards of Promotion and New Appointments of Weill Cornell Medicine faculty for June 2025.

Promotion

Professor

Reem Sharaiha, M.B.,B.S.--Professor of Medicine
Andres Leschziner, Ph.D.--Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics (Pending Appointment at Rank)
Mark Drakos, M.D.--Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

Associate Professor

Shannon Bennett, Ph.D.--Associate Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry
Jingli Cao, Ph.D.--Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology
Rohit Chandwani, M.D., Ph.D.--Associate Professor of Surgery
Alexis Melnick, M.D.--Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Nili Solomonov, Ph.D.--Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry
Teresa Vente, D.O.--Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Tatyana Kushner, M.D.--Associate Professor of Medicine

Assistant Professor

Long He, Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Research in Pharmacology

New Appointment

Assistant Professor

Bem Atim, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Psychiatry
Deanna Gerber, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology
Xin Yu Wang, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Instructor

Michaela Fuchs, Ph.D.--Instructor of Physiology in Medicine
Takato Kusakabe, Ph.D.--Instructor of Immunology in Medicine
Kabir Malkani, M.D.--Instructor in Medicine
Matthew Navarro, M.D.--Instructor in Medicine
Laura Werle, M.D.--Instructor in Medicine

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