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Celebration of COM-T Faculty Promotions: 2025-2026

CONGRATULATIONS TO FACULTY WHO HAVE EARNED TENURE OR PROMOTION!

We are pleased to announce the latest promotions awarded for the 2025-2026 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 this recognition.

Please join us in congratulating your colleagues.

Galen Garcia, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

Ryan Matika, MD
Promoted to Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

Samata Paidy, MD
Promoted to Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

Heidi Tavel, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

James Proffitt, PhD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Educator Scholar

Daniel Beskind, MD
Promoted to Professor, Clinical Scholar

Bradley Dreifuss, MD 
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

Philipp Hannan, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Series

Rachel Munn, DO
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Series

Adrienne Yarnish, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Anna Alkozei, PhD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Julie Armin, PhD 
Promoted to Associate Professor, Tenure Eligible 

Justin Wilson, PhD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Tenure Eligible

Adnan Abbasi, MD 
Promoted to Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Avin Aggrawal, MD 
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Bujji Ainapurapu, MD
Promoted to Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Akshay Amaraneni, MD 
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Junaid Arshad, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar

Muhammad Husnain, MD 
Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar

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

Sharad Khurana, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar

Rajesh Kotagiri, MD 
Promoted to Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Saad Kubba, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Joshua Malo, MD 
Promoted to Professor, Clinical Scholar

Laura Meinke, MD 
Promoted to Professor, Clinical Scholar

Talal Moukabary, MD
Promoted to Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

Karen Parker, MD, PhD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Indu Partha, MD
Promoted to Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

Anil Potharaju, MD
Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Talha Riaz, MD 
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Venkata Rokkam, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Aaron Scott, MD
Promoted to Professor, Clinical Scholar

Puneet Shroff, MD 
Promoted to Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Jennifer Stern, PhD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Tenure Eligible

Tejo Vemulapalli, MD 
Promoted to Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Ernest Vina, MD
Promoted to Professor, Clinical Scholar

Anthony Witten, DO
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

Ryan Christopher Wong, MD 
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

Lalitha Madhavan, MD, PhD
Promoted to Professor, Tenured

Lynn Coppola, MD 
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar

Nicholas Bonazza, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

Michael Miller, MD
Promoted to Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Sharon Stanley, MD 
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

Audrey Baker, MD
Promoted to Professor, Educator Scholar

Candace Reveles, MD
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar

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

Cindy Chin, MD 
Promoted to Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Walaa Elfar, MD 
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Helene Felman, MD 
Promoted to Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Rees 'Chip' Lee, MD 
Promoted to Professor, Clinical Scholar 

Jeffrey Rein, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Sunil Sinha, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Loanne Tran, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series 

Laurel Truscott, MD 
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical Scholar

Lucinda Rankin, PhD
Promoted to Professor, Educator Scholar

Michael Grandner, PhD
Promoted to Professor, Tenured

Noshene Ranjbar, MD 
Promoted to Professor, Educator Scholar

Mihai Iancu, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

Christopher Miller, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

Carrie Luu, MD
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

Lusine Mesropyan, DO
Promoted to Associate Clinical Professor, Clinical Series

Stephanie Worrell, MD
Promoted to Clinical Professor, Clinical Series