The following faculty promotions for the FY26 academic year took effect Sept. 1 at UT Southwestern. (Where more than one department is listed, the first is the primary appointment.)

UT Southwestern Medical School

Anesthesiology & Pain Management

Professor

• Kunal Karamchandani, M.D.

Clinical Professor

• Thomas Spain, M.D.

Associate Professor

• Dana Darwish, D.O.
• Roby Sebastian, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor

• Fallon Ngo, D.O.
• Patrice Wilson, M.D.

Anesthesiology & Pain Management/Biomedical Engineering/Neurology

Associate Professor with Tenure

• David Busch, Ph.D.

Biochemistry

Associate Professor with Tenure

• Glen Liszczak, Ph.D.

Biochemistry/Biophysics

Professor with Tenure

• Yunsun Nam, Ph.D.

Biophysics

Associate Professor with Tenure

• Weiwei Wang, Ph.D.

Biophysics/Cell Biology

Associate Professor with Tenure

• Konstantin Doubrovinski, Ph.D.

Biophysics/Center for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases

Associate Professor with Tenure

• Kendra Frederick, Ph.D.

Cell Biology

Associate Professor with Tenure

• Jonathan Friedman, Ph.D.

Center for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases/Biophysics

Associate Professor with Tenure

• Lorena Saelices Gomez, Ph.D.

Dermatology/Pathology

Professor

• Travis Vandergriff, M.D.

Emergency Medicine

Professor

• Dustin Williams, M.D.

Associate Professor

• Nathaniel Bonfanti, M.D.
• Alexander Koyfman, M.D.
• Mary McHugh, M.D.
• Prayag Mehta, M.D.
• Brian Miller, M.D.
• Joby Thoppil, M.D., Ph.D.

Family and Community Medicine

Associate Professor

• Emily Levy Kamugisha, M.D.

Family and Community Medicine/Pediatrics

Associate Professor

• Anna Wani, M.D.

Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center/Internal Medicine

Associate Professor

• Ariella Hanker, Ph.D.

Internal Medicine

Professor

• Shuaib Abdullah, M.D.
• Jaime Almandoz, M.D.
• Blake Barker, M.D.
• Kevin Courtney, M.D., Ph.D.
• James Cutrell, M.D.
• James Daniels, M.D.
• Thomas Gillette, Ph.D.
• Saket Girotra, M.D.
• Ellen Kitchell, M.D.
• Won Lee, M.D.
• Shannan Tujios, M.D.

Associate Professor with Tenure

• Dayoung Oh, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

• Traci Adams, M.D.
• Anish Bhatt, M.D.
• Alvin Chandra, M.D.
• Carolee Estelle, M.D.
• David Fudman, M.D.
• Laurent Gautron, Ph.D.
• Elizabeth Hardin, M.D.
• David Hsieh, M.D.
• Amy Jones, M.D.
• Radhika Kainthla, M.D.
• Thomas Koshy, M.D.
• Adrian Lawrence, M.D.
• Kelley Newcomer, M.D.
• Mark Pedersen, M.D.
• Swathi Reddy, M.D.
• Nicole Rich, M.D.
• Kyawt Shwin, M.D.
• Jaini Sutaria, M.D.
• Daniel Wang, M.D.
• Winnie Wang, M.D.
• Kathleen Zhang, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor

• Dergham Alzubaidy, M.D.
• Vidushi Golla, M.D.
• Vatsala Goyal, M.D.
• David Hoffman, M.D.
• Mahmuda Islam, M.D.
• Neeraj Kalra, M.D.
• Paul Lederer, M.D.
• Grace Liu, M.D.
• Amy Lo, M.D.
• Henriette Mathis, M.D.
• James Zasadzinski, M.D.

Internal Medicine/Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development/Molecular Biology

Professor with Tenure

• Nikhil Munshi, M.D., Ph.D.

Internal Medicine/Immunology

Professor

• Theodoros Kelesidis, M.D., Ph.D.

Internal Medicine/Microbiology

Professor with Tenure

• Michael Shiloh, M.D., Ph.D.

Internal Medicine/Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health

Professor

• Una Makris, M.D.

Associate Professor

• Arthur Hong, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor

• Satyam Nayak, M.D.

Microbiology

Associate Professor with Tenure

• Don Gammon, Ph.D.

Molecular Genetics/Biophysics

Professor with Tenure

• Xiaochun Li, Ph.D.

Neurological Surgery

Associate Professor

• Brett Whittemore, M.D.

Neurological Surgery/Psychiatry/Neurology

Professor

• Bradley Lega, M.D.

Neurology

Professor with Tenure

• Ying Xian, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

• Meredith Bryarly, M.D.
• Jill Napierala, Ph.D.

Neuroscience

Professor with Tenure

• Todd Roberts, Ph.D.

Associate Professor with Tenure

• Ruhma Syeda, Ph.D.

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Clinical Professor

• Ashley Zink, M.D.

Associate Professor

• Emily Adhikari, M.D.
• Josiah Hawkins, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor

• David Owens, M.D.

Obstetrics and Gynecology/Cecil H. and Ida Green Center for Reproductive Biology Sciences

Associate Professor

• Maria Florian-Rodriguez, M.D.

Ophthalmology

Clinical Professor

• Deniz Oral, M.D.

Associate Professor

• Shivani Kamat, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor

• Mugen Liu, M.D.

Orthopaedic Surgery

Professor

• Henry Ellis, M.D.
• George Liu, D.P.M., M.P.H.
• Brandon Ramo, M.D.
• Michael VanPelt, D.P.M.

Clinical Professor

• Edward Arrington, M.D.

Associate Professor

• Corey Gill, M.D.
• Senthil Sambandam, M.D.

Orthopaedic Surgery/Plastic Surgery

Associate Professor

• Daniel Koehler, M.D.

Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery

Associate Professor

• Shumon Dhar, M.D.

Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery/Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health

Associate Professor

• Stephen Chorney, M.D.

Pathology

Professor

• Jyoti Balani, M.D.
• Chantale Lacelle, Ph.D.

Associate Professor with Tenure

• Esra Akbay, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

• Hao Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
• Zhikai Chi, M.D., Ph.D.
• Laura Filkins, Ph.D.
• Liwei Jia, M.D., Ph.D.
• Naseem Uddin, M.D.

Pathology/Opthalmology

Associate Professor

• Bret Evers, M.D., Ph.D.

Pediatrics

Professor and Division Chief

• Tracey Wright, M.D.

Professor

• Craig Huang, M.D.
• Tanya Martinez Fernandez, M.D.
• Sonali Patel, M.D., Ph.D.
• Michael Sebert, M.D.

Clinical Professor

• Tamra Slone, M.D.

Associate Professor

• Nathanya Baez Hernandez, M.D.
• Yeh-Chung Chang, M.D.
• Sarah Ginsburg, M.D.
• Stephanie Hsu, M.D.
• Katherine Johnson, M.D.
• Alejandro Llanos Chea, M.D.
• Mia Maamari, M.D.
• Nadia Merchant, M.D.
• Katherine Stumpf, M.D.
• Ngoc Van Horn, M.D.
• Andrew Yu, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor

• Lubna Hussain, M.D.
• Katherine Mamola, M.D.
• Vicki Moore, D.O.
• Manjula Mudduluru, M.D.
• David Rodriguez, M.D.
• Amanda Shaw, M.D.

Pediatrics/Internal Medicine

Associate Professor

• Jeffrey Chambliss, M.D.

Pediatrics/Neurology

Associate Professor

• Dallas Armstrong, M.D.

Pharmacology/Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center

Professor with Tenure

• Angelique Whitehurst, Ph.D.

Pharmacology/Physiology

Associate Professor with Tenure

• Benjamin Weaver, Ph.D.

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Clinical Professor

• Ankit Patel, M.D.
• Kavita Trivedi, D.O.

Associate Professor

• Rupali Kumar, M.D.

Clinical Associate Professor

• Merrine Klakeel, D.O.

Physiology

Associate Professor with Tenure

• Matthew Sieber, Ph.D.

Plastic Surgery

Associate Professor

• Shelby Lies, M.D.

Plastic Surgery/Internal Medicine

Associate Professor

• Peter Crisologo, D.P.M.

Psychiatry

Professor

• Dina Hooshyar, M.D.

Clinical Professor

• Jamie Becker, Ph.D.
• Nhan Le, M.D.

Associate Professor

• Sarah Baker, M.D.
• Jessica Heerschap, Ph.D.

Psychiatry/Neurological Surgery

Associate Professor

• Kala Bailey, M.D.

Psychiatry/Neuroscience/Cell Biology

Associate Professor with Tenure

• Ram Madabhushi, Ph.D.

Psychiatry/Pediatrics

Associate Professor

• Beatriz MacDonald Wer, Ph.D.

Radiation Oncology

Professor

• Andrew Godley, Ph.D.
• Mu-Han Lin, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

• Tu Dan, M.D.
• Dominic Moon, M.D.

Radiation Oncology/Biochemistry

Professor with Tenure

• Kenneth Westover, M.D., Ph.D.

Radiation Oncology/Immunology/Urology

Professor with Tenure

• Raquibul Hannan, M.D., Ph.D.

Radiation Oncology/Internal Medicine/Biochemistry

Professor with Tenure

• Deepak Nijhawan, M.D., Ph.D.

Radiology

Associate Professor

• Firouzeh Arjmandi, M.D.
• Kanwal Merchant, M.D.
• Yue Zhang, Ph.D.

Clinical Associate Professor

• Richard Batz, M.D.

Radiology/Advanced Imaging Research Center

Professor

• Takeshi Yokoo, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor

• Elizabeth Davenport, Ph.D.
• Fang Yu, M.D.

Surgery

Professor

• Christine Hwang, M.D.
• Patricio Polanco, M.D.
• Sam Wang, M.D.

Associate Professor

• Dale Butler, M.D.
• Valerie-Sue Emuakhagbon, M.D.

Surgery/Pediatrics

Associate Professor

• Deborah Carlson, Ph.D.

Urology

Professor

• Ryan Mauck, M.D.
• Bruce Schlomer, M.D.

Associate Professor

• Brett Johnson, M.D.
• Irina Stanasel, M.D.

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UT Southwestern Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health

Peter O’Donnell Jr. School of Public Health/Psychiatry (School of Medicine)

Professor

• Karabi Nandy, Ph.D.

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UT Southwestern School of Health Professions

Applied Clinical Research

Associate Professor with Tenure

• Jijia Wang, Ph.D.

Applied Clinical Research/Internal Medicine (School of Medicine)

Professor with Tenure

• Masaki Mizuno, Ph.D.

Physical Therapy

Associate Professor

• Leslie Nelson, M.P.T., Ph.D.

Prosthetics and Orthotics

Associate Professor

• David Wilson, M.P.O.