Nearly 200 University of Michigan Medical School faculty earn promotions

On May 21, the University of Michigan Board of Regents approved promotions for 191 Medical School faculty members.

Their new appointments take effect Sept. 1, 2026.

The highest number of promotions are in the clinical associate professor rank (69), followed by clinical professor (41), professor with tenure (24), associate professor with tenure (24), research assistant professor (7), research associate professor (6), research professor (1), and adjunct clinical professor (1). Eighteen faculty in the research scientist cohort, including at the associate and assistant levels, were promoted.

Two faculty earned promotion across two ranks: associate professor, with tenure, and research associate professor.

Following is a list of promoted faculty, sorted alphabetically by rank:

Clinical Professor

Sowmya Balasubramanian, M.D., M.Sc., Pediatrics
Bryan L. Betz, Ph.D., Pathology, Clinical Professor
Robert Chang, M.D., Internal Medicine
Elizabeth L. Covington, Ph.D., Radiation Oncology
Karl C. Desch, M.D., Pediatrics
Robert Dess, M.D., Radiation Oncology
Zachary T. Freeman, DVM, Ph.D., Unit of Laboratory Animal Medicine
Mark C. Hannibal, M.D., Ph.D., Pediatrics
Kelly Harms, M.D., Ph.D., Dermatology
Bishr Haydar, M.D., Anesthesiology
Lauren A. Heidemann, M.D., MHPE, Internal Medicine
David Hughes, M.D., Surgery
Rama Jasty, MBBS, Pediatrics
Jacqueline N. Kaufman, Ph.D., M.S., Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Patricia M. Keefer, M.D., Pediatrics and Internal Medicine
Andrew T. Kraftson, M.D., Internal Medicine
Theodore A. Kung, M.D., Surgery
Gifty Kwakye, M.D., MPH, Surgery
Maria F. Ladino Torres, M.D., Radiology
Elizabeth S. Langen, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology
Rakesh Latchamsetty, M.D., Internal Medicine
Margaret McDermott, M.D., M.S., Neurology
Daniel S. Menees, M.D., Internal Medicine
Bethany A. Mohr, M.D., Pediatrics
David Peng, M.D., Pediatrics
Melissa L. Pilewskie, M.D., Surgery
Joanna Quigley, M.D., Psychiatry and Pediatrics
Francisco F. Rivas Rodriguez, M.D., Radiology
Allison L. Ruff, M.D., Internal Medicine
Samuel A. Schechtman, M.D., Anesthesiology
Danielle N. Shapiro, Ph.D., Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Balazs Szamosfalvi, M.D., Internal Medicine                                   
Inas H. Thomas, M.D., Pediatrics
Alison Tribble, M.D., MSCE, Pediatrics
Aaron M. Udager, M.D., Pathology
Kara G. Udager, M.D., Radiology
Benjamin Viglianti, M.D., Ph.D., Radiology
Angela C. Weyand, M.D., Pediatrics
Allecia M. Wilson, M.D., Pathology
George M. Zacur, M.D., Pediatrics
Jeffrey Zampi, M.D., Pediatrics

Adjunct Clinical Professor                                                            

Gary M. Rothenberg, DPM, Internal Medicine and Surgery                                                              

Clinical Associate Professor

Andrea L. Aagesen, D.O., M.S., Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Alejandra, Arango, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Marin M. Arnolds, M.D., Pediatrics
Anne E. Baetzel, M.D., Anesthesiology
Wenyu Bai, M.D., M.S., Anesthesiology
Meredith Barrett, M.D., Surgery
Nora Biary, M.D., Pediatrics
Julie A. Blaszczak, M.D., Family Medicine
Timothy W. Bodnar, M.D., Internal Medicine
John C. Burkhardt, M.D., Emergency Medicine and Learning Health Sciences
Monika Burness, M.D., Internal Medicine
Cynthia Burton, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Lizbeth J. Cahuayme-Zuniga, M.D., Internal Medicine
David B. Chapel, M.D., Pathology
Jared Christensen, M.D., Radiology
Erin G. Clifton, Ph.D., M.A., Psychiatry
Jensyn K. Cone Sullivan, M.D., Pathology
Marianna Dakanali, Ph.D., Radiology
Shenbagam Dewar, MBBS, Internal Medicine
Irina Dobrosotskaya, M.D., Ph.D., Internal Medicine
Neal M. Duggal, M.D., Anesthesiology
Anila B. Elliott, M.D., Anesthesiology and Surgery 
Joseph R. Evans, M.D., Ph.D., Radiation Oncology
Jonathan Gabison, M.D., Family Medicine
Dana Gadaire, Psy.D., Pediatrics
Ronald R. Gavidia Romero, M.D., M.S., Neurology
Tyler B. Grove, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Jesse Hansen, M.D., Pediatrics
Rachel C. Hooper, M.D., Surgery
Steven M. Hrycaj, Ph.D., Pathology
Adam B. Jacobson, M.D., Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Cornelius A. James, M.D., Internal Medicine, Pediatrics, and Learning Health Sciences
Megan S. Joseph, M.D., Internal Medicine
Yasmin Karimi, M.D., Internal Medicine
Nicole Klekowski, M.D., Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics
Jacob E. Kurlander, M.D., M.S., Internal Medicine
Cathryn J. Lapedis, M.D., MPH, M.Sc., Pathology
Kristen Lee, M.D., Pediatrics and Internal Medicine
Alisa Likhitsup, M.D., MPH, Internal Medicine
Jacqueline Madison, M.D., Internal Medicine and Pediatrics
Amanda H. Maher, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Jennifer B. Mancuso, M.D., Dermatology and Pediatrics
Kaitlin McCloskey, Ph.D., M.S., Psychiatry
Thomas F. Michniacki, M.D., Pediatrics
Deeba F. Minhas, M.D., Internal Medicine
Zubin J. Modi, M.D., Pediatrics
Alexander Moncion, Ph.D., M.S., Radiation Oncology
Mio Nakamura, M.D., Dermatology
Lauren K. O'Connell, M.D., M.Sc., Pediatrics
Oluwaferanmi Okanlami, M.D., Family Medicine, Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Urology, and Orthpoaedic Surgery
Amal Othman, M.B.B.Ch., Family Medicine
Brooke D. Pallas, DVM, Unit of Laboratory Animal Medicine
Elissa H. Patterson, Ph.D., Psychiatry and Neurology
Jessica Pierce, M.D., M.Sc., Psychiatry
Michael Popovich, M.D., MPH, Neurology
Michael P. Puglia II, M.D., Anesthesiology
Susanne A. Quallich, Ph.D., MSN, Urology
Rajan Ravikumar, M.D., Internal Medicine
Jessica Riggs, Ph.D., M.S., Psychiatry
Mary Schmidt, D.O., Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Payton C. Schmidt, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology
Virginia M. Sheffield, M.D., Internal Medicine
Ahmad Shobassy, M.D., Psychiatry
Shubhangi Singh, M.D., Anesthesiology and Obstetrics and Gynecology
Christopher T. Sower, M.D., Pediatrics
Karen E. Speck, M.D., M.S., Surgery
David Stewart, M.D., Pediatrics
Nathaniel R. Sznycer-Taub, M.D., M.S., Pediatrics
Sarah E. Tomlinson, M.D., Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics

Professor with Tenure

Courtney L. Bagge, Ph.D., M.A., Psychiatry
Sami Barmada, M.D., Ph.D., Neurology
Michael J. Brenner, M.D., Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery
Timothy M. Bruns, Ph.D., M.S., Biomedical Engineering-MS
Lorraine R. Buis, Ph.D., Family Medicine (also Professor of Information, without tenure, School of Information)
Kamran Diba, Ph.D., Anesthesiology
James T. Eckner, M.D., Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Patrice E. Fort, Ph.D., Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences (also Professor of Moluecular and Integrative Physiology, without tenure)
Stephen A. Goutman, M.D., M.S., Neurology
Jeffrey B. Hodgin, M.D., Ph.D., Pathology (also Professor of Internal Medicine, without tenure)
Jacob Kitzman, Ph.D., Human Genetics (also Professor of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, without tenure)
Vikas Kotagal, M.D., Neurology
Jeffrey T. Kullgren, M.D., MPH, M.S., Internal Medicine (also Professor of Health Management and Policy, without tenure, School of Public Health)
Qing Li, M.D., Ph.D., Internal Medicine (also Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology, without tenure)
Erika L. Newman, M.D., MBA, Surgery
Thomas H. Sanderson, Ph.D., Emergency Medicine (also Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, without tenure)
Rebecca K. Sripada, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Molly Stout, M.D., MSCI, Obstetrics & Gynecology
Elliot Tapper, M.D., Internal Medicine
Daniel R. Wahl, M.D., Radiation Oncology (also Professor of Neurosurgery, without tenure)
Lauren P. Wallner, Ph.D., MPH, Internal Medicine (also Professor of Epidemiology, without tenure, School of Public Health)
Jason B. Weinberg, M.D., Pediatrics (also Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, without tenure)
Ryan Wilcox, M.D., Ph.D., Internal Medicine
Maria A. Woodward, M.D., M.Sc., Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences                                                                

Associate Professor with Tenure

Tudor Borza, M.D., M.A., Urology
Matthew Brody, Ph.D., Pharmacology (also Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, without tenure)
Christian R. Burgess, Ph.D., Molecular & Integrative Physiology (also Research Associate Professor, Michigan Neuroscience Institute)
Shirley A. Cohen-Mekelburg, M.D., M.S., Internal Medicine (also Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, without tenure)
Douglas Colquhoun, M.B.Ch.B., MPH, Anesthesiology
Melissa J. Dejonckheere, Ph.D., M.A., Family Medicine
Anne Ehlers, M.D., Surgery
Brian T. Emmer, M.D., Ph.D., Internal Medicine
Abigail T. Fahim, M.D., Ph.D., Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
Lauren Gerlach, D.O., M.Sc., Psychiatry
Adam Helms, M.D., Internal Medicine (also Associate Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, without tenure)
Todd C. Hollon, M.D., Neurosurgery
Andrew E. Krumm, Ph.D., M.A., Learning Health Sciences (also Associate Professor of Surgery, Medical School, and Information, without tenure, School of Information)
Jiahe Li, Ph.D., Biomedical Engineering-MS
Brett A. McCray, M.D., Ph.D., Neurology
Vitaliy Popov, Ph.D., M.S., Learning Health Sciences (also Associate Professor of Information, without tenure, School of Information)
Lev Prasov, M.D., Ph.D., Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences (also Associate Professor of Human Genetics, without tenure)
Nataliya Razumilava, M.D., Internal Medicine
Russell JH Ryan, M.D., Pathology
Samantha B. Schon, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology
Mellanie Springer, M.D., Neurology
Matthias C. Truttmann, Ph.D., M.S., Molecular & Integrative Physiology (also Research Associate Professor, Institute of Gerontology)
Elizabeth M. Viglianti, M.D., MPH, Internal Medicine
Guan Xu, Ph.D., Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences (also Associate Professor of Biomedical Engineering, without tenure, Medical School and College of Engineering)        

Research Professor

Niko Kaciroti, Ph.D., Pediatrics                                                         

Research Associate Professor

Jillian Hardee, Ph.D., Psychiatry
Zirui Huang, Ph.D., Anesthesiology              
Benjamin J. Murdock, M.D., Ph.D., Neurology
Alvaro Rojas-Pena, M.D., Surgery
Krithika Suresh, Ph.D., Radiation Oncology  and Biostatistics
Xiaofeng Zhou, Ph.D., M.Sc., Microbiology and Immunology

Research Assistant Professor

Safa Beydoun, Ph.D., Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Abigail Bretzin, Ph.D., M.S., Emergency Medicine
Wei-Chih Chang, Ph.D., Molecular & Integrative Physiology
Eric N. Jimenez Vazquez, Ph.D., M.S., Pharmacology                                  
Nitin Kumar, Ph.D., M.S., Internal Medicine
Frank Kwarcinski, Ph.D., Pharmacology
Anand Singh, Ph.D., Internal Medicine

Associate Research Scientist

Allen F. Brooks, Ph.D., Radiology
Mary Byrnes, Ph.D., Surgery
Chiang-Hua Chang, Ph.D., M.S., Cardiac Surgery
Angela S. Fleischhacker, Ph.D., Biological Chemistry
Elena Frank, Ph.D., Michigan Neuroscience Institute
Minerva Garcia-Barrio, Ph.D., Internal Medicine
Mehrnaz Gharaee-Kermani, DVM, MPH, Internal Medicine and Dermatology
Viviane S. Hambrecht-Wiedbusch, Ph.D., Anesthesiology
Lisa M. Sharkey, Ph.D., Neurology
Stephanie Smith, DVM, M.S., Biological Chemistry
Jean Tien, Ph.D., Pathology
Katherine D. Walton, Ph.D., M.S., Internal Medicine                                   

Assistant Research Scientist

Jun Gao, M.D., Ph.D., Internal Medicine
Joseph Pickard, Ph.D., Pathology
Jose A. Raya Sandino, Ph.D., M.S., Pathology
Yadav Wagley, Ph.D., M.S., Orthopaedic Surgery
Eric Weh, Ph.D., Ophthalmology & Visual Science
Xiaohan Zhang, Ph.D., Internal Medicine