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.