Tenure and Promotions
Congratulations to the following faculty who were promoted and/or granted tenure effective July 1, 2025, and to the following staff who were promoted between May 1-July 31, 2025:
Granted Tenure:
Diego Aviles, MD (Pediatrics)
Rahn Bailey, MD (Psychiatry)
Meredith Clement, MD (Medicine)
John West, PhD (Interdisciplinary Oncology)
Promoted to Department Head:
Michael Maristany, MD (Radiology)
Christopher Roth, MD (Urology)
Malachi Sheahan, MD (Surgery)
Promoted to Professor with Tenure:
Rajesh Mohandas, MD (Medicine)
Promoted to Professor, Clinical:
Kelly Babineaux, MD (Surgery)
Margaret Bishop-Baier, MD (Psychiatry)
John Hutchings, MD (Medicine)
Tanya Jagneaux, MD (Medicine/Baton Rouge)
Rahul Mehta, MD (Otorhinolaryngology)
Michelle Moore, PsyD (Psychiatry)
Pinki Prasad, MD (Pediatrics)
Maria Reinoso, MD (Ophthalmology)
Bruce Torrance, MD (Surgery)
Promoted to Professor:
Fern Tsien, PhD (Genetics – Previously tenured)
Christopher Taylor, PhD (Microbiology – Previously tenured)
Promoted to Professor, Research:
Allison Augustus-Wallace, PhD (Medicine)
Promoted to Clinical Professor:
Christopher Marrero, MD (Orthopaedics)
Promoted to Professor, Research (Gratis):
Lauri Byerley, PhD (Physiology)
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical:
Tiffany Ardoin, MD (Medicine/Baton Rouge)
Jennifer Creedon, MD (Psychiatry)
Julie Gallois, MD (Pediatrics)
Dominic Gargiulo, DO (Orthopaedics)
Amita Krishnan, MD (Medicine)
James Krulisky, MD (Pediatrics)
Zachary Leblanc, MD (Pediatrics)
Emily Masoumy, MD (Pediatrics)
Mohamad Masoumy, MD (Surgery)
Brian McGee, MD (Psychiatry)
Omeed Moaven, MD (Surgery)
Shannon Powell, MD (Pediatrics)
Alison Smith, MD (Surgery)
Alan Velander, MD (Neurosurgery)
Jessica Zagory, MD (Surgery)
Promoted to Clinical Associate Professor:
Melissa Harrington, MD (Medicine/Lafayette)
Jonathan Schoen, MD (Surgery)
Daniel Womac, MD (Surgery)
Promoted to Associate Professor, Research:
Samarpan Majumder, PhD (Genetics)
Promoted to Clinical Associate Professor (Gratis):
Patricia Arias, MD (Pediatrics)
Elizabeth Clement, MD (Medicine)
Sharon Fox, MD (Pathology)
Rebecca Hutchings, MD (Pediatrics)
Nicole Kaban, MD (Medicine)
Gia Landry, MD (Medicine/Baton Rouge)
Megan Maslanka, MD (Medicine)
Sean Ransom, MD (Psychiatry)
Promoted to Associate Professor, Research (Gratis):
Amanda Raines, PhD (Psychiatry)
Promoted to Assistant Professor, Research:
Kelly Jean Sherman, PhD (Pharmacology)
Promoted to Assistant Professor, Research (Part-time):
Amanda Pahng, PhD (Physiology)
Promoted to Research Committees Coordinator:
Savannah Mansion (Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center of Excellence)
Promoted to Residency Program Administrator 3:
Amelia Haag (Surgery)
Promoted to Residency Program Administrator 2:
Rose Rousselle (Surgery)
Promoted to Clinical Trials Coordinator 1:
Kaitlyn Andre' (Surgery)