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Terrell Smith, left, VCH administrative director, and Heidi Buschmann, director of Clinical Programming Development, talk with new VCH CEO Jim Shmerling at a breakfast reception last week. (photo by Dana Johnson)
The Executive Committee of the Board of Trust approved the following faculty actions at the June meeting.
Appointments
• Dr. Deanna Aftab-Guy, instructor of Pediatrics.
• Faith Akin, Ph.D., adjunct assistant professor of Hearing and Speech Sciences.
• Dr. Robert M. Atkins, assistant clinical professor of Psychiatry.
• Dr. Brent A. Baldwin, instructor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences.
• Olga P. Bondar, Ph.D., research assistant professor of Medicine.
• Dr. Jeffrey B. Boord, instructor of Medicine.
• Dorin-Bogdan Borza, Ph.D., research assistant professor of Medicine.
• H. Alex Brown, Ph.D., associate professor of Pharmacology.
• Dr. Kelly Butler, instructor of Emergency Medicine.
• Dr. Xuemin Chen, research instructor of Pediatrics.
• Fu-Yu Chueh, Ph.D., research instructor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics.
• Barbara Clinton, adjunct assistant professor of Medical Administration.
• David Cortez, Ph.D., assistant professor of Biochemistry.
• Dr. Marta Ann Crispen, assistant professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
• Dr. Dawood Darbar, assistant professor of Medicine.
• Dr. Jeffery Dattilo, assistant professor of Surgery.
• Sudhansu K. Dey, Ph.D., professor of Pediatrics, professor of Cell and Developmental Biology.
• Kathie Eagleson, Ph.D., research assistant professor of Pharmacology.
• Kathleen M. Egan, associate professor of Medicine.
• Dr. Clark H. Galbraith, assistant professor of Anesthesiology.
• Dr. Clifford L. Garrard Jr., assistant clinical professor of Medicine.
• James Christopher Gatenby, Ph.D., assistant professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences.
• Dr. Joseph J. Gemmete, instructor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences.
• Daniel F. Gochberg, Ph.D., assistant professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences.
• Dr. James R. Goldenring, professor of Surgery.
• Dr. William Goldsmith, assistant professor of Anesthesiology.
• Dr. Alexander Gomelsky, instructor of Urologic Surgery.
• Dr. James P. Greelish, assistant professor of Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery.
• Dr. James R. Hamilton, associate professor of Clinical Medicine.
• Christopher F.J. Hardy, Ph.D., associate professor of Cell and Developmental Biology.
• Dr. Katherine Stokes Hamilton, assistant professor of Pathology.
• Dr. Alan J. Herline, assistant professor of Surgery.
• Dr. J. Kenneth Jacobs, John L. Sawyers Professor of Surgery.
• James M. Joers, Ph.D., assistant professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences.
• Dr. Kevin B. Johnson, associate professor of Biomedical Informatics.
• Dr. Jason Kastner, clinical instructor of Pediatrics.
• Habibeh Khoshbouei, Ph.D., research instructor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics.
• Dr. Melissa Lambert, clinical instructor of Pediatrics.
• Dr. Anthony Langone, assistant professor of Medicine.
• Dr. Stephen L. Lee, assistant professor of Neurology.
• Martin Lepge, Ph.D., research assistant professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences.
• Pat R. Levitt, Ph.D., professor of Pharmacology, director of the John F. Kennedy Center for Research and Development.
• Dr. Victor Levy, instructor of Pediatrics.
• Dr. Xia Li, research assistant professor of Medicine.
• Dr. Danya Liu, assistant in Microbiology and Immunology.
• John Loh, Ph.D., research assistant professor of Medicine.
• Dr. Ji Ma, research assistant professor of Pediatrics.
• Bethann McLaughlin, Ph.D., research assistant professor of Pharmacology.
• Douglas Mortlock, Ph.D., assistant professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics.
• Vadim K. Pedchenko, Ph.D., research assistant professor of Medicine.
• Dr. John Phay, assistant professor of Surgery.
• Aurea Pimenta, Ph.D., research assistant professor of Pharmacology.
• Dr. Michael Porayko, associate professor of Medicine.
• Dr. John D. Rathpletz, instructor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences.
• Dr. Michael Richardson, associate professor of Anesthesiology.
• Dr. John Paul Rohde, instructor of Emergency Medicine.
• Dr. Harriette Scarpero, assistant professor of Urologic Surgery.
• Gregg Stanwood, Ph.D., research assistant professor of Pharmacology.
• Dr. Reid Thompson, associate professor of Neurological Surgery.
• Dr. John Tsai, clinical instructor of Pediatrics.
• Dr. Lucas Van Orden, assistant clinical professor of Psychiatry.
• Ruth Ann Veach, research instructor of Microbiology and Immunology.
• Paul Voziyan, Ph.D., research assistant professor of Medicine.
• Dr. Travis Walter, clinical instructor of Pediatrics.
• Jaang-Jiun Wang, Ph.D., visiting professor of Pediatrics.
• Dr. J. Jason Wendel, assistant professor of Plastic Surgery.
• Susan R. Wente, Ph.D., professor and chair of Cell and Developmental Biology.
• Dr. Patty W. Wright, assistant professor of Medicine.
• Joshua L. Yarbrough, assistant in Anesthesiology.
Promotions
• Chin Chiang, Ph.D., associate professor of Cell and Developmental Biology.
• Dr. Stephanie H. Eidson, assistant professor of Emergency Medicine.
• Dr. Bruce Gellin, adjunct associate professor of Preventive Medicine.
• Dr. Michael Holzman, associate professor of Surgery.
• Dr. William Henry Martin, associate professor of Radiology and Radiological Sciences.
• Dr. Ruxana T. Sadikot, assistant professor of Medicine.
• Dr. Gerald Schulman, professor of Medicine.
• Dr. Ghodrat A. Siami, professor of Medicine.
• Michael Sikes, Ph.D., assistant professor of Microbiology and Immunology.
• Dr. Steven C. Stain, professor of Surgery.
• Dr. Mary Ann Thompson-Arildsen, assistant professor of Pathology.