2026 Promotion and Tenure
2026 Tenure
| Name | Rank | Department | College |
| Abhyankar, Vrushali | Associate Professor | Periodontology | Dentistry |
| Dixon, Douglas | Professor | Periodontology | Dentistry |
| Du, Jianyang | Associate Professor | Anatomy and Neurobiology | Medicine |
| Freeman, Kevin | Associate Professor | Genetics, Genomics and Informatics | Medicine |
| Patel, Tejesh | Professor | Dermatology | Medicine |
| Anderson, Janeane | Associate Professor | Community and Population Health | Nursing |
| Yang, Chao-Yie | Associate Professor | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Pharmacy |
2026 Promotion
| NAME | RANK | Department | College |
| Adams, Danita | Associate Professor | Periodontology | Dentistry |
| AjitSankardas, Pooja | Associate Professor | Periodontology | Dentistry |
| Johnson, Correada | Assistant Professor | Dental Hygiene | Dentistry |
| Parker, Catherine | Assistant Professor | Dental Hygiene | Dentistry |
| Selecman, Audrey | Professor | Prosthodontics | Dentistry |
| Taylor, Darton | Associate Professor | Prosthodontics | Dentistry |
| Vinall, Volk | Associate Professor | Pediatric Dentistry and Community Oral Health | Dentistry |
| Werlitz, Kiesha | Associate Professor | Dental Hygiene | Dentistry |
| Barry, Lydia | Assistant Professor | Audiology and Speech Pathology | Health Professions |
| Burnett, Keisha | Professor | Diagnostic and Health Sciences | Health Professions |
| Clardy, Carlos | Assistant Professor | Physical Therapy | Health Professions |
| Etters, Samantha | Assistant Professor | Diagnostic and Health Sciences | Health Professions |
| Owens, Marilyn | Assistant Professor | Audiology and Speech Pathology | Health Professions |
| Peeler, Chelsea | Assistant Professor | Diagnostic and Health Sciences | Health Professions |
| Reed, Kathleen | Assistant Professor | Diagnostic and Health Sciences | Health Professions |
| Sayers, Micayla | Assistant Professor | Audiology and Speech Pathology | Health Professions |
| Sharp, Marcia | Professor | Diagnostic and Health Sciences | Health Professions |
| Weitzeil, Michael | Assistant Professor | Diagnostic and Health Sciences | Health Professions |
| Aaron, Mark | Associate Professor | Clinical Medical Education | Medicine |
| Arrindell, Adrienne | Assistant Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Beebe, Michael | Associate Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering | Medicine |
| Betapudi, Bindu | Assistant Professor | Surgery | Medicine |
| Bettin, Clayton | Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering | Medicine |
| Briceno-Medina, Mario | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Campion, Chad | Assistant Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering | Medicine |
| Carrillo-Marquez, Maria | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Chilakala, Sandeep K. | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Cho, Hongsik | Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering | Medicine |
| Choursia, Nitish | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Cox, John | Professor | Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry | Medicine |
| Das, Pranan | Professor | Medicine | Medicine |
| Derefinko, Karen | Professor | Preventive Medicine | Medicine |
| Ditta, Lauren | Professor | Ophthalmology | Medicine |
| Ditta, Lauren | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Duvvuri, Padmaraj | Associate Professor | Medicine | Medicine |
| Eid, Anas | Associate Professor | Otolaryngology | Medicine |
| Einhaus, Stephanie | Associate Professor | Neurosurgery | Medicine |
| Elangovan, Cheran | Associate Professor | Neurology | Medicine |
| Freeman, Kevin | Associate Professor | Genetics, Genomics and Informatics | Medicine |
| Fraga, Charles | Associate Professor | Medicine | Medicine |
| Ghosh, Ankita | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Green, Lindsay | Associate Professor | Clinical Medical Education | Medicine |
| Hastings, Margaret | Professor | Medicine | Medicine |
| Hastings, Margaret | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Hawkins, Brian | Associate Professor | Emergency Medicine | Medicine |
| Hendrix, Ryan | Assistant Professor | Clinical Medical Education | Medicine |
| Holland, Christopher | Assistant Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering | Medicine |
| Hussein, Wael | Associate Professor | Medicine | Medicine |
| Hysmith, Nicholas | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Inoa Acosta, Violiza | Professor | Neurology | Medicine |
| Jagadesan, Bhuvaneshwari | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Jones, Clyde | Professor | Medicine | Medicine |
| Karki, Karan | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Kerrigan, Jimmy | Associate Professor | Clinical Medical Education | Medicine |
| Kesari, Aditi | Associate Professor | Medical Education | Medicine |
| Kothari, Khyati | Associate Professor | Psychiatry | Medicine |
| Krishnaiah, Balaji | Professor | Neurology | Medicine |
| Lands, Lindsey | Associate Professor | Medicine | Medicine |
| Levine, Yehoshua | Associate Professor | Medicine | Medicine |
| Lord, Kito | Associate Professor | Emergency Medicine | Medicine |
| McCoy, Elisha | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Miller, Amanda | Associate Professor | Clinical Medical Education | Medicine |
| Mulligan, Megan | Professor | Genetics, Genomics and Informatics | Medicine |
| Naik, Ronak | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Orland, Keith | Assistant Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering | Medicine |
| Paiml, Elizabeth | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Phillip, Ranjit | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Rana, Divya | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Raissi, Sasa Ryan | Professor | Clinical Medical Education | Medicine |
| Rawal, Pawan | Associate Professor | Neurology | Medicine |
| Richard, Celine | Associate Professor | Otolaryngology | Medicine |
| Schaller, Alexandra | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Shaban-Nejad, Arash | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Showkat, Arif | Professor | Medicine | Medicine |
| Shrestha, Rabin | Associate Professor | Medicine | Medicine |
| Smith, Amber | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Song, Chi Young | Assistant Professor | Pharmacology, Addiction Sciences and Toxicology | Medicine |
| Spence, David | Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering | Medicine |
| Swailes, Alexa | Associate Professor | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Medicine |
| Wajsfeld, Tali | Assistant Professor | Clinical Medical Education | Medicine |
| Walker, J. Richard | Professor | Emergency Medicine | Medicine |
| Whetstone, David | Associate Professor | Clinical Medical Education | Medicine |
| Wilson, Keadrea | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Winer, Jeffrey | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Yang, Anna | Associate Professor | Emergency Medicine | Medicine |
| Yaun, Jason | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Yohannan, Thomas | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Zenker, Mark | Associate Professor | Clinical Medical Education | Medicine |
| Anderson, Janeane | Associate Professor | Community and Population Health | Nursing |
| Gill, Marie | Professor | Health Promotion and Disease Prevention | Nursing |
| Haushalter, Alisa | Professor | Community and Population Health | Nursing |
| Hutcheson, James | Assistant Professor | Acute and Tertiary Care | Nursing |
| Ray, Trina Barrett | Associate Professor | Acute and Tertiary Care | Nursing |
| Williams, Loretta Alexia | Associate Professor | Health Promotion and Disease Prevention | Nursing |
| Farrar, Julie | Associate Professor | Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science | Pharmacy |
| Fredrick, Kelsey | Associate Professor | Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science | Pharmacy |
| Hawkins, Brandon | Associate Professor | Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science | Pharmacy |
| Melton, Tyler | Associate Professor | Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science | Pharmacy |
| Singla, Bhupesh | Associate Professor | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Pharmacy |
2026 Promotion-College of Medicine Chattanooga
| NAME | RANK | Department | College |
| Bishop, Thomas | Professor | Family Medicine | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Garder, Warren | Professor | Orthopaedics Surgery | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Gregorie, William Douglas | Associate Professor | Emergency Medicine | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Kahloon, Arslan | Professor | Internal Medicine | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Kimbrell, Connor | Clinical Assistant Professor | Emergency Medicine | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Lange, Jessica | Associate Professor | Urology | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Parsa, Laxmi | Associate Professor | Internal Medicine | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Shridharani, Anand | Professor | Urology | Medicine-Chattanooga |
2026 Promotion-College of Medicine Knoxville
| NAME | RANK | Department | College |
| Angelle, Jonathan | Assistant Professor | Urology | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Biney, Isaac | Associate Professor | Medicine | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Brett, Christopher | Associate Professor | Radiology | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Briggs, Blake | Associate Professor | Surgery | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Brooks, Ashton | Associate Professor | Surgery | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Cavalea, Alexander | Associate Professor | Surgery | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Christianson, Thomas | Associate Professor | Anesthesiology | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Dudney, Tina | Professor | Medicine | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Fernandez-Romero, Roberto | Associate Professor | Medicine | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Jackson, Joseph | Associate Professor | Medicine | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Jordan, Sean | Associate Professor | Surgery | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Mannemuddhu, Sai Sudha | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Soto, Francisco | Professor | Medicine | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Swengel, Justin | Assistant Professor | Anesthesiology | Medicine-Knoxville |