Recently Promoted & Tenured Faculty
Congratulations to all of the newly promoted and tenured faculty on their hard work and excellence, which has been recognized by the SOM Promotion and Tenure Committee and the Board of Visitors. In the 2024-2025, there were 49 promotions to Associate Professor, 30 promotions to Professor, and 11 faculty were awarded tenure.
Faculty Affairs manages all promotion and tenure actions at the School level for both regular cycle actions and expedited reviews. The promotion and tenure process spans 18 months and concludes with the Board of Visitors approval of recommended faculty. In-cycle P&T approvals are effective July 1.
For more information:
- Robert Nakamoto, PhD, SOM Coordinator of Academic Achievement, rkn3c@virginia.edu
- Emily Schneider, MILR, SHRM-CP, SOM Associate Director of Faculty Affairs, yft2hj@uvahealth.org
Anesthesiology
- Ashley Garneau
- Christopher Sharrow
Dermatology
- Bridget Bryer Groff
Department of Medicine
- Michael Ayers
- Catherine Bonham
- William Horton
- Patrick Jackson
- Jeanne Kamal
- Anubhav Kumar
- Dennis Kumral
- Enrica Marchi
- Benjamin Martin
- Jeffrey Sturek
- Jeffrey Wilson
- Leonid Volodin
Family Medicine
- Sarah Dalrymple
- Catherine Varney
Medical Education
- Amy Weis
Neurology
- Meaghan Puglia
- Matthew Elliott
- Kathryn Xixis
Neuroscience
- Ukpong Eyo
- Ian Kimbrough
Neurosurgery
- Ryan Kellogg
Ophthalmology
- Arjun Dirghangi
- Tara McGehee
- Arthi Venkat
Otolaryngology
- William Brand
Pathology
- Jeffrey Craig
- Ifeyinwa Obiorah
Pediatrics
- Rebecca Abernathy
- Carrie Cowardin
- Elisa Hampton
- Abigail Kumral
- Jessica Myer
- Samantha Minnicozzi
- Clyde Smith
- Haley Stephens
- Sara Stephens
- Bryan Thorne
Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial, and Oral Health
- John Stranix
Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences
- Chiara Fabris
Public Health Sciences
- Kathryn Quissell
Radiation Oncology
- Christopher McLaughlin
Radiology
- Prem Batchala
- Arthur Pesch
- Amy Taylor
Surgery
- Lynn Dengel
- Kenan Yount
Anesthesiology
- Amanda Kleiman
Department of Medicine
- Sana Khan
- Andrew Parsons
- Daniel Strand
Genome Sciences
- Suna Onengut-Gumuscu
- Aakrosh Ratan
Microbiology
- Anna Cliffe
Orthopaedic Surgery
- Keith Bachmann
Public Health Sciences
- Timothy Clark
- Jennifer Mason Lobo
Surgery
- Jeffrey Gander
Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
- Stefan Bekiranov
Department of Medicine
- Patrick Dillon
- Jeannine Engel
- Elizabeth Gaughan
- Paul Helgerson
- Scott Heysell
- Monica Lawrence
- Craig Mortell
- Mami Taniuchi
- Karen Warburton
- Matthew Wolf
Emergency Medicine
- James Moak
Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics
- Swapnil Sonkusare
Neurology
- Kathleen Fuchs
Orthopaedic Surgery
- Aaron Freilich
- Frank Gwathmey
- Seth Yarboro
Pediatrics
- Barrett Barnes
- Jennifer Charlton
- Rose Gonzalez
- George McDaniel
- Jeffrey Vergales
Pharmacology
- Thurl Harris
Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial, and Oral Health
- Christopher Campbell
Radiology
- Reza Daugherty
- Nicholas Nacey
- Sohil Patel
- Jennifer Pierce
- Luke Wilkins
Surgery
- Kimberly Bullock