Mar 29, 2024  
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog 
    
2016-2017 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Brody School of Medicine Faculty


Paul R. G. Cunningham, Dean and Senior Vice Chancellor for Medical Affairs
(MD, FACS, University of the West Indies)

Anatomy and Cell Biology

Cheryl B. Knudson, Professor and Chair
(PhD, University of Southern California)

Graduate Faculty

Emily Askew, Research Assistant Professor
(PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Yan-Hua Chen, Associate Professor
(PhD, Emory University School of Medicine)
Christopher Geyer, Assistant Professor
(PhD, University of Texas Health Science Center)
Warren Knudson, Professor
(PhD, University of Illinois)
Qun Lu, Associate Professor
(PhD, Emory University)
Randall H. Renegar, Professor
(PhD, University of Florida)
Ann O. Sperry, Associate Professor
(PhD, Rice University)
David M. Terrian, Professor
(PhD, Wayne State University)

Associate Graduate Faculty

Donald J. Fletcher, Professor
(PhD, Emory University)
Kelly Harrell, Teaching Assistant Professor
(PhD, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine)

Graduate Teaching Faculty

Edward Apetz, Teaching Assistant Professor
(MD, University of Zurich, Switzerland)
Hubert Burden, Professor
(PhD, Tulane University)
John P Smith, Teaching Associate Professor
(PhD, Medical College of Virginia)

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Joseph M. Chalovich, Professor and Interim Chair
(PhD, University of Illinois)

Graduate Faculty

Myles Cabot, Research Professor
(PhD, The Hebrew University, Hadassah Medical School)
Ronald S. Johnson, Professor
(PhD, Northwestern University)
Brett D. Keiper, Associate Professor
(PhD, Brandeis University)
Ruth A. Schwalbe, Associate Professor
(PhD, University of Minnesota)
Saame Shaikh, Assistant Professor
(PhD, Indiana University)
Brian M. Shewchuk, Assistant Professor
(PhD, Pennsylvania State University)

Associate Graduate Faculty

Kyle Mansfield, Assistant Professor
(PhD, University of Pennsylvania)
Tonya Zeczycki, Assistant Professor
(PhD, Marquette Universtiy)

Bioethics and Interdisciplinary Studies

Maria Clay, Professor and Chair
(PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Graduate Faculty

Annette Greer, Associate Professor
(PhD, East Carolina University)
Kenneth DeVille, Chief Institutional Integrity Officer
(PhD, Rice University; JD, University of Texas)
Todd Savitt, Professor
(PhD, University of Virginia)

Cardiovascular Sciences

Mark Iannettoni, Professor and Acting Chair
(MD, SUNY Health Science Center at Syracuse)

Graduate Faculty

Alan Kypson, Associate Professor
(MD, Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons)

Associate Graduate Faculty

John Cahill, Associate Professor
(MD, University College, National University of Ireland)

Comparative Medicine

Dorcas O’Rourke, Professor and Chair
(DVM, Louisiana State University)

Associate Graduate Faculty

Kvin Lertpiriyapong, Assistant Professor
(DVM, Western University of Health Sciences; PhD, University of California, Berkeley)

Emergency Medicine

Theodore Delbridge, Distinguished Professor and Chair
(MD, Eastern Virginia Medical School)

Graduate Teaching Faculty

Kori Brewer, Associate Professor
(PhD, East Carolina University)

Family Medicine

Chelley Alexander, Robert T. Monk Distinguished Professor and Chair
(MD, University of Alabama, Birmingham)

Graduate Faculty

Doyle M. Cummings, Professor
(PhD, Philadelphia College of Pharmacy and Science)
Dennis Russo, Clinical Professor
(PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara)

Internal Medicine

Paul Bolin, Professor and Chair
(MD, University of North Carolina School of Medicine)

Graduate Faculty

Paul Cook, Professor and Chief, Division of Infectious Diseases
(MD, Medical College of Georgia)
Keith Ramsey, Professor
(MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Mary Thomassen, Professor
(PhD, University of Minnesota)

Associate Graduate Faculty

Arjun Mohan, Clinical Assistant Professor
(MD, University of Buffalo)

Microbiology and Immunology

Everett C. Pesci, Professor and Interim Chair
(PhD, University of Kentucky)

Graduate Faculty

Shaw M. Akula, Associate Professor
(PhD, South Dakota State University)
James P. Coleman, Associate Professor
(PhD, North Carolina State University)
Paul L. Fletcher, Jr., Associate Professor
(PhD, Vanderbilt University)
Richard A. Franklin, Associate Professor
(PhD, University of Illinois)
Isabelle Lemasson, Assistant Professor
(PhD, University Montpellier)
Mark D. Mannie, Professor
(PhD, Northwestern University)
Daniel W. Martin, Research Assistant
(PhD, University of Texas, San Antonio)
James A. McCubrey, Professor
(PhD, University of Wisconsin)
M.D. Motaleb, Assistant Professor
(PhD, Osaka University)
Nicholas Polakowski, Research Assistant Professor
(PhD, Colorado State University)
Edson Rocha, Research Assistant Professor
(PhD, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro/University of Glasgow)
Roy Martin Roop, Professor
(PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Rachel Roper, Associate Professor
(PhD, University of Rochester)
C. Jeffrey Smith, Professor
(PhD, University of Illinois)
Douglas Weidner, Research Associate Professor
(PhD, University of Nevada)

Obstetrics and Gynecology

Clifford C. Hayslip, Jr., Professor and Chair
(MD, Emory University School of Medicine)

Graduate Faculty

James deVente, Associate Professor
(MD, PhD, East Carolina University)
Tana Hall, Assistant Professor
(MD, East Carolina University)

Associate Graduate Faculty

Charles A. Hodson, Professor
(PhD, Iowa State University)

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Peter Kragel, Professor and Chair
(MD, Georgetown University)

Graduate Faculty

John D. Christie, Professor
(PhD, Rutgers University)
Larry Dobbs, Associate Professor
(MD, PhD, University of Kansas)
Lorita Rebellato-deVente, Associate Professor
(PhD, East Carolina University)

Graduate Teaching Faculty

M.G.F. Gilliland, Professor
(MD, Loyola University)
John Lehman, Professor
(PhD, University of Pennsylvania, The Wistar Institute)

Pediatrics

Charles F. Willson, Clinical Professor and Interim Chair
(MD, University of Virginia)

Graduate Faculty

David Collier, Associate Professor
(PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; MD, East Carolina University)
Beng Fuh, Assistant Professor
(PhD, Freie Universitataet, Berlin, Germany)
John Olsson, Professor
(MD, The Pennsylvania State University)
John Edwin Wiley, Professor
(PhD, North Carolina State University)

Associate Graduate Faculty

Suzanne Lazorick, Assistant Professor
(MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Charlie Sang, Professor
(MD, Tulane University)
Kristina Simeonsson, Assistant Professor
(MD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Graduate Teaching Faculty

Mary Turner, Clinical Assistant Professor
(MD, East Carolina University)

Pharmacology and Toxicology

David A. Taylor, Professor and Chair
(PhD, West Virginia University)

Graduate Faculty

Abdel Abdel-Rahman, Professor
(PhD, Leeds University)
Ethan Anderson, Assistant Professor
(PhD, Yale University)
Jamie DeWitt, Assistant Professor
(PhD, Indiana University)
Raymond Dionne, Research Professor
(DDS, Georgetown University School of Dentistry; PhD, Medical College of Virginia)
Brian A. McMillen, Professor
(PhD, University of Illinois, Chicago)
Jacques Robidoux, Assistant Professor
(PhD, University of Montreal)
Mustafa Selim, Professor
(PhD, University of Mississippi)
Ken Soderstrom, Associate Professor
(PhD, Oregon State University)
Rukiyah Van Dross-Anderson, Assistant Professor
(PhD, Rutgers University)

Associate Graduate Faculty

Kymberly Gowdy, Assistant Professor
(PhD, North Carolina State University)
LaToya Griffin, Teaching Assistant Professor
(PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Graduate Teaching Faculty

Lisa Domico, Teaching Instructor
(PhD, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey)
Mona M. McConnaughey, Research Associate Professor
(PhD, Indiana University)

Physiology

Robert M. Lust, Professor and Chair
(PhD, Texas Tech University)

Graduate Faculty

David Brown, Assistant Professor
(PhD, University of Colorado, Boulder)
Robert G. Carroll, Professor
(PhD, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey)
Stefan Clemens, Assistant Professor
(PhD, Université Bordeaux 1, France)
Jian Dean, Associate Professor
(PhD, University of South Carolina)
G. Lynis Dohm, Professor
(PhD, Kansas State University)
Laxmansa C. Katwa, Associate Professor
(PhD, University of Mysore)
Joseph McClung, Assistant Professor
(PhD, University of South Carolina)
Alexander Murashov, Associate Professor
(MD, Moscow 2nd and Medical Institute; PhD, Academy of Medical Sciences)
Richard H. Ray, Professor
(PhD, Medical College of Georgia)
David Tulis, Associate Professor
(PhD, Eastern Virginia Medical School)
Jitka Virag, Assistant Professor
(PhD, Louisiana State University)
Dianne M. Walters, Assistant Professor
(PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health)
Christopher J. Wingard, Associate Professor
(PhD, Wayne State University)

Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine

Sy Saeed, Professor and Chair
(MD, Dow Medical College)

Public Health

Maria Clay, Professor and Interim Chair
(PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)

Graduate Faculty

Mary Grzybowski, Assistant Professor
(PhD, University of Michigan)
Gregory Kearney, Assistant Professor
(DrPH, University of Alabama, Birmingham)
Juhee Kim, Associate Professor
(ScD, Harvard University)
Hope Landrine, Professor
(PhD, University of Rhode Island)
C. Suzanne Lea, Associate Professor
(PhD, University of California, Berkley)
Christopher Mansfield, Professor
(PhD, Florida State University)
Ari Mwachofi, Associate Professor
(PhD, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Stephanie Pitts, Assistant Professor
(PhD, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill)
Nancy Winterbauer, Assistant Professor
(PhD, Binghamton University)

Associate Graduate Faculty

Huabin Luo, Assistant Professor
(PhD, University of Alabama, Birmingham)
Ann Rafferty, Associate Professor
(PhD, Cornell University)

Radiation Oncology

Eleanor Harris, Professor and Chair
(MD, University of Louisville)

Graduate Faculty

Yuanming Feng, Associate Professor
(PhD, Tianjin University)

Associate Graduate Faculty

Zhibin Huang, Assistant Professor
(PhD, Case Western University)

Surgery

Janet Tuttle-Newhall, Professor and Chair
(MD, Wake Forest University)

Graduate Faculty

Carl Haisch, Professor
(MD, University of Washington)
Kathryn M. Verbanac, Professor
(PhD, University of Iowa)
Nasreen Vohra, Assistant Professor
(MD, Baylor University)
Emmanuel E. Zervos, Professor
(MD, University of Michigan)

Graduate Teaching Faculty

Walter Pofahl, Assistant Professor
(MD, West Virginia University, Morgantown)

Radiation Oncology

Eleanor Harris, Professor and Chair
(MD, University of Louisville)

Graduate Faculty

Myon-Hee Lee, Assistant Professor
(PhD, HHMI, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
George Sigounas, Professor
(PhD, Boston University)
Li Yang, Assistant Professor
(PhD, Wayne State University)