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2022 Senior Promotions

Promotion is a major milestone in a faculty member’s academic career. Congratulations to all of the below on this truly exceptional accomplishment.

Professors

Shelley Abramowicz, DMD, MPH, FACS
Surgery 

Adina Alazraki, MD, FAAP
Radiology and Imagining Sciences 

Cletus Arciero, MD, MS
Surgery 

Glen Balch, MD, MBA, FACS
Surgery

Cecelia Bellcross, PhD, MS, CGC
Human Genetics 

Elizabeth Benjamin, MD, PhD, FACS
Surgery

Hui Cai, MD
Medicine 

Alfred Chahine, MD, FACS, FAAP
Surgery 

David Culter, PhD
Human Genetics 

Chandan Devireddy, MD, MBA, FACC, FSCAI
Medicine

Anees Dhabaan, MSc, MMS, PhD, DABR
Radiation Oncology 

Yazan Duwaryri, MD, MBA, FACS
Surgery 

Annette Esper, MD, MSc, ATSF
Medicine

Peter Fischbach, MD, MA
Pediatrics 

Nicholas Fletcher, MD
Orthopaedics 

Krisztina Hanley, MD, FASCP
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 

Adriana Hermida, MD
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Craig Hofmeister, MD, MPH
Hematology and Medical Oncology 

Ioannis Karakis, MD, PhD, MSc
Neurology 

Mohammad Khan, MD, MS, PhD, FACRO, DABR
Radiation Oncology 

Matthew Klopman, MD, FASE, FASA 
Anesthesiology 

Melissa Kottke, MD, MPH, MBA 
Gynecology and Obstetrics 

Karen Law, MD
Medicine 

Bradley Leshnower, MD, FACS
Surgery 

Bill Li, MD, PhD
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 

Gina Lundberg, MD, FAHA, FACC
Medicine

Anne Marie McKenzie-Brown, MD
Anesthesiology

Courtney Moreno, MD
Radiology and Imaging Sciences 

Ajay Nooka, MD, MPH, FACP
Hematology and Medical Oncology 

Gina Northington, MD, PhD
Gynecology and Obstetrics

Mirko Paiadrini, PhD
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Suhag Parikh, MD
Pediatrics 

Allan Pickens, MD
Surgery

Christopher Porter, MD
Pediatrics 

Sara Pullen, DPT
Rehabilitation Medicine 

Jyothi Rengarjan, PhD
Medicine 

Mary Rhee, MD, MSCR
Medicine 

Maria Russell, MD, FACS
Surgery

Cary Sauer, MD, MSc
Pediatrics 

Nicholas Seyfried, PhD
Biochemistry 

Virginia Shaffer, MD
Surgery

Anandi Sheth, MD, MSc
Medicine 

Alicia Smith, PhD
Gynecology and Obstetrics  

Jennifer Stapel-Wax, PsyD
Pediatrics

Srihari Veeraghavan, MBBS, FCCP
Medicine 

Esther Vivas, MD
Otolaryngology 

Joshua Wallenstein, MD
Emergency Medicine 

Daniel Wu, MD
Emergency Medicine 

Chunhui Xu, PhD
Pediatrics

Associate Professors

Aaron Anderson, MD
Neurology 

Laura DeLong Aspey, MD, MPH
Dermatology 

Micahel Baddour, MD
Otolaryngology

I. Raul Badell, MD
Surgery

Wendy Baer, MD
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 

Nitya Bakshi, MBBS, MS
Pediatrics 

Soroosh Behshad, MD, MPH
Ophthalmology

Kathy Lee Bishop, PT, DPT, CCS, FNAP
Rehabilitation Medicine 

Andrea Braden, MD, FACOG, IBCLC
Gynecology and Obstetrics

Katharine Brock, MD, MSc
Pediatrics

Yelena Burklin, MD, FHM, FACP
Medicine

Laurence Busse, MD, MBA, FCCM
Medicine

Jordan Cattie, PhD
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 

Karen Clarke, MD, MSc, MPH, FACP, SFHM
Medicine 

Swapan Dholakia, MD
Neurology 

Paula Dickson, MD
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Bree Eaton, MD
Radiation Oncology

Karen E. Effinger, MD, MS
Pediatrics 

Christine Esper, MD
Neurology

Bola Faloye, MD, FASE, FASA
Anesthesiology

Negar Fani, PhD
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 

Maya Fayfman, MD, MSCR
Medicine 

Ron Feldman, MD, PhD
Dermatology 

Matthew Eric Ferguson, MD
Pediatrics 

Prateek Gandiga, MD, FACP
Medicine

Amanda Gillespie, PhD, CCC-SLP
Otolaryngology 

Marcin Grabowicz, PhD
Microbiology and Immunology 

Chanda Graves, PhD, ABPP
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

George Guild, MD
Orthopaedics 

Casey Hall, MD, MAT
Neurology

Jennifer Han, MD, MSc
Medicine

Lara Harik, MD
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 

Sonya Haw, MD
Medicine 

Stacy Heilman, PhD
Pediatrics 

Andrew Hendrick, MD
Ophthalmology 

Megan Henn, MD
Emergency Medicine 

Jason Higdon, MD, FACP
Medicine 

Cherie Hill, MD
Gynecology and Obstetrics 

Heather Hipp, MD, FACOG
Gynecology and Obstetrics 

Lauren Hudak, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine 

William R. Hunt, MD, FAAP, FACP
Medicine

Nieraj Jain, MD
Opthalmology 

Khaliah Johnson, MD
Pediatrics 

Rishi Kameleswaran, PhD
Biomedical Informatics 

Prem Kandiah, MD
Neurology

Yonggang Ke, PhD
Biomedical Engineering 

Ammar Kheder, MD, MRCP
Neurology 

Onkar Khullar, MD, MSc
Surgery

William Kitchens, MD, PhD, FACS
Surgery

Ambar Kulshreshtha, MD, PhD, FAHA, FAAFP
Family and Preventive Medicine 

Deanna Kulpa, PhD
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 

Ashima Lal, MD
Family and Preventive Medicine 

Christopher LaRock, PhD
Microbiology and Immunology 

Simon Lee, MD, MBA
Anesthesiology 

Erica Lee, PhD
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 

Dorothy Lerit, PhD
Cell Biology 

Elizabeth Leslie, PhD
Human Genetics

Roberta Leu, MD
Pediatrics 

Bo Liang, PhD
Biochemistry 

Jolinta Lin, MD
Radiation Oncology 

Rachel Linnemann, MD
Pediatrics 

Ulemu Luhanga, MSc, Med, PhD
Medicine

Munish Luthra, MD, FCCP
Medicine 

Manpreet Malik, MBBS, FHM
Medicine 

Jennifer Mascaro, PhD
Family and Preventive Medicine 

Faisal Merchant, MD, FACC, FHRS
Medicine 

Jeffrey Miller, MD
Surgery

Sjvetlana Miocinovic, MD, PhD
Neurology 

Kristen Grabow Moore, MD, Med
Emergency Medicine

Miranda Moore, PhD
Family and Preventive Medicine 

Stewart Neill, MD, MS
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine 

Jacquelyn O'Banion, MD, MSc
Ophthalmology 

Ghazala O'Keefe, MD
Ophthalmology 

Ronald Parsons, MD, FACS
Surgery

Vaishali Patel, MD, MHS
Medicine 

Melinda Pauly, MD
Pediatrics

Nigel Pedersen, MBBS, BSc
Neurology 

Ryan Peterson, MD
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Varun Phadke, MD
Medicine 

Maria Piraner, MD
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Meena Prasad, MD
Medicine 

Shreya Raja, MD
Medicine 

Nikhila Raol, MD, MHP, FAAP
Otolaryngology

Jonathan Ratcliff, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine 

Paulina Rebolledo, MD, MSc
Medicine 

Bonney Reed, MD
Pediatrics 

Edward Richer, MD
Radiology and Imaging Sciences 

Erica Riedesel, MD, FAAP
Radiology and Imaging Sciences 

Patricio Riva Posse, MD
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 

Michael Saenger, MD, FACP, ADAAPM
Medicine

Matthew Santore, MD, FACS, FAAP
Surgery

Christopher Scharer, PhD
Microbiology and Immunology 

Jason Sciarretta, MD, FACS
Surgery

Marybeth Sexton, MD, MSc
Medicine 

Megha Shah, MD, MSc
Family and Preventive Medicine 

Subhadra Shashidharan, MBBS
Surgery

Stella Shin, MD
Pediatrics 

Vinita Singh, MD
Anesthesiology 

Randi Smith, MD, MPH, FACS
Surgery

Dellys Soler Rodriguez, MD
Pediatrics 

Conor Steuer, MD
Hematology and Medical Oncology 

Cinnamon Sullivan, MD, FASA
Anesthesiology 

Carmen Sulton, MD, FAAP, FACEP
Pediatrics 

Mehul Suthar, PhD
Pediatrics 

Taryn Taylor, MD
Pediatrics 

Tommy Thomas, MD, PhD
Neurology 

Mercy Udoji, MD, CMQ, FASA
Anesthesiology 

Benjamin Watkins, MD
Pediatrics 

Maxwell Weinmann, MBBS, MD
Medicine 

Justine Welsh, MD
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 

Stormi White, PsyD
Pediatrics 

Jason Williams, MD
Medicine 

Joshua Winer, MD
Surgery

Anna Yaffee, MD, MPH
Emergency Medicine 

Laura Zajac-Cox, PT, DPT
Rehabilitation Medicine 

Jun Zhou, PhD, DABR
Radiation Oncology 

Jennifer Zreloff, MD
Medicine 

Grant of Tenure in Rank

Jennifer Felger, PhD
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences 

David Katz, PhD
Cell Biology 

Dio Kavalieratos, PhD
Family and Preventive Medicine 

Philip Zhe Sun, PhD
Radiology and Imagining Sciences 

Jens Wrammert, PhD
Pediatrics

Awards and Distinctions
  • Faculty Recognitions Week
    • 2022 Clinical Distinctions
    • Dean's Teaching Award
    • Distinguished Service Award
    • Emory 1% Award
    • Excellence in Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Award
    • Excellence in Patient Care
    • Hidden Gems
    • Innovation for Impact Award
    • Lifetime Service and Leadership Award
    • Mentoring Award
    • MilliPub Club
    • 2022 Regional, National, and International Awards
    • Scientific Integrity Award
    • 2022 Senior Promotions
    • Site-Based Awards
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Dean's Distinguished Faculty Lecture and Award
  • Dean’s Eminent Investigators
  • Emory at Grady Awards
  • Evangeline T. Papageorge Distinguished Teaching Award
  • Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine Graduates
  • National Academy of Medicine
  • National Academy of Sciences
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