August 2018 New Faculty Aging & Geriatrics Name: Sung Min Han, Ph.D. Department: Aging & Geriatrics Rank: Assistant Professor Specialty: Axon regeneration and neuronal aging Location obtained PhD: University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama Anatomy Name: Lingtao Jin, Ph.D. Department: Anatomy Rank: Assistant Professor Specialty: Cancer metabolism Location obtained PhD: Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Anesthesiology Name: Hatem Al-Takrouri, M.D. Department: Anesthesiology Rank: Clinical Associate Professor Specialty: Pediatric Anesthesia Location obtained MD: University of Jordan Anesthesiology Name: Meghan Brennan, M.D. Department: Anesthesiology Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Liver & Transplant Location obtained MD: University of Miami Anesthesiology Name: Christopher Edwards, M.D. Department: Anesthesiology Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Pediatric Anesthesia Location obtained MD: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia Community Health & Family Medicine Name: Karyn Governale, M.D. Department: Community Health & Family Medicine Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Family medicine Location obtained MD: Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts Community Health & Family Medicine Name: Monica Silvian, M.D. Department: Community Health & Family Medicine Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Family medicine Location obtained MD: Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Emergency Medicine Name: Jasmin Tanaja, M.D. Department: Emergency Medicine Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Location obtained MD: Poznan University of Medical Sciences Emergency Medicine Name: Meredith Thompson, M.D. Department: Emergency Medicine Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Emergency Medicine; Medical Education Location obtained MD: University of Virginia Medicine Name: Neeka Akhavan, M.D. Department: Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Location obtained MD: Florida State University Medicine Name: Magalie Bruneus, M.D. Department: Medicine, Division of Palliative Care Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty:Palliative care Location obtained MD:Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY Medicine Name: Maher Homsi, M.D. Department: Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Location obtained MD: Damascus University Medicine Name: Jessen Jacob, M.D. Department: Medicine, Division of Cardiology Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Electrophysiology Location obtained MD: State University of New York Downstate Medical Center Medicine Name: Senthil Meenrajan, M.D. Department: Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine Rank: Clinical Associate Professor Specialty: Geriatrics Location obtained MD: Madras Medical College Medicine Name: Michael Robinson, M.D. Department: Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine Specialty: Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Location obtained MD: University of Florida Medicine Name: Amy Sheer, M.D. Department: Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Location obtained MD: University of Florida Medicine Name: James Wever Pinzon, M.D. Department: Medicine, Division of Cardiology Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Cardiology – Heart Failure Location obtained MD: Universidad de Panama, Panama City, Panama Neurology Name: Neal Weisbrod, M.D. Department: Neurology Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Neurology – Behavioral/Neurodegeneration Location obtained MD: University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, NY Neuroscience Name: Amanda Dossat, Ph.D. Department: Neuroscience Rank: Lecturer Specialty: Molecular Mechanisms of Sex Differences in the CNS, Endoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Homeostasis Location obtained PhD: Florida State University Obstetrics & Gynecology Name: Reem Abu Rustum, M.D. Department: Obstetrics & Gynecology Rank: Clinical Associate Professor Specialty: Maternal Fetal Medicine Location obtained MD: University of Florida Pediatrics Name: Carmen Leon Astudillo, M.D. Department: Pediatrics Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Pediatrics Pulmonary Location obtained MD: University of Azuay – Ecuador Pediatrics Name: Erlyn Smith, M.D. Department: Pediatrics – Sacred Heart Hospital Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Location obtained MD: Rosalind Franklin University Pediatrics Name: Leandra Woolnough, M.D. Department: Pediatrics Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Pediatric Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology Location obtained MD: UF Southwestern Medical Center Radiation Oncology Name: Mark Artz, Ph.D. Department: Radiation Oncology Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Medical Physics Location obtained MD: University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TV Radiation Oncology Name: Natalie Lockney, M.D. Department: Radiation Oncology Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Treating lymphoma, breast and lung cancer Location obtained MD: Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN Radiation Oncology Name: Raymond Mailhot, M.D. Department: Radiation Oncology Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Treating pediatric cancers and breast cancer Location obtained MD: Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis Surgery Name: Michol Cooper, M.D., Ph.D. Department: Surgery Rank: Assistant Professor Specialty: Vascular Surgery Location obtained MD and PhD: MD obtained at University of Cincinnati; PhD obtained at University of Michigan Surgery Name: Trajan Cuellar, MB, BCh MRCS(I) Department: Surgery Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Plastic Surgery Location obtained MD: University College Cork, Ireland Surgery Name: Ian Driscoll, M.D. Department: Surgery Rank: Clinical Associate Professor Specialty: Acute Care Surgery Location obtained MD: University of Florida Urology Name: Christopher Bayne, M.D. Department: Urology Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Pediatric Urology Location obtained MD: Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) Norfolk, VA