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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