Promotion and Tenure Awards


Congratulations to the 2024 School of Medicine faculty who received promotion and/or tenure! 
 

Anesthesiology

Sandeep Krishnan, M.D.— Promotion to Professor (CE)

Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics

Allison Jay, M.D.— Promotion to Clinical Professor (Ascension St. John)

Dermatology

Steven Daveluy, M.D.— Promotion to Professor (CE)

 Meena Moossavi, M.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Emergency Medicine

Varun Vohra , M.D.  — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Internal Medicine

Heather Abraham, M.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Mohammed  Abu-Mahfouz, M.D. — Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor (DMC)

Omar Ali, M.D. — Promotion to Clinical Professor (DMC)

M. Chadi Alraies, M.D. — Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor (DMC)

Rana Awdish, M.D.  — Promotion to Professor (CE)

Labib Debiane, M.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Anupama Devara, M.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Zahia Esber, M.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Clara Hwang, M.D. — Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor (HFHS)

Zain Kulairi, M.D. — Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor (DMC)

Sarwan Kumar, M.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Kirthi Lilley, M.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Ijeoma Opara, M.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE) 

Preeti Ramappa, M.D. — Promotion to Clinical Professor (VA)

Latonya Riddle-Jones, M.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Divya Venkat, M.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Salam Zeineddine, M.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Neurology

Mona Elsayed, M.D.— Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Tobias Walbert, M.D. — Promotion to Professor (CE)

Obstetrics & Gynecology

Kang Chen, Ph.D. —  Promotion to Professor (RE)

Satinder Kaur, M.D. —  Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Christopher Kliethermes, M.D. —  Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Oncology

Mohammed Al Hallak, M.D — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Hadeel Assad, M.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Asfar Azmi, Ph.D. — Promotion to Professor (RE)

Gregory Dyson, Ph.D. — Promotion to Professor (RE)

Yubin Ge, Ph.D. — Promotion to Professor (RE)

Zhanjun Hou, Ph.D. — Promotion to Professor (R)

Benjamin Kidder, Ph.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor w/tenure (RE) 

Hirva  Mamdani, M.D (KCI)— Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Dipenkumar Modi, M.D. (KCI) — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Nancie Petrucelli, M. S. (KCI) — Promotion to Adjunct Professor

Ira Winer, M.D. — Promotion to Professor (CE)

Guojun Wu, Ph.D. — Promotion to Professor (RE)

Jay Yang, M.D. — Promotion to Professor (CE)

Orthopedic Surgery

Melissa Nayak, M.D (HFH)— Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor

Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery

Eleanor Chan, M.D. —  Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Pediatrics

Alan Dombkowski, Ph.D. — Promotion to Professor (RE)

Patrick Hines, M.D.,Ph.D. — Promotion to Professor (CE)

Physiology

Emilio Mottillo, Ph.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (R)

Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences

Alireza Amirsadri, M.D. — Promotion to Professor (CE)

Hilary Marusak, Ph.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor w/tenure (RE)

Eva Waineo, M.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Surgery 

Shunji  Nagai, M.D.— Promotion to Associate Professor