2016 promotions
The following faculty promotions took effect Sept. 1 at UT Southwestern Medical Center. (Where more than one department is listed, the first is the primary appointment.)
Anesthesiology and Pain Management
Professor: Alan Cooke Farrow-Gillespie, M.D. Associate Professor: Aditee Parag Ambardekar, M.D.; Adnan Rafique, M.D.; Thomas Lynn Spain Jr., M.D.; Jeffrey W. Steiner, D.O.; Deryk Lee Walsh, M.D.; Cynthia Ann Woerz, M.D.; Amy Powers Woods, M.D.
Biochemistry
Associate Professor: Jennifer J. Kohler, Ph.D.
Cecil H. and Ida Green Comprehensive Center for Molecular, Computational, and Systems Biology/Biology
Associate Professor: Junmei Wang, Ph.D.
Clinical Sciences
Associate Professor: Simon Craddock Lee, Ph.D.
Clinical Sciences/Psychiatry
Professor: Thomas Joseph Carmody III, Ph.D.
Dermatology
Professor: Kiyoshi Ariizumi, Ph.D.
Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor: Gilberto A. Salazar, M.D.; Amy Young, M.D.
Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development/Internal Medicine
Professor: Christine Kim Garcia, M.D., Ph.D.
Internal Medicine
Professor: Craig S. Glazer, M.D.; Ugis Gruntmanis, M.D.; Temple S. Howell-Stampley, M.D. Associate Professor: Deepak Agrawal, M.D.; Larry D. Anderson Jr., M.D., Ph.D.; Kavita P. Bhavan, M.D.; James D. Daniels, M.D.; Thomas G. Gillette, Ph.D.; Lafaine Marie Grant, M.D.; Sarah Kathrine Gualano, M.D.; Binh-Minh Nguyen Le, M.D.; Matthew C. Lo, M.D.; Angela M. Orlino, M.D.; Maria Ramos-Roman, M.D.; Chanhaeng Rhee, M.D.; Melanie S. Sulistio, M.D.; Bekir Tanriover, M.D., M.P.H.; Aslan Teyfik Turer, M.D.; David H. Wang, M.D., Ph.D.
Internal Medicine/Molecular Biology
Professor: Thomas J. Carroll, Ph.D.
Internal Medicine/Pediatrics
Associate Professor: Ming Chang Hu, M.D., Ph.D.
Internal Medicine/Psychiatry
Professor: Jeffrey M. Zigman, M.D., Ph.D.
Molecular Biology
Associate Professor: Lijun Sun, Ph.D.
Neurological Surgery
Professor: Kevin Charles Morrill, M.D.
Neurological Surgery/Radiation Oncology
Professor: Louis Anthony Whitworth, M.D.
Neurology and Neurotherapeutics
Professor: Sharon P. Nations, M.D.; Padraig Eoin O'Suilleabhain, M.D.; Olaf Stuve, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor: Pravin Khemani, M.D.
Neurology and Neurotherapeutics/Neurological Surgery/Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center
Associate Professor: Edward Pan, M.D.
Neuroscience
Professor: Gang Yu, Ph.D.
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Professor: Hubert David Cook, M.D.; William F. Griffith, M.D.; Barbara L. Hoffman, M.D.; Julie Y. Lo, M.D.; Clifford Yip-Wing Wai, M.D.; Ellen Elizabeth Wilson, M.D. Associate Professor: Kimberly Anne Kho, M.D.; Robert S. McCrea, M.D.
Ophthalmology
Professor: Freddie Ray Jones, M.D. Associate Professor: Ronald Mancini, M.D.; Rafael Ufret-Vincenty, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor: Lawson A. Copley, M.D. Associate Professor: Michael S. Khazzam, M.D.; George Tye Liu, D.P.M.; Michael D. Vanpelt, D.P.M.
Orthopaedic Surgery/Pediatrics
Associate Professor: Shane M. Miller, M.D.
Orthopaedic Surgery/Plastic Surgery
Professor: Timothy G. Schacherer, M.D.
Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Associate Professor: Teresa V. Chan-Leveno, M.D.
Pathology
Professor: Dominick C. Cavuoti, D.O.; Sunati Sahoo, M.D. Associate Professor: Jyoti P. Balani, M.D.; Terri W. Crook, M.D.; Toby J. Gray, M.D.; Katja Gwin, M.D.; Lan Peng, M.D.
Pathology/Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development
Associate Professor: Jason Young Park, M.D., Ph.D.
Pathology/Molecular Biology/Pediatrics
Associate Professor: Rene Lawrence Galindo, M.D., Ph.D.
Pediatrics
Professor: Victor Michael Aquino, M.D.; Collin S. Goto, M.D.; Jeffrey Scott McKinney, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor: Jyothsna Gattineni, M.D.; Jo-Ann Oyaide Nesiama, M.D.; Meghana Nitin Sathe, M.D.; Surendranath Reddy Veeram Reddy, M.D.
Pediatrics/Internal Medicine
Associate Professor: John Andrew Bird, M.D.
Pediatrics/Neurology and Neurotherapeutics
Associate Professor: Deepa Sirsi, M.D.
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Professor: Benjamin Nguyen, M.D. Associate Professor: Kavita A. Trivedi, D.O.
Plastic Surgery
Professor: Javier La Fontaine, D.P.M. Associate Professor: Bardia Amirlak, M.D.
Plastic Surgery/Orthopaedic Surgery
Professor: Scott N. Oishi, M.D.
Psychiatry
Professor: John W. Burruss, M.D.; Yaprak Harrison, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor: Amelia Anthony, Ph.D.; Charlotte Louise Haley, Ph.D.; Jamylah K. Jackson, Ph.D.; Chad David Rethorst, Ph.D.; Wendy Kristene Ringe, Ph.D.; N. Robrina Walker, Ph.D.
Psychiatry/Neurology and Neurotherapeutics
Professor: Mustafa Husain, M.D.
Radiation Oncology
Associate Professor: Chuxiong Ding, Ph.D.; Xun Jia, Ph.D.; Jing Wang, Ph.D.
Radiology
Professor: Timothy Jon Blackburn, Ph.D.; Sally H. Goudreau, M.D.; Carlos L. Perez, M.D. Associate Professor: Travis G. Browning, M.D.; Jeffrey Barton Guild, Ph.D.; Jeannie K. Kwon, M.D.; Ann Mootz, M.D.; Anil Kumar Pillai, M.D.
Radiology/Urology
Professor: Jeffrey H Pruitt, M.D.
Surgery
Associate Professor: Thai H. Pham, M.D.; Brian Henry Williams, M.D.
Surgery/Neurological Surgery
Professor: Gurbir Paul Singh Tiwana, M.D.
Urology
Professor: Ganesh Raj, M.D., Ph.D. Associate Professor: Micah Aaron Jacobs, M.D.