Promotions
Congratulations to the following School of Medicine faculty who were granted tenure and/or promoted effective July 1, 2026 and staff who received a promotion between February 1 and April 30, 2026:
Faculty:
Granted Tenure Only:
Erich Conrad, MD (Psychiatry)
Tonya Jagneaux, MD (Medicine/Baton Rouge)
Rohan Walvakar, MD (Otorhinolaryngology)
Hong Xin, PhD (Microbiology)
Promoted to Professor with Tenure:
Scott Edwards, PhD (Physiology)
Hamilton Farris, PhD (Otorhinolaryngology)
Jeffery Hobden, PhD (Microbiology)
Pamela Kozlowski, PhD (Microbiology)
Chunlai Wu, PhD (Anatomy)
Promoted to Professor, Clinical:
William Accousti, MD (Orthopaedics)
Jameel Ahmed, MD (Medicine)
Jaime Alleyn, MD (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Tamara Bradford, MD (Pediatrics)
Ann Chau, MD (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Amy Creel, MD (Pediatrics)
Diedre Devier, PhD (Anatomy)
Tracy Dewenter, MD (Pathology)
Matthew Foy, MD (Medicine/Baton Rouge)
Kelly Gajewski, MD (Pediatrics)
Stacey Holman, MD (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Amelia Jernigan, MD (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Ryan Krlin, MD (Urology)
Aaron Martin, MD (Urology)
Kevin Reed, MD (Medicine/Baton Rouge)
Promoted to Professor, Research:
Stephany Primeaux, PhD (Physiology)
Promoted to Clinical Professor:
Allen Phillip, MD (Otorhinolaryngology)
Promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure:
Rajani Maiya, PhD (Physiology)
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical:
Andrew Abreo, MD (Pediatrics)
Sarah Buzhardt, MD (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Megan Campbell, MD (Psychiatry)
Douglas Casey, MD (Radiology)
Tara Castellano, MD (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Ellen Conner, MD (Pathology)
Nicole Freehill, MD(Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Mark Froom, MD (Radiology)
John Helmstetter, MD (Anesthesiology)
Colleen LeBlanc, MD (Pediatrics)
Nisha Loganantharaj, MD (Medicine)
Megan Maher, MD (Psychiatry)
David Mohr, MD (Family Medicine)
Lisa Morris, MD (Otorhinolaryngology)
Mehnaz Rahman, MD (Medicine)
Leslie Reilly, MD (Pediatrics)
Shubho Sarkar, MD (Pediatrics)
Earl Soileau, MD (Family Medicine)
La'Nasha Tanner-Sanders, MD (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Vilija Vaitaitis, MD (Otorhinolaryngology)
Promoted to Associate Professor, Research:
Doug Johnston, PhD (Microbiology)
Maria Sanchez-Pino, PhD (Interdisciplinary Oncology)
Flavia Souza-Smith, PhD (Physiology)
Promoted to Clinical Associate Professor:
Estela Brooke, MD (Surgery)
Melissa Donovan, MD (Surgery)
Neelima Sukhavasi, MD (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Promoted to Clinical Associate Professor (Gratis):
Vance Albaugh, MD (Surgery/Baton Rouge)
Sean Hardy, MD (Emergency Medicine)
Justin Meunier, MD (Emergency Medicine)
Katie Queen, MD (Pediatrics)
David Rayburn, MD (Pediatrics)
Melissa Roy, MD (Pediatrics)
Promoted to Clinical Assistant Professor:
Andrea Usher, MD (Obstetrics/Gynecology)
Staff:
Promoted to Senior Staff Scientist:
Abhilash Ponnath, PhD (Neuroscience Center of Excellence)
Promoted to Business Manager 3:
Hong Nguyen (LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center)
Jean Carnal (Cardiovascular Center of Excellence, and Microbiology, Genetics and Immunology)
Rebecca Hebert (Lafayette Regional Campus)
Eisha Mohiuddin (Surgery)
Promoted to Research Associate 3:
Annamarie Macaluso (LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center)
Promoted to Research Associate 2:
Megan Mire (Physiology)
Promoted to Data and Reporting Manager:
Jeffrey Rubin (LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center)
Promoted to Business Manager 2:
Winter Jeanfreau, MBA (Radiology)
Promoted to Department Operations Coordinator:
Joell Lee (LSU LCMC Health Cancer Center)
Promoted to Clinical Trials Coordinator 1:
Robert Tyler, MPH (Medicine, Pulmonary/Critical Care)