The Lewis Katz School of Medicine celebrated the promotion, tenure, and retirement of faculty who reached these important career milestones in academic year 2024-25 during a ceremony on September 4.
The event highlighted the Katz faculty’s commitment to our mission, to their students, and to one another.
“You are the fiber of Temple,” said Amy J. Goldberg, MD, FACS, the Marjorie Joy Katz Dean. “Your dedication has made an invaluable difference, lifting up our students, our patients and each other. In our Temple Family we have grit, and we have heart. It’s what makes the hard work more meaningful, and the milestones all the more joyful “
She also extended a heartfelt thank you to family, friends, and mentors, many of whom were in attendance, for providing the foundation that enables the pursuit of influential careers such as these. “None of us would be where we are today without your love and support,” she said.
Check out the photos from the event here.
Promotions to Associate Professor
Jacqueline Burnell, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine, Medicine-Infectious Diseases
Whitney Cabey, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine
Ankita Chatterjee, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine, Medicine-Hospitalist
Frank Chumley, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Melanie Cosby, PhD, MS: Associate Professor, Office of Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Dorian Culmer-Butler, DVM, DACLAM: Associate Professor, Office of the Senior Dean for Research
Stephanie Daws, PhD: Associate Professor, Neural Sciences
Jaclyn Dietzold, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Eduardo Dominguez Castillo, MD: Associate Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, TMS-Pulmonary
Laura Douglass, MD: Associate Professor, Urology
Merritt Edlind, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine, Medicine-GIM
Andrew Gangemi, MD: Associate Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, TMS-Pulmonary
Samuel Han, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Surgery, Surgery-Vascular
Brendan Hart, MD, PhD: Associate Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine
Jessica Jackson, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine
Erin Kaesshaefer, PA-C: Associate Professor, Biomedical Education and Data Science
Mohammed Kashem, MD, PhD: Associate Professor of Clinical Surgery, Surgery-Cardiovascular
Nicole Keane, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine, Medicine-Hospitalist
Andrew Kim, MD, MBA: Associate Professor, Clinical Radiology
Neil King, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Surgery, Surgery-General
Flore Macenat Sulzynski, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Anesthesiology
Nicole Mills, DO, RD, CNSC: Associate Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, TMS-Pulmonary
Neena Mohan, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine, Medicine-Gastroenterology
Suyog Mokashi, MD: Associate Professor, Surgery, Surgery-Cardiovascular
Meghan Musselman, MD: Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Theresa Pazionis, MD. MA, FRCSC, ABOS: Associate Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery and Sports Medicine
Jack Peace, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Anesthesiology
Monique Roberts Salahub, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Anesthesiology
Naomi Rosenberg, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Emergency Medicine
Scott Rotenberg, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Radiology
Michael Shafik, DO: Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine, Medicine-Hospitalist
Avani Shah, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Neurology
Rachel Snyder, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine, Medicine-GIM
Uma Sriram, PhD: Associate Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Nicholas Villalta, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine
James Vandenberg, MD: Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Kelly Whelan, PhD: Associate Professor, Cancer and Cellular Biology
Ho-Man Yeung, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Medicine, Medicine-Hospitalist
Massa Zantah, MD: Associate Professor, Clinical Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, TMS-Pulmonary
Promotions to Professor
Omar Agosto, MD: Professor, Clinical Radiology
Fatima Anjum, MD, MHA: Professor, Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, TMS-Pulmonary
Suzanne Boyle, MD, MSCE: Professor, Medicine, Medicine-Nephrology
Tatyan Clarke, MD, FACS, FASMBS: Professor, Clinical Surgery, Surgery-General
Christopher Combs, PhD: Professor, Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Edmond Cronin, MD, CCDS, FHRS: Professor, Medicine, Medicine-Cardiology
Kimberly Forde, MD, PhD, MHS: Professor, Medicine, Medicine-Hepatology
Silvia Fossati, PhD: Professor, Neural Sciences
Chethan Gangireddy, MD, MPH, MBA: Professor, Clinical Medicine, Medicine-Cardiology
Edward Gettings, DO: Professor, Clinical Neurology
Sunil Karhadkar, MD, FACS: Professor, Surgery
Seonhee Kim, PhD: Professor, Neural Sciences
Natasha Kiryankova-Dalseth, MD: Professor, Clinical Psychiatry and Behavioral Science
Mark Krakauer, MD, MPhil: Professor, Clinical Ophthalmology
Maruti Kumaran, MD, MBBS, FRCR: Professor, Clinical Radiology
Christine Mount, MS, PA-C: Professor, Biomedical Education and Data Science
Sara Peterson, MD: Professor, Clinical Medicine, Medicine-Hospitalist
Valeriya Poukas, MD: Professor, Clinical Neurology
Lisa Rae, MD, FACS: Professor, Clinical Surgery, Surgery-Trauma
Jessica Reardon, DO: Professor, Clinical Anesthesiology
Isoke Roundtree, MD, MS: Professor, Clinical Medicine, Medicine-Hospitalist
Sara Schultz, MD, FACP: Professor, Medicine, Medicine-Infectious Diseases
Anjali Seth, PhD: Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dharmini Shah Pandya, MD: Professor, Medicine, Medicine-Hospitalist
Imali Sirisena, MD, MS: Professor, Clinical Medicine, Medicine-Endocrinology
Sean Thatcher, PhD: Professor, Biomedical Education and Data Science
Gareth Thomas, PhD: Professor, Neural Sciences
Karl Whitley, MD: Professor, Clinical Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Brian Work, MD, MPH: Professor, Clinical Medicine, Medicine-Hospitalist
Newly tenured Faculty
Anjali Rajadhyaksha, PhD: Director, Center for Substance Abuse Research
Nathaniel Snyder, PhD, MPH: Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Sciences
Retiring Faculty
Pietro Miazzo, MD: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science – 15 years of service
Rosario Scalia, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiovascular Science – 16 years of service
Ernesto Cruz, MD: Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation – 18 years of service
Ingre Walters, MD: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science – 18 years of service
Frank Friedenberg, MD, MS (Epi): Department of Medicine, Medicine-Gastroenterology – 22 years of service
Enrique Hernandez, MD, FACOG, FACS: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology – 26 years of service
Marc Monestier, MD, PhD: Center for Microbiology and Immunology – 30 years of service
Michael Keresztury, MD, MS: Department of Anesthesiology – 31 years of service
Kathleen M. Giangiacomo, PhD: Medical Genetics and Molecular Biochemistry – 32 years of service
Thomas Rogers, PhD, MS: Center for Inflammation and Lung Research – 43 years of service
A. Koneti Rao, MD: Department of Medicine, Medicine-Hematology – 46 years of service