A dozen faculty members from seven divisions in the University of Arizona Department of Medicine have been tapped for promotion and tenure advancement.
Another has been added as a DCC—designated campus colleague—within the Division of Nephrology.
Congratulations to you all!
Those receiving promotions include:
TENURE TRACK
Clara N. Curiel-Lewandrowski, MD – promoting to professor, tenure – previously associate professor, medicine, UA Division of Dermatology, member UA Cancer Center and UA Skin Cancer Institute, and director, Multidisciplinary Cutaneous Oncology Program and Pigmented Lesion Clinic, Banner – University Medical Center Tucson, UA Cancer Center Peter & Paula Fasseas Cancer Clinic
Dawn K. Coletta, PhD – promoting to associate professor, tenure – previously associate professor, medicine, UA Division of Endocrinology, and member, UA Health Sciences Center for Disparities in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
Ankit Desai, MD – promoting to associate professor, tenure – previously assistant professor of medicine, cellular and molecular medicine, and physiological sciences (Graduate Interdisciplinary Program), UA Division of Cardiology, and a member of the UA Sarver Heart Center
Louise Hecker, PhD – promoting to associate professor, tenure – previously assistant professor, UA Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine; member, UA BIO5 Institute; and research investigator, Southern Arizona VA Health Care System
NON-TENURE TRACK
Linda L. Garland, MD – promoting to professor, clinical scholar – previously associate professor, medicine, Division of Hematology and Oncology, and director, Clinical Lung Cancer Program, and full investigator, Cancer Prevention and Control Program, UA Cancer Center
Randy Horwitz, MD, PhD – promoting to professor, clinical scholar – previously associate professor, medicine, UA Division of Integrative Medicine; member, UA Center for Integrative Medicine; and director, integrative medicine, Banner – University Medical Group Tucson (BUMGT)
Rajesh Janardhanan, MD – promoting to professor, clinical scholar – previously associate professor of medicine and medical imaging, UA Division of Cardiology; member, UA Sarver Heart Center; and director, non-invasive cardiac imaging, Banner – UMC South; interim director, non-invasive cardiac imaging, Banner – UMC Tucson; and director, echocardiography, Banner – UMC Tucson and South
Kapildeo Lotun, MD – promoting to professor, clinical scholar – previously associate professor, medicine, and director, Interventional Cardiology Fellowship Program, UA Division of Cardiology; director, Structural Heart Disease Program and Vascular Medicine, UA Sarver Heart Center; and director, Catheterization Laboratory, Banner – UMC Tucson
Tara F. Carr, MD – promoting to associate professor, clinical scholar – previously assistant professor of medicine, immunobiology and otolaryngology, and director, Allergy and Immunobiology Fellowship Program, UA Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine; member, UA Health Sciences Asthma and Airway Disease Research Center, and director, Adult Allergy Program, BUMGT
Sireesha Koppula, MD, MPH – promoting to associate professor, clinical scholar – previously assistant professor, medicine, UA Division of Nephrology; associate chair, quality and safety (outpatient), UA Department of Medicine; medical director, inpatient dialysis, Banner – UMC South, and quality and nephrology clinic operations, BUMGT
Perry Skeath, PhD – promoting to associate professor, research scholar – previously assistant professor, medicine, UA Division of Integrative Medicine, and assistant research director, UA Center for Integrative Medicine
Bijin Thajudeen, MD – promoting to associate professor, clinical scholar – previously assistant professor, medicine, UA Division of Nephrology
AFFILIATE/ASSOCIATE DCC *
Mohammed Sikder, MD – promoting to clinical associate professor – previously TMC associate through Southwest Kidney Institute
* DCC = Designated Campus Colleague
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