2024 Promotion and Tenure
2024 Tenure
| Title | Position | Department |
College |
|
Dr. Amandeep Bajwa |
Associate Professor | Surgery | Medicine |
| Dr. Erik Garrison | Associate Professor | Genetics, Genomics and Informatics | Medicine |
| Dr. Thirumalini Vaithianathan | Associate Professor | Pharmacology, Addiction Science and Toxicology | Medicine |
| Dr. Zhu Wang | Professor | Preventive Medicine | Medicine |
| Dr. Xueyuan Cao | Associate Professor | Health Promotion and Disease Prevention | Nursing |
| Dr. Sarah Rhoads | Professor | Community and Population Health | Nursing |
2024 Promotion
| Title | Position | Department | College |
| Dr. Sarah Aguirre | Associate Professor | Diagnostic Sciences | Dentistry |
| Dr. Katherine DeColibus | Associate Professor | Diagnostic Sciences | Dentistry |
| Dr. Patricia Dingeldein | Associate Professor | General Dentistry | Dentistry |
| Dr. Douglas Dixon | Professor | Periodontology | Dentistry |
| Dr. Cimara Fortes Ferreira | Professor | Periodontology | Dentistry |
| Dr. Angela Gullard | Associate Professor | Prosthodontics | Dentistry |
| Ms. Rachel Hamilton | Associate Professor | Periodontology | Dentistry |
| Dr. Jeffrey Kalmowicz | Associate Professor | General Dentistry | Dentistry |
| Dr. Paul Luepke | Professor | Periodontology | Dentistry |
| Dr. David Shane Rasner | Associate Professor | Dental Hygiene | Dentistry |
| Dr. David Shane Rasner | Associate Professor | Diagnostic Sciences | Dentistry |
| Ms. Deborah Rose | Assistant Professor | Periodontology | Dentistry |
| Dr. Devin Casenhiser | Professor | Audiology and Speech Pathology | Health Professions |
| Dr. Elizabeth Humphrey | Professor | Audiology and Speech Pathology | Health Professions |
| Ms. Hilary Jasmin | Associate Professor | Library | Library |
| Ms. Jessica Newman McDonald | Associate Professor | Library | Library |
| Dr. Michael Barfield | Associate Professor | Surgery | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Dr. Jaclyn Bergeron | Associate Professor | Medicine | Medicine |
| Dr. Clayton Bettin | Associate Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering | Medicine |
| Dr. Joseph Bondranko | Assistant Professor | Anesthesiology | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Dr. Frederick Bossert | Assistant Professor | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Dr. Tyler Brolin | Associate Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering | Medicine |
| Dr. Michael Buckley | Associate Professor | Surgery | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Dr. Lauren Burge | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Dr. Lauren Burge | Associate Professor | Medical Education | Medicine |
| Dr. Desiree Burroughs-Ray | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Dr. Desiree Burroughs-Ray | Associate Professor | Medicine | Medicine |
| Dr. Bryce Cunningham | Associate Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Dr. Paxton Dickson | Professor | Surgery | Medicine |
| Dr. Emilee Dobish | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Dr. Laura Enomoto | Associate Professor | Surgery | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Dr. Peter Fischer | Professor | Surgery | Medicine |
| Dr. Peter Fischer | Professor | Anesthesiology | Medicine |
| Dr. Elizabeth Fitzpatrick | Professor | Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry | Medicine |
| Dr. Denis Foretia | Associate Professor | Surgery | Medicine |
| Dr. Christian Fuchs | Associate Professor | Medicine | Medicine |
| Dr. Erik Garrison | Associate Professor | Genetics, Genomics and Informatics | Medicine |
| Dr. Wesley Giles | Professor | Surgery | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Dr. Tanjala Gipson | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Dr. April Gunn | Associate Professor | Family Medicine | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Dr. William Harb | Associate Professor | Clinical Medical Education | Medicine |
| Dr. Matthew Higgins | Associate Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Dr. Molly V. Houser | Associate Professor | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Medicine |
| Dr. John Hyden | Clinical Assistant Professor | Family Medicine | Medicine |
| Dr. John Hyden | Clinical Assistant Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering | Medicine |
| Dr. Timothy Jancelewicz | Professor | Surgery | Medicine |
| Dr. Timothy Jancelewicz | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Dr. Robert Jean | Associate Professor | Surgery | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Dr. Jason Johnson | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Dr. Rajasingh Johnson | Professor | Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry | Medicine |
| Dr. Rajasingh Johnson | Professor | Medicine | Medicine |
| Dr. Erica Kaye | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Dr. Lauren King | Associate Professor | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Medicine |
| Dr. Lauren King | Associate Professor | Medical Education | Medicine |
| Dr. Rudy Kink | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Dr. Michael Kleinman | Associate Professor | Medicine | Medicine |
| Dr. Michael Kleinman | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Dr. Kyle Kleppe | Associate Professor | Surgery | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Dr. Victoria Knott | Assistant Professor | Anesthesiology | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Dr. Vineet Lamba | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Dr. Jillian Lloyd | Associate Professor | Surgery | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Dr. Harish Manyam | Professor | Internal Medicine | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Dr. Ian Molyneaux | Associate Professor | Anesthesiology | Medicine |
| Dr. Katherine Nearing | Associate Professor | Neurology | Medicine |
| Dr. Christopher Michael Nickele | Associate Professor | Neurosurgery | Medicine |
| Dr. Negar Noorizadeh | Assistant Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Dr. Osarenren Ogbide | Associate Professor | Medicine | Medicine |
| Dr. Twisha Oza | Associate Professor | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Medicine |
| Mr. David Petersen | Associate Professor | Knoxville Medical Library | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Dr. Ramona Cristabel Phinehas | Associate Professor | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Medicine |
| Dr. Stephen Pishko | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Dr. Robert Quigley | Associate Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Dr. Robert Quigley | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Dr. Marko Radic | Professor | Microbiology, Immunology and Biochemistry | Medicine |
| Dr. Evelio Rodriguez | Professor | Clinical Medical Education | Medicine |
| Dr. Nathaniel Rogers | Associate Professor | Medicine | Medicine |
| Dr. Andrew Russ | Professor | Surgery | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Dr. Kristopher Sanders | Associate Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Dr. Shyam Sathanandam | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Dr. Nadeem Shafi | Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Dr. Benjamin Sheffer | Associate Professor | Orthopaedic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering | Medicine |
| Dr. Amar Singh | Professor | Urology | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Dr. Jesse Smith | Assistant Professor | Surgery | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Dr. Mark Snider | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Dr. Che Solla | Associate Professor | Anesthesiology | Medicine-Knoxville |
| Dr. Grant Studebaker | Associate Professor | Family Medicine | Medicine |
| Dr. Nathan Summers | Associate Professor | Medicine | Medicine |
| Dr. Richard Tanner | Assistant Professor | Surgery | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Dr. Alan Taylor | Associate Professor | Emergency Medicine | Medicine |
| Dr. Todd Thurston | Associate Professor | Plastic Surgery | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Dr. Todd Thurston | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Dr. Frank Tift | Clinical Associate Professor | Emergency Medicine | Medicine-Chattanooga |
| Dr. Maria Tirado Gonzalez | Associate Professor | Dermatology | Medicine |
| Dr. Thirumalini Vaithianathan | Associate Professor | Pharmacology, Addiction Science and Toxicology | Medicine |
| Dr. Thirumalini Vaithianathan | Associate Professor | Ophthalmology | Medicine |
| Dr. Jennifer Valli | Clinical Assistant Professor | Urology | Medicine |
| Dr. Jennifer Valli | Clinical Assistant Professor | Obstetrics and Gynecology | Medicine |
| Dr. Hieu Vo | Associate Professor | Medicine | Medicine |
| Mr. Joseph Willmitch | Associate Professor | Physician Assistant Studies | Medicine |
| Dr. Dong Xi | Associate Professor | Pediatrics | Medicine |
| Dr. Nour Yadak | Associate Professor | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Medicine |
| Dr. Nour Yadak | Associate Professor | Medical Education | Medicine |
| Dr. Robert Yawn | Associate Professor | Otolaryngology | Medicine |
| Dr. Robert Yawn | Associate Professor | Neurosurgery | Medicine |
| Dr. Siamak Yousefi | Associate Professor | Ophthalmology | Medicine |
| Dr. Siamak Yousefi | Associate Professor | Genetics, Genomics and Informatics | Medicine |
| Dr. Junming Yue | Professor | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Medicine |
| Dr. Jie Zhang | Professor | Pathology and Laboratory Medicine | Medicine |
| Dr. Qi Zhao | Professor | Preventive Medicine | Medicine |
| Dr. Elizabeth Paton | Associate Professor | Acute and Tertiary Care | Nursing |
| Dr. Leslie Rhodes | Associate Professor | Health Promotion and Disease Prevention | Nursing |
| Dr. Ansley Stanfill | Professor | Acute and Tertiary Care | Nursing |
| Dr. Charles Stewart | Assistant Professor | Health Promotion and Disease Prevention | Nursing |
| Dr. Janet Tucker | Associate Professor | Community and Population Health | Nursing |
| Dr. Alina Cernasev | Associate Professor | Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science | Pharmacy |
| Dr. Elizabeth Hall | Associate Professor | Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science | Pharmacy |
| Dr. Dawn Havrda | Professor | Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science | Pharmacy |
| Dr. Jianxiong Jiang | Professor | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Pharmacy |
| Dr. Minghui Li | Associate Professor | Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science | Pharmacy |
| Dr. Theodore Morton | Professor | Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science | Pharmacy |
| Dr. Glen Palmer | Professor | Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science | Pharmacy |
| Dr. Brian Peters | Professor | Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science | Pharmacy |
| Dr. Udai Singh | Professor | Pharmaceutical Sciences | Pharmacy |