Thirty-four faculty members were recognized recently for having been promoted, along with five who received tenure and five who were awarded emeritus status at UMass Medical School.
At a biannual luncheon held to recognize faculty for their accomplishments, Terence R. Flotte, MD, the Celia and Isaac Haidak Professor of Medical Education, executive deputy chancellor, provost and dean of the School of Medicine, noted that promotion is an important step in the career of a faculty member.
About those who received tenure, Dr. Flotte said that each “has achieved excellence in the full range of academic activities.” He added that each is expected to make substantial future contributions to the school, campus and university.
Those newly tenured are:
Edwin Boudreaux, PhD, professor of emergency medicine
Andrew Leiter, MD, PhD, professor of medicine
Lori Pbert, PhD, professor of medicine
Andrew Tapper, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry
Ronghua ZhuGe, PhD, associate professor of microbiology & physiological systems
To be promoted to the rank of assistant, associate or full professor, faculty must have demonstrated excellence in at least two of the three mission areas of research; creative or scholarly activity; education; or service, including clinical care. Thirty-four faculty members met the criteria since December 2014.
Those newly promoted to assistant professor are:
Paula Bellin, MD, clinical assistant professor of urology
Janine Gould, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine
Premananda Indic, PhD, assistant professor of neurology
Kevin Kotkowski, MD, assistant professor of emergency medicine
Karl McKinstry, PhD, assistant professor of pathology
Paul Rava, MD, PhD, assistant professor of radiation oncology
Tara Strutt, PhD, assistant professor of pathology
Apeksha Tripathi, MD, MPH, assistant professor of family medicine & community health
Yumi Uetake, PhD, research assistant professor of cell & developmental biology
Those newly promoted to associate professor are:
Seema Adhami, MBBS, MS, MRCP, clinical associate professor of pediatrics
Gustavo Angaramo, MD, clinical associate professor of anesthesiology
Katharine Barnard, MD, clinical associate professor of family medicine & community health
Michael Brehm, PhD, associate professor of molecular medicine
Ediz Cosar, MD, associate professor of pathology
Thomas Fazzio, PhD, associate professor of molecular medicine
Heather Forkey, MD, associate professor of pediatrics
Suzana Makowski, MD, associate professor of medicine
Patricia Miron, PhD, associate professor of pathology
Monika Mitra, PhD, associate professor of family medicine & community health
Susanne Muehlschlegel, MD, MPH, associate professor of neurology
Sean Rhyee, MD, MPH, associate professor of emergency medicine
Yong-Xu Wang, PhD, associate professor of molecular, cell & cancer biology
Neng Yu, MD, associate professor of pathology
Those newly promoted to professor are:
Rita Bortell, PhD, research professor of molecular medicine
JeanMarie Houghton, MD, PhD, professor of medicine
Stephenie Lemon, PhD, professor of medicine
John Levey, MD, clinical professor of medicine
Daniel Libraty, MD, professor of medicine
Pranoti Mandrekar, PhD, professor of medicine
Richard Pieters, MD, professor of radiation oncology
Sanjay Ram, MD, professor of medicine
Christopher Sassetti, PhD, professor of microbiology & physiological systems
Hugh Silk, MD, professor of family medicine & community health
Shixia Wang, PhD, DVM, professor of pathology
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(L-R) Marcia Urie, MD; Charles Lidz, PhD; and Karen Green, MD, are among the five faculty members who received emeritus status. |
In addition to the tenured faculty, Flotte and Luanne E. Thorndyke, MD, vice provost of faculty affairs and professor of medicine, recognized five individuals for being awarded the academic title of emeritus for their achievements by attaining international recognition for their work and being an active member of the for 10 years prior to retirement
Those awarded emeritus status include:
Karen Green, MD, professor emeritus of obstetrics & gynecology
Charles Lidz, PhD, professor emeritus of psychiatry
Daniel Pollen, MD, professor emeritus of neurology
Marcia Urie, MD, professor emeritus of radiation oncology
Raymond Welsh, PhD, professor emeritus of pathology
