Welcome Newcomers!
We extend a warm welcome to the following faculty and staff members who have joined the School of Medicine family between the dates of May 1 – July 31, 2025!
Anatomy
Halima Hamdan - Student Worker
Baton Rouge Regional Campus
Medicine
Jason Green, DO - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Mitchell Hymowitz, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
John Johnson, MD – Instructor, Clinical Specialist
Stephanie Vick , MD – Instructor, Clinical Specialist
Katelin Wilder-Wixson, MD – Instructor, Clinical Specialist
Multidisciplinary
Angela Ardoin - Assistant Business Manager
Psychiatry
Andrew Aubin, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Family Medicine
Belinda Avila - Department Coordinator
Reese Macicek - Student Worker
Olivia Perry - Student Worker
Genetics
James Lucore - Research Associate 1
Medicine
Hospital Medicine
Youssef Bou-Mikael, MD - Clinical Assistant Professor
Thomas Jason Simon, MD - Clinical Assistant Professor
Charles Woodall, MD - Clinical Assistant Professor
Edward Leonard, MD – Instructor, Clinical Specialist
Luke Yesbeck, DO – Instructor, Clinical Specialist
Victoria McCray, MD – Instructor, Clinical Specialist
Elizabeth Gelvin – Program Coordinator
Infectious Disease
Yvette Johnson - Clinical Trials Coordinator 1
Pulmonary/Critical Care
Robert Tyler, MPH - Patient Navigator
Kayla Williams - Research Associate 2
Microbiology, Immunology and Parasitology
Jessica Trammel - Research Associate 2
Neurology
Steffy Manjila, PhD - Assistant Professor
Neuroscience Center of Excellence
Danielle Allen, PhD -Staff Scientist
Neurosurgery
James Dupree, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Ophthalmology
Carrie Sirmon - Department Coordinator
Yang Li - Residency Program Administrator 1
Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery
Katherine Ellis - Student Worker
Pediatrics
Plato Alexander, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Ashley Autrey, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Isabella Marranzini Rodriguez, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Ashley Pate – Department Coordinator
Madeleine Robert Stansberry, MD – Instructor, Clinical Specialist
Nicholas Tadros, DO – Instructor, Clinical Specialist
Physiology
Kolby Heid – Department Coordinator
Psychiatry
Andrew Silvera, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Radiology
Rebecca Chason, MD - Assistant Professor, Clinical
Stanley S. Scott Cancer Center of Excellence
Sudhakar Ammanamanchi, PhD – Staff Scientist
Annamarie Macaluso - Research Associate 1
Surgery
David Ash - Clinical Trials Coordinator 1
Dagmawi Demessie - Clinical Trials Coordinator 1
Erin Gilbert, MD - Associate Professor, Clinical
Uyen Yi - Department Operations Coordinator