2024 New Appointments of UConn School of Medicine Faculty

This August the Academic Affairs Subcommittee of the Board of Directors at UConn Health announced the new appointments of academic tenure and senior rank for UConn School of Medicine faculty.

UConn Health campus in Farmington, Connecticut. (Bret Eckhardt and Angelina Reyes/UConn)

UConn Health in Farmington is home to UConn School of Medicine and its 650 faculty members for patient care, education, and research (Bret Eckhardt and Angelina Reyes/UConn)

AWARD OF ACADEMIC TENURE:

Dr. Michael J. Guertin – Genetics and Genome Sciences

Dr. Taeho Rhee – Public Health Sciences – HAMDEN, CT

PROMOTIONS TO SENIOR RANK:

Professor – In-Residence

Dr. David B. Banach – Medicine – WOODBRIDGE, CT

Dr. Linda K. Barry – Surgery

Dr. Melissa J. Caimano – Medicine – BRISTOL, CT

Dr. Lisa M. Chirch – Medicine – WEST HARTFORD, CT

Dr. Richard A. Kamin – Emergency Medicine

Dr. Danielle E. Luciano – Obstetrics and Gynecology – FARMINGTON, CT

Dr. Pooja Luthra – Medicine – AVON, CT

Dr. Faryal Mirza – Medicine – AVON, CT

Dr. Craig M. Rodner – Orthopaedic Surgery – SIMSBURY, CT

Professor – Tenured

Dr. Srdjan D. Antic – Neuroscience – NEW BRITAIN, CT

Dr. Vijay Rathinam – Immunology – UNIONVILLE, CT

Professor – Affiliated Institution

Dr. Paul Robson – (Jackson Laboratory) – Genetics and Genome Sciences

Associate Professor – In-Residence

Dr. Jennifer D. Baldwin – Medicine – FARMINGTON, CT

Dr. Saira R. Cherian – Medicine – WEST HARTFORD, CT

Dr. Shannon L. DeGroff – Obstetrics and Gynecology – SOUTHINGTON, CT

Dr. Khayyam Durrani – Surgery

Dr. Cory M. Edgar – Orthopaedic Surgery

Dr. Xiangyou Hu – Neuroscience – AVON, CT

Dr. Jaclyn O. Jaeger – Medicine

Dr. Electra V. Kaloudis – Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutics – WEST HARTFORD, CT

Dr. Jennifer A. Ozimek – Medicine

Dr. Adam D. Schuyler – Molecular Biology & Biophysics – WEST HARTFORD, CT

Associate Professor – In-Residence (continued)

Dr. Christopher L. Steele – Medicine – SIMSBURY, CT

Dr. Richard K. Wagner – Obstetrics and Gynecology – AVON, CT

Dr. Asima A. Zehgeer – Psychiatry – AVON, CT

Associate Professor – w/award of Academic Tenure

Dr. Christine R. Beck – Genetics and Genome Sciences

Dr. Alicia G. Dugan – Medicine – HAMPDEN, MA

Dr. Megan A. O’Grady – Public Health Sciences – HARTFORD, CT

Dr. Mayu Inaba-Oguro – Cell Biology – WEST HARTFORD, CT

Dr. Sivapriya K. Vanaja – Immunology – UNIONVILLE, CT

Dr. Yulan Xiong – Neuroscience – WEST HARTFORD, CT

Associate Professor – Affiliated Institution

Dr. Markus J. Bookland – (Connecticut Children’s) – Surgery – SIMSBURY, CT

Dr. Anne G. Dudley – (Connecticut Children’s) – Surgery – FARMINGTON, CT

Dr. Barbara S. Edelheit – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – GLASTONBURY, CT

Dr. Majida Gaffar – (Connecticut Children’s) – Surgery – AVON, CT

Dr. Jennifer T. Haile – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – AVON, CT

Dr. David S. Hersh – (Connecticut Children’s) – Surgery – WEST HARTFORD, CT

Dr. Alexander H. Hogan – (Connecticut Children) – Pediatrics – AVON, CT

Dr. Bradley Jerson – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – HAMDEN, CT

Dr. Robert D. Keder – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – WEST HARTFORD, CT

Dr. Adam P. Matson – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – EAST HARTFORD, CT

Dr. Rebecca Riba-Wolman – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – WEST HARTFORD, CT

Dr. Subramani Seetharama – (Hartford HealthCare) – Medicine – CHESHIRE, CT

Dr. Emily O. Wakefield – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – NORTH HAVEN, CT

Clinical Professor

Dr. Lisa Namerow – Psychiatry – WEST HARTFORD, CT

Associate Clinical Professor

Dr. William Duggan – Anesthesiology – GLASTONBURY, CT

Dr. Atique Mirza – Medicine – AVON, CT

Dr. Sankar N. Niranjan – Medicine – WEST HARTFORD, CT

Dr. John F. Tiernan – Anesthesiology – WEST HARTFORD, CT

Dr. Witold Waberski – Anesthesiology – HARTFORD, CT

APPOINTMENT AT SENIOR RANK

Professor – In Residence

Dr. R. Andrew Byrd – Molecular Biology and Biophysics – BETHESDA, MD

Dr. Martha J. Radford – Medicine – UNIONVILLE, CT

Professor – Affiliated

Dr. Jeffrey S. Shenberger – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – WEATOGUE, CT

Dr. Peter S. Yoo – (Hartford HealthCare) – Surgery – GUILFORD, CT

Professor -Tenure track

Dr. Margaret K. Callahan – Medicine – WEST HARTFORD, CT

Associate Professor – In Residence

Dr. Donald Kirton – Obstetrics and Gynecology – WILBRAHAM, MA

Dr. Neena T. Qasba – Obstetrics and Gynecology – AGAWAM, MA

Associate Professor – Affiliated Institution

Dr. DonnaMaria E. Cortezzo – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – DURHAM, CT

Dr. Sunpreet Kaur – (Connecticut Children’s) – Pediatrics – AVON, CT