Celebration of COM-T Faculty Promotions: 2024-2025

CONGRATULATIONS TO FACULTY WHO HAVE EARNED TENURE OR PROMOTION!

We are pleased to announce the latest promotions awarded for the 2024-2025 promotion cycle. We are truly fortunate to have such incredibly talented, passionate, dedicated, and accomplished faculty in the College of Medicine-Tucson.

Thank you to the department coordinators, the department Tenure and Promotion Committees, the College Tenure and Promotion Committee, and the College Faculty Affairs Office for the extraordinary work they did on behalf of our colleagues who earned these recognitions.

Please join us in congratulating your colleagues.

Glenn Islat, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Darren Cusanovich, PhD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Tenured

Julie Ledford, PhD
Promoted to Professor, Tenured

Melody Glenn, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar 

Hans Bradshaw, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar 

Nathaniel Johnson, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Ramesh Karra, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Allison Lane, MD 
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar 

Jaiva Larsen, MD 
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Vivienne Ng, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar 

Melissa Zukowski, MD
Promoted to Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

Noah Tolby, MD
Promoted to Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Allison Huff, PhD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Research Scholar

Beth Meyerson, PhD
Awarded Tenure as Professor

Barbara Eckstein, MD 
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Jerome Koleski, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

Elizabeth Kyle Meehan, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Nicole Person-Rennell, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Samuel Campos, PhD 
Promoted to Professor, Tenured

Kristian Doyle, PhD
Promoted to Professor, Tenured

Gregory Woodhead MD, PhD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Tenured

Tyson Chadaz, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar 

Alan Chiang, MD, PhD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar

Jack Hannallah, MD 
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar

Tushar Acharya, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Venkatesh Ariyamuthu, MD
Promoted to Professor, Clinical Scholar

Danielle Avila, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Joy Bulger, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Julia Jernberg, MD
Promoted to Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Ricklie Julian, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar

Amy Klein, MD 
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Iyad Mansour, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Saif Mashaqi, MD
Promoted to Professor, Clinical Scholar

Saman Nematollahi, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

D. Alexander Perry, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Swathy Puthalapattu, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Alejandro Recio Boiles, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar 

Brentin Roller, DO
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Amitoj Singh, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar 

Tanya Lin, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar

Florin Tanase, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

Rachel Darché, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

David Margolis, MD, PhD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Tenured

Nicholas Dewyer, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar

Robert Klein, MD
Promoted to Professor, Clinical Scholar

Daniel Combs, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Tenure Eligible

Asmaa AbuMaziad, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar

Pablo Angulo, DO
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Naresh Reddivalla, MD 
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Catherine Riley, MD 
Promoted to Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Kareem Shehab, MD 
Promoted to Professor, Clinical Scholar

Heather Cassell, MD 
Promoted to Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Jennifer Schnellman, PhD
Promoted to Professor, Educator Scholar

Sigrid Williams, MD
Track Transfer to Assistant Professor, Educator Scholar

Shaowen Bao, PhD 
Promoted to Professor, Tenured

Paulo Pires, PhD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Tenured

Michael Colon, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Matthew Erisman, MD 
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Amy Hu, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Rohit Madan, MD 
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Terry Platto, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Charles Hsu, MD, PhD
Promoted to Professor, Clinical Scholar

Jennifer Erdrich, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Tenured

Carlos Zgheib, PhD
Promoted to Professor, Tenured

Adam Nelson, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Tenured

Bryan Hall, MD 
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

Khubaib Mapara, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Allison Rottman, DPM
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

Scott Silvestry, MD 
Promoted to Clinical Professor, Clinical Series