January 2017 New Faculty Aging Name: Marcela Avila, M.D. Department: Aging & Geriatrics Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Geriatric Medicine Location obtained Medical degree: Universidad Nacional De Tucuman, Argentina Emergency Medicine Name: Noel Braseth, M.D. *Need photograph Department: Emergency Medicine Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Emergency Medicine Location obtained Medical degree: University of Florida Epidemiology Name: Ting-Yuan Cheng, Ph.D. Department: Epidemiology Rank: Assistant Professor Specialty: Cancer and nutritional epidemiology Location obtained PhD Degree: University of Washington Medicine, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension Name: Janice Nigos, M.D. Department: Medicine, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Nephrology Location obtained Medical Degree: University of the East (UERMMMC); Philippines Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine Name: Jessica Portillo Romero, M.D. *Need photograph Department: Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Family Medicine Location obtained Medical Degree: Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine Name: James Yingling, M.D. Department: Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Family medicine Location obtained Medical Degree: Karol Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences, Poznan Poland Neurology Name: Augusto Miravelle, M.D. Department: Neurology Rank: Clinical Associate Professor Specialty: Associate Chair of Education, Chief, Multiple Sclerosis Division Location obtained Medical Degree: Universidad Nacional de La Plata, La Plata, Argentina Neurology Name: Adolfo Ramirez-Zamora, M.D. Department: Neurology Rank: Clinical Associate Professor Specialty: Director of Clinical Trials, Center for Movement Disorders and Neurorestoration Location obtained Medical Degree: Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara, Guadalajara, Mexico Ophthalmology Name: Frank Dyka, Ph.D. Department: Ophthalmology Rank: Assistant Scientist Specialty: Retinal degenerations and the molecular causes for retinal degenerative diseases Location obtained PhD Degree: University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation Name: Shawn McGargill, M.D. *Need photograph Department: Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation Rank: Clinical Assistant Professor Specialty: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Location obtained Medical Degree: Medical College of Wisconsin Physiology Name: Tanja Taivassalo, Ph.D. Department: Physiology Rank: Research Associate Professor Specialty: Mitochondrial disease, skeletal muscle, exercise training, treatment approaches Location obtained PhD Degree: Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal Canada