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2025 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.

Woman accepts award on stage from dean

Professor

Jeremy Ackerman
Emergency Medicine

Joyce Akwe
Medicine

Shirine Allam
Medicine

Martina Badell
Gynecology and Obstetrics

Jason Bariteau
Orthopaedics

Zach Bercu
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Mehmet Bilen
Hematology and Medical Oncology

Travis Blalock
Dermatology

Kyle Bradley
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Emily Cartwright
Medicine

Joyce Cohen
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Karen Conneely
Human Genetics

Kimberly Curseen
Family and Preventive Medicine

Sean Dariushnia
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Beth Davis
Rehabilitation Medicine

Cheryl Day
Microbiology and Immunology

Neal Dickert
Medicine

Laura Downey
Anesthesiology

Amaka Eneanya
Medicine

Jessica Fairley
Medicine

Styliani Flampouri
Radiation Oncology

Eric Friedberg 
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Elizabeth Genega
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Maura George
Medicine

Anne Gill
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Holly Gooding
Pediatrics

Shannon Gourley
Pediatrics

Lokesh Guglani
Pediatrics

Lance Hall
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Ebrahim Haroon
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Michael Heit
Gynecology and Obstetrics

Romy Hoque
Neurology

Gayatri Joshi
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Aley Kalapila
Medicine

Ameeta Kalokhe
Medicine

Sheetal Kandiah
Medicine

Russell Kempker
Medicine

Namita Khanna
Gynecology and Obstetrics

Arezou Khosroshahi
Medicine

Jonathan Kim
Medicine

Ketino Kobaidze
Medicine 

Jacob Kohlmeier
Microbiology and Immunology

Leslie Lawley
Dermatology

Ticiana Leal
Hematology and Medical Oncology

Hong Li
Human Genetics

Steven Liang
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Leann Linam
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Kelly Magliocca
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Claire-Anne Maillard-Gutekunst
Neurosurgery

Jordan Marchak
Pediatrics

Rebecca Matthews
Neurology

Shonna McBride
Microbiology and Immunology

Patrick Meloy
Emergency Medicine

Joanna Mevers
Pediatrics

Frank Minja
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

David Murphy
Medicine

Laura Oh
Emergency Medicine

Jeanie Park
Medicine

Ankit Patel
Surgery

Chrystal Paulos
Surgery

Stephanie Pouch
Medicine

David Prologo
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Emad Qayed
Medicine

Cassandra Quave
Dermatology

Nicole Schmitt
Otolaryngology

Vivien Sheehan
Pediatrics

Robert Sidonio
Pediatrics

Jeff Siegelman
Emergency Medicine

Soumitri Sil
Pediatrics

Dawn Simon
Pediatrics

Benjamin Stoff
Dermatology

Yong Teng
Hematology and Medical Oncology

Victoria Teodorescu
Surgery

Valerie Volkert
Pediatrics

Melissa White
Emergency Medicine

Zanthia Wiley
Medicine

Laila Woc-Colburn
Medicine

Xiaofeng Yang
Radiation Oncology

Linsheng Zhang
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Associate Professor

Dolly Aguilera
Pediatrics

Hanna Alemayehu
Surgery

Alaa Aljiffry
Pediatrics

Saja Asakrah
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Marian Axente
Radiation Oncology

Emily Barrow
Otolaryngology

Arpita Basu
Medicine

James Bates
Radiation Oncology

William Bender
Medicine

Asaad Beshish
Pediatrics

Nehal Bhandari
Pediatrics

Kunal Bhatt
Medicine

Manali Bhave
Hematology and Medical Oncology

Ozlem Bilen
Medicine

Ingrid Bloom
Emergency Medicine

Janetta Bryksin
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Zachary Buchwald
Radiation Oncology

Joseph Carpenter
Emergency Medicine

Brooke Cherven
Pediatrics

Sarah Chisolm
Dermatology

Elizabeth Collins
Gynecology and Obstetrics

Lauren Collins
Medicine

Mary Li deAlmeida
Pediatrics

Kristin Deeb
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Christopher Deibert
Neurosurgery

Monideep Dutt
Pediatrics

Michael Fundora
Pediatrics

Kornelia Galior
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Matt Gardner
Medicine

Christina Gavegnano
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Katie Gielissen
Medicine

Melissa Gilbert-Ross
Hematology and Medical Oncology

David Gimbel
Neurosurgery

Patrick Gleason
Medicine

Lindsey Gottlieb
Medicine

Nandini Govil
Otolaryngology

Jennifer Gross
Otolaryngology

Nicole Hames
Pediatrics

Sheela Hanasoge
Radiation Oncology

Laura Hansen
Medicine

Saria Hassan
Medicine

Peijian He
Medicine

Elizabeth Hechenbleikner
Surgery

Nicole Hendrix
Pediatrics

Samantha Hill
Pediatrics

Sherita Holmes
Pediatrics

Andrew Hong
Pediatrics

Azizul Hoque
Medicine

Melissa House
Pediatrics

Anthony Hunter
Hematology and Medical Oncology

Ruth Hwu
Pediatrics

Xu Ji
Pediatrics

Dinesh Jillella
Neurology

Shreyas Joshi
Urology

Jackie Junn
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Azeem Kaka
Otolaryngology

Philip Kalarickal
Anesthesiology

Aparna Kesarwala
Radiation Oncology

Emily Kiernan
Emergency Medicine

Eric Knauer
Surgery

Jacquline Kraft
Neurology

Olabisi Lane
Anesthesiology

Chaoran Li
Microbiology and Immunology

Wayne Liang
Pediatrics

Allison LoPilato
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Adam Lorentz
Urology

Dan Lubin
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Cheryl Maier
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Sarah Mitchell
Pediatrics

Naveen Muthu
Pediatrics

Vikram Narayan
Urology

Mary Lauren Neel
Pediatrics

Nora Oliver
Medicine

Oluseun Olufade
Orthopaedics

Ifeoma Onuorah Ezenekwe
Medicine

Lauren Orenstein
Dermatology

James O'Shea
Emergency Medicine

Suchita Pakkala
Hematology and Medical Oncology

Andrés Patiño
Emergency Medicine

Sri Patnana
Medicine

David Pearce
Neurology

Anne Piantadosi
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Katherine Pickard
Pediatrics

Lauren Postlewait
Surgery

Amir Pourmorteza
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Lei Qiu
Radiation Oncology

Sarwish Rafiq
Hematology and Medical Oncology

Giorgio Roccaro
Medicine

Francois Rollin
Medicine

Matthew Rowan
Cell Biology

Amy Rule
Pediatrics

Timothy Sampson
Cell Biology

Rossana Sanchez Russo
Human Genetics

Alejandro Sardi-Freitez
Medicine

David Schirmer
Gynecology and Obstetrics

Fawwaz Shaw
Surgery

Marie Shockley
Gynecology and Obstetrics

Stan Sonu
Medicine

Marina Sorrentino Hernandes
Medicine

Jennifer Spangle
Radiation Oncology

Lakshmi Sridharan
Medicine

Cleo Stafford
Orthopaedics

Bashar Staitieh
Medicine

William Stokes
Radiation Oncology

Samantha Strickler
Emergency Medicine

Quratulain Syed
Medicine

Mehul Tejani
Medicine

Athan Tiliakos
Medicine

Aaron Trammel
Medicine

Naadira Upshaw
Pediatrics

Sanne van Rooij
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Sarah Varghese
Pediatrics

Payaswini Vasanth
Medicine

Vijaykumar Velu
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Pamela Vohra-Khullar
Medicine

Tiffany Walker
Medicine

Qun Wang
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Stacy Westerman
Medicine

Robert Whitehill
Pediatrics

Phil Wong
Radiology and Imaging Sciences

Michael Zdradzinski
Emergency Medicine

Wei Zheng
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Mingyao Zhu
Radiation Oncology

Grant of Tenure

Negar Fani
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Bo Liang
Biochemistry

Francisco Pasquel
Medicine

Ravi Patel
Pediatrics

Blaine Roberts
Biochemistry

Anandi Sheth
Medicine

Bing Yao
Human Genetics

Jason Yustein
Pediatrics

 

Awards and Distinctions
  • Faculty Recognitions Week
    • Adult Primary Care (APC) Site of the Year Award
    • 2025 Clinical Distinctions
    • Dean's Teaching Award
    • Distinguished Service Award
    • Emory 1% Award
    • Excellence in Patient Care
    • Excellence in Research Awards
    • Hidden Gems
    • Inclusive Excellence Award
    • Innovations in Clinical Care Award
    • Innovation for Impact Award
    • Lifetime Service and Leadership Award
    • MilliPub Club
    • Mentoring Award
    • Preceptor of the Year Award
    • 2025 Regional, National, and International Awards
    • 2025 Senior Promotions
    • Scientific Integrity Award
    • Site-Based Awards
  • American Association for the Advancement of Science
  • Emory at Grady Awards
  • Evangeline T. Papageorge Distinguished Teaching Award
  • National Academy of Medicine
  • National Academy of Sciences
  • SOM Staff Awards