Faculty Appointments and Promotions - December 16, 2010

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Appointment to Professor

Rebecca Baergen, M.D., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Boris C. Bastian, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. Dr. Bastian is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Dietrich Büsselberg, Ph.D., Professor of Physiology and Biophysics (Education).

Pamela Charney, M.D., Professor of Clinical Medicine.

Daniel Cherqui, M.D., Professor of Surgery.

Arthur T. Evans, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Medicine.

Arthur Garson, Jr., M.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Professor of Pediatrics. Dr. Garson is Professor of Pediatrics, and Executive Vice President and provost at the University of Virginia School of Medicine.

Ivan Grunberger, M.D., Professor of Clinical Urology. Dr. Grunberger is on staff at New York Methodist Hospital.

David J. Kerr, M.B., Ch.B., M.D., Ph.D., Adjunct Professor of Medicine (Courtesy). Dr. Kerr is Professor of Cancer Medicine at University of Oxford, United Kingdom.

James E. Key, M.D., Professor of Clinical Ophthalmology. Dr. Key is on staff at The Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX).

Malgorzata Kloc-Stepkowska, Ph.D., Research Professor of Cell and Molecular Biology in Surgery. Dr. Kloc-Stepkowska is on staff at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute (Houston, TX).

Richard J. Knight, M.D., Professor of Surgery (Transplantation). Dr. Knight is on staff at The Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX).

Dale J. Lange, M.D., Professor of Neurology. Dr. Lange is on staff at Hospital for Special Surgery.

Stuart M. Lichtman, M.D., Professor of Medicine. Dr. Lichtman is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Lia S. Logio, M.D., Professor of Medicine (Education).

Bruce A. McKinley, Ph.D., Research Professor of Biomedical Engineering in Surgery. Dr. McKinley is on staff at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute (Houston, TX).

Jeffrey W. Moses, M.D., Professor of Medicine.

Basim M. Uthman, M.D., Professor of Clinical Neurology.

Timothy Vartanian, Ph.D., M.D., Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience.

John T. Walkup, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry.

Promotion to Professor

Stewart A. Anderson, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry (primary appointment), Professor of Psychiatry in Neuroscience (secondary appointment).

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

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

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

Robert J. Downey, M.D., Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery. Dr. Downey is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Soumitra R. Eachempati, M.D., Professor of Surgery (primary appointment), Professor of Public Health (secondary appointment).

Steven B. Haas, M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Haas is on staff at Hospital for Special Surgery.

Ziad Kronfol, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry (Education).

Elizabeth A. Morris, M.D., Professor of Radiology. Dr. Morris is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Howard A. Riina, M.D., Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery.

Nicholas D. Schiff, M.D., Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience (with tenure).

Nancy E. Strauss, M.D., Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine.

Phyllis G. Supino, Ed.D., Adjunct Research Professor of Public Health. Dr. Supino is Professor of Medicine at State University of New York Downstate Medical Center.

Bradley K. Weiner, M.D., Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Weiner is on staff at The Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX).

Michael J. Zelefsky, M.D., Professor of Radiation Oncology. Dr. Zelefsky is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Pengbo Zhou, Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (with tenure).

Appointment to Associate Professor

Souraya Thurayya Khalil Arayssi, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine.

Mathew N. Bartels, M.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine. Dr. Bartels is John Alexander Downey Associate Clinical Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.

Eric Bedell, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology. Dr. Bedell is on staff at The Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX).

Anne M. Covey, M.D., Associate Professor of Radiology. Dr. Covey is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Mohammad Sayel Sa'ed Ehlayel, M.B.B.S., Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics. Dr. Ehlayel is on staff at Hamad Medical Corporation (Qatar).

Richard H. Fish, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology. Dr. Fish is on staff at The Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX).

Eric R. Holz, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology. Dr. Holz is on staff at The Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX).

Maxine S. Jochelson, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology. Dr. Jochelson is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Sang W. Lee, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery.

Daniel E. Lehane, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine. Dr. Lehane is on staff at The Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX).

Nasrin Mesaeli, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Biochemistry (Education).

Harpreet K. Pannu, M.D., Associate Professor of Radiology. Dr. Pannu is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Darren B. Schneider, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery (Vascular Surgery).

George Schroth, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine. Dr. Schroth is on staff at The Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX).

Yuxin Yin, B.M., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology.

Promotion to Associate Professor

Hassen A. Al-Amin, M.D., Associate Professor of Psychiatry.

David M. Brown, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Ophthalmology. Dr. Brown is on staff at The Methodist Hospital (Houston, TX).

Michelle Gerwin Carlson, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Carlson is on staff at Hospital for Special Surgery.

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

Russell L. Chin, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Neurology.

Darshana M. Dadhania, M.D., M.S., Associate Professor of Medicine (primary appointment), Associate Professor of Medicine in Surgery (secondary appointment). Dr. Dadhania is on staff at Rogosin Institute.

Gregory F. Dakin, M.D., Associate Professor of Surgery.

Jalong Gaan, Ph.D., M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Dermatology.

Elizabeth A. Grill, Psy.D., Associate Professor of Psychology in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology (primary appointment), Associate Professor of Psychology in Clinical Reproductive Medicine (secondary appointment).

Faith Gunning-Dixon, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry.

Keith D. Hentel, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology.

Ingrid Hriljac, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine.

Noah D. Kauff, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine. Dr. Kauff is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Geri Kreitzer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology.

Chi-Chang David Lin, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Rehabilitation Medicine.

Theresa T. Lu, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology. Dr. Lu is on staff at Hospital for Special Surgery.

Thanh D. Nguyen, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor of Physics in Radiology.

Neeta Pandit-Taskar, M.D., Associate Professor of Radiology. Dr. Pandit-Taskar is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Andrew D. Pearle, M.D., Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Pearle is on staff at Hospital for Special Surgery.

Jürgen Rademaker, M.D., Associate Professor of Radiology. Dr. Rademaker is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.

Amar S. Ranawat, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Ranawat is on staff at Hospital for Special Surgery.

Mark I. Rosenblatt, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Ophthalmology.

Moshe Rubin, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine. Dr. Rubin is on staff at New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens.

Andrew A. Sama, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery. Dr. Sama is on staff at Hospital for Special Surgery.

Jian Shou, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery.

Ali A. Sultan, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology (Education).

Mary A. Vogler, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine.

Timothy J. Wilkin, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Professor of Medicine.

Jue Jillian Zhang, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor of Physiology and Biophysics.

Martin Zonenshayn, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Neurological Surgery. Dr. Zonenshayn is on staff at New York Methodist Hospital.

Award of Tenure

Kirk W. Deitsch, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology and Immunology with tenure.

Paraskevi Giannakakou, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology in Medicine with tenure.

Michael G. Kaplitt, Ph.D., M.D., Associate Professor of Neurological Surgery with tenure.

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

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