Faculty Appointments and Promotions - October 9, 2006

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Appointment to Professor

Edward B. Butler, M.D., Clinical Professor of Radiology. (Dr. Butler is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.)

Lotfi Chouchane, Ph.D., Professor of Genetic Medicine (Education) (primary appointment) and Professor of Microbiology and Immunology (Education) (secondary appointment).

Robin L. Davisson, Ph.D., Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology with tenure.

Stephen J. Ferrando, M.D., Professor of Clinical Public Health (secondary appointment).

Patricia-Jane Vonna Giardina, M.D., Professor of Clinical Pediatrics in Medicine (secondary appointment).

Abida K. Haque, M.B., B.S., Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. (Dr. Haque is employed by The Methodist Hospital Physician Organization in Houston, TX.)

Claudia I. Henschke, M.D. Ph.D., Professor of Radiology in Cardiothoracic Surgery (secondary appointment).

Robert E. Jackson, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine. (Dr. Jackson is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.)

Neal S. Kleiman, M.D., Professor of Medicine. (Dr. Kleiman is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.)

Arthur Alan Klein, M.D., Professor of Clinical Pediatrics (secondary appointment).

Sherif F. Nagueh, M.B., B.Ch., Professor of Medicine. (Dr. Nagueh is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.)

Joseph J. Naples, M.D., Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology. (Dr. Naples is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.)

Craig M. Pratt, M.D., Professor of Medicine. (Dr. Pratt is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.)

Miguel A. Quiñones, M.D., Professor of Medicine. (Dr. Quiñones is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.)

Suhail Raoof, M.B., B.S., Professor of Clinical Medicine. (Dr. Raoof is on staff at New York Methodist Hospital.)

Jae Y. Ro, B.M., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. (Dr. Ro is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.)

Steven Schinke, Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Public Health. (Dr. Schinke's primary appointment is Professor of Social Work at the School of Social Work, Columbia University.)

David Jan Skorton, M.D., Professor of Medicine (primary appointment) with tenure and Professor of Medicine in Pediatrics (secondary appointment).

Henry M. Spotnitz, M.D., Adjunct Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Dr. Spotnitz is the George H. Humphreys II Professor of Surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.)

Heidi Stuhlman, Ph.D., Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology.

William L. Winters Jr., M.D., Professor of Medicine. (Dr. Winters on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.)

David F. Yankelevitz, M.D., Professor of Radiology in Cardiothoracic Surgery (secondary appointment).


Promotion to Professor

Craig T. Basson, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Medicine in Pediatrics (secondary appointment).

Jon Blumenfeld, M.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine. (Dr. Blumenfeld is on staff at the Rogosin Institute.)

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

P. Anne McBride, M.D., Professor of Clinical Psychiatry.

Dix Phillip Poppas, M.D., Richard Rogers Family Professor of Pediatric Urology, Professor of Urology with tenure (primary appointment), Professor of Urology in Obstetrics and Gynecology (secondary appointment), and Professor of Surgery (Plastic Surgery) (secondary appointment).

David Alan Silbersweig, M.D., Stephen P. Tobin and Dr. Arnold M. Cooper Professor in Consultation Liaison Psychiatry, Professor of Psychiatry with tenure (primary appointment), and Professor of Neurology (secondary appointment).

Henry M. Spinelli, M.D., Clinical Professor of Surgery (Plastic Surgery).

Ching-Hwa Sung, Ph.D., Professor of Cell Biology in Ophthalmology with tenure (primary appointment) and Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology (secondary appointment).

Madeline F. Vazquez, M.D., Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.


Appointment to Associate Professor

Elizabeth A. Alger, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine (Education).

Jerry B. Blacklock, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery. (Dr. Blacklock is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.)

Octavio Calvillo, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology. (Dr. Calvillo is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.)

Maria T. DeSancho, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine.

Alvaro G. Estevez, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Neuroscience. (Dr. Estevez is on staff at the Burke Medical Research Institute.)

Hsin H. Lu, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology. (Dr. Lu is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.)

Faisal N. Masud, M.B., B.S., Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology. (Dr. Masud is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.)

Susan M. Miller, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine. (Dr. Miller is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.)

Steven D. Passik, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry. (Dr. Passik is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)

James E. Rose, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery. (Dr. Rose is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.)

Marjana Tomic-Canic, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology in Dermatology. (Dr. Tomic-Canic is on staff at the Hospital for Special Surgery.)

Guillermo Torre-Amione, Ph.D., M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine. (Dr. Torre-Amione is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.)

Arthur W. Willis Jr., M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology. (Dr. Willis is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.)

Zbigniew J. Wojciechowski, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology. (Dr. Wojciechowski is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.)

Edward E. Yosowitz, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology. (Dr. Yosowitz is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, TX.)


Promotion to Associate Professor

Lauren E. Abrey, M.D., Associate Professor of Neurology.

Josef Anrather, V.M.D., Associate Professor of Neuroscience.

Robert L. Buly, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery.

Andrea Cerutti, M.D., Associate Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicin.

Curtis Cole, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine (primary appointment) and Associate Professor of Clinical Public Health (secondary appointment).

Sherri M. Donat, M.D., Associate Professor of Urology. (Dr. Donat is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)

James C. Farmer, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery.

Sarah K. Girardi, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Urology (primary appointment) and Clinical Associate Professor of Reproductive Medicine (secondary appointment).

Peter A. Goldstein, M.D., Associate Professor of Anesthesiology.

Robert T. Grant, M.D., Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery (Plastic Surgery). (Dr. Grant is Associate Clinical Professor of Surgery at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.)

Felix Homberger, D.V.M, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor of Veterinary Medicine in Microbiology and Immunology.

Samie R. Jaffrey, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology.

Melanie A. Katzman, Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry.

Jason S. Kendler, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine.

Albert I. Ko, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine.

Philip Li, B.M., Associate Research Professor of Urology (primary appointment) and Associate Research Professor of Reproductive Medicine (secondary appointment).

Veronica M. LoFaso, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine.

Charles A. Mack, III, M.D., Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Ruben Niesvizky-Iszaevich, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine.

Roger Niles Pearse, M.D, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine.

Roger Padilla, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology. (Dr. Padilla is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)

Hong Pan, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor of Electrical Engineering in Psychiatry.

Jeffrey Port, M.D., Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery.

Luis E. N. Quadri, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology.

Nicholas D. Schiff, M.D., Associate Profess or Neurology and Neuroscience (primary appointment) and Associate Professor of Public Health (secondary appointment).

Sorana Segal-Maurer, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine. (Dr. Segal-Maurer is on staff at New York Hospital Queens.)

Vijay K. Sharma, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor of Molecular Biology in Medicine. (Dr. Sharma is on staff at the Rogosin Institute.)

Menachem Mendel Shemtov, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Urology.

Dolan Sondhi, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor of Genetic Medicine.

Robert F. Spiera, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine.

Thomas J. Templeton, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology.

Maria G. Vogiatzi, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics.

James B. Wirth, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry.

Stefan Worgall, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pediatrics (primary appointment) and Associate Professor of Genetic Medicine (secondary appointment).

Jenny Xiang, B.M., Associate Research Professor of Microbiology and Immunology.

Richard B. Zimmer, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry.


Awarded Tenure

Lonny R. Levin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology.

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