Faculty Appointments and Promotions - April 2, 2007

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Appointment to Professor

Barbara L. Bass, M.D., Professor of Surgery. (Dr. Bass is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.)

Donald J. D'Amico, M.D., Professor of Ophthalmology (with tenure).

Bruce Davidson, M.D., Professor of Medicine.

Edith I. Jones, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine. (Dr. Jones is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.)

Robert J. Leggiadro, M.D., Professor of Clinical Pediatrics. (Dr. Leggiadro is on staff at Lincoln Medical and Mental Health Center.)

Edward C. Lynch, M.D., Professor of Medicine. (Dr. Lynch is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.)

Cynthia M. Magro, M.D., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Suzanne Meleg-Smith, M.D., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Marcellina Mian, M.D., C.M., Professor of Pediatrics (Education).

James M. Musser, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. (Dr. Musser is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.)

David T. Netscher, M.B., B.S., Adjunct Professor of Clinical Surgery (Plastic Surgery). (Dr. Netscher is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.)

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

Marc D. Silverstein, M.D., Professor of Public Health (primary appointment) and Professor of Medicine (secondary appointment). (Dr. Silverstein is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.)

Ahmad S. Teebi, M.B., B.Ch., Professor of Pediatrics (primary appointment) and Professor of Genetic Medicine (secondary appointment).

Alastair J.J. Wood, M.B., Ch.B., Professor of Medicine (courtesy) (primary appointment) and Professor of Pharmacology (courtesy) (secondary appointment).

Grace Chia-yu Hsu Yang, M.D., Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Ximing James Yang, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

William A. Zoghbi, M.D., Professor of Medicine. (Dr. Zoghbi is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.)


Promotion to Professor

Karen T. Brown, M.D., Professor of Clinical Radiology. (Dr. Brown is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)

Klaus J. Busam, M.D., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. (Dr. Busam is on staff at Memorial-Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.)

Susan Evans, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry.

Farida Gadalla, M.B., Ch.B., Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology (primary appointment) and Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology in Obstetrics and Gynecology (secondary appointment).

José G. Guillem M.D., M.P.H., Professor of Surgery. (Dr. Guillem is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)

Cynthia L. Harden, M.D., Professor of Neurology.

Cynthia A. Lien M.D., Professor of Anesthesiology.

Min Lu, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry (with tenure).

Peter M. Marzuk, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry.

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

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

Robert A. Soslow, M.D., Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. (Dr. Soslow is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)

Bruce S. Spinowitz, M.D., Clinical Professor of Medicine. (Dr. Spinowitz is on staff at New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens.)

Kimberly Joan Van Zee, M.D., Professor of Surgery. (Dr. Van Zee is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)

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


Appointment to Associate Professor

Karolina Adam, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology. (Dr. Adam is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.)

Yashpal Agrawal, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Ammar C. Al-Rikabi, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. (Dr. Al-Rikabi is on staff at Hamad Medical Corporation.)

Jassim Al Suwaidi, M.B., Ch.B., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine. (Dr. Al Suwaidi is on staff at Hamad Medical Corporation.)

Abdullatif Mohamed Alkhal, M.B., Ch.B., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine. (Dr. Alkhal is on staff at Hamad Medical Corporation.)

Peter J. Allen, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery. (Dr. Allen is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)

Joseph K.H. Chiu, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology. (Dr. Chiu is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.)

George S. Glass, M.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry. (Dr. Glass is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.)

Elizabeth B. Guthrie, M.D., Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry. (Dr. Guthrie is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.)

Lars Hedin, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Physiology and Biophysics (Education).

David H. Hildreth, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery. (Dr. Hildreth is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.)

Kevin M. Holcomb, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Nasir Hussain, M.B., B.S., Associate Professor of Medicine (Education).

Samantha L. Jansson, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology. (Dr. Jansson is on staff at New York Hospital Medical Center of Queens.)

Rami P. Kaminski, M.D., Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry (courtesy). (Dr. Kaminski is Associate Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.)

Rex A.W. Marco, M.D., Adjunct Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery. (Dr. Marco is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.)

Kenneth B. Mathis, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Orthopaedic Surgery. (Dr. Mathis is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.)

Nader Morad, M.B., B.Ch., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. (Dr. Morad is on staff at Hamad Medical Corporation.)

Ethan A. Natelson, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine. (Dr. Natelson is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.)

Sarah A. Rawstron, M.B., B.S., Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics. (Dr. Rawstron is on staff at the Brooklyn Hospital Center.)

Joseph Schulman, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics.

Ram Sharma, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology. (Dr. Sharma's primary academic appointment is Principal Research Scientist, Department of Biomedical Sciences, College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell University, Ithaca.)

Ashraf Tawfik Mohamed Soliman, M.B., B.Ch., M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Pediatrics. (Dr. Soliman is on staff at Hamad Medical Corporation.)

Margaret Spinelli, M.D., Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychiatry (courtesy).

(Dr. Spinelli is Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons.)

Miguel Valderrábano, M.D., Associate Professor of Medicine. (Dr. Valderrábano is on staff at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas.)

James J. Xia, Ph.D., B.M., Associate Research Professor of Surgery (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery.) (Dr. Xia is on staff at The Methodist Hospital Research Institute in Houston, Texas.)


Promotion to Associate Professor

Nadeem Abu-Rustum, M.D., Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology. (Dr. Abu-Rustum is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)

Anne R. Bass, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine. (Dr. Bass is on staff at Hospital for Special Surgery.)

Jay O. Boyle, M.D., Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology. (Dr. Boyle is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)

Dennis S. Chi, M.D., Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology. (Dr. Chi is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)

Sudhir A. Diwan M.B., B.S., Associate Professor of Clinical Anesthesiology.

Lawrence B. Jacobsberg, M.D., Ph.D., Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry.

William L. Kraus, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology. (Dr. Kraus' primary academic appointment is Associate Professor with tenure in the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics at Cornell University, Ithaca.)

Anna R. Miari, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry.

Bhuvanesh Singh, M.D., Ph.D., Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology. (Dr. Singh is on staff at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center.)

Emily Stern, M.D., Associate Professor of Radiology in Psychiatry.

Lucian Sulica, M.D., Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology.

Rita K. Upmacis, Ph.D., Associate Research Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

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