Faculty Appointments and Promotions - August 16, 2004

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Appointments to Professor

Mohammed Akhtar, M.B.B.S., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

David Kissane, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry. (Dr. Kissane is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)

Karl Pillemer, Ph.D., Professor of Gerontology in Medicine. (Dr. Pillemer is Professor of Human Development at Cornell University.)

Francesco Ramirez, D.Sc., Professor of Physiology and Biophysics. (Dr. Ramirez is the St. Giles Chair of Genetics and Chief Scientific Officer at Hospital for Special Surgery.)

Richard Steingart, M.D., Professor of Medicine. (Dr. Steingart is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)


Promotions to Professor

Charles Bardes, M.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine.

Craig Basson, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine (primary appointment); Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology (secondary appointment).

Kenneth Bromberg, M.D., Professor of Pediatrics. (Dr. Bromberg is on staff at Brooklyn Hospital Center.)

Yao-Tseng Chen, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Arthur Cooper, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry (primary appointment); Professor of Biochemistry in Neuroscience (secondary appointment).

Lora Ellenson, M.D., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Michel Gagner, M.D., Professor of Surgery.

Allan Halpern, M.D., Professor of Dermatology. (Dr. Halpern is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)

Syed Hoda, M.D., Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Lionel Ivashkiv, M.D., Professor of Medicine. (Dr. Ivashkiv is on staff at Hospital for Special Surgery.)

David Nanus, M.D., Professor of Medicine (primary appointment); Professor of Urology (secondary appointment).

David Pfister, M.D., Professor of Medicine. (Dr. Pfister is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)

Peter Schlegel, M.D., Professor of Urology.

Kent Sepkowitz, M.D., Professor of Medicine. (Dr. Sepkowitz is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)

Peter Wilson, M.D., Professor of Clinical Psychiatry.


Appointments to Associate Professor

Debra Beneck, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Joseph Feinberg, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine. (Dr. Feinberg is on staff at the Hospital for Special Surgery.)

Marie Gade, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology. (Dr. Gade is on staff at St. Barnabas Hospital.)

Steven Piecuch, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics. (Dr. Piecuch is on staff at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center.)

Donna Skerrett, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.


Promotions to Associate Professor

Edward Athanasian, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery.

Marc Avram, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology.

Kenneth Barish, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry.

Ann Bordwine Beeder, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Public Health.

Robert Clarke, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Embryology in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology (primary appointment); Associate Professor of Clinical Reproductive Medicine (secondary appointment).

Katherine Dalsimer, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry.

Joseph Disa, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery. (Dr. Disa is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)

Jay Edelberg, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine (primary appointment); Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology (secondary appointment).

Peter Faries, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery.

Christine Frissora, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine.

Isaiarasi Gnanasekaran, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics. (Dr. Gnanasekaran is on staff at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center.)

Esther Ho-Kung, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology.

Eric Holland, Ph.D., M.D., Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery. (Dr. Holland is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)

Sandip Kapur, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery.

Robert Korst, M.D., Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Nathan Kravis, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry.

Bruce Kristal, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neuroscience. (Dr. Kristal is on staff at Burke Medical Research Institute.)

John Leonard, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine.

Dorothy Lieberman, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry.

Gregory Lutz, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine. (Dr. Lutz is on staff at Hospital for Special Surgery.)

Xiaojing Ma, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology.

Robert Min, M.D., Associate Professor of Radiology.

Suneet Mittal, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine.

Chloe Nims, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry.

Bradford Perry, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry.

Alfons Pomp, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery.

Jean Roiphe, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry.

Gail M. Saltz, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry.

Ellen Scherl, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine.

Jeffrey Silberzweig, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (primary appointment); Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine in Surgery (secondary appointment). (Dr. Silberzweig is on staff at the Rogosin Institute.)

Steven Spandorfer, M.D., Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology (primary appointment); Associate Professor of Reproductive Medicine (secondary appointment).

Adam Stracher, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine.

Maria Theodoulou, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine. (Dr. Theodoulou is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)

Joan Tolchin, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry.

Lucinda Veeck, D.Sc. (honoris causa), Associate Professor of Embryology in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology (primary appointment); Associate Professor of Clinical Reproductive Medicine (secondary appointment).

Richard Weiss, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry.

Priscilla Winchester, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology.


Promotion to Visiting Professor

Nyoun Soo Kwon, M.D., Ph.D., Visiting Professor of Microbiology and Immunology. (Dr. Kwon's primary academic appointment is Professor in the Department of Biochemistry at the College of Medicine, Chung-Ang University.)


Appointments to Adjunct Professor

Erika Friedmann, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Public Health in Medicine. (Dr. Friedmann's primary academic appointment is Professor of Health and Nutrition Sciences at Brooklyn College of the City University of New York.)

James Swanson, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry. (Dr. Swanson's primary academic appointment is at the University of California, Irvine as Professor of Pediatrics and Cognitive Science.)

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