Promotion and Tenure Awards


Congratulations to the 2025 School of Medicine faculty who received promotion and/or tenure! 
 

Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology

Zhe Yang, Ph.D.— Promotion to Professor (RE)

Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics

Ren Zhang, Ph.D.— Promotion to Professor (RE)

Emergency Medicine

Vijaya Kumar , M.D., M.P.H.  — Promotion to Professor (CE)

Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences 

Rhonda Dailey, M.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (R)

Eleanor King, M.D. — Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor (Ascension Providence Rochester)

Rachel Mahas, Ph.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Internal Medicine

Azza Ali, M.D. — Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor (VA)

Khaled  AAl-Taieb, M.D. — Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor (HFH)

Joel Appel, D.O. (DMC) — Promotion to Professor (CE - FTA)

Eric Ayers, M.D. — Promotion to Professor (CE)

Shatha Farhan, M.D.  —Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor (HFH)

Humberto Gonzalez Gonzalez, M.D. (HFH) — Promotion to Professor (CE - FTA)

Nashat Imran, M.D. — Promotion to Professor (CE)

Amir Kaki, M.D. — Promotion to Clinical Professor (Heart and Vascular Institute)

Ziad Kanaan, M.D., Ph.D. (VA) — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE - FTA)

Bashar Mohamad, M.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Shaheena Raheem, D.O. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Renato Roxas, M.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Wael Taha, M.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE) 

Oncology

Heather Gibson, Ph.D — Promotion to Associate Professor w/Tenure (RE)

Dipesh Uprety, M.D. (KCI) — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE - FTA)

John Wallbillich, M.D — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Ophthalmology, Visual and Anatomical Sciences

Lisa Bohra, M.D. — Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor (Children's Eye Care)

Ahmed Ibrahim, Ph.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor w/Tenure (RE)

Shunbin Xu, M.D., Ph.D. — Promotion to Professor (RE)

Orthopedic Surgery

Hussein Darwiche, M.D (DMC)— Promotion to Associate Professor (CE - FTA)

Bryan Little, M.D (DMC)— Promotion to Associate Professor (CE - FTA)

Bryant Oliphant, M.D (DMC)— Promotion to Associate Professor (CE - FTA)

Pediatrics

Chih Chuang, M.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Pharmacology

Michael Petriello, Ph.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor w/Tenure (RE)

Wei-Ling Tsou, Ph.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (R)

Physiology

Robert Wessells, Ph.D. — Promotion to Professor (RE)

Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences

Arash Javanbakht, M.D. — Promotion to Professor (CS)

Radiation Oncology

Michael Dominello, D.O. — Promotion to Professor (CE)

Alvaro Martinez, M.D. — Promotion to Clinical Associate Professor (Michigan Health Professionals)

Adrian Nalichowski, Ph.D. — Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Farzan Siddiqui, M.D. — Promotion to Clinical Professor (HFH)

Surgery 

Eliza Beal, M.D.— Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Andrew Isaacson, M.D.— Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Urology 

Kevin Ginsburg, M.D.— Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)

Aron Liaw, M.D.— Promotion to Associate Professor (CE)