{"id":218171,"date":"2024-09-05T11:22:57","date_gmt":"2024-09-05T15:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=218171"},"modified":"2025-01-27T11:06:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T16:06:59","slug":"2024-new-appointments-of-uconn-school-of-medicine-faculty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2024\/09\/2024-new-appointments-of-uconn-school-of-medicine-faculty\/","title":{"rendered":"2024 New Appointments of UConn School of Medicine Faculty"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>AWARD OF ACADEMIC TENURE:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Michael J. Guertin &#8211; Genetics and Genome Sciences<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Taeho Rhee &#8211; Public Health Sciences \u2013 HAMDEN, CT<\/p>\n<p><strong>PROMOTIONS TO SENIOR RANK:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>Professor &#8211; In-Residence<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Dr. David B. Banach \u2013 Medicine \u2013 WOODBRIDGE, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Linda K. Barry &#8211; Surgery<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Melissa J. Caimano \u2013 Medicine \u2013 BRISTOL, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Lisa M. Chirch \u2013 Medicine \u2013 WEST HARTFORD, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Richard A. Kamin &#8211; Emergency Medicine<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Danielle E. Luciano &#8211; Obstetrics and Gynecology \u2013 FARMINGTON, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Pooja Luthra \u2013 Medicine \u2013 AVON, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Faryal Mirza \u2013 Medicine \u2013 AVON, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Craig M. Rodner &#8211; Orthopaedic Surgery \u2013 SIMSBURY, CT<\/p>\n<p><u>Professor &#8211; Tenured<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Srdjan D. Antic \u2013 Neuroscience \u2013 NEW BRITAIN, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Vijay Rathinam \u2013 Immunology \u2013 UNIONVILLE, CT<\/p>\n<p><u>Professor &#8211; Affiliated Institution<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Paul Robson &#8211; (Jackson Laboratory) &#8211; Genetics and Genome Sciences<\/p>\n<p><u>Associate Professor &#8211; In-Residence<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jennifer D. Baldwin \u2013 Medicine \u2013 FARMINGTON, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Saira R. Cherian \u2013 Medicine \u2013 WEST HARTFORD, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Shannon L. DeGroff &#8211; Obstetrics and Gynecology \u2013 SOUTHINGTON, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Khayyam Durrani &#8211; Surgery<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Cory M. Edgar &#8211; Orthopaedic Surgery<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Xiangyou Hu \u2013 Neuroscience \u2013 AVON, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jaclyn O. Jaeger &#8211; Medicine<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Electra V. Kaloudis &#8211; Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutics \u2013 WEST HARTFORD, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jennifer A. Ozimek &#8211; Medicine<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Adam D. Schuyler &#8211; Molecular Biology &amp; Biophysics \u2013 WEST HARTFORD, CT<\/p>\n<p><u>Associate Professor &#8211; In-Residence<\/u> (continued)<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Christopher L. Steele \u2013 Medicine \u2013 SIMSBURY, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Richard K. Wagner &#8211; Obstetrics and Gynecology \u2013 AVON, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Asima A. Zehgeer \u2013 Psychiatry \u2013 AVON, CT<\/p>\n<p><u>Associate Professor &#8211; w\/award of Academic Tenure<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Christine R. Beck &#8211; Genetics and Genome Sciences<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Alicia G. Dugan \u2013 Medicine \u2013 HAMPDEN, MA<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Megan A. O\u2019Grady &#8211; Public Health Sciences \u2013 HARTFORD, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Mayu Inaba-Oguro &#8211; Cell Biology \u2013 WEST HARTFORD, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sivapriya K. Vanaja \u2013 Immunology \u2013 UNIONVILLE, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Yulan Xiong \u2013 Neuroscience \u2013 WEST HARTFORD, CT<\/p>\n<p><u>Associate Professor &#8211; Affiliated Institution<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Markus J. Bookland &#8211; (Connecticut Children\u2019s) \u2013 Surgery \u2013 SIMSBURY, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Anne G. Dudley &#8211; (Connecticut Children\u2019s) \u2013 Surgery \u2013 FARMINGTON, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Barbara S. Edelheit &#8211; (Connecticut Children\u2019s) \u2013 Pediatrics \u2013 GLASTONBURY, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Majida Gaffar &#8211; (Connecticut Children\u2019s) \u2013 Surgery \u2013 AVON, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jennifer T. Haile &#8211; (Connecticut Children\u2019s) \u2013 Pediatrics \u2013 AVON, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. David S. Hersh &#8211; (Connecticut Children\u2019s) \u2013 Surgery \u2013 WEST HARTFORD, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Alexander H. Hogan &#8211; (Connecticut Children) \u2013 Pediatrics \u2013 AVON, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Bradley Jerson &#8211; (Connecticut Children\u2019s) \u2013 Pediatrics \u2013 HAMDEN, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Robert D. Keder &#8211; (Connecticut Children\u2019s) \u2013 Pediatrics \u2013 WEST HARTFORD, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Adam P. Matson &#8211; (Connecticut Children\u2019s) \u2013 Pediatrics \u2013 EAST HARTFORD, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Rebecca Riba-Wolman &#8211; (Connecticut Children\u2019s) \u2013 Pediatrics \u2013 WEST HARTFORD, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Subramani Seetharama &#8211; (Hartford HealthCare) &#8211; Medicine \u2013 CHESHIRE, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Emily O. Wakefield &#8211; (Connecticut Children\u2019s) \u2013 Pediatrics \u2013 NORTH HAVEN, CT<\/p>\n<p><u>Clinical Professor<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Lisa Namerow \u2013 Psychiatry \u2013 WEST HARTFORD, CT<\/p>\n<p><u>Associate Clinical Professor<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Dr. William Duggan \u2013 Anesthesiology \u2013 GLASTONBURY, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Atique Mirza \u2013 Medicine \u2013 AVON, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Sankar N. Niranjan \u2013 Medicine \u2013 WEST HARTFORD, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. John F. Tiernan \u2013 Anesthesiology \u2013 WEST HARTFORD, CT<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Witold Waberski \u2013 Anesthesiology \u2013 HARTFORD, CT<\/p>\n<p><strong>APPOINTMENT AT SENIOR RANK<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><u>Professor \u2013 In Residence<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Dr. R. Andrew Byrd &#8211; Molecular Biology and Biophysics \u2013 BETHESDA, MD<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Martha J. Radford \u2013 Medicine \u2013 UNIONVILLE, CT<\/p>\n<p><u>Professor &#8211; Affiliated<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jeffrey S. 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