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MUSC faculty promotions, effective July 1

College of Dental Medicine
From Assistant Professor to Associate Professor 
Luis P. Leite, DDS, Department of Pediatric Dentistry/Orthodontics

College of Pharmacy
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor (without tenure) 
Anne P. Spencer, Pharm.D., Department of Pharmacy Practice. 

Clinical Assistant Professor to Clinical Associate Professor 
Melissa M. Blair, Pharm.D., Department of Pharmacy Practice;  Stacy M. Prutting, Pharm.D., Department of  Pharmacy Practice; Cathy L. Worrall, Pharm.D., Department of Pharmacy Practice 

College of Health Professions
Associate Professor to Professor 
W. David Bradford, Ph.D., Department of Health Administration and Policy; Kenneth Jackson Thomas, Ed.D., Department of Rehabilitation Sciences. 

Instructor to Assistant Professor 
Jonathan Smyre, Department of Clinical Services

College of Nursing
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor 
Elaine J. Amella, Ph.D., R.N., Department of Nursing 

College of Medicine
Associate Professor to Professor: Academic Investigator Track (already tenured)
Weimin Fan, M.D., Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Medicine; Kevin L. Schey, Ph.D., Cell and Molecular Pharmacology;  Stephen Tomlinson, Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology, and Stomatology, 

College of Dental Medicine:  Maria I. Trojanowska, Ph.D., Medicine, Division of Rheumatology 

Associate Professor to Professor: Academic Investigator Track (without tenure) 
Jian-yun Dong, M.D., Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology

Associate Professor to Professor: Academic Clinician Track (without tenure) 
Avtar K. Singh, M.D., Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, and Pediatrics 

Associate Professor to Professor: Clinician Educator Track (already tenured) 
Prabhakar K. Baliga, M.D., Surgery, Division of Transplant Surgery; Thomas E. Brothers, M.D., Surgery, Division of General Surgery; Debra J. Hazen-Martin, Ph.D., Pathology and Laboratory Medicine with and Cell Biology and Anatomy; Joseph M. Jenrette, M.D., Radiation Oncology; Jacob G. Robison, M.D., Surgery, Division of General Surgery; Sally E. Self, M.D., Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Associate Professor to Professor: Clinician Educator Track (without tenure) 
Kimberly A. Collins, M.D., Pathology and Laboratory Medicine;  Lawrence A. Labbate, M.D., Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Michael E. Ullian, M.D., Medicine, Division of Nephrology 

Clinical Associate Professor to Clinical Professor 
Owen C. Grush, M.D., Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Frederick E. Reed Jr., M.D., Orthopaedic Surgery 

Associate Professor to Clinical Professor (Consortium) 
Hunter E. Woodall, M.D., Family Medicine (Anderson)

Assistant Professor to Associate Professor: Academic Investigator Track 
Leonard M. Eisenberg, Ph.D., Cell Biology and Anatomy; Maria N. Garnovskaya, Ph.D., Medicine, Division of Nephrology;  Richard L. Klein, Ph.D.,  Medicine, Division of Endocrinology

Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, Academic Clinician Track
Andrew M. Atz, M.D., Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology; William T. Basco, M.D., Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics; James R. Roberts, M.D., Pediatrics, Division of General Pediatrics 

Assistant Professor to Associate Professor, Clinician Educator Track 
Lawrence B. Afrin, M.D., Medicine, Division of Hematology;  Dorothea J. Eicher, M.D., Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology; Mary B. Frankis, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology; James A. Goodrich, DVM, Comparative Medicine; D. Walter Hiott, M.D., Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; John S. Ikonomidis, M.D., Ph.D., Surgery, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery; Matthew S. Koval, M.D., Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences;  Robert Mallin, M.D., Family Medicine; Tim C. McQuinn, M.D., Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Cardiology, and Cell Biology and Anatomy; Denise M. Mulvihill, M.D., Department of Radiology; Tara C. Noone, M.D., Department of Radiology; Valerie M. Panzarino, M.D., Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Nephrology; John W. Ringwood, M.D., Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Critical Care;  C. Carolyn Thiedke, M.D., Family Medicine; Kenneth N. Vanek, Ph.D., Radiation Oncology; Ira R. Willner, M.D., Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology
Assistant Professor to Clinical Associate Professor 
D. Todd Detar, DO, Family Medicine; Susan J. Hardesty, M.D., Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Clinical Assistant Professor to Clinical Associate Professor 
Alan M. Blaker, M.D., Department of  Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Assistant Professor to Associate Professor—Consortium
Adrienne Z. Ables, Pharm.D., Family Medicine (Spartanburg) 
Instructor to Assistant Professor, Clinician Educator Track
Magali J. Fontaine, M.D., Ph.D. Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Instructor to Assistant Professor, Academic Clinician Track
Richelle J. Koopman, M.D., Department of Family Medicine; Frank A. Kozel, M.D., Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Research Instructor to Research Assistant Professor
Kangmo Lu, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology

Visiting Instructor to Assistant Professor, Academic Investigator Track
Miguel A. Contreras, Ph.D., Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Neurogenetics.
 
 

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