Promotions and Tenure
Congratulations to the following faculty and staff of the School of Medicine who received promotions and/or tenure, effective July 1, 2023!
Awarded Tenure:
Mary Maluccio, MD (Professor - Surgery)
Andrew McWhorter, MD (Professor - Otolaryngology)
Hollis O’Neal, MD (Associate Professor - Medicine/Baton Rouge)
Liz Simon Peter, PhD (Associate Professor - Physiology)
Benjamin Springgate, MD (Professor – Medicine)
David Welsh, MD (Professor – Medicine)
Promoted to Professor, Clinical:
Terrell Caffery, MD (Medicine/Baton Rouge)
Kathleen Crapanzano, MD (Psychiatry)
Raman Danrad, MD (Radiology)
Gary Duhon, MD (Pediatrics)
Neeraj Jain, MD (Medicine)
Frank Lau, MD (Surgery)
Raghubir Mangat, MD (Pediatrics)
Daniel Raines, MD (Medicine)
Lauren Richey, MD (Medicine)
David Smith, MD (Radiology)
Jonathan Somma, MD (Pathology)
Promoted to Professor:
Jennifer Lentz, PhD (Otolaryngology)
Promoted to Clinical Professor:
Aran Toshav, MD (Radiology)
Promoted to Professor, Research:
Judy Crabtree, PhD (Genetics)
Song Hong, PhD (Ophthalmology)
Jason Mussell, PhD (Anatomy)
Gala True, PhD (Medicine – Part time)
Promoted to Associate Librarian:
Rebecca Bealer, MLIS (Head, Serials/Systems Librarian)
Marlene Bishop, MLIS (Head, Collection Development)
Promoted to Associate Professor, Research:
Jennifer Cameron, PhD (Microbiology)
Robert Siggins, PhD (Physiology)
Promoted to Associate Professor, Clinical:
Lobna Ali, MD (Family Medicine)
Alan Broussard, MD (Family Medicine)
Victoria Burke, MD (Medicine)
Maria Cannatella, MD (Medicine/Baton Rouge)
Meredith Clement, MD (Medicine)
Anna Cohen-Rosenblum, MD (Orthopaedics)
Michael Cook, MD (Surgery)
Brian Copeland, MD (Neurology)
Nahla Dahr, MD (Pediatrics/Lafayette)
Kyle Fulton, MD (Pediatrics)
Nihal Godiwala, MD (Pediatrics)
Fabienne Gray, MD (Surgery)
Marcie Houser, MD (Pediatrics)
Anna McFarlin Hill, MD (Pediatrics)
Ryan Kline, MD (Anesthesiology)
Dana LeBlanc, MD (Pediatrics)
Beth McDonough, MD (Pediatrics)
Amanda Messer, MD (Pediatrics)
Brooke Morrell, MD (Radiology)
Alexis Morvant, MD (Pediatrics)
Matthew Mutter, MD (Urology)
Rashimi Rao, MD (Neurology)
Robert Thibodaux, MD (Medicine/Baton Rouge)
Felton Winfield, MD (OB/GYN)
Elizabeth Wisner, MD (Pediatrics)
Promoted to Clinical Associate Professor:
Maria Bernal, MD (Ophthalmology)
Farha Khan, MD (Medicine/Lafayette)
Olivia Lee, MD (Orthopaedics)
Marilyn Marshall, MD (Family Medicine/Lafayette)
Laura Pelaez, MD (Otolaryngology)
Susila Shanmuganathan, MD (Family Medicine/Lafayette)
Caroline Straatmann, MD (Pediatrics)
Promoted to Assistant Professor, Research:
Daryl Lofaso, PhD (Office of Medical Education)
Meng Luo, PhD (Microbiology)
Promoted to Clinical Professor – Gratis
Faith Hansbrough, MD (Surgery/Baton Rouge)
Anil Paramesh, MD (Surgery)
Promoted to Clinical Associate Professor – Gratis
Matthew Carlisle, MD (Emergency Medicine)
Abigail Chaffin, MD (Surgery)
Claude D’Antonio, Jr., MD (Medicine/Baton Rouge)
Pierre Detiege, MD (Emergency Medicine)
Casey Murphy, MD (Medicine)
Maya Jones, MD (Pediatrics)