Promotions and Tenure
Congratulations to the following faculty and staff of the School of Medicine who received promotions and/or tenure, effective July 1, 2024!
Awarded Tenure:
Bolin Liu, MD (Interdisciplinary Oncology)
Promoted to Professor, Clinical:
Ritu Bhalla, MD (Pathology)
Charles Coleman, MD (Psychiatry)
Patrick Greiffenstein, MD (Surgery)
George Hescock, MD (Pediatrics)
Stephen Landreneau, MD (Medicine)
Dean Lauret, MD (Medicine)
Rebecca Lillis, MD (Medicine)
Edward Mader, MD (Neurology)
Michael Maristany, MD (Radiology)
Amanda Phillips, MD (Family Medicine)
Christopher Roth, MD (Urology)
Promoted to Professor:
Scott Delacroix, MD (Urology)
Shyamal Desai, PhD (Biochemistry)
Li Shen, MD, PhD (Microbiology)
Jovanny Zabaleta, PhD (Interdisciplinary Oncology)
Promoted to Clinical Professor:
Mihran Naljayan, MD (Medicine)
Promoted to Professor, Research:
Arnold Zea, PhD (Microbiology)
Promoted to Associate Professor, Research:
Juan Gao, MD (Pharmacology)
Sonya Van Nuland, PhD (Anatomy)
Huijing Xia, PhD (Pharmacology)
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical:
Lacey Adkins, MD (Otolaryngology)
Yussef Bennani, MD (Medicine)
William Benton, MD (Medicine)
Matthew Cable, MD (Orthopaedic Surgery)
Rajasree Chowdry, MD (Medicine)
Jill D'Souza, MD (Otolaryngology)
Alexandra Fairchild, MD (Radiology)
Carl Griffin, MD (Medicine)
Brian Harrell, MD (Family Medicine)
Stephen Hernandez, MD (Otolaryngology)
Michelle Korah-Sedgwick, MD (Medicine)
Shaun Lawicki, MBBS (Pathology)
Michelle Lechler, MD (Pediatrics)
Daniella Miller, MD (Neurology)
Michael Modica, MD (Medicine)
Cody Roi, DO (Psychiatry)
Eric Wallace, MD (Radiology)
Mary Beth Westerman, MD (Urology)
Promoted to Associate Professor – Tenure Track:
Andrew Chapple, PhD (Pharmacology)
Promoted to Clinical Associate Professor:
Amit Chawla, MD (Surgery)
Shannon Palombo, MD (Pediatrics)
Promoted to Clinical Professor - Gratis:
James Aiken, MD (Medicine)
Christine Butts, MD (Medicine)
Toni Gross, MD (Pediatrics)
Promoted to Clinical Associate Professor – Gratis:
Meredith Hall, MD (Medicine)
Corey Hebert, MD (Pediatrics)
Randy Sorge, MD (Medicine)
Promoted to Research Associate 3:
Scott Jennings (Cardiovascular Center)
Promoted to Grants & Contracts Specialist:
Dylan Hawkins (Otolaryngology)
Promoted to Assistant Business Manager:
Kacie Spradley (Baton Rouge Regional Campus)
Terrence Denkins (Medicine)