General Information

KUMC faculty members receive promotion and tenure


Jul 2, 2009

The following KUMC faculty members were recommended for promotion and tenure for FY2010, which is effective July 1, 2009.

To Professor (Previously tenured)

  1. Douglas C. Burton, MD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Orthopedic Surgery
  2. Edward F. Ellerbeck, MD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health
  3. Robert H. Lee, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Health Policy and Management
  4. Christophe P. Nicot, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
  5. Patricia S. Pohl, PhD, School of Allied Health Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
  6. Hinrich Staecker, MD/ PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Otolaryngology
  7. George T. Timberlake, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Ophthalmology

To Professor with Tenure

  1. Cary R. Savage, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Tenure Awarded (at Current Rank of Associate Professor)

  1. Indranil Biswas, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Microbiology
  2. Joseph D. Fontes, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

To Associate Professor with Tenure

  1. Omar S. Ahmad, OTD/PhD, School of Allied Health Department of Occupational Therapy Education
  2. Andrea C. Ely, MD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Internal Medicine
  3. Marjorie J. Bott, PhD, School of Nursing
  4. Tunuguntla Rajendra Kumar, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
  5. Brian K. Petroff, PhD/ DVM, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Internal Medicine
  6. Brenda J. Rongish, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
  7. John A. Stanford, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
  8. Irina V. Smirnova, PhD, School of Allied Health Department of Physical Therapy and Rehab Science
  9. Liskin Swint Kruse, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

To Professor on Clinical Scholar Track (non-tenure track)

1. Thomas J. Whittaker, MD/ JD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Ophthalmology

To Associate Professor on Clinical Scholar Track (non-tenure track)

1. Mary A. McDonald, MD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Family Medicine
2. Concetta Maria Riva, MD, School of Medicine-Wichita Campus Department of Pediatrics-Wichita
3. Timothy L. Williamson, MD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Internal Medicine

To Clinical Professor (clinical track, full time, non-tenure track)

1. Sharon E. Cain, MD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

To Clinical Professor (clinical track, volunteer, non-tenure track)

1. Timothy M. Scanlan, MD, School of Medicine-Wichita Campus Department of Family and Community Medicine-Wichita

To Clinical Associate Professor (clinical track, part time, non-tenure track)

1. Michael P. Brown, MD, School of Medicine-Wichita Campus Department of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology-Wichita
2. Scott S. Johnson, MD, School of Medicine-Wichita Campus Department of Anesthesiology-Wichita

To Clinical Associate Professor (clinical track, volunteer, non-tenure track)

1. James R. Batterson, MD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
2. John M. Gatti, MD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Urology
3. Milton H. Landers, DO/PhD, School of Medicine-Wichita Campus Department of Anesthesiology-Wichita
4. J. Mark Melhorn, MD, School of Medicine-Wichita Campus Department of Surgery-Wichita
5. Sanford Fitzig, MD, School of Medicine-Wichita Campus Department of Surgery-Wichita
6. Talaat E. Yaghmour, MD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus
Department of Urology

To Clinical Assistant Professor (clinical track, full time, non-tenure track)

1. Jacqueline Nowak, RN, School of Nursing

To Research Professor (research track, full time, non-tenure track)

1. Nancy E. Dunton, PhD, School of Nursing

To Research Associate Professor (research track, full time, non-tenure track)

1. Antonio Artigues-Serra, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
2. Min Pi, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Internal Medicine
3. Darren P. Wallace, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Internal Medicine

To Research Associate Professor (research track, full time, non-tenure track)

4. Zhou-Sheng Xiao, MD/PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus
Department of Internal Medicine

To Research Associate Professor (research track, part-time, non-tenure track)

1. Stanislav R. Svojanovsky, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus
Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology

To Professor (Affiliate track, Stowers Institute), (volunteer, non-tenure track)

1. Linheng Li, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
2. Leanne M. Wiedemann, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
3. Ting Xie, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

To Associate Professor (part time, unmodified title, non-tenure track)

1. Ming Xiaoming Zhang, MD/PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

To Associate Professor (Affiliate track, Stowers Institute), (volunteer, non-tenure track)

1. Peter Baumann, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Molecular & Integrative Physiology
2. Jennifer Gerton, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
3. Paul M. Kulesa, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology

To Associate Professor (VA affiliate), (part-time, non-tenure track)

1. Chao H. Huang, MD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Internal Medicine

To Associate Professor (VA affiliate), (volunteer, non-tenure track)

1. Rachael Cherian, MD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Hired with Immediate Tenure

1. Douglas D. Bradham, DrPH, School of Medicine-Wichita Campus Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health-Wichita
2. Gurusingham S. Sittampalam, PhD, School of Medicine-Kansas City Campus Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Immunology

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