Congratulations to the following University of Kentucky College of Medicine faculty members who received promotions and/or were granted tenure this year. The following list includes faculty from basic science and clinical departments. It is organized alphabetically by department, then by last name.
Anesthesiology
Jasdeep S. Dhaliwal, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Sanjay Dwarakanath, MBBS
Promotion to Professor
Robert H. Weaver, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Behavioral Science
Carolyn K. Lauckner, PhD
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
Shyanika W. Rose, PhD
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
Emergency Medicine
Gena L. Cooper, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Amy E. Dahlgren, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Linda Y. Katirji, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Jaryd K. Zummer, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Family and Community Medicine
Archana M. Kudrimoti, MBBS
Promotion to Professor
Internal Medicine
Paula Bailey, MD, MHA
Promotion to Professor
Jagriti Chadha, MD, MPH
Promotion to Professor
Romil Chadha, MBBS
Promotion to Professor
Eric B. Durbin, DrPH
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
Mark T. Ebbert, PhD
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
Laura C. Fanucchi, MD, MPH
Promotion to Professor
Alla Grigorian, MD, PhD
Promotion to Professor
Hirotaka Kato, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Stephanie V. Leung, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Naoki Misumida, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Zin W. Myint, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Cecil E. Peppiatt, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
John W. Ragsdale IV, MD
Promotion to Professor
Christopher R. Simmons, MD, PhD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Kristen R. Stakelin, MD
Promotion to Professor
Sarah E. Vick, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Angela K. Webb, MD
Promotion to Professor
Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics
Sarah E. D’Orazio, PhD
Promotion to Professor with Tenure
Erin C. Garcia, PhD
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
Katerina Wolf, PhD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Neurology
Timothy J. Ainger, PhD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Neuroscience
Warren J. Alilain, PhD
Promotion to Professor with Tenure
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Mark R. Hoffman, MD
Promotion to Professor
Wendy L. Jackson, MD
Promotion to Professor
Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
Peter J. Timoney, MD
Promotion to Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
Stephen T. Duncan, MD
Promotion to Professor
Ryan D. Muchow, MD
Promotion to Professor
Patrick W. O’Donnell, MD, PhD
Promotion to Professor
Maureen A. O’Shaughnessy, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Vincent W. Prusick, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Austin V. Stone, MD, PhD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery
Christopher H. Azbell, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Nikita Gupta, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
Alok T. Saini, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Pediatrics
Hubert O. Ballard, MD
Promotion to Professor with Tenure
Kimberly R. Northrip, MD, MPH
Promotion to Professor
Lindsay B. Ragsdale, MD
Promotion to Professor
Preeti Ramachandran, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Elizabeth B. Seelbach, MD
Promotion to Professor
Mark A. Wurth, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences
Cassandra D. Gipson-Reichardt, PhD
Granted Tenure
Physiology
John C. Gensel, PhD
Promotion to Professor with Tenure
Scott M. Gordon, PhD
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
Melinda E. Wilson, PhD
Promotion to Professor with Tenure
Psychiatry
Sandra D. Batsel-Thomas, MD
Promotion to Professor
Charles I. Shelton, DO
Promotion to Associate Professor
Adrienne L. Whitt, PhD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Radiation Medicine
Mark E. Bernard, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Wei Luo, PhD
Promotion to Professor
Radiology
Adrian A. Dawkins, MBBS
Promotion to Professor
Stephen B. Hobbs, MD
Promotion to Professor
James T. Lee, MD
Promotion to Professor
Wendi A. Owen, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Driss Raissi, MD
Promotion to Professor
Surgery
Joseph L. Bobadilla, MD
Promotion to Professor
Michael J. Cavnar, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
Meera Gupta, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor with Tenure
James Y. Liau, MD
Promotion to Professor
Rajasekhar S. Malyala, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Crystal F. Totten, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Urology
Katie N. Ballert, MD
Promotion to Professor
Andrew M. Harris, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
Alison M. Rasper, MD
Promotion to Associate Professor
