New Professors
Professorships
The following individuals achieved the academic rank of Professor between Sept. 1, 2020, and Aug. 31, 2021.
Professor of Anesthesiology
Halena M. Gazelka, M.D.
Minnesota
Adam K. Jacob, M.D.
Minnesota
Rebecca L. Johnson, M.D.
Minnesota
Philip M. Jones, M.D.
Florida
William J. Mauermann, M.D.
Minnesota
Wenchun Qu, M.D., Ph.D.
Florida
Robert T. Wilder, M.D., Ph.D.
Minnesota
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Kun Ling, Ph.D.
Minnesota
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Wuqiang Zhu, M.D., Ph.D.
Arizona
Professor of Biomedical Ethics
Michelle McGowan, Ph.D.
Minnesota
Professor of Biostatistics
Jun Chen, Ph.D.
Minnesota
Professor of Dermatology
Afsaneh Alavi, M.D.
Minnesota
Professor of Health Services Research
Lila J. Rutten, Ph.D.
Minnesota
Xiaoxi Yao, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Minnesota
Professor of Immunology
Foteini Gounari, Ph.D.
Arizona
Elina Jerschow, M.D.
Minnesota
Kay L. Medina, Ph.D.
Minnesota
Veena Taneja, Ph.D.
Minnesota
Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology
Longwen Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
Arizona
Mark A. Edgar, M.D.
Florida
Rafael Jimenez, M.D., M.H.A.
Minnesota
Andras Khoor, M.D., Ph.D.
Florida
Rebecca L. King, M.D.
Minnesota
Brandon T. Larsen, M.D., Ph.D.
Arizona
Anne E. Tebo, Ph.D.
Minnesota
Professor of Medical Education
Ellen L. Usher, Ph.D.
Minnesota
Christopher M. Wittich, M.D., Pharm.D.
Minnesota
Professor of Medical Physics
Jacinta G. Browne, Ph.D., M.S.
Minnesota
Professor of Medicine
Manal F. Abdelmalek, M.D.
Minnesota
Timothy R. Aksamit, M.D.
Minnesota
Bashar A. Aqel, M.D.
Arizona
Juan P. Brito Campana, M.B.B.S.
Minnesota
Saurabh Chhabra, M.B.B.S., M.D.
Arizona
Stijn P. De Langhe, Ph.D.
Minnesota
Alexander C. Egbe, M.B.B.S., M.P.H.
Minnesota
Stephen B. Erickson, M.D.
Minnesota
Patricio Escalante, M.D., M.S.
Minnesota
DeLisa Fairweather, Ph.D.
Florida
James M. Foran, M.D.
Florida
Ronald S. Go, M.D.
Minnesota
Lucinda A. Harris, M.D.
Arizona
Shahrukh K. Hashmi, M.D.
Minnesota
Elina Jerschow, M.D.
Minnesota
John B. Kisiel, M.D.
Minnesota
Ian R. Lanza, Ph.D.
Minnesota
Augustine S. Lee, M.D.
Florida
Kaiser G. Lim, M.D.
Minnesota
Yi Lin, M.D., Ph.D.
Minnesota
Alvaro Moreno Aspitia, M.D.
Florida
Alexander S. Niven, M.D.
Minnesota
Rahul Pannala, M.D.
Arizona
Pankaj J. Pasricha, M.B.B.S., M.D.
Arizona
Susan L. Samson, M.D., Ph.D.
Florida
Chrisandra L. Shufelt, M.D.
Florida
Christina S. Wu, M.B., B.Ch., M.D.
Arizona
Xiaoxi Yao, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Minnesota
Professor of Neurology
Benjamin H. Brinkmann
Minnesota
Ralitza H. Gavrilova, M.D.
Minnesota
Jonathan Graff-Radford, M.D.
Minnesota
Ruple S. Laughlin, M.D.
Minnesota
Deborah L. Renaud, M.D.
Minnesota
Professor of Neuroscience
Melissa E. Murray, Ph.D.
Florida
Owen A. Ross, Ph.D.
Florida
Professor of Neurosurgery
David J. Daniels, M.D., Ph.D.
Minnesota
Ram Kadirvel, Ph.D.
Minnesota
Rabih G. Tawk, M.D.
Florida
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Shannon K. Laughlin-Tommaso, M.D.
Minnesota
Carl H. Rose, M.D.
Minnesota
Professor of Oncology
Jian L. Campian, M.D., Ph.D.
Minnesota
Saranya Chumsri, M.D.
Florida
Brian A. Costello, M.D.
Minnesota
Arkadiusz Z. Dudek, M.D., Ph.D.
Minnesota
Tufia C. Haddad, M.D.
Minnesota
Harry H. Yoon, M.D.
Minnesota
Professor of Ophthalmology
Misha L. Pless, M.D.
Florida
Professor of Orthopedics
Benjamin D. Elder, M.D., Ph.D.
Minnesota
Mark E. Morrey, M.D.
Minnesota
William J. Shaughnessy, M.D.
Minnesota
Professor of Otolaryngology
Jeffrey R. Janus, M.D.
Florida
Carlos D. Pinheiro Neto, M.D., Ph.D.
Minnesota
Professor of Pediatrics
Paul Croarkin, D.O., M.S.
Minnesota
Avni Joshi, M.D., M.S.
Minnesota
Deborah Renaud, M.D.
Minnesota
Professor of Pharmacology
Paul E. Croarkin, D.O., M.S.
Minnesota
Evette S. Radisky, Ph.D.
Florida
Professor of Plastic Surgery
Antonio J. Forte, M.D., Ph.D.
Florida
Professor of Psychiatry
Osama A. Abulseoud, M.D.
Arizona
Jennifer L. Vande Voort, M.D.
Minnesota
Professor of Radiation Oncology
Mirek Fatyga, Ph.D.
Arizona
Dawn Owen, M.D., Ph.D.
Minnesota
Terence T. Sio, M.D., M.S.
Arizona
Daniel M. Trifiletti, M.D.
Florida
Carlos E. Vargas, M.D.
Arizona
Professor of Radiology
Alok A. Bhatt, M.D.
Florida
Felix E. Diehn, M.D.
Minnesota
David M. Hough, M.B., Ch.B.
Minnesota
Joseph M. Hoxworth, M.D.
Arizona
Anil Nicholas Kurup, M.D.
Minnesota
Tim Leiner, M.D., Ph.D.
Minnesota
Brent P. Little, M.D.
Florida
Mukesh K. Pandey, Ph.D.
Minnesota
Bhavik N. Patel, M.D., M.B.A.
Arizona
Jay J. Pillai, M.D.
Minnesota
Ronnie A. Sebro, M.D., Ph.D.
Florida
Beau Toskich, M.D.
Florida
Robert E. Watson Jr., M.D., Ph.D.
Minnesota
Professor of Regenerative Medicine
Alexander Y. Shin, M.D.
Minnesota
Professor of Speech Pathology
Heather M. Clark, Ph.D.
Minnesota
Professor of Surgery
Amit K. Mathur, M.D.
Arizona
Malakh L. Shrestha, M.B.B.S., Ph.D.
Minnesota
Mark J. Truty, M.D., M.S.
Minnesota
Professor of Urology
Brian A. Costello, M.D.
Minnesota
Josep M. Domingo Domenech, M.D., Ph.D.
Minnesota
