Recently Promoted & Tenured Faculty
2022-2023 Faculty Promoted & Tenured
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 2022-2023, there were 56 promotions to Associate Professor, 27 promotions to Professor, and 17 faculty were awarded tenure.
The Office of 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:
- Dr. Abbie Salcedo, SOM Director of Faculty Affairs, zxm3tp@uvahealth.org
- Dr. Robert Nakamoto, SOM Coordinator of Academic Achievement, rkn3c@virginia.edu
- Emily Schneider, MILR, SHRM-CP, SOM Assistant Director of Faculty Affairs, yft2hj@uvahealth.org
Anesthesiology
- Sunny Chiao
- John McNeil (te)
- Matthew Meyer (te)
Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
- Pankaj Kumar
Biomedical Engineering
- Glynis Kolling
Emergency Medicine
- Thomas Hartka (te)
Medical Education – Office of Educational Affairs
- Zehra Gaudiano – Inova campus
- Cynthia Gibson – Inova campus
- Mohankumar Kurukumbi – Inova campus
- Courtney Port – Inova campus
Department of Medicine
- Taison Bell (te)
- Andrew Copland
- Christine Eagleson
- Drew Harris
- Katie Jaffe
- Paul Kunk (te)
- Louise Man
- Rahul Mehta
- Alexander Millard
- Glenn Moulder
- Justin Mutter (te)
- Tessy Paul
- Matthew Reilley (te)
- Anna Smith
Neurology
- Amal Libdeh
Neuroscience
- Ukpong Eyo (te)
Neurosurgery
- Jeff Liu
Obstetrics & Gynecology
- Carolyn Wilson
- Katherine Latimer
- Michelle Rindos
Ophthalmology
- Nancy Vilar
Pediatrics
- Daniel Warnell Lee (te)
- Lisa Letzkus
- Fernando Ruiz
- Araceli Santiago
- Elizabeth Schinstock
- Julia Taylor
- Shelby White
- Emily Wong
Pharmacology
- Irina Bochkis (te)
Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
- Joseph Amalfitano
- David Hryvniak
- Regan Royer
Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences
- Heather Bruschwein
- Kelly Shaffer (te)
Public Health Sciences
- Bethany Horton
- Clint Miller (te)
- Kathleen Porter
- Katharine Wibberly
Radiology & Medical Imaging
- Joseph Donahue
- Ayman Mithqal
- Jonathan Nguyen
- Alan Ropp
Surgery
- Behzad Farivar (te)
- Christopher Scott (te)
- Nicholas Teman (te)
Biomedical Engineering
- Mete Civelek
- Mohammad Fallahi-Sichani
Department of Medicine
- Tabor Flickinger
- Sula Mazimba
- Victor Soukoulis
- Mami Taniuchi
Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
- Isabelle Derre
- Kwon Park
Neuroscience
- Alban Gaultier
- Tajie Harris
Orthopaedic Surgery
- Minton Cooper
- Brian Werner
Pathology
- Elizabeth Courville
Pharmacology
- Mark Beenhakker
Surgery
- Leora Yarboro
Victor Zaydfudim
Urology
- Ryan Smith
Anesthesiology
- Bhiken Naik (t)
- Manoj Patel (t)
- Robert Thiele (t)
Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics
- Hao Jiang (t)
Emergency Medicine
- Nathan Charlton (t)
- Amita Sudhir
Department of Medicine
- Jamieson Bourque (t)
- David Feith
- Margaret Kosek (t)
- Bryan Sauer (t)
- Neeral Shah (t)
- Anne Tuskey
Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology
- Andrew Dudley (t)
- Hui Zong (t)
Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics
- Huiwang Ai (t)
- Peter Kasson (t)
Orthopaedic Surgery
- Xudong Li (t)
- Adam Shimer (t)
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
- Spencer Payne (t)
Pediatrics
- Martha Hellems
- Michael Spaeder
Psychiatry & Neurobehavioral Sciences
- Marc Breton (t)
Public Health Sciences
- Wendy Cohn
Radiology & Medical Imaging
- Thomas Druzgal
- Arun Krishnaraj
Surgery
- Traci Hedrick (t)
- Linda Martin (t)
2021-2022 Faculty Promoted & Tenured
In 2021-2022, there were 53 promotions to Associate Professor, 36 promotions to Professor, and 14 faculty were awarded tenure.
Keith Bachmann, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Deborah Barry, Medical Education
Darshita Bhatia, INOVA
Michelle Bland, Department of Pharmacology
Heather Borek, Department of Emergency Medicine
Laurie Brenner, Department of Neurology
Philip I-Fon Chow, Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Anna Cliffe, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology
Carolyn Davis, INOVA
Brent DeGeorge, Department of Plastic Surgery
Paul DeMarco, Department of Anesthesiology
Lauren Dunn, Department of Anesthesiology
Sarah Ewald, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology
Katheryn Frazier, Department of Pediatrics
Katherine Fedder, Department of Otolaryngology
Katherine Forkin, Department of Anesthesiology
Shrirang Gadrey, Department of Medicine
Bradley Gelfand, Department of Ophthalmology
Shakun Gupta, Department of Pediatrics
Eliza Holland, Department of Pediatrics
Jonathan Hemler, Department of Pediatrics
Matthew Hulse, Department of Anesthesiology
Einsley-Marie Janowski, Department of Radiation Oncology
Sarah Jones, Department of Neurology
David Joyner, Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging
Suchitra Joshi, Department of Neurology
Alexandra Kadl, Department of Medicine
Varinder Kaur, Department of Medicine
Timothy Kyin, Department of Medicine
Tri Minh Le, Department of Medicine
Hannah Mannem, Department of Medicine
William Manson, Department of Anesthesiology
Kelly Mason, Department of Pediatrics
Jose Mattos, Department of Otolaryngology
Natalie McKnight, INOVA
Michael Mendoza, Department of Pediatrics
Peter Murray, Department of Pediatrics
Mary Mutter, Department of Emergency Medicine
Aaron Pannone, Department of Public Health Sciences
Andrew Parsons, Department of Medicine
Ronak Patel, Department of Anesthesiology
Kari Ring, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Tanvir Rizvi, Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging
Melanie Rutkowski, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology
Margaret Sande, Department of Emergency Medicine
Melissa Schoelwer, Department of Pediatrics
Nathan Sheffield, Department of Public Health Sciences
Jessica Sheeran, Department of Anesthesiology
Christopher Thom, Department of Emergency Medicine
Samantha Vizzini, Department of Anesthesiology
Tanya Wanchek, Department of Public Health Sciences
Chongzhi Zang, Department of Public Health Sciences
Heather Zelle, Department of Public Health Sciences
Laurie Archbald-Pannone, Department of Medicine
Jennifer Charlton, Department of Pediatrics
Bimal Desai, Department of Pharmacology
Noelle Dwyer, Department of Cell Biology
Michael Elliott, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology
Daniel Gioeli, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology
Winston Gwathmey, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Melissa Kendall, Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Cancer Biology
John Lukens, Department of Neuroscience
Anne Mills, Department of Pathology
Aditya Sharma, Department of Medicine
Shayna Showalter, Department of Surgery
Seth Yarboro, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Chun-Po Yen, Department of Neurosurgery
Ashok Asthagiri, Department of Neurosurgery
Timothy Bullock, Department of Pathology
Leigh Cantrell, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Donna Chen, Department of Public Health Sciences
Rashard Dacus, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Christopher Colvin, Department of Public Health Sciences
Charles Farber, Department of Public Health Sciences
Alejandro Gru, Department of Pathology
Peter Hallowell, Department of Surgery
James Harrison, Department of Pathology
Lynn Kohan, Department of Anesthesiology
Rebecca Krukowski, Department of Public Health Sciences
Charles Landen, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Xiaowei Lu, Department of Cell Biology
James Mangrum, Department of Medicine
Gabrielle Marzani, Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences
Jaime Mata, Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging
Julie Matsumoto, Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging
Michael McCulloch, Department of Pediatrics
Christopher Moore, Department of Medicine
Min Park, Department of Neurosurgery
Shawn Pelletier, Department of Surgery
George Politis, Department of Anesthesiology
Owen Pornillos, Department of Molecular Physiology & Biological Physics
Ashley Shilling, Department of Anesthesiology
Nina Solenski, Department of Neurology
Christine Burt Solorzano, Department of Pediatrics
Andrew Southerland, Department of Neurology
James Stone, Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging
Margaret Tracci, Department of Surgery
Elisa Trowbridge, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Wen You, Department of Public Health Sciences
Cirle Warren, Department of Medicine
David Weiss, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Santina Zanelli, Department of Pediatrics
Barrett Zlotoff, Department of Dermatology