The University of Mississippi Medical Center
07/13/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 07/13/2026 10:04
2025-2026 UMMC Promotions and Tenure
2025-2026 UMMC Promotions and Tenure
Published on Monday, July 13, 2026
More than 80 current Medical Center faculty will begin the new academic year with a promotion in rank, newly granted tenure, or both. Faculty are listed alphabetically, by school, in rank order of professor with tenure, associate professor with tenure, professor, and associate professor.
| School of Health Related Professions | ||
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Harish Chander Promotion to Professor of Health Sciences with Tenure |
Alyssa Bradford Promotion to Associate Professor of Physical Therapy |
Lisa Bryant Promotion to Associate Professor of Physical Therapy |
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Jacob Daniels Promotion to Associate Professor of Physical Therapy |
Joshua Jefferson Promotion to Associate Professor of Medical Laboratory Science |
Kendria Lyles Promotion to Associate Professor of Health Administration |
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Moira Mills Promotion to Associate Professor of Occupational Therapy |
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| School of Medicine | ||
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Kristen Alston Promotion to Professor of Family Medicine with Tenure |
Omar Chohan Promotion to Professor of Neurosurgery with Tenure |
Pier Paolo Claudio Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology with Tenure |
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Denise Cornelius Promotion to Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology with Tenure |
Vinayak Nahar Promotion to Professor of Dermatology with Tenure |
Andrew Craig Voluse Promotion to Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior with Tenure |
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Keli Xu Promotion to Professor of Cell & Molecular Biology with Tenure |
Lorena Amaral Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology with Tenure |
Kristin Edwards Promotion to Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology with Tenure |
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Laura Humphries Associate Professor of Surgery with Tenure |
Srishti Shrestha Promotion to Associate Professor of Neurology with Tenure |
Kevin Sullivan Associate Professor of Medicine with Tenure |
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Sabahat Afshan Promotion to Professor of Pediatrics |
Suwarna Anand Promotion to Professor of Anesthesiology |
Allison Barrett Promotion to Professor of Emergency Medicine |
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Danny Burgess Promotion to Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior |
Trey Clark Promotion to Professor of Medicine |
Amy Flischel Promotion to Professor of Dermatology |
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Jim Galbraith Promotion to Professor of Emergency Medicine |
Shreyas Gangadhara Promotion to Professor of Neurology |
John Henegan Promotion to Professor of Medicine |
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David Josey Promotion to Professor of Pediatrics |
Sarah Jones Promotion to Professor of Pediatrics |
Simon Karam Promotion to Professor of Pediatrics |
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Matthew Kutcher Promotion to Professor of Surgery |
Jacob Moremen Promotion to Professor of Surgery |
Michael Morris Promotion to Professor of Surgery |
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Robert Morris Promotion to Professor of Radiology |
Rahat Noor Promotion to Professor of Medicine |
Simeen Pasha Promotion to Professor of Pediatrics |
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Sara Robertson Promotion to Professor of Anesthesiology |
Amber Shiflett Promotion to Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology |
Pradeep Vaitla Promotion to Professor of Medicine |
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Lyssa Weatherly Promotion to Professor of Medicine |
Mohammad Atari Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine |
Daniela Bettschen Promotion to Associate Professor of Psychiatry & Human Behavior |
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Adam Byrd Promotion to Professor of Dermatology |
Wade Christopher Promotion to Associate Professor of Surgery |
David Cretella Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine |
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Ajinkya Desai Promotion to Associate Professor of Radiology |
Paula Domino Promotion to Associate Professor of Surgery |
Julia Enos Promotion to Associate Professor of Surgery |
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Bassam Farhat Promotion to Associate Professor of Anesthesiology |
Fernando Gomez Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics |
Yanglin Guo Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine |
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Ashish Gummadi Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine |
Kimberley Harper Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics |
Joaquin Hidalgo Promotion to Associate Professor of Neurosurgery |
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Thy Huynh Promotion to Associate Professor of Dermatology |
Tulip Jhaveri Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine |
Alejandro Lemor Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine |
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Tara Lewis Promotion to Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine |
Luiz Lima Promotion to Associate Professor of Anesthesiology |
Christina Marbrey Promotion to Associate Professor of Pediatrics |
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Adriana Martini Promotion to Associate Professor of Anesthesiology |
Joshua Norman Promotion to Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine |
Yoshitsugu Obi Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine |
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Bobby Owens Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine |
Amanda Rice Promotion to Associate Professor of Family Medicine |
Jawed Siddiqui Promotion to Associate Professor of Cell & Molecular Biology |
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Michael Steiner Promotion to Associate Professor of Radiology |
Bushra Syed Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine |
Maria Clarissa Tio Promotion to Associate Professor of Medicine |
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Jay Vasani Promotion to Associate Professor of Radiology |
Aubrey Duane Williamson Promotion to Associate Professor of Anesthesiology |
Heng Zeng Promotion to Associate Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology |
| School of Nursing | ||
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Katie Hall Promoted to Professor of Instruction |
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| School of Population Health | ||
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Abigail Gamble Promotion to Professor of Preventive Medicine with Tenure |
Yufeng Zheng Promotion to Professor of Data Science |
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| Academic Information Services | ||
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Sarah Adcock Promotion to AIS-Rowland Medical Library Professor |
Elizabeth Hinton Promotion to AIS-Rowland Medical Library Professor with Tenure |
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