2024 Promotion and Tenure

2024 Tenure

Name	Rank	Department	College
Dr.  Amandeep Bajwa	Associate Professor	Surgery	Medicine
Dr.  Erik Garrison	Associate Professor	Genetics, Genomics and Informatics	Medicine
Dr.  Thirumalini Vaithianathan	Associate Professor	Pharmacology, Addiction Science and Toxicology	Medicine
Dr.  Zhu Wang	Professor	Preventive Medicine	Medicine
Dr.  Xueyuan Cao	Associate Professor	Health Promotion and Disease Prevention	Nursing
Dr. Sarah Rhoads	Professor	Community and Population Health	Nursing

2024 Promotion

Name	Rank	Department	College
Dr.  Sarah Aguirre	Associate Professor	Diagnostic Sciences	Dentistry
Dr.  Katherine DeColibus	Associate Professor	Diagnostic Sciences	Dentistry
Dr. Patricia Dingeldein	Associate Professor	General Dentistry	Dentistry
Dr. Douglas Dixon	Professor	Periodontology	Dentistry
Dr.  Cimara Fortes Ferreira	Professor	Periodontology	Dentistry
Dr. Angela Gullard	Associate Professor	Prosthodontics	Dentistry
Ms.  Rachel Hamilton	Associate Professor	Periodontology	Dentistry
Dr.  Jeffrey Kalmowicz	Associate Professor	General Dentistry	Dentistry
Dr. Paul Luepke	Professor	Periodontology	Dentistry
Dr.  David Shane Rasner	Associate Professor	Dental Hygiene	Dentistry
Dr.  David Shane Rasner	Associate Professor	Diagnostic Sciences	Dentistry
Ms. Deborah Rose	Assistant Professor	Periodontology	Dentistry
Dr.  Devin Casenhiser	Professor	Audiology and Speech Pathology	Health Professions
Dr. Elizabeth Humphrey	Professor	Audiology and Speech Pathology	Health Professions
Ms. Hilary Jasmin	Associate Professor	Library	Library
Ms.  Jessica Newman McDonald	Associate Professor	Library	Library
Dr. Jaclyn Bergeron	Associate Professor	Medicine	Medicine
Dr. Clayton Bettin	Associate Professor	Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering	Medicine
Dr. Tyler Brolin	Associate Professor	Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering	Medicine
Dr.  Lauren Burge	Associate Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine
Dr.  Lauren Burge	Associate Professor	Medical Education	Medicine
Dr. Desiree Burroughs-Ray	Associate Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine
Dr. Desiree Burroughs-Ray	Associate Professor	Medicine	Medicine
Dr. Paxton Dickson	Professor	Surgery	Medicine
Dr. Emilee Dobish	Associate Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine
Dr. Peter Fischer	Professor	Surgery	Medicine
Dr. Peter Fischer	Professor	Anesthesiology	Medicine
Dr. Elizabeth Fitzpatrick	Professor	Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry	Medicine
Dr. Denis Foretia	Associate Professor	Surgery	Medicine
Dr. Christian Fuchs	Associate Professor	Medicine	Medicine
Dr. Erik Garrison	Associate Professor	Genetics, Genomics and Informatics	Medicine
Dr. Tanjala Gipson	Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine
Dr. William Harb	Associate Professor	Clinical Medical Education	Medicine
Dr.  Molly V. Houser	Associate Professor	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Medicine
Dr. John Hyden	Clinical Assistant Professor	Family Medicine	Medicine
Dr. John Hyden	Clinical Assistant Professor	Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering	Medicine
Dr. Timothy Jancelewicz	Professor	Surgery	Medicine
Dr. Timothy Jancelewicz	Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine
Dr. Jason Johnson	Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine
Dr. Rajasingh Johnson	Professor	Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry	Medicine
Dr. Rajasingh Johnson	Professor	Medicine	Medicine
Dr. Erica Kaye	Associate Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine
Dr. Lauren King	Associate Professor	Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	Medicine
Dr. Lauren King	Associate Professor	Medical Education	Medicine
Dr. Rudy Kink	Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine
Dr. Michael Kleinman	Associate Professor	Medicine	Medicine
Dr. Michael Kleinman	Associate Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine
Dr. Vineet Lamba	Associate Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine
Dr. Ian Molyneaux	Associate Professor	Anesthesiology	Medicine
Dr.  Katherine Nearing	Associate Professor	Neurology	Medicine
Dr. Christopher Michael Nickele	Associate Professor	Neurosurgery	Medicine
Dr. Negar Noorizadeh	Assistant Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine
Dr. Osarenren Ogbide	Associate Professor	Medicine	Medicine
Dr. Twisha Oza	Associate Professor	Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	Medicine
Dr. Ramona Cristabel Phinehas	Associate Professor	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Medicine
Dr. Stephen Pishko	Associate Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine
Dr. Marko Radic	Professor	Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry	Medicine
Dr. Evelio Rodriguez	Professor	Clinical Medical Education	Medicine
Dr. Nathaniel Rogers	Associate Professor	Medicine	Medicine
Dr. Shyam Sathanandam	Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine
Dr.  Nadeem Shafi	Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine
Dr. Benjamin Sheffer	Associate Professor	Orthopaedic Surgery and  Biomedical Engineering	Medicine
Dr.  Mark Snider	Associate Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine
Dr. Grant Studebaker	Associate Professor	Family Medicine	Medicine
Dr. Nathan Summers	Associate Professor	Medicine	Medicine
Dr. Alan Taylor	Associate Professor	Emergency Medicine	Medicine
Dr.  Maria Tirado Gonzalez	Associate Professor	Dermatology	Medicine
Dr. Thirumalini Vaithianathan	Associate Professor	Pharmacology, Addiction Science and Toxicology	Medicine
Dr. Thirumalini Vaithianathan	Associate Professor	Ophthalmology	Medicine
Dr. Jennifer Valli	Clinical Assistant Professor	Urology	Medicine
Dr. Jennifer Valli	Clinical Assistant Professor	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Medicine
Dr. Hieu Vo	Associate Professor	Medicine	Medicine
Mr. Joseph Willmitch	Associate Professor	Physician Assistant Studies	Medicine
Dr. Dong Xi	Associate Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine
Dr. Nour Yadak	Associate Professor	Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	Medicine
Dr. Nour Yadak	Associate Professor	Medical Education	Medicine
Dr. Robert Yawn	Associate Professor	Otolaryngology	Medicine
Dr. Robert Yawn	Associate Professor	Neurosurgery	Medicine
Dr. Siamak Yousefi	Associate Professor	Ophthalmology	Medicine
Dr. Siamak Yousefi	Associate Professor	Genetics, Genomics and Informatics	Medicine
Dr.  Junming Yue	Professor	Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	Medicine
Dr. Jie Zhang	Professor	Pathology and Laboratory Medicine	Medicine
Dr. Qi Zhao	Professor	Preventive Medicine	Medicine
Dr.  Elizabeth Paton	Associate Professor	Acute and Tertiary Care	Nursing
Dr. Leslie Rhodes	Associate Professor	Health Promotion and Disease Prevention	Nursing
Dr. Ansley Stanfill	Professor	Acute and Tertiary Care	Nursing
Dr. Charles Stewart	Assistant Professor	Health Promotion and Disease Prevention	Nursing
Dr. Janet Tucker	Associate Professor	Community and Population Health	Nursing
Dr. Alina Cernasev	Associate Professor	Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science	Pharmacy
Dr. Elizabeth Hall	Associate Professor	Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science	Pharmacy
Dr. Dawn Havrda	Professor	Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science	Pharmacy
Dr. Jianxiong Jiang	Professor	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Pharmacy
Dr. Minghui Li	Associate Professor	Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science	Pharmacy
Dr.  Theodore Morton	Professor	Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science	Pharmacy
Dr.  Glen Palmer	Professor	Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science	Pharmacy
Dr. Brian Peters	Professor	Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science	Pharmacy
Dr. Udai Singh	Professor	Pharmaceutical Sciences	Pharmacy

2024 Promotion - College of Medicine Chattanooga

Dr.  Michael Barfield	Associate Professor	Surgery	Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr. Frederick Bossert	Assistant Professor	Obstetrics and Gynecology	Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr. Bryce Cunningham	Associate Professor	Orthopaedic Surgery	Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr. Wesley Giles	Professor	Surgery	Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr. April Gunn	Associate Professor	Family Medicine	Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr.  Matthew Higgins	Associate Professor	Orthopaedic Surgery	Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr.  Robert Jean	Associate Professor	Surgery	Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr.  Harish Manyam	Professor	Internal Medicine	Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr. Robert Quigley	Associate Professor	Orthopaedic Surgery	Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr. Robert Quigley	Associate Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr. Kristopher Sanders	Associate Professor	Orthopaedic Surgery	Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr. Amar Singh	Professor	Urology	Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr.  Richard Tanner	Assistant Professor	Surgery	Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr. Todd Thurston	Associate Professor	Plastic Surgery	Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr. Todd Thurston	Associate Professor	Pediatrics	Medicine-Chattanooga
Dr. Frank Tift	Clinical Associate Professor	Emergency Medicine	Medicine-Chattanooga
Name	Rank	Department	College

2024 Promotion - College of Medicine Knoxville

Dr. Joseph Bondranko	Assistant Professor	Anesthesiology	Medicine-Knoxville
Dr. Michael Buckley	Associate Professor	Surgery	Medicine-Knoxville
Dr. Laura Enomoto	Associate Professor	Surgery	Medicine-Knoxville
Dr. Kyle Kleppe	Associate Professor	Surgery	Medicine-Knoxville
Dr. Victoria Knott	Assistant Professor	Anesthesiology	Medicine-Knoxville
Dr. Jillian Lloyd	Associate Professor	Surgery	Medicine-Knoxville
Mr. David Petersen	Associate Professor	Knoxville Medical Library	Medicine-Knoxville
Dr. Andrew Russ	Professor	Surgery	Medicine-Knoxville
Dr. Jesse Smith	Assistant Professor	Surgery	Medicine-Knoxville
Dr. Che Solla	Associate Professor	Anesthesiology	Medicine-Knoxville
Name	Rank	Department	College