Congratulations to the following basic science and clinical faculty at the University of Kentucky College of Medicine! These individuals were honored with promotions and tenure in fiscal year 2023.
Names are organized alphabetically by department.
Anesthesiology
Sarah Jean Hall, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Behavioral Science
Shanna Babalonis, PhD
Associate Professor with Tenure
Michael John Wesley, PhD
Associate Professor with Tenure
Emergency Medicine
Bradley Parker Buckingham, MD
Associate Professor
Joel Hamm, MD
Associate Professor
Katelyn Ann Yackey, MD
Associate Professor
Family and Community Medicine
Key Covington Douthitt, MD
Associate Professor
Wanda Gayle Taylor, DO
Associate Professor
Internal Medicine
Juan-Carlos Aycinena, MD
Associate Professor
Deidra D. Beshear, MD
Associate Professor
Ana Lia Castellanos, MD
Professor
Hasan Fattah, MD
Associate Professor
William Liddell Fuller, MD
Associate Professor
Bahaaeldeen S.M. Ismail, MD
Associate Professor
Anna Gonzaga Kalema, MD
Associate Professor
Ramakanth Kavuluru, PhD
Professor with Tenure
Steve Wah Leung, MD
Professor with Tenure
Katherine Marie McKinney, MD
Professor
Reema Anil Patel, MD
Associate Professor
Madhumathi Rao, MBBS, PhD
Professor
Anna Rogozinska, MD
Associate Professor
Elizabeth Schroder Stumpf, PhD
Associate Professor
James Adam Troy, MD
Associate Professor
Daniel Timothy Weaver, MD
Associate Professor
Jonathan C. Webb, MD
Professor
Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics
Brian Patrick Higgins, PhD
Associate Professor with Tenure
Neurology
Ima Mbodie Ebong, MD
Associate Professor
Gulam Qutubuddin Khan, MD
Professor
Ann Marie Stowe, PhD
Professor with Tenure
Tritia Reina Yamasaki, MD, PhD
Associate Professor with Tenure
Neuroscience
Kristen M. Platt, PhD
Associate Professor with Tenure
Neurosurgery
Justin F. Fraser, MD
Professor with Tenure
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Coy Alden Flowers, MD
Associate Professor
Rachel Ware Miller, MD
Professor
Rachel Saunders, MD
Associate Professor
Otolaryngology
Brett Thomas Comer, MD
Professor
Mark Andrew Fritz, MD
Associate Professor
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Derek Blake Allison, MD
Associate Professor
Vaneet Arora, MD
Professor
V. K. Cody Bumgardner, PhD
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Scottie B. Day, MD
Professor
Evangelia Kalaitzoglou, MD
Associate Professor with Tenure
Asha Narasimha Shenoi, MD
Professor
Samir Softic, MD
Associate Professor
Caryn Elizabeth Sorge, MD
Associate Professor
Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
Eric Michael Blalock, PhD
Professor with Tenure
Anika Maria Sophie Hartz, PhD
Professor with Tenure
Terry Dee Hinds, Jr., PhD
Associate Professor with Tenure
Sara B. Police, PhD
Associate Professor with Tenure
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Jessica L. Kavanaugh, MD
Associate Professor
Dwan Perry, DO
Associate Professor
Physiology
John Joseph McCarthy, PhD
Professor with Tenure
Radiology
Andres R. Ayoob, MD
Professor
Conor M. Lowry, MD
Associate Professor
Justin Royse Montgomery, MD
Associate Professor
Kwaku K. Obeng, MD
Associate Professor
Xiaoqin Jennifer Wang, MD
Associate Professor
Surgery
Suresh Keshavamurthy, MBBS
Associate Professor
Jordan D. Miller, DO
Associate Professor
Prakash Pandalai, MD
Associate Professor
Jessica Kathleen Reynolds, MD
Associate Professor
Malay Bipin Shah, MD
Professor
Toxicology and Cancer Biology
Christine Fillmore Brainson, PhD
Associate Professor with Tenure
Urology
John Roger Bell, MD
Associate Professor
Jason R. Bylund, MD
Professor