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2020 P&T – Congratulations to our Faculty Receiving Promotion and Tenure

The College of Medicine congratulates our faculty members receiving promotion and/or tenure in 2020. These promotions have been approved a the college level and will go into effect July 1, 2020. The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees will vote to officially approve these requests on February 24.

Department of Anesthesiology

Promotion to Associate Professor
Anita Akbar Ali, M.D.
Johnathan Goree, M.D.
Joseph Sanford, M.D.

Promotion to Professor
Indranil Chakraborty, M.D.
Victor Mandoff, M.D.

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Promotion to Professor
Robert Eoff, Ph.D.

Department of Biostatistics

Promotion to Professor
Reid Landes, Ph.D.

Department of Dentistry

Promotion to Associate Professor
John Jones, M.D., D.M.D.

Department of Emergency Medicine

Promotion to Associate Professor
Jerrilyn Jones, M.D., M.P.H.
Sofie Morgan, M.D.

Promotion to Professor
Rachael Freeze-Ramsey, M.D.
Brian Hohertz, M.D.
Randy Maddox, M.D.
Gregory Snead, M.D.

Department of Family and Preventive Medicine

Promotion to Associate Professor
Cheryl Verma, M.D.

Department of Geriatrics

Promotion to Professor
Priya Mendiratta, M.D., M.P.H.

Department of Internal Medicine

Promotion to Associate Professor
Sri Rama Murthy Appalaneni, M.D.
Tim Atkinson, Ed.D.
Mary Burgess, M.D.
Mauricio Garcia S. De Sicilia, M.D.
Rajani Jagana, M.D.
Pankaj Mathur, M.D.
Matthew Plotkin, M.D.
Manisha Singh, M.D.
Benjamin Tharian, M.D.
Srikanth Vallurupalli, M.D.

Promotion to Professor
Manish Joshi, M.D.

Department of Medical Humanities

Promotion to Associate Professor
Leah Eisenberg, J.D.

Department of Microbiology & Immunology

Promotion to Associate Professor
Jia Liu, Ph.D.

Department of Neurobiology & Developmental Sciences

Promotion to Associate Professor
Noor Akhter, Ph.D.
Mohsin Syed, Ph.D.

Promotion to Professor
David Davies, Ph.D.

Department of Neurology

Promotion to Associate Professor
Aliza Brown, Ph.D.
Wilma Castro, M.D.
Sanjeeva Reddy Onteddu, M.D.

Department of Neurosurgery

Promotion to Professor
Erika Petersen, M.D.

Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Promotion to Associate Professor
Adam Sandlin, M.D.

Promotion to Professor
William Greenfield, M.D.

Department of Ophthalmology

Promotion to Associate Professor
Brita Rook, M.D.

Promotion to Professor
John Pemberton, D.O., M.B.A.

Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Promotion to Associate Professor
David Bumpass, M.D.
Vivek Jagadale, M.D., M.S.
Brant Sachleben, M.D.

Tenure Only
Simon Mears, M.D. (Professor)

Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Promotion to Associate Professor
Alissa Kanaan, M.D.

Department of Pathology

Promotion to Associate Professor
Laura Gonzalez-Krellwitz, M.D.
Kandi Stallings-Archer, M.D.

Promotion to Professor
Jennifer Laudadio, M.D.
Ginell Post, M.D., Ph.D.

Department of Pediatrics

Promotion to Associate Professor
Kapil Arya, M.D.
Angela Chandler, M.D.
Joshua Daily, M.D.
Srikant Das, M.D.
Michael Israel, M.D.
Clare Nesmith, M.D.
Sara Peeples, M.D.
Carolyn Saccente, M.D.

Promotion to Professor
Aline Andres, Ph.D.
Sylvia Angtuaco, M.D.
Beatrice Boateng, Ph.D.
Nahed El-Hassan, M.D., M.P.H.
Supriya Jambhekar, M.B.B.S.
Jon Oden, M.D.
Tamara Perry, M.D.
Ashley Ross, M.D.

Department of Psychiatry

Promotion to Associate Professor
Betty Everett, Ph.D.
Karin Vanderzee, Ph.D.

Promotion to Professor
Michael Mancino, M.D.

Department of Radiation Oncology

Promotion to Associate Professor
Sanjay Maraboyina, M.D.
Ganesh Narayanasamy, Ph.D.

Department of Radiology

Promotion to Professor
Manoj Kumar, M.D.
Mollie Meek, M.D.
Raghu Ramakrishnaiah, M.D.
Sanjaya Viswamitra, M.D.

Department of Surgery

Promotion to Associate Professor
Kevin Sexton, M.D.

Promotion to Professor
Carol Thrush, Ed.D.

Department of Urology

Promotion to Professor
Ehab Eltahawy, M.D.

Faculty members receiving Professor Emeritus status will be recognized in an upcoming College of Medicine publication.

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