Faculty Affairs

Standing Committees of the Faculty Senate
September 1, 2011 through August 31, 2012

• Admissions Committee
• Continuing Medical Education Committee
• Curriculum Committee
• Faculty Appointments, Promotions and Tenure Committee
• Faculty Compensation Committee
• Faculty Development Leave Committee
• Graduate Student Education Committee
• Research Committee
• Student Evaluations and Promotions Committee

Admissions Committee

• Wallace A. Gleason, M.D., Assistant Dean, Admissions & Student Affairs — Chair
• Latanya J. Love, M.D., Assistant Dean, Admissions & Student Affairs — Vice Chair
• Margaret C. McNeese, M.D., Associate Dean, Admissions & Student Affairs
• Sheela L. Lahoti, M.D., Assistant Dean, Admissions & Student Affairs
• Dianna M. Milewicz, M.D., Ph.D., Director of M.D./Ph.D. Program — Ex officio
• Mark Wong, D.D.S., Director of M.D./O.M.S. — Ex officio
• Cynthia Garcia — Recording Secretary

Term Expires 2012

• John C. Ribble, M.D., Educational Programs
• Muhammed Rafique, M.B.B.S., Anesthesiology
• Dawnelle J. Schatte, M.D., Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
• Sebastian T. Tosto, M.D., Internal Medicine
• Mark C. Wilde, Psy.D., Physical Medicine &  Rehabilitation

Term Expires 2013

• Ronda E. Alexander, M.D., Otorhinolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery
• Mark A. Farnie, M.D., Internal Medicine/General
• Nicole R. Gonzales, M.D., Neurology
• Amanda M. Jarolimek, M.D., Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging
• Gregory R. Johnson, M.D., M.H.H., Internal Medicine
• Judianne Kellaway, M.D., Ophthalmology & Visual Science
• Charles C. Kilpatrick, M.D., Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences
• Joanne Prashad, M.D., Ph.D., Private Practice Hospitalist MHHS-TMC
• Michael D. Redwine, M.D., Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging
• David J. Robinson, M.D., Emergency Medicine
• M. Jason Sanders, M.D., Pediatrics
• William E. Seifert, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• Keely G. Smith, M.D., Pediatrics

Term Expires 2014

• Nathan Bryan, Ph.D., Institute of Molecular Medicine
• Erin Furr-Stimming, M.D., Neurology
• Anita Giezentanner, M.D., Anesthesiology
• Anand Gourishankar, M.B.B.S., Pediatrics
• Mary Kay Koenig, M.D., Pediatrics
• Laura J. Moore, M.D., Surgery
• Nurun N. Shah, M.B.B.S., Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
• Gazala Siddiqui, M.B.B.S., Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

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Continuing Medical Education Committee

• Danielle H. Melton, M.D., Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation — Chair
• Giuseppe N. Colasurdo, M.D., Dean — Ex officio
• Patricia Butler, M.D., Senior Associate Dean, Educational Programs— Ex officio
• Eric F. Reichman, M.D., Director, Surgical & Clinical Skills Center — Ex officio
• Nancy O. McNiel, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs — Ex officio
• Allison R. Ownby, Ph.D., Director, Educational Programs — Ex officio
• Margaret O. Uthman, M.D., Assistant Dean, Educational Programs — Ex officio

Term Expires 2012

• Parveen Athar, M.D., Neurology
• Lei Chen, M.D., Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
• Adelaide A. Hebert, M.D., Dermatology
• Amanda M. Jarolimek, M.D., Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging
• Usha A. Joseph, M.D., Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging
• Gazala Siddiqui, M.B.B.S., Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
• Filemon K. Tan, M.D., Ph.D., Internal Medicine
• Sophia Tsakiri, M.D., Pediatrics

Term Expires 2013

• Pamela D. Berens, M.D., Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
• Martin J. Citardi, M.D., Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery
• Tang Ho, M.D., Otolaryngology—Head & Neck Surgery
• Giridhar P. Kalamangalam, M.B.B.S., D.Phil., Neurology
• John D. Milam, M.D., Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
• Fernando Navarro, M.D., Pediatrics

Term Expires 2014

• Vaseem Ali, M.B.B.S., Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
• Colin M. Barker, M.D., Internal Medicine
• Christine E. Koerner, M.D., Emergency Medicine
• Mary Francis Rabb, M.D., Anesthesiology

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Curriculum Committee

• Philip R. Orlander, M.D., Internal Medicine — Chair
• Len Cleary, Ph.D., Neurobiology & Anatomy — Vice Chair
• L. Maximilian Buja, M.D., Executive Director, HAM-TMC Library — Ex officio
• Patricia M. Butler, M.D., Ch.B., Senior Associate Dean, Educational Programs — Ex officio
• R. Andrew Harper, M.D., Assistant Dean, Educational Programs
• Sheela L. Lahoti, M.D., Assistant Dean, Admissions & Student Affairs
• David S. Loose, Ph.D., Educational Computer Services Advisory Committee — Ex officio
• Allison R. Ownby, Ph.D., Director, Educational Programs
• Eric F. Reichman, M.D., Director, Surgical & Clinical Skills Lab — Ex officio
• John C. Ribble, M.D., Director of Curriculum, Educational Programs
• Gary C. Rosenfeld, Ph.D., Assistant Dean, Educational Programs
• Margaret O. Uthman, M.D., Assistant Dean, Educational Programs

Term Expires 2012

• Laura J. Benjamins, M.D., Pediatrics
• Pratik B. Doshi, M.D., Emergency Medicine/Neurosurgery
• Andrew W. DuPont, M.D., Internal Medicine
• John Foringer, M.D., Internal Medicine
• Johnnie P. Frazier, M.D., Pediatrics
• Amalia Guardiola, M.D., Pediatrics
• Charles L. Maddow, M.D., Emergency Medicine
• Donald A. Molony, M.D., Internal Medicine
• Karen M. Schneider, M.D., Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Term Expires 2013

• Michael H. Hines, M.D., Pediatric Surgery
• Manickam Kumaravel, M.B.B.S., Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging
• Douglas Maposa, M.B., Ch.B., Anesthesiology
• Joshua Samuels, M.D., Internal Medicine
• William E. Seifert, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• Katrin Takenaka, M.D., Emergency Medicine
• Han Zhang, B.M., Neurobiology & Anatomy

Term Expires 2014

• Duraisamy Balaguru, M.B.B.S., Pediatrics
• Eugene Boisaubin, M.D., Internal Medicine
• Gerard E. Francisco, M.D., Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
• Joanne Oakes, M.D., Emergency Medicine
• Bal Reddy, M.D., Family & Community Medicine
• Eugene C. Toy, M.D., Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Student Ambassadors to the Admissions Committee for the M.D. Program 2012 — TBA

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Faculty Appointments, Promotions, and Tenure Committee

• Wallace A. Gleason, Jr., M.D., Pediatrics — Chair
• Manju Monga, M.D., Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences — Vice Chair
• Henry W. Strobel, Ph.D., Associate Dean, Faculty Affairs — Ex officio

Term Expires 2012

• Michael R. Blackburn, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• Joy M. Schmitz, Ph.D., Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Term Expires 2013

• Fernando R. Cabral, Ph.D., Integrative Biology & Pharmacology
• Marie-Françoise Doursout, Ph.D., Anesthesiology
• Gloria P. Heresi, M.D., Pediatrics
• Deborah A. Pearson, Ph.D., Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
• Mildred M. Ramirez, M.D., Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
• John D. Reveille, M.D., Internal Medicine
• Heinrich Taegtmeyer, M.D., D.Phil., Internal Medicine

Term Expires 2014

• Staley A. Brod, M.D., Neurology
• Carmen W. Dessauer, Ph.D., Integrative Biology & Pharmacology
• Samia N. Khalil, M.B.Ch.B., Anesthesiology
• P. Syamasundar Rao, M.B.B.S., Pediatrics

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Faculty Compensation Committee

• Mya C. Schiess, M.D., Chair of the Faculty Senate — Co-Chair
• Brent R. King, M.D., Executive Vice Dean for Clinical Affairs — Co-Chair
• Nancy O. McNiel, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs — Ex officio

Term Expires 2012

• William Dowhan, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• Jeremy D. Slater, M.D., Neurology

Term Expires 2013

• Peter D. Doyle, M.D., Anesthesiology
• Laverne D. Ingram, M.D., Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging
• Michael Lorenz, Ph.D., Microbiology
• Erik S. Marques, M.D., Surgery

Term Expires 2014

• Jeffrey K. Actor, Ph.D., Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
• Noranna B. Warner, M.D., Ph.D., Internal Medicine
• Mohammed T. Numan, M.B.B.S., Pediatrics

Department Chairs

• Rodney E. Kellems, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• Richard J. Andrassy, M.D., Surgery

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Faculty Development Leave Committee

• Heinrich Taegtmeyer, M.D., D.Phil., Internal Medicine — Chair
• Nancy O. McNiel, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Administrative Affairs — Ex officio

Term Expires 2012

• Yi Ping Li, Ph.D., Integrative Biology & Pharmacology

Term Expires 2013

• Barbara E. Murray, M.D., Internal Medicine
• Anthony A. Wright, Ph.D., Neurobiology & Anatomy

Term Expires 2014

• Theresa M. Koehler, Ph.D., Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
• Joy M. Schmitz, Ph.D., Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

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Graduate Student Education Committee

• Andrew Bean, Ph.D., Neurobiology & Anatomy — Chair
• Diane L. Bick, Ph.D., Pathology & Laboratory Medicine — Vice Chair
• Keri C. Smith, Ph.D., Pathology & Laboratory Medicine — Vice Chair
• John H. Byrne, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Research, Neurobiology & Anatomy
• David G. Gorenstein, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine

Program Directors

• Andrew Bean, Ph.D., Neurobiology & Anatomy
• Diane L. Bick, Ph.D., Pathology &Laboratory Medicine
• William Margolin, Ph.D., Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
• Jack C. Waymire, Ph.D., Neurobiology & Anatomy
• Vasanthi Jayaraman, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Term Expires 2012

• Heinrich Taegtmeyer, M.D., D.Phil., Internal Medicine

Term Expires 2013

• Peter J. Christie, Ph.D., Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
• Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D., Neurobiology & Anatomy
• Hariyadarshi Pannu, Ph.D., Neurosurgery
• Karen Uray, Ph.D., Pediatric Surgery

Term Expires 2014

• Michael R. Blackburn, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• Hongzhen Hu, Ph.D., Integrative Biology & Pharmacology
• Eric C. Swindell, Ph.D., Pediatrics

Student Representatives

• TBD

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Research Committee

• John H. Byrne, Ph.D., Assistant Dean for Research, Neurobiology & Anatomy — Chair
• David G. Gorenstein, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine
• George M. Stancel, Ph.D., Exec. Vice President for Academic & Research Affairs — Ex officio
• Jon E. Tyson, M.D., Director, MS Center for Clinical Research & Evidenced-Based Medicine

Term Expires 2012

• Michael R. Blackburn, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• John F. Hancock, M.B., B.Chir., Ph.D., Integrative Biology & Pharmacology
• John B. Holcomb, M.D., Sugery
• Jair C. Soares, M.D., Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
• Michael Braun, M.D., Pediatrics
• Hung Ton-That, Ph.D., Microbiology & Molecular Genetics

Term Expires 2013

• Joseph L. Alcorn, Ph.D., Pediatrics
• Louvenia Carter-Dawson, M.D., Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences
• Brian R. Davis, Ph.D., Institute of Molecular Medicine
• Daniel Felleman, Ph.D., Neurobiology & Anatomy
• Syed S. Hashmi, M.D., Ph.D., Pediatrics
• Michael Lorenz, Ph.D., Microbiology & Molecular Genetics
• Eric Thomas, M.D., Internal Medicine/General

Term Expires 2014

• Perry Bickel, M.D., Institute of Molecular Medicine
• Marie-Françoise Doursout, Ph.D., Anesthesiology
• Valentin Dragoi, Ph.D., Neurobiology & Anatomy
• Irina I. Serysheva, Ph.D., Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• Brad Snyder, M.D., Surgery

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Student Evaluations and Promotions Committee

• Robert J. Yetman, M.D., Pediatrics — Chair
• Michael D. Redwine, M.D., Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging — Vice Chair
• Margaret C. McNeese, M.D., Associate Dean, Admissions & Student Affairs — Ex officio
• Sheela L. Lahoti, M.D., Assistant Dean, Admissions & Student Affairs — Ex officio
• Wallace A. Gleason, M.D., Assistant Dean, Admissions & Student Affairs — Ex officio
• R. Andrew Harper, M.D., Assistant Dean, Educational Programs — Ex officio
• Allison R. Ownby, Ph.D., Director, Office of Educational Programs — Ex officio

Term Expires 2012

• Jeffrey K. Actor, Ph.D., Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
• Len Cleary, Ph.D., Neurobiology & Anatomy
• James H. Duke, Jr., M.D., Surgery
• John Foringer, M.D., Internal Medicine
• Andrea Hayes-Jordan, M.D., Pediatric Surgery
• Amanda M. Jarolimek, M.D., Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging

Term Expires 2013

• Erin Furr-Stimming, M.D., Neurology
• Katherine A. Cowan, M.D., Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences
• Charles D. Ericsson, M.D., Internal Medicine
• Amalia Guardiola, M.D., Pediatrics
• Shih-Ning Liaw, M.D., Pediatrics
• Katherine C. Normand, M.D., Anesthesiology

Term Expires 2014

• Vaseem Ali, M.B.B.S., Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences
• Michael A. Altman, M.D., Family & Community Medicine
• Colin M. Barker, M.D., Internal Medicine
• Ronald M. Bilow, M.D., Diagnostic & Interventional Imaging
• Charles C. Kilpatrick, M.D., Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences

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