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2019 Department of Internal Medicine Faculty Appointments and Promotions

September 16, 2019
by Amy Anderson

There have been 121 faculty appointments and promotions across 11 sections in the Department of Internal Medicine since September of 2018.


Professors

Nancy R. Angoff, MD, MPH, MEd, FACP Promotion to Professor, Clinician Educator Track in General Medicine

Choukri Ben Mamoun, PhD Promotion to Professor with Tenure, Traditional Track in Infectious Diseases

Matthew S. Ellman, MD Promotion to Professor, Clinician Educator Track in General Medicine

Scott N. Gettinger, MD Promotion to Professor, Clinician Educator Track in Medical Oncology

Kathleen A. Martin, PhD Promotion to Professor, Investigator Track in Cardiovascular Medicine

Saad B. Omer, MBBS, MPH, PhD Appointment as Professor with Tenure, Traditional Track in Infectious Diseases, Fully Joint with School of Public Health

Anna B. Reisman, MD Promotion to Professor, Clinician Educator Track in General Medicine

Joseph Solomon Ross, MD, MHS Promotion to Professor, Clinician Scholar Track in General Medicine


Associate Professors with Tenure

Hyung J. Chun, MD, FAHA Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure, Traditional Track in Cardiovascular Medicine

Daniel Greif, MD Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure, Traditional Track in Cardiovascular Medicine


Associate Professors with Term

Nihar R. Desai, MD, MPH Promotion to Associate Professor, Clinician Scholar Track in Cardiovascular Medicine

Sarah B. Goldberg, MD, MPH Promotion to Associate Professor, Clinician Scholar Track in Medical Oncology

Seonaid F. Hay, MD Promotion to Associate Professor, Clinician Educator Track in General Medicine

Lucia B. Jilaveanu, MD, PhD Promotion to Associate Professor, Investigator Track in Medical Oncology

Joseph W. Kim, MD Promotion to Associate Professor, Clinician Educator Track in Medical Oncology

Sukanya Narasimhan, PhD Appointment as Associate Professor, Investigator Track in Infectious Diseases

Jennifer Possick, MD Promotion to Associate Professor, Clinician Educator Track in Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine

Christopher B. Sankey, MD Promotion to Associate Professor, Clinician Educator Track in General Medicine

Erica Spatz, MD, MHS Promotion to Associate Professor, Clinician Scholar Track in Cardiovascular Medicine

Francis Perry Wilson, MD, MSCE Promotion to Associate Professor, Clinician Scholar Track in Nephrology

Amer M. Zeidan, MBBS, MHS Promotion to Associate Professor, Clinician Educator Track in Hematology


Assistant Professors

Vratika Agarwal, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in Cardiovascular Medicine

Vivian Asare, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinical Track in Pulmonary

Brett C Bade, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Scholar Track in Pulmonary

Thilinie Bandaranayake, MBBS Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in Infectious Diseases

Whitney Besse, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Traditional Track in Nephrology

Anne Black, PhD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Investigator Track in General Medicine

D. Barry Boyd, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinical Track in Medical Oncology

Benjamin Cherry, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in General Medicine

Brian Clark, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in Pulmonary

Deborah Dyett Desir, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinical Track in Rheumatology

Mukta Dhond, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in General Medicine

Albert Do, MD, MPH Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in Digestive Diseases

Mei Xue Dong, MD, PhD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinical Track in Rheumatology

Beverly Drucker, MD, PhD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinical Track in Medical Oncology

Susan B. Eysmann, MD, FACC Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinical Track in Cardiovascular Medicine

Shelli Farhadian, MD, PhD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Scholar Track in Infectious Diseases

Kamil Faridi, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in Cardiovascular Medicine

Romina Fiorotto, PhD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Investigator Track in Digestive Diseases

Daniel Friedman, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in Cardiovascular Medicine

Margaret Furman, MD, MPH Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinical Track in Cardiovascular Medicine

Katherine Gielissen, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in General Medicine

Shana Gleeson, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in Infectious Diseases

Sonia Gordon-Dole, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinical Track in Rheumatology

Dickerman Hollister, Jr, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinical Track in Medical Oncology

Betty Hsiao, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinical Track in Rheumatology

Michelle Hughes, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in Digestive Diseases

Kenneth Hung, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in Digestive Diseases

Shalin Kothari, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in Hematology

Jason Kwah, MD, FACP Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in Rheumatology

James Lai, MD, ScM, MHS Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinical Track in Geriatrics

Stephen Lattanzi, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinical Track in Medical Oncology

Merlin Sung Lee, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinical Track in Medical Oncology

Yuan Lu, ScD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Investigator Track in Cardiovascular Medicine

Denyse Lutchmansingh, MBBS Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinical Track in Pulmonary

Susan Maya, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in General Medicine

Brienne Miner, MD, MHS Promotion to Assistant Professor, Traditional Track in Geriatrics

Nelli Mnatsakanyan, PhD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Investigator Track in Endocrinology

Dennis Moledina, MBBS, PhD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Scholar Track in Nephrology

Kenneth Morford, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in General Medicine

Oyere Onuma, MD, MSc Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in Cardiovascular Medicine

Gregory Ouellet, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Traditional Track in Geriatrics

Carmen Pagan, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinical Track in Rheumatology

Maria Pavlis, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinical Track in Cardiovascular Medicine

Edward Perry, Jr, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in Medical Oncology

Benjamin Rodwin, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in General Medicine

Maura Singh, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinical Track in Geriatrics

Anne Spichler Moffarah, MD, PhD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in Infectious Diseases

Ryan Steele, DO, MS Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinical Track in Rheumatology

Graham Taylor, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in General Medicine

David Van Dijk, MD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Traditional Track in Cardiovascular Medicine

Daniel Vatner, MD, PhD Promotion to Assistant Professor, Traditional Track in Endocrinology

Karen Wang, MD, MHS Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Scholar Track in General Medicine

Jonathan Weber, MA, PA-C Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in General Medicine/PA Program

Thilan Wijesekera, MD, MHS Promotion to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track in General Medicine


Instructors

Bryan Brown, MD

Diane Bruessow, PA-C, MPAS, DFAAPA

Michael Chiorazzi MD, PhD

Yu-Pei (Eugenia) Chock, MD, MPH

Katharine Clapham, MD

Patrick Cudahy, MD

Lloyd Friedman, MD

Stephanie Green, MD

Efia James, MD, MPH

Qurat-Ul-Ain Jelani, MD

Eric Jordan, MD

Phillip Joseph, MD

Paul Joudrey, MD, MSEd, MPH

Ravi Kodali, MD

Ashley Losier, MD

Christopher Maulion, MD

Matthew McConnell, MD

John McDonough, PhD

Karthik Murugiah, MD

Sameer Nagpal, MD

Armand Russo MD

Samit Shah MD, PhD

Faiza Yasin, MD

Bryan Young, MD, PhD

Anna Zimmerman, MD


Research Scientists

Ecaterina Cristea, MD Promotion to Research Scientist in Cardiovascular Medicine

Viswanathan Muthusamy, PhD Promotion to Research Scientist in Medical Oncology


Associate Research Scientists

Gunjan Arora, PhD

Kim Blenman, PhD, MS

Namrata Chandhok, MD

Husrev Diktas, MD

Michel Duval, MD

Monica Embacher, MD

Sahar Esteghamat, PhD

Vijayakumar Kakade, PhD

Seong Lee, PhD

Geoffrey Lynn, PhD

Xianyong Ma, MSc, PhD

Wazir Muhammad, PhD

Allison Ostriker, PhD

Andrew Prendergast, PhD

Govindarajan Rajagopalan, DVM, PhD

Muhammad Riaz, PhD

Yuichi Saito, MD, PhD

Andaleeb Sajid, PhD

Leyuan Xu, PhD