2023-2024 UMMC Promotions and Tenure
Published on Monday, August 7, 2023
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 | ||