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