
2024-2025 UMMC Promotions and Tenure
Published on Monday, July 7, 2025
More than 60 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 | ||
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![]() Sara Jane McCrary Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatric Dentistry | ![]() Ignacio Velasco Martinez Promotion to Associate Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | ![]() Scott Phillips Promotion to Professor of Care Planning and Restorative Sciences |
![]() Nathan Beavers Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatric Dentistry | ![]() George May Promotion to Associate Professor of Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | |
School of Health Related Professions | ||
![]() Driscoll DeVaul Promotion to Associate Professor of Health Sciences | ![]() Zack Gray Promotion to Associate Professor of Radiologic Sciences | ![]() Molly Ratcliff Promotion to Associate Professor of Health Sciences |
![]() Chelsea Stephens Promotion to Associate Professor of Radiologic Sciences | ![]() Asher Street Beam Promotion to Professor of Radiologic Sciences | ![]() Robin Parish Promotion to Professor of Occupational Therapy |
![]() Megan Ladner Promotion to Professor of Occupational Therapy |
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School of Medicine | ||
![]() Claudio do Nascimento Promotion to Associate Professor of Anesthesiology | ![]() Oscar Alberto Alam Mendez Promotion to Associate Professor of Anesthesiology | ![]() Patricia Amolenda Promotion to Associate Professor of Anesthesiology |
![]() Forrest Duncan Promotion to Associate Professor of Anesthesiology | ![]() Jenner Tiscareno Promotion to Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine | ![]() Stephanie Depaepe Promotion to Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine |
![]() James Bensler Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine | ![]() Joydeep Chakraborty Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine | ![]() Bradley Deere Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine |
![]() Elizabeth Fryoux Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine | ![]() Zerelda Esquer Garrigos Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine | ![]() Zackary Knott Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine |
![]() Jessie Lavender Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine | ![]() Rola Abi Saleh Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine | ![]() Laura Smart Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine |
![]() Prakhar Vijayvargiya Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine | ![]() Yousaf Zafar Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine | ![]() Allison Strickland Promotion to Associate Professor of Neurosurgery |
![]() Hyung Kim Promotion to Associate Professor of Neurosurgery | ![]() Matthias Krenn Promotion to Associate Professor of Neurosurgery with Tenure | ![]() Janice Scaggs Promotion to Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
![]() Izuchukwu Ibe Promotion to Associate Professor of Orthopedic Surgery | ![]() Anne Kane Promotion to Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery | ![]() Beth King Promotion to Associate Professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery |
![]() Venkat Mannam Promotion to Associate Professor of Pathology | ![]() Ameze Ero Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics | ![]() Erin Jackson Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics |
![]() Gabrielle Gipson Banks Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics | ![]() Ira Holla Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics | ![]() Jenna Dear Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics |
![]() Tanja Seifen Promotion to Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior | ![]() Daniel Kennedy Promotion to Associate Professor of Radiology | ![]() Charlotte Taylor Promotion to Associate Professor of Radiology |
![]() Kelly Brister Promotion to Associate Professor of Surgery | ![]() Mouayyad Zaza Promotion to Associate Professor of Surgery | ![]() Brian Akerley Promotion to Professor of Cell & Molecular Biology with Tenure |
![]() Jorge Vidal Promotion to Professor of Cell & Molecular Biology with Tenure | ![]() Ben Brock Promotion to Professor of Medicine | ![]() Saurabh Chandra Promotion to Professor of Medicine |
![]() Amanda Clark Promotion to Professor of Medicine | ![]() Carter Milner Promotion to Professor of Medicine | ![]() Elizabeth Paine Promotion to Professor of Medicine |
![]() Vishnu Garla Promotion to Professor of Medicine | ![]() Elizabeth Lutz Promotion to Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology | ![]() Rachael Morris Promotion to Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
![]() Ashish Anand Promotion to Professor of Orthopedic Surgery | ![]() David Gilliam Promotion to Professor of Pediatrics | ![]() Anju Sukumaran Promotion to Professor of Pediatrics |
![]() Billy Mink Promotion to Professor of Pediatrics | ![]() Susie Phillips Promotion to Professor of Pediatrics | ![]() Sydney Murphy Promotion to Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology |
![]() Jussara do Carmo Promotion to Professor of Physiology & Biophysics | ![]() Anson Thaggard Promotion to Professor of Radiology | ![]() Felicitas Koller Promotion to Professor of Surgery |
![]() Vinayak Nahar Associate Professor of Dermatology with Tenure | ![]() John Morellato Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery with Tenure | ![]() Kellie Leitch Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery with Tenure |
![]() Marc Walker Associate Professor of Plastic Surgery with Tenure | ![]() Xiu Liu Professor of Pathology with Tenure | ![]() Charalampos Pantazopoulos Associate Professor of Psychiatry with Tenure |
School of Nursing | ||
![]() Christina Ferrell Promotion to Associate Professor of Instruction | ![]() Sharon McElwain Promotion to Professor of Instruction | ![]() Kathleen Rhodes Promotion to Professor of Instruction |
![]() Angela Duck Promotion to Professor of Instruction | ![]() Carolann Risley Promotion to Professor of Instruction | |
School of Population Health | ||
![]() William Hillegass Professor of Data Science with Tenure | ![]() Yunxi Zhang Promotion to Associate Professor of Data Science | ![]() Caroline Compretta Promotion to Professor of Population Health Science |
![]() Bernadette Grayson Promotion to Professor of Population Health Science with Tenure |