Baker’s Dozen Get Promotions among UA Department of Medicine Faculty

Dozen physicians get promotion & tenure advancement in UA Department of MedicineA 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

ALSO SEE:
“Four from DOM among Promotions Announcements at College of Medicine General Faculty Meeting, Nov. 16” | Nov. 14, 2017
“Nine Faculty Physicians Receive Promotions in Department of Medicine” | Posted Aug. 19, 2016

Release Date: 
06/19/2018 - 1:30pm