News Release

August 17, 2007

Contact: Carolyn Pennington, 860-679-4864
e-mail: cpennington@uchc.edu

UConn Health Center Faculty News

Tenures, Promotions and Appointments

FARMINGTON, CONN. – The University of Connecticut Health Center recently announced the following.

Faculty tenured:

• Jeffrey Hoch, Ph.D., Department of Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology
   

Faculty promoted to professor with tenure:

• George Kuchel, M.D., Department of Medicine
• Richard Stevens, Ph.D., Department of Community Medicine and Health Care
   

Faculty promoted to associate professor with tenure:

• Louise McCullough, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology
   

Faculty promoted to professor:

• Bernard Clark, M.D., Department of Medicine
• Joseph Garner, M.D., Department of Medicine
• Carl Malchoff, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Medicine
• John Nulsen, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Scott Schoem, M.D., Department of Surgery
• David Waitzman, M.D., Ph.D., Department of Neurology
   

Faculty promoted to associate professor:

• Georgine Burke, Ph.D., Department of Pediatrics
• David Giles, M.D., Department of Surgery
• J. Nathan Hagstrom, M.D., Department of Pediatrics
• Craig Lapin, M.D., Department of Pediatrics
• Christine LaSala, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Harold Moskowitz, M.D., Department of Diagnostic Imaging and Therapeutics
• Sharon Smith, M.D., Department of Pediatrics
• Pamela Taxel, M.D., Department of Medicine
• Thomas Trojian, M.D., Department of Family Medicine
• Cunegundo Vergara, M.D., Department of Medicine
   

Faculty promoted to clinical professor:

• J. Robert Galvin, M.D., Department of Family Medicine
   

Faculty promoted to associate clinical professor:

• John Grady-Benson, M.D., Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Michael Miranda, M.D., Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
• Thomas Mort, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology
   

New faculty appointments:

• Molly Brewer, M.D., associate professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
• M.C. Culbertson, M.D., professor, Department of Pediatrics
• Geoffrey Emerick, M.D., associate clinical professor, Department of Surgery
• Karan Emerick, M.D., associate professor, Department of Pediatrics
• Mahlon Hale, M.D., associate professor, Department of Psychiatry
• Ren-He Xu, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology
• Changping Zou, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
   

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