Tenure, Promotion, and Appointment of WCM Faculty- August 2026

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

Tenure

Randy Longman, M.D., Ph.D.--Professor of Medicine

Promotion

Associate Professor

Ava Liberman, M.D.--Associate Professor of Neurology
Sri Lekha Tummalapalli, M.D.--Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences
Jiani Yu, Ph.D.--Associate Professor of Population Health Sciences
Andrew Hickner, M.S., B.A.--Associate Librarian

Endowed Appointment

Clinical Scholar

Carolyn Newberry, M.D.--Anne and Ken Estabrook Clinical Scholar in Gastroenterology

New Appointment

Professor

Rajiv Ratan, M.D., Ph.D.--Professor of Neuroscience (Courtesy)

Associate Professor

Amirhossein Goldan, Ph.D.--Associate Professor of Electrical Engineering in Radiology
Christa Grant, M.D.--Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery (Pending Appointment at Rank)
Evan Grossman, M.D.--Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine
Iosif Gulkarov, M.D.--Clinical Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Zachary Kaltenborn, M.D.--Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (Pending Appointment at Rank)
Jason Link, Ph.D.--Associate Professor of Microbiology Research in Surgery (Pending Appointment at Rank)

Assistant Professor

Gloria Baena Caldas, Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Anatomy Teaching in Radiology
Christopher Bradley, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine
Joseph Bruch, Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences
Kan Chen, Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Population Health Sciences
Raga Dilip, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Surgery (Transplantation)
Melanie Gao, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Vinay Giri, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine
Eduarda Grinsztejn Joao, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine
Dominique Higgins, M.D., Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Neurological Surgery
Devora Isseroff, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine
Vita Jaspan, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine
Yao Li, Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Immunology
Ximara Peckham, Ph.D.--Assistant Professor of Anatomy Teaching in Radiology
Kusha Rahgozar, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine
Allen Wang, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Medicine
Emilie Champagne Williamson, M.D.--Assistant Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery

Instructor

Xiaofei Guan, M.B.,B.S., Ph.D.--Instructor of Neuroscience in Neurological Surgery
Alexander Manzella, M.D.--Instructor in Surgery
Andrea Miskimen, M.D.--Instructor in Pediatrics
Shaan Sadhwani, D.O.--Instructor of Orthopaedic Surgery in Neurological Surgery
Arjun Sarkar, M.D.--Instructor in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Athanasios Sevdalis, M.D.--Instructor in Surgery
Gregory Kazarian, M.D.--Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery
Scott LaValva, M.D.--Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery
Alexander White, M.D.--Instructor in Orthopaedic Surgery

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