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The Department of Medicine is delighted to celebrate 18 faculty members who received the rank of Associate Professor or Full Professor as of October 1, 2019. We also recognize four who were awarded tenure.

Achieving these milestones is a tremendous accomplishment, and we salute each one for their outstanding contributions to academic medicine.

Promoted to Professor:

Sonya Heath, MD, Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases

Jason Morris, MD, Professor in the Divison of General Internal Medicine

Maria Pisu, PhD, Professor in the Division of Preventive Medicine 

Dana Rizk, MD, Professor in the Division of Nephrology

Rich Rosenthal, MD, Professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism

Keith Swetz, MD, Professor in the Division of Gerontology, Geriatrics, and Palliative Care

Barbara Van Der Pol, Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases

Brooks Vaughan, MD, Professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism

Amy Warriner, MD, Professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism

James Willig, MD, Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases

Promoted to Associate Professor:

Marc Cribbs, MD, Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Disease

Lisa Curtis, PhD, Associate Professor in the Division of Nephrology

Ricardo Franco, MD, Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases

Tariq Hamid, MD, Associate Professor in the Division of Cardiovascular Disease

Kondal Kyanam, MD, Associate Professor in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Ashley Nichols, MD, Associate Professor in the Division of  Gerontology, Geriatrics and Palliative Care

Steffanie Sabbaj, PhD, Associate Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases

Jennifer Trevor, MD, Associate Professor, Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care

Awarded Tenure:

Angelo Gaffo, MD, Associate Professor in the Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology

Jeonga Kim, PhD, Associate Professor in the Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Metabolism

Young-il Kim, PhD, Associate Professor in the Division of Preventive Medicine

Eric Wallace, MD, Associate Professor in the Division of Nephrology

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