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September 10, 2013 | Carolyn Pennington - Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine

UConn School of Medicine Faculty Promotions

The UConn Health Center announces its latest awards of tenures and promotions for faculty members.

The University of Connecticut Health Center recently announced the following.

Faculty promoted to professor:

  • Adam Adler, Ph.D., Department of Immunology
  • Robert Clark, M.D., Department of Immunology
  • Eric Levine, Ph.D., Department of Neuroscience
  • Anthony Vella, Ph.D., Department of Immunology

Faculty promoted to professor (In Residence):

  • Augustus Mazzocca, M.D., Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Michael Murphy, M.D., Department of Dermatology

Faculty promoted to professor (Affiliated Institution):

  • Karyn Butler, M.D., Department of Surgery (Hartford Hospital)
  • Alan Douglass, M.D., Department of Family Medicine (Middlesex Hospital)
  • Fernando Ferrer, M.D., Department of Surgery (Connecticut Children’s Medical Center)
  • Carl Nissen, M.D., Department of Orthopaedic Surgery (Connecticut Children’s Medical Center)
  • Juan Salazar, M.D., Department of Pediatrics (Connecticut Children’s Medical Center)

Faculty promoted to clinical professor:

  • Jeffrey Factor, M.D., Department of Pediatrics
  • John Polio, M.D., Department of Medicine

Faculty promoted to associate professor with tenure:

  • Margaret Briggs-Gowan, Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry
  • Kimberly Dodge-Kafka, Ph.D., Department of Cell Biology
  • Ji Yu, Ph.D., Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology

Faculty promoted to associate professor (In Residence):

  • Poornima Hegde, M.D., Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  • Jayesh Kamath, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Psychiatry
  • Margaret Rathier, M.D., Department of Medicine
  • Clifford Yang, M.D., Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutics

Faculty promoted to associate professor (Affiliated Institution):

  • John Brancato, M.D., Department of Pediatrics (Connecticut Children’s Medical Center)
  • Judith Cooney, M.D., Department of Psychiatry (Veterans Affairs Medical Center)
  • Amy Johnson, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology (Hartford Hospital)
  • Justin Lundbye, M.D., Department of Medicine (Hospital of Central Connecticut)
  • David Marcello, M.D., Department of Pediatrics (Connecticut Children’s Medical Center)
  • Nehal Parikh, M.D., Department of Pediatrics (Connecticut Children’s Medical Center)
  • John Peng, M.D., Department of Pediatrics (Connecticut Children’s Medical Center

Faculty promoted to associate clinical professor:

  • Isaac Silverman, M.D., Department of Neurology

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