2023 New Appointments of School of Medicine Faculty
AWARD OF ACADEMIC TENURE:
Dr. Anne M. Delany – Medicine
Dr. Damion J. Grasso – Psychiatry – CROMWELL, CT
Dr. J. Travis Hinson – Medicine – STURBRIDGE, MA
Dr. Chia-Ling Kuo – Public Health Sciences – GLASTONBURY, CT
Dr. Penghua Wang – Immunology – GUILFORD, CT
Dr. Yanjiao Zhou – Medicine – FARMINGTON, CT
PROMOTIONS TO SENIOR RANK:
Professor – In-Residence
Dr. Scott R. Allen – Medicine – BURLINGTON, CT
Dr. Alise Frallicciardi – Emergency Medicine – AMSTON, CT
Dr. Poornima U. Hegde – Pathology and Laboratory Medicine – AVON, CT
Dr. Melissa R. Held – Pediatrics – DURHAM, CT
Dr. Jaime Imitola – Neurology – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Dr. Santhanam Lakshminarayanan – Medicine – FARMINGTON, CT
Dr. Juyong Lee – Medicine
Dr. Jun Lu – Dermatology – FARMINGTON, CT
Dr. Christopher M. Morosky – Obstetrics and Gynecology – GLASTONBURY, CT
Dr. Clifford K. Yang – Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutics – FARMINGTON, CT
Professor – Affiliated Institution
Dr. Adam Boruchov – (Trinity St. Francis) – Medicine
Dr. Jeffrey H. Chuang – (Jackson Laboratory) – Genetics and Genome Sciences – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Dr. James I. Hagadorn – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – UNIONVILLE, CT
Dr. Nicole Murray – (Connecticut Children’s) – Surgery – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Associate Professor
Dr. J. Travis Hinson – Medicine
Dr. Penghua Wang – Immunology
Dr. Yanjiao Zhou – Medicine
Associate Professor – In-Residence
Dr. Angela Bermúdez-Millán – Public Health Sciences – MANCHESTER, CT
Dr. Murali Dharan – Medicine – AVON, CT
Dr. Mario Fahed – Psychiatry – HARTFORD, CT
Dr. Joel V. Ferreira – Orthopaedic Surgery – AVON, CT
Dr. Adam D. Lindsay – Orthopaedic Surgery – SIMSBURY, CT
Dr. José A. Montes-Rivera – Neurology – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Dr. Greg Rhee – Public Health Sciences – HAMDEN, CT
Dr. Benjamin T. Ristau – Surgery – CHESHIRE, CT
Dr. Daniel S. Roberts – Surgery – AVON, CT
Dr. Vinayak Sathe – Orthopaedic Surgery – FARMINGTON, CT
Dr. Ruchir Trivedi – Medicine
Associate Professor – Affiliated Institution
Dr. Olga Anczukow-Camarada – (Jackson Laboratory) – Genetics and Genome Sciences -FARMINGTON, CT
Dr. Alyssa R. Bennett – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – FARMINGTON, CT
Dr. Lauri Bolton – (Hartford HealthCare Corporation) – Emergency Medicine – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Dr. Rawad Elias – (Hartford HealthCare Corporation) – Medicine – FARMINGTON, CT
Dr. Prashant Grover – (Trinity St. Francis) – Medicine – AVON, CT
Dr. Abhishek Jaiswal – (Hartford HealthCare Corporation) – Medicine
Dr. Mariann N. Kelley – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Dr. Sheng Li – (Jackson Laboratory) – Genetics and Genome Sciences – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Dr. Dennis Mello (Connecticut Children’s) – Surgery – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Dr. Michael L. Stitzel – (Jackson Laboratory) – Genetics and Genome Sciences – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Dr. Catherine B. Sullivan – (Connecticut Children’s )– Pediatrics – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Clinical Professor
Dr. Alan Babigian – Department of Surgery – FARMINGTON, CT
Dr. Thomas J. Martin – Anesthesiology – UNIONVILLE, CT
Associate Clinical Professor
Dr. Franklin I. Rosenberg – Anesthesiology – AVON, CT
Dr. Sanjay Sinha – Anesthesiology – AVON, CT
APPOINTMENTS AT SENIOR RANK:
Associate Professor – In-Residence
Dr. Wenqi Gan – Public Health Sciences – BURLINGTON, CT
Dr. Stewart A. Mackie – Pediatrics – LONGMEADOW, MA
Professor – Affiliated Institution
Dr. Timothy M. Crombleholme – (Connecticut Children’s) – Surgery – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Associate Professor – Affiliated Institution
Dr. Shika Sarkar – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Dr. Javeed Sukhera – (Hartford HealthCare Corporation) – Psychiatry – AVON, CT
Dr. Haviva Veler – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – WEST HARTFORD, CT
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