SMHS 2020 Emeriti Faculty, Promotion and Tenure List

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The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences announced the new emeriti faculty inductees as well as the promotions and tenure selections, effective July 1, 2020.

SMHS Regular Faculty Promoted and/or Tenured

At the rank of Professor:

Anita Aggarwal Professor of Medicine
Esma Akin Professor of Radiology
Lee Ann Beers Professor of Pediatrics
Janice Blanchard Professor of Emergency Medicine and of Health Policy
William Borden Professor of Medicine
Susan Ceryak Professor of Pharmacology & Physiology
Tae Un Chang Professor of Neurology and of Pediatrics
Deepika Darbari Professor of Pediatrics
Anil Darbari Professor of Pediatrics
Meghan Delaney Professor of Pathology and of Pediatrics
Jyoti Jaiswal Professor of Genomics & Precision Medicine and of Pediatrics
Joyce Maring Professor of Health, Human Function, and Rehabilitation Sciences
Michele Mietus-Snyder Professor of Pediatrics
Sabyasachi Sen Professor of Medicine
Victoria Shanmugam Professor of Medicine
Neal Sikka

Professor of Emergency Medicine

At the rank of Associate Professor with or without Tenure:

Melanie Anspacher Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Sonali Basu Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Elham Bayat Associate Professor of Neurology
Deena Berkowitz Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Andrew Choi Associate Professor of Medicine and of Radiology
Steven Davis Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine
Andrew Dauber Tenured Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Marc DiSabella Associate Professor of Neurology and of Pediatrics
Gabrina Dixon Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Rohan Fernandes Associate Professor of Medicine with Tenure
Marcia Firmani Associate Professor of Biomedical Laboratory Sciences
Tanya Hinds Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Michael Keller Associate Professor of Pediatrics with Tenure
Anna Kirkorian Associate Professor of Dermatology and of Pediatrics
Mikhail Kogan Associate Professor of Medicine
Tarannum Lateef Associate Professor of Neurology and of Pediatrics
Ponda Madati Associate Professor of Pediatrics and of Emergency Medicine
Benjamin Martin Associate Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery and of Pediatrics
Andrew Matisoff Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and of Pediatrics
Sephora Morrison Associate Professor of Pediatrics and of Emergency Medicine
Patrick Mufarrij Associate Professor of Urology
Jonathan Murnick Associate Professor of Radiology and of Pediatrics
Padmaja Pavuluri Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Sarah Reece-Stremtan Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine and of Pediatrics
Debra Regier Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Tamara Ritsema Associate Professor of Physician Assistant Studies
David Scalzitti Associate Professor of Health, Human Function, and Rehabilitation Sciences
John Schreiber Associate Professor of Neurology and of Pediatrics
Shailendra Sharma Associate Professor of Medicine
Joelle Simpson Associate Professor of Pediatrics and of Emergency Medicine
Beth Tarini Tenured Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Alexandros Tzatsos Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology with Tenure
Priya Vaidyanathan Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Colin Young Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Physiology with Tenure
Xiaoyan Zheng Associate Professor of Anatomy and Cell Biology with Tenure

SMHS Specialized Faculty Promoted

At the rank of Professor:

Subodh Arora to Clinical Professor of Surgery
Helen Burstin to Clinical Professor of Medicine
Sara Imershein to Clinical Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology

At the rank of Associate Professor:

Eiman Abdulrahman to Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics and of Emergency Medicine
Cara Biddle to Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Miriam Bloom to Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Kara Couch to Research Associate Professor of Surgery
Maria Johnson to Clinical Associate Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Terrence Keaney to Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology
Joanne Lenert to Clinical Associate Professor of Surgery
Amy Lewanda to Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Michael Lotke to Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Donna Marschall to Clinical Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and of Pediatrics
Olga Morozova to Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Folasade Ogunlesi to Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Ronald Prussick to Clinical Associate Professor of Dermatology
Michael Quinn to Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Domiciano Santos to Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology & Critical Care Medicine and of Pediatrics
Laura Sigman to Clinical Associate Professor of Pediatrics

At the rank of Assistant Professor:

Dina Daines to Clinical Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Hannah MacIntyre to Clinical Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Ife Rodney to Clinical Assistant Professor of Dermatology

SMHS Emeritus

Effective July 1, 2020:

Michael Berrigan Anesthesiology & CCM Clinical Professor Emeritus
Richard Kaplan Anesthesiology & CCM/Pediatrics Professor Emeritus
Joshua Cohen Medicine Professor Emeritus
Daniel Ein Medicine Clinical Professor Emeritus
Alan Stone Medicine Clinical Professor Emeritus
Jeffrey Sich MITM Associate Professor Emeritus
Joan Conry Neurology and Pediatrics Professor Emerita
Anthony Scialli Obstetrics and Gynecology Clinical Professor Emeritus
Ida Baron Pediatrics Clinical Professor Emerita
Gail Pearson Pediatrics Adjunct Professor Emerita
Louis Scavo Pediatrics Associate Professor Emeritus
Mendel Tuchman Pediatrics Professor Emeritus
Anna Blask Radiology and Pediatrics Associate Professor Emerita

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