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2021 Tenure and Promotion

2021 Tenure

Title Position Department College
Dr. James Lewis Associate Professor Audiology and Speech Pathology Health Professions
Dr. Charisse Madlock-Brown Associate Professor Diagnostic and Health Sciences Health Professions
Dr. Anna Bukiya Professor Pharmacology, Addiction Science and Toxicology Medicine
Dr. Karen Derefinko Associate Professor Preventive Medicine Medicine
Dr. Liza Makowski Hayes Professor Medicine Medicine
Dr. Salvatore Mancarella Associate Professor Physiology Medicine
Dr. Nawajes Mandal Professor Ophthalmology Medicine
Dr. Megan Mulligan Associate Professor Genetics, Genomics and Informatics Medicine
Dr. Valeria  Vasquez Associate Professor Physiology Medicine
Dr. QiQi Zhou Professor Medicine Medicine


2021 Promotion

Title Position Department  College
Dr.  Staley Colvert Associate Professor General Practice Dentistry Dentistry
Dr.  Marlin Duff Associate Professor General Practice Dentistry Dentistry
Ms. Simran Flagg Assistant Professor Dental Hygiene Dentistry
Ms.  Dayna Myers Associate Professor Dental Hygiene Dentistry
Dr.  Mohamed Amer Shafter Associate Professor Prosthodontics Dentistry
Dr.  Werner H. Shintaku Professor Diagnostic Sciences Dentistry
Ms.  Kiesha Werlitz Assistant Professor Dental Hygiene Dentistry
Dr.  Richard A. Williams Professor Orthodontics Dentistry
Dr.  James Lewis Associate Professor Audiology and Speech Pathology Health Professions
Dr.  Charisse Madlock-Brown Associate Professor Diagnostic and Health Sciences Health Professions
Dr.  Thelma Uzonyi Assistant Professor Audiology and Speech Pathology Health Professions
Dr.  Adedayo Adeboye Associate Professor Medicine Medicine
Dr.  Kristen Bettin Associate Professor Pediatrics Medicine
Dr.  Rohini Bhole Associate Professor Neurology Medicine
Dr.  Umar Boston Professor Surgery Medicine
Dr.  Martha Michelle Bowden Associate Professor Pediatrics Medicine
Dr.  Robert Bradsher Associate Professor Medicine Medicine
Dr.  Suzanne Brown Bryant Assistant Professor Clinical Medical Education Medicine
Dr.  Anna Bukiya Professor Pharmacology Medicine
Dr.  Brad Canada Professor Medicine Medicine
Dr.  Angela Cantrell Professor Anatomy and Neurobiology Medicine
Dr.  Angela Cantrell Professor Medical Education Medicine
Dr.  Cynthia Cross Associate Professor Pediatrics Medicine
Dr.  Karen Derefinko Associate Professor Preventive Medicine Medicine
Dr.  Tracey Doering Professor Medicine Medicine
Dr.  Adam ElNaggar Assistant Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology Medicine
Dr.  Tai-Hwang Michael Fan Professor Medicine Medicine
Dr.  Kenice Ferguson-Paul Associate Professor Pediatrics Medicine
Dr.  Ankush Gosain Professor Surgery Medicine
Dr.  Ankush Gosain Professor Pediatrics Medicine
Dr.  Joel Gradowski Associate Professor Pathology Medicine
Dr.  Benjamin J. Grear Assistant Professor Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering Medicine
Dr.  Showkat Haji Associate Professor Medicine Medicine
Dr.  Robert Bradsher Professor Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering Medicine
Dr.  Ryan Helmick Associate Professor Surgery Medicine
Dr.  Michael Herr Associate Professor Anatomy and Neurobiology Medicine
Dr.  Daniel Hoit Associate Professor Neurosurgery Medicine
Dr.  Nicholas Hysmith Associate Professor Pediatrics Medicine
Dr.  Mohammad K. Ismail Professor Medicine Medicine
Dr.  Pallavi Khanna Associate Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology Medicine
Dr.  Paul Klimo Professor Neurosurgery Medicine
Dr.  Mehmet Kocak  Professor Preventive Medicine Medicine
Dr.  Sue Chin Lee Associate Professor Physiology Medicine
Dr.  Nawajes Mandal Professor Ophthalmology Medicine
Dr.  Nawajes Mandal Professor Anatomy and Neurobiology Medicine
Dr.  Jennifer McLevy-Bazzanella Associate Professor Otolaryngology Medicine
Dr.  Stephen Miller Professor Pediatrics Medicine
Dr.  Megan Mulligan Associate Professor Genetics, Genomics and Informatics Medicine
Dr.  Garnett Murphy Professor Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering Medicine
Dr.  Shalini Narayana Professor Pediatrics Medicine
Dr.  Shalini Narayana Professor Anatomy and Neurobiology Medicine
Dr.  Songul Onder Associate Professor Medicine Medicine
Dr.  Shelley Rae Ost Associate Professor Medicine Medicine
Dr.  Ranjit Philip Associate Professor Pediatrics Medicine
Dr.  David Richardson Professor Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering Medicine
Dr.  Ivan Humberto Romero Legro Associate Professor Medicine Medicine
Dr.  Melissa Scalise Associate Professor Clinical Medical Education Medicine
Dr.  Ankur Seth Associate Professor Medicine Medicine
Dr.  Arash Shaban-Nejad Associate Professor Pediatrics Medicine
Dr.  Scott Sinclair Professor Medicine Medicine
Dr.  Amber Smith Associate Professor Pediatrics Medicine
Dr.  Jeffrey Sorenson Professor Neurosurgery Medicine
Dr.  David Daniel Spence Associate Professor Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering Medicine
Dr.  Athena Starlard-Davenport Associate Professor Genetics, Genomics and Informatics Medicine
Dr.  Christopher Hamilton Trabue Professor Medicine Medicine
Dr.  Jeffrey C. Winer Associate Professor Pediatrics Medicine
Dr.  John C. Weinlein, IV Associate Professor Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering Medicine
Dr.  Neeraja Yedlapati Associate Professor Medicine Medicine
Dr.  Thomas Yohannan Associate Professor Pediatrics Medicine
Dr.  S. Dave Bhattacharya Associate Professor Surgery Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr.  Justin Calvert Clinical Assistant Professor Radiology Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr.  Stephen DePasquale Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr.  Leslie Griffin Associate Professor Family Medicine Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr.  Glendon Alan Hyde Assistant Professor Surgery Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr.  Rebecca Martin Clinical Assistant Professor Emergency Medicine Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr.  Benjamin Avery Mixon Associate Professor Pediatrics Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr.  Anand Shridharani Associate Professor Urology Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr.  Abdelazim Sirelkhatim Associate Professor Neurology Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr.  Jonathan Boone Associate Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology Medicine-Knoxville
Dr.  Kimberly Bailey Fortner Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology Medicine-Knoxville
Dr.  Jill Maureen Maples Associate Professor Obstetrics and Gynecology Medicine-Knoxville
Dr.  Melissa Phillips Professor Surgery Medicine-Knoxville
Dr.  Paul Terry Professor Medicine Medicine-Knoxville
Dr.  Wesley M. White Professor Urology Medicine-Knoxville
Dr.  Bobby Bellflower Professor Acute and Tertiary Care Nursing
Dr.  Amy Koehn Associate Professor Acute and Tertiary Care Nursing
Dr.  James Wheeler Associate Professor Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science Pharmacy
May 26, 2022