New appointments, promotions, change of status, renewals and secondary appointments for September 2019 in the School of Medicine.
New Appointments (Omaha)
- Sonal Singh, MD, as Assistant Clinical Professor (CS) in the Department of Family Medicine.
- Joseph Kent, MD, as Assistant Clinical Professor (CS) in the Department of Psychiatry.
- Gregory C. Wigington, MD, as Clinical Instructor (CS) in the Department of Psychiatry.
- Faysal Alghoula, MD, as Resident Instructor (RF) in the Department of Medicine.
- Mehmet Akkaya, MD, as Assistant Professor (FT), clinician educator, in the Department of Medicine.
- Amandeep Rakhra, DO, as Resident Instructor (RF) in the Department of Medicine.
- Sarah Waterman, MD, as Resident Assistant Professor (RF), in the Department of Family Medicine.
New Appointments (Phoenix)
- Avinash S. Patil, MD, as Assistant Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of OB/GYN.
- Dana Salzberg, MD, as Assistant Clinical Professor (CS) in the Department of Pediatrics.
- Douglas Nelson, MD, as Assistant Professor (HSF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Medicine.
- William Chavira, MD, as Associate Professor (HSAF), teaching research, non-tenure track, in the Department of OB/GYN.
- Mark Fischione, MD, as Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Pathology.
Contributed Service Renewals (Omaha)
- Thomas M. Magnuson, MD, as Associate Clinical Professor (CS) in the Department of Psychiatry.
- Allison Ashford, MD, as Assistant Clinical Professor (CS) in the Department of Pediatrics.
Contributed Service Renewal and Change of Status (Omaha)
- Matthew K. Egbert, MD, as Associate Clinical Professor (CS) in the Department of Psychiatry. This rank is commensurate with his rank at the University of Nebraska Medical Center.
Change of Status (Omaha)
- Andrew Gelbman, MD, from Associate Professor (FT-CE) in the Department of Radiology to Associate Clinical Professor (CS) in the Department of Radiology.
- Hasnain Sadiq, MD, from Assistant Clinical Professor (CS) in the Department of Psychiatry to Associate Clinical Professor (CS) in the Department of Psychiatry.
- Nattapong Sricharoen, MD, from Assistant Professor (FT-CE), non-tenure track in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology to Associate Professor (FT-CE), non-tenure track in the Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology.
Change of Status (Phoenix)
- Omar Viswanath, MD, from Assistant Clinical Professor (CS) in the Department of Anesthesiology to Associate Clinical Professor (CS) in the Department of Anesthesiology.
- Karen A. Baker, MD, from Assistant Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Assistant Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Philip A. Baker, MD, from Assistant Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Assistant Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Charles R. Bird, MD, from Associate Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Associate Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Allan R. Britt, MD, PhD, from Assistant Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Assistant Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Mary J. Connell, MD, from Associate Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Associate Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Ralph Drosten, MD, from Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, tenured, in the Department of Radiology. Dr. Drosten received tenure effective July 1, 2019.
- Christina Ferraro, MD, from Assistant Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Assistant Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Daniel G. Gridley, MD, from Assistant Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Assistant Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Poya Hedayati, MD, from Assistant Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Assistant Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Patrick K. Hitchcock, MD, from Assistant Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Assistant Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Tilina N. Hu, MD, from Associate Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Associate Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Olga Kalinkin, MD, from Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, tenured, in the Department of Radiology. Dr. Kalinkin received tenure effective July 1, 2019.
- David P. Kay, MD, from Assistant Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Assistant Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Pejman Preston Hedayati, MD, from Assistant Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Assistant Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Samantha Matz, DO, from Assistant Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Assistant Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Courtney Mitchell, MD, from Associate Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Associate Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Taruna Ralhan, MD, from Assistant Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Assistant Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Randy Richardson, MD, from Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, tenured, in the Department of Radiology. Dr. Richardson received tenure effective July 1, 2019
- Robert Rivera, MD, from Assistant Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Assistant Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Albert Roh, MD, from Instructor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Instructor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Frank Schraml, MD, from Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Scott Ryan, MD, from Assistant Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Assistant Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Ankit Shah, MD, from Instructor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Instructor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Amy Trahan, MD, from Associate Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Associate Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
- Dane VanTassel, MD, from Assistant Professor (AF) in the Department of Radiology to Assistant Professor (HSAF), clinician educator, non-tenure track, in the Department of Radiology.
Secondary Appointments (Omaha)
- Jose McClanahan, PhD, as Associate Professor in the Department of Medical Humanities. Dr. McClanahan’s primary appointment is in the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Philosophy.
