Promotion and Appointment of WCM Faculty- September 2026

The Office of Faculty Affairs is proud to announce our awards of Promotion and New Appointments of Weill Cornell Medicine faculty for September 2026.

Promotion

Professor

Kyung-Hyun Park-Min, Ph.D.--Professor of Immunology in Medicine

Gregory Scott DiFelice, M.D.--Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery

Brenna Michelle Farmer, M.D.--Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine

Sham Mailankody, M.B.B.S.--Professor of Medicine

Associate Professor

Liang Shen, M.D.--Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Claire Isabelle Vanpouille-Box, Ph.D.-- Associate Professor of Cell Biology in Radiation Oncology

Devin Thomas Worster, M.D.--Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine

Yongkang Zhang, Ph.D.--Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences

Zhengming Chen, Ph.D.--Associate Professor of Research in Population Health Sciences

Anna Kaltsas, M.D.--Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Sophia Dolly Lin, M.D.--Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine--Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Flowers, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Sarah Friedman, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Neurology

Laura Harnett, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Amanda Kravitz, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Amanda Lin, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Ryan Pang, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine

Aylin Unsal, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Raymond Zou, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Endowed Appointment

Jialin Mao, B.M., Ph.D.--Walsh McDermott Scholar in Public Health

New Appointment

Professor

Timothy Donahue, M.D.--Professor of Surgery (Pending Appointment at Rank)

Julie Schaffer, M.D.--Professor of Clinical Dermatology (Pending Appointment at Rank)

Associate Professor

Christa Grant, M.D.--Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery (Pending Appointment at Rank)

Helen Perakis, M.D.--Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery (Pending Appointment at Rank)

Assistant Professor

Alexandra Acker, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Carolina Aravera, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Steven Astafiev, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Rohan Badlani, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Meisha Baker, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Michael Berke, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology

Zoe Brown, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics

Sonia Chaabane, Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Research in Population Health Sciences

Jiani Chai, B.M., Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Pirapon Chaidarun, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine

Eric Chan, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Urology

Lorna Collins, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine

Angel de Jesus Corria Osorio , M.D., Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Immunology in Medicine

Katherine Cuan, D.O.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Rachel Eddy, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Olivia Fankuchen, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine

Christopher Folgueras, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Vladislav Fomin, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine

Chloe Glantz, M.D.--Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Adrian Gonzalez, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Rohiverth Guarecuco, M.D., Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Gregory Holste, Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences

Ricky Ju, D.O.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine

Matthew King, Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Jessica Kisenwether, Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Teaching in Population Health Sciences

Sven Lange, Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Laura Lee, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Farrah Liu, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Surgery (Plastic Surgery)

Sarah Madoff, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Kaavya Mahajan, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Alyssa Mercadel, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology

Evelyn Orlando, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine

Raz Palty, Ph.D.--Visiting Assistant Professor of Research in Biochemistry and Biophysics

Davina Ran, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Jennifer Saluck, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Achintya Singh, M.B.,B.S., M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Connor Singrey, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Matthew Spano, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology

Ulunma Umesi, M.D.--Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry

Laura Warren, M.D., Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Nicholas Wegener, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology

Stephanie Zilberman, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine

Instructor

Mia-Ashley Spad, M.D.--Instructor in Pediatrics

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