UConn Health Faculty News

The Academic Affairs Subcommittee of the Board of Directors at UConn Health recently approved faculty promotions and appointments.

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UConn Health recently announced the following promotions and appointments.

PROMOTED TO:

Professor – In Residence

Dr. Julie Robison – Medicine – WALLINGFORD

Professor – Tenure Track

Dr. Yuanhao James Li – Genetics and Genome Sciences – WEST HARTFORD

Dr. Linda Shapiro – Cell Biology – MIDDLEBURY

Professor – Affiliated Institution

Dr. Naveed Hussain (Connecticut Children’s Medical Center) – Pediatrics – FARMINGTON

Dr. Allan Mayer (St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center) – Obstetrics and Gynecology – WEST HARTFORD

Dr. Jeffrey Thomson (Connecticut Children’s Medical Center) – Orthopaedic Surgery – FARMINGTON

Clinical Professor – Community

Dr. Michael Aronow – Orthopaedic Surgery – WEST HARTFORD

Dr. Andrew Salner – Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutics – BLOOMFIELD

Adjunct Professor – Community

Dr. Jean Schensul – Community Medicine and Health Care – WEST HARTFORD

Associate Professor – In Residence

Dr. Biree Andemariam – Medicine – HARTFORD

Dr. Richard Kamin – Traumatology and Emergency Medicine – WEST HARTFORD

Dr. Alex Merkulov – Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutics – PLAINVILLE

Dr. Elizabeth Simmons – Surgery – WEST HARTFORD

Dr. Aseem Vashist – Medicine – CHESHIRE

Associate Professor – Tenure Track   

Dr. Lakshmi Nair – Orthopaedic SurgeryAVON                                                                                 

 PROMOTED TO:

Associate Professor – Affiliated Institution

Dr. James Hagadorn (Connecticut Children’s Medical Center – Pediatrics – UNIONVILLE

Dr. D’Andrea Joseph (Hartford Hospital) – Surgery – NEW HAVEN

Dr. Ajay Kumar (Hartford Hospital) – Medicine – AVON

Dr. Shawn London (Hartford Hospital) – Traumatology and Emergency Medicine – WEST HARTFORD

Dr. Asher Rehan Ahmed Qureshi (St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center) – Medicine – AVON

Dr. Tulio Valdez (Connecticut Children’s Medical Center) – Surgery – SIMSBURY

Dr. Zhu Wang (Connecticut Children’s Medical Center) – Pediatrics – WEST HARTFORD

Dr. Ulysses Wu (St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center) – Medicine – UNIONVILLE

APPOINTED TO:

Clinical Professor

Dr. David Melzer – Genetics and Genome Sciences – EXETER, UK

Associate Professor (In Residence)

Dr. Andrew Chen – Surgery – AVON

Dr. Guoyang Luo – Obstetrics and Gynecology – SHELTON

Dr. Surita Rao – Psychiatry – AVON

Associate Professor – Tenure Track

Dr. Beiyan Zhou – Immunology – AVON

Associate Professor (Affiliated Institution)

Dr. James Moore – Pediatrics – Connecticut Children’s Medical Center – FARMINGTON