More than 80 current Medical Center faculty will begin the new academic year with a promotion in rank, newly granted tenure, or both. Faculty are listed alphabetically, by school, in rank order of professor with tenure, associate professor with tenure, professor, and associate professor.
School of Dentistry
Niping Wang Professor of Periodontics and Preventive Sciences with Tenure
Stephen Gandy Promotion to Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery and Pathology
Deepti Janorkar Promotion to Associate Professor of Advanced General Dentistry
Firas Mourad Promotion to Associate Professor of Care Planning and Restorative Sciences
Cynthia Senior Promotion to Associate Professor of Dental Hygiene
School of Health Related Professions
Angela Burrell Promotion to Professor of Health Administration
Michael Brown Promotion to Associate Professor of Physical Therapy
School of Medicine
Erin Dehon Professor of Emergency Medicine with Tenure
Richard Duszak Professor of Radiology with Tenure
Candace Howard Promotion to Professor of Radiology with Tenure
Cynthia Karlson Promotion to Professor of Pediatrics with Tenure
Gustavo Luzardo Promotion to Professor of Neurosurgery with Tenure
Chad Washington Promotion to Professor of Neurosurgery with Tenure
Licy Cardozo Yanes Promotion to Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology with Tenure
Xinchun Zhou Promotion to Professor of Pathology with Tenure
Svenja Albrecht Promotion to Professor of Medicine
Josie Bidwell Promotion to Professor of Preventive Medicine
Dongmei Cui Promotion to Professor of Advanced Biomedical Education
Austin Harrison Promotion to Professor of Pediatrics
Yue Lu Promotion to Professor of Advanced Biomedical Education
Charles Paine Promotion to Professor of Pediatrics
Anand Prem Promotion to Professor of Anesthesiology
Lori Reed Promotion to Professor of Orthopedic Surgery
Mildred Ridgway Promotion to Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Dustin Sarver Promotion to Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Melissa Scholes Promotion to Professor of Otolaryngology & Head and Neck Surgery
Laura Vearrier Promotion to Professor of Emergency Medicine
Sarika Jain Associate Professor of Pathology with Tenure
Sally Huskinson Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior with Tenure
Utsav Nandi Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine with Tenure
Ana Palei Associate Professor of Surgery with Tenure
Josh Speed Associate Professor of Physiology & Biophysics with Tenure
Jorge Vidal Associate Professor of Cell & Molecular Biology with Tenure
Lorena Amaral Promotion to Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Emily Boothe Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Maria Bueno Rios Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine
Allison Cruse Promotion to Associate Professor of Dermatology
Alex Da Silva Promotion to Associate Professor of Physiology & Biophysics
Mauricio De Castro Pretelt Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Neil Duggar Promotion to Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology
Scott Gibson Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine
Manasa Gunturu Promotion to Associate Professor of Neurology
Jimmy Hamilton Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine
Drew Hayslett Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Mitchell Hobbs Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Laura Sestokas Humphries Promotion to Associate Professor of Surgery
Sara Johnston Promotion to Associate Professor of Pathology
Jasmine Kency Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine
Ashok Kumar Promotion to Associate Professor of Surgery
Michael Marlin Promotion to Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Seema McKenzie Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine
Chelsea Mockbee Promotion to Associate Professor of Dermatology
Jarrett Morgan Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine
Patrick Newman Promotion to Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Charalampos Pantazopoulos Promotion to Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Lampros Papadimitriou Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine
Adam Protos Promotion to Associate Professor of Surgery
Jeremy Rainey Promotion to Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Lauren Rowe-Hobbs Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Sameer Sharma Promotion to Associate Professor of Neurology
Elizabeth Sims Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Kevin Sullivan Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine
Athanasios Tsiouris Promotion to Associate Professor of Surgery
Channing Twyner Promotion to Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Jennifer Villacorta Promotion to Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Caroline Walker Promotion to Associate Professor of Anesthesiology
Courtney Walker Promotion to Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Brandon Weatherly Promotion to Associate Professor of Radiology
Kristin Weaver Promotion to Associate Professor of Neurosurgery
Jason Williams Promotion to Associate Professor of Radiology
Nilda Williams Promotion to Associate Professor of Radiology
School of Nursing
Angela Duck Associate Professor of Nursing with Tenure
Michelle Palokas Promotion to Professor of Nursing
Derek Holt Promotion to Associate Professor of Nursing
Melissa Klamm Promotion to Associate Professor of Nursing
Robyn MacSorley Promotion to Associate Professor of Nursing
School of Population Health
Seth Lirette Associate Professor of Data Science with Tenure
William Hillegass Promotion to Professor of Data Science
Lori Ward Promotion to Associate Professor of Population Health Science
Charles Chima Promotion to Associate Professor of Population Health Science
