October/November/December 2017 New Faculty

October 2017 New Faculty

Aging & Geriatrics
Name:  Anna Gardner, Ph.D.
 1
Department:  Aging & Geriatrics
Rank:  Assistant Scientist
Specialty:   Long-term health outcomes among sepsis survivors; caregiver burden within the ICU
Location obtained PhD:  University of Florida
Community Health & Family Medicine
Name:  Omobola Oduntan, M.D.
 1
Department:  Community Health & Family Medicine
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Preventive health care and women’s health
Location obtained MD:  University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria
Medicine
Name:  Keith March, M.D., Ph.D., F.A.C.C.
 1
Department:  Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Rank:  Professor
Specialty:  Director of the Center for Regenerative Medicine & Vice Chief of Cardiology for Research
Location obtained MD and PhD:  Indiana University
Name:  Dmitry Traktuev, Ph.D.
 1
Department:  Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
Rank:  Research Associate Professor
Specialty:  Molecular and Cellular Vascular Biology and Therapeutics
Location obtained PhD:  Moscow State University
Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Name:  Brooke Armfield, Ph.D.
 1
Department:  Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Rank:  Research Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Developmental Biology
Location obtained PhD:  Kent State University
Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
Name:  Nataly Montes-Chinea, M.D.
 1
Department:  Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Location obtained MD degree:  University of Puerto Rico School of Medicine
Otolaryngology
Name:  Brian Lobo, M.D.
 1
Department:  Otolaryngology
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Advanced Rhinology and Skull Base Surgery
Location obtained MD:  University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Name:  Seung-Chul Choi, Ph.D.
 1
Department:  Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Rank:  Research Assistant Scientist
Specialty:  Immunology
Location obtained PhD degree:  Chonbuk National University in South Korea
Name:  Sara Falzarano, M.D., Ph.D.
 1
Department:  Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Genitourinary Pathology
Location obtained MD and PhD degrees:  University of Siena, Italy
Pediatrics
Name:  Debra Cohen, M.D.
 1
Department:  Pediatrics, Sacred Heart Hospital
Rank:  Clinical Associate Professor
Specialty:  Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Location obtained MD degree:  University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Name:  Theresa Roca, M.D.
 1
Department:  Pediatrics, Sacred Heart Hospital
Rank:  Clinical Associate Professor
Specialty:  Pediatric Cardiology
Location obtained MD degree:  Tulane University School of Medicine
Name:  David Shapiro, D.O.
 1
Department:  Pediatrics, Sacred Heart Hospital
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Pediatric Infectious Diseases
Location obtained DO degree:  New York College of Osteopathic Medicine

November 2017

Medicine
Name:  Pegah Ghafourian, M.D.
 1
Department:  Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:   Hospitalist (Internal Medicine Trained)
Location obtained MD:  Mercer University School of Medicine, Savannah, Georgia
Pathology
Name:  Georges Abboud, Ph.D.
 1
Department:  Pathology
Rank:  Research Assistant Scientist
Specialty:  Infection-Autoimmunity
Location obtained PhD:  Pasteur Institute of Lille
Pharmacology
Name:  Jonathan Bird, Ph.D.
 1
Department:  Pharmacology
Rank:  Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Molecular mechanisms of hearing and deafness
Location obtained PhD:  University College London
Surgery
Name:  Gilbert Upchurch, M.D.
 1
Department:  Surgery
Rank:  Professor and Chair
Specialty:  Vascular Surgery; appointed as Chair, Department of Surgery
Location obtained MD:  University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

December 2017

Medicine
Name:  Christine Lin, M.D.
 1
Department:  Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care & Sleep Medicine
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Lung transplant
Location obtained MD:   University of California, San Diego, California
Radiology
Name:  Izabella Barreto, Ph.D.
 1
Department:  Radiology
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Radiation Physics
Location obtained PhD:  University of Florida