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