2024 New Appointments of UConn School of Medicine Faculty
AWARD OF ACADEMIC TENURE:
Dr. Michael J. Guertin – Genetics and Genome Sciences
Dr. Taeho Rhee – Public Health Sciences – HAMDEN, CT
PROMOTIONS TO SENIOR RANK:
Professor – In-Residence
Dr. David B. Banach – Medicine – WOODBRIDGE, CT
Dr. Linda K. Barry – Surgery
Dr. Melissa J. Caimano – Medicine – BRISTOL, CT
Dr. Lisa M. Chirch – Medicine – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Dr. Richard A. Kamin – Emergency Medicine
Dr. Danielle E. Luciano – Obstetrics and Gynecology – FARMINGTON, CT
Dr. Pooja Luthra – Medicine – AVON, CT
Dr. Faryal Mirza – Medicine – AVON, CT
Dr. Craig M. Rodner – Orthopaedic Surgery – SIMSBURY, CT
Professor – Tenured
Dr. Srdjan D. Antic – Neuroscience – NEW BRITAIN, CT
Dr. Vijay Rathinam – Immunology – UNIONVILLE, CT
Professor – Affiliated Institution
Dr. Paul Robson – (Jackson Laboratory) – Genetics and Genome Sciences
Associate Professor – In-Residence
Dr. Jennifer D. Baldwin – Medicine – FARMINGTON, CT
Dr. Saira R. Cherian – Medicine – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Dr. Shannon L. DeGroff – Obstetrics and Gynecology – SOUTHINGTON, CT
Dr. Khayyam Durrani – Surgery
Dr. Cory M. Edgar – Orthopaedic Surgery
Dr. Xiangyou Hu – Neuroscience – AVON, CT
Dr. Jaclyn O. Jaeger – Medicine
Dr. Electra V. Kaloudis – Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutics – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Dr. Jennifer A. Ozimek – Medicine
Dr. Adam D. Schuyler – Molecular Biology & Biophysics – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Associate Professor – In-Residence (continued)
Dr. Christopher L. Steele – Medicine – SIMSBURY, CT
Dr. Richard K. Wagner – Obstetrics and Gynecology – AVON, CT
Dr. Asima A. Zehgeer – Psychiatry – AVON, CT
Associate Professor – w/award of Academic Tenure
Dr. Christine R. Beck – Genetics and Genome Sciences
Dr. Alicia G. Dugan – Medicine – HAMPDEN, MA
Dr. Megan A. O’Grady – Public Health Sciences – HARTFORD, CT
Dr. Mayu Inaba-Oguro – Cell Biology – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Dr. Sivapriya K. Vanaja – Immunology – UNIONVILLE, CT
Dr. Yulan Xiong – Neuroscience – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Associate Professor – Affiliated Institution
Dr. Markus J. Bookland – (Connecticut Children’s) – Surgery – SIMSBURY, CT
Dr. Anne G. Dudley – (Connecticut Children’s) – Surgery – FARMINGTON, CT
Dr. Barbara S. Edelheit – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – GLASTONBURY, CT
Dr. Majida Gaffar – (Connecticut Children’s) – Surgery – AVON, CT
Dr. Jennifer T. Haile – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – AVON, CT
Dr. David S. Hersh – (Connecticut Children’s) – Surgery – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Dr. Alexander H. Hogan – (Connecticut Children) – Pediatrics – AVON, CT
Dr. Bradley Jerson – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – HAMDEN, CT
Dr. Robert D. Keder – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Dr. Adam P. Matson – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – EAST HARTFORD, CT
Dr. Rebecca Riba-Wolman – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Dr. Subramani Seetharama – (Hartford HealthCare) – Medicine – CHESHIRE, CT
Dr. Emily O. Wakefield – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – NORTH HAVEN, CT
Clinical Professor
Dr. Lisa Namerow – Psychiatry – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Associate Clinical Professor
Dr. William Duggan – Anesthesiology – GLASTONBURY, CT
Dr. Atique Mirza – Medicine – AVON, CT
Dr. Sankar N. Niranjan – Medicine – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Dr. John F. Tiernan – Anesthesiology – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Dr. Witold Waberski – Anesthesiology – HARTFORD, CT
APPOINTMENT AT SENIOR RANK
Professor – In Residence
Dr. R. Andrew Byrd – Molecular Biology and Biophysics – BETHESDA, MD
Dr. Martha J. Radford – Medicine – UNIONVILLE, CT
Professor – Affiliated
Dr. Jeffrey S. Shenberger – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – WEATOGUE, CT
Dr. Peter S. Yoo – (Hartford HealthCare) – Surgery – GUILFORD, CT
Professor -Tenure track
Dr. Margaret K. Callahan – Medicine – WEST HARTFORD, CT
Associate Professor – In Residence
Dr. Donald Kirton – Obstetrics and Gynecology – WILBRAHAM, MA
Dr. Neena T. Qasba – Obstetrics and Gynecology – AGAWAM, MA
Associate Professor – Affiliated Institution
Dr. DonnaMaria E. Cortezzo – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – DURHAM, CT
Dr. Sunpreet Kaur – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – AVON, CT
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