New Faculty 2022

Biological Sciences Division

Rahaf Alkhateb

Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology

Mark Anderson

Paul and Allene Russell Professor
Executive Vice President for Medical Affairs
Dean, Division of the Biological Sciences
Dean, Pritzker School of Medicine

Marielena Bachier-Rodriguez

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Brett Beaulieu-Jones

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine and the College

Mark Belkin

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Ran Blekhman

Associate Professor
Department of Medicine

Marco Bonilla

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Ryan Boudreau

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Joseph Bruch

Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences and the College

Darren Bryan

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Sofia Buenaventura

Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Timothy Carll

Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology

Sridevi Challa

Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Ronny Chan

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

Gregory S. Chasson

Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

Dennis Chen

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Tenzin Choden

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Anthony Christiano

Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine

Arielle Cimeno

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Betsy Cliff

Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences and the College

Richard Cockerill

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

Marlene Cohen

Professor
Department of Neurobiology and the College

Kimberly Cole

Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology

Axel R. Concepcion

Neubauer Family Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the College

Courtney Cripps

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Michael Czapka

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Lindsey Eastman

Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Mary Kate Erdman

Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine

Jessica Felgenhauer

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Leah Fox

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Madhusudan Ganigara

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

William Gao

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Yangfeifei Gao

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

Ameera Haamid

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Cassandra Hayne

Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology and the College

Vasyl Hereha

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Martin D. Herman

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery

Irfan Hussain

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology

Walid Hussain

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Mubina Isani

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Matthew Jacobs

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

Aiyah Jandali

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology

Kevin Johnson

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Saara Kaviany

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Shabaana Khader

Bernard and Betty Roizman Professor
Department of Microbiology and the College
Chair, Department of Microbiology

Abid Khan

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Aly A. Khan

Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine and the College

David D. Kim

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine and the College

Ervin Kocjancic

Professor
Department of Surgery

Mark Korpics

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology

Charlotte Kvasnovsky

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Adam Lee

Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation Medicine

Lawrence Lo

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology

Darya Mailhiot

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Nina Mbadiwe

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Michael McCartin

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Laura McGuinn

Assistant Professor
Department of Family Medicine and the College

Hillary McLaren

Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

C. Maxwell Medert

Assistant Professor
Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Science

Ilayna Mehrtens

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

Joseph B. Meleca

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Olga (Olya) Morozova

Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences and the College

Vanessa Ng

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

Jasmine Nirody

Assistant Professor
Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy and the College

Sharmilee M. Nyenhuis

Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Department of Medicine

Dena Oaklander

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

Zainab Obaidi

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Andrea Olivas

Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology

Rebeca Ortiz Worthington

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Joshua Pan

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

Mikin V. Patel

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology

Angelica Perez-Gutierrez

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Melissa Pessin

Professor
Department of Pathology

Sean P. Polster

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurological Surgery

Stephen Pophal

Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Sebastian Pott

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine and the College

Ashish Premkumar

Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Kavita Renduchintala

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Jana Richards

Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Claudio Rivera

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience

Katherine Rivlin

Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Mélissa Roy

Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Douglas Rybar

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

Vishnu Samara

Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology

Simon Schwörer

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine and the College

Kaitlin Seibert

Assistant Professor
Department of Neurology

Ted Skolarus

Professor
Department of Surgery

Jeremy Slivnick

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Brady Still

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

Zhen Tian

Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation and Cellular Oncology

Melissa Tjota

Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology

Daniel Tobes

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

Kristin Trela

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care

Aarti Venkat

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

Ada Weinstock

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine and the College

Ashley Wolf

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Elizabeth Zavala

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine

David Zemmour

Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology and the College

Patricia Zuccaro

Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine