2024 School of Medicine and Health Sciences Promotion and Tenure, and Emeriti Faculty List

Congratulations to the George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences faculty members on their promotion and/or tenure, and to the Class of 2024 emeriti faculty.

SMHS Regular Faculty Promoted and/or Tenured — effective July 1, 2024

At the rank of Professor:

Claude Abdallah, MD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and of Pediatrics

Anisha Abraham, MD,  Professor of Pediatrics

Andrea Badillo, MD, Professor of Surgery and of Pediatrics

Susan Bathgate, MD, Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Ljubica Caldovic, PhD,  Professor of Genomics and Precision Medicine and of Pediatrics

Yi-Wen Chen, PhD, Professor of Genomics and Precision Medicine and of Pediatrics

Andrew Choi, MD, Professor of Medicine and of Radiology

Lowell Frank, MD, Professor of Pediatrics

Anandapadmanaban Gourishankar, MRCP, MAS, Professor of Pediatrics

Monika Goyal, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and of Emergency Medicine

Kazue Hashimoto-Torii, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and of Pharmacology & Physiology

John Hawdon, PhD, Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine

Eugene Hwang, MD, Professor of Pediatrics

Allison Jackson, MD, MPH,  Professor of Pediatrics

Ramin Javan, MD, Professor of Radiology

Robert Jayes, MD, Professor of Medicine

Jennifer Keller, MD, MPH, FACOG, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

AeRang Kim, MD, Professor of Pediatrics

Sahira Long, MD, Professor of Pediatrics

Trudy Mallinson, PhD, Professor of Clinical Research and Leadership

Matthew Oetgen, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and of Pediatrics

Kavita Parikh, MD, Tenured Professor of Pediatrics

Mikael Petrosyan, MD, Professor of Surgery and of Pediatrics

Douglas Postels, MD, Professor of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine and of Pediatrics

Debra Regier, MD, PhD, Professor of Pediatrics

Neha Shah, MD, Professor of Pediatrics

Hemant Sharma, MD, Professor of Pediatrics

Karen Smith, MD, Professor of Pediatrics

Beth Tarini, MD, Professor of Pediatrics

Matthew Tuck, MD, Professor of Medicine

Karin Walsh, MD, Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and of Pediatrics

Ray-Chang Wu, PhD, Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

Pavan Zaveri, MD, Professor of Pediatrics and of Emergency Medicine

 

SMHS Regular Faculty Promoted and/or Tenured — effective July 1, 2024

At the rank of Associate Professor with or without tenure:

Kaushalendra Amatya, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and of Pediatrics

Annette Ansong, MD, MHS, Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Seth Berger, MD, PhD, Tenured Associate Professor of Genomics and Precision Medicine and of Pediatrics

Claire Boogaard, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Guenevere Burke, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and of Health Policy & Management

Charelle Carter-Brooks, MD, Associate Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology and of Urology

Katherine Chiappinelli, PhD, Tenured Associate Professor of Microbiology, Immunology, and Tropical Medicine

Nicole DeVaul, PhD, Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology

Nabil Fallouh, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine

Tress Goodwin, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and of Pediatrics

Suma Goudar, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Katrina Hawkins, MD, Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and of Medicine

Colton Hood, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Lana Ismail, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Ilana Kahn, MD, Associate Professor of Neurology and Rehabilitation Medicine and of Pediatrics

Susan Kartiko, MD, PhD, Associate Professor of Surgery

Wei Li, PhD, Tenured Associate Professor of Genomics and Precision Medicine, Pediatrics and of Biochemistry & Molecular Medicine

Laila Mahmood, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Dalia Mobarek, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine

Reza Monfaredi, PhD, Tenured Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Robert Nickel, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics

James Novak, PhD, Tenured Associate Professor of Genomics and Precision Medicine and of Pediatrics

Courtney Paul, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine

Abigail Polter, PhD, Tenured Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology

Maria Portela, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine and of Health Policy & Management

Natasha Powell, MD, MPH, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Allison Ratto, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and of Pediatrics

Colleen Roche, MD, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Jeremy Root, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and of Emergency Medicine

Yael Smiley, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Pooja Sodha, MD, Associate Professor of Dermatology

Daniel Stein, MD, Associate Professor of Urology

Sean Tabaie, MD, Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and of Pediatrics

Mehdi Tavakoli-Dastjerdi, MD, Associate Professor of Ophthalmology and of Neurology & Rehabilitation Medicine

Carrie Tully, PhD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health, Surgery and of Pediatrics

Robert Turner, II, PhD, Tenured Associate Professor of Clinical Research and Leadership and of Neurology & Rehabilitation Medicine

Christopher Vaughan, MD, Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health and of Pediatrics

Caleb Ward, MD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and of Emergency Medicine

 

SMHS Specialized Faculty Promoted — effective July 1, 2024

At the rank of Professor:

Bidhan Bandyopadhyay, PhD, Adjunct Professor of Medicine

Griffin Davis, MD, Adjunct Professor of Emergency Medicine

Monica Jones, MD, Clinical Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Susan Knoblach, Research Professor of Genomics & Precision Medicine and of Pediatrics

Hiroki Morizono, PhD, Research Professor of Genomics & Precision Medicine and of Pediatrics

Asha Thomas, MD, Clinical Professor of Medicine

 

At the rank of Associate Professor:

Kathleen Atmore, PsyD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health and of Pediatrics

Angela Bollich, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health and of Pediatrics

Anna Brown, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine and of Pediatrics

Sonya Burton, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology

Anthony Contento, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences

Joshua Felsher, Clinical Associate Professor of Physician Assistant Studies

Rishi Gautam, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health

Christopher Hayes, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Clark Johnson, MD, MPH, Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Michael Knight, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Joseph Kunic, MSHS, Clinical Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine

Ingrid Mendez, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics

Julie Newman, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health and of Pediatrics

Regina Oyesanya, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences

Atoosa Rabiee, MD, Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine

Francisco Rentas, PhD, Adjunct Associate Professor of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences

Bhupender Yadav, MBBS, Clinical Associate Professor of Radiology and of Pediatrics

Deborah Zlotnik, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Health and of Pediatrics

 

At the rank of Assistant Professor:

Olga Terekhina, MHS, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences

 

SMHS Emeriti Faculty — effective July 1, 2024

Anita Aggarwal, MD, Professor Emerita of Medicine

Ira Cohen, MD, Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and of Pediatrics

Richard Jonas, MD, Professor Emeritus of Surgery and of Pediatrics

Richard Katz, MD, Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Emergency Medicine

Michael Seneff, MD, Professor Emeritus of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine, of Medicine, and of Pediatrics

Marshall Summar, MD, Professor Emeritus of Pediatrics

Alan Wasserman, MD, Eugene Meyer Professor Emeritus of Medicine

 

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