New Faculty

The Wayne State University School of Medicine welcomes the following new faculty members:

Anesthesiology
Samir Fuleihan, MD, associate professor

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Nancy Kemling, PhD, adjunct assistant professor
Shahriar Mobashery, PhD, professor
Rita Mukhopadhyay, PhD, assistant professor

Cancer Institute
Jill Barnholtz, PhD, assistant professor
Oliver Bogler, PhD, adjunct assistant professor
Ikuko Kato, MD, PhD, associate professor
Jeanette Korczak, PhD, assistant professor
Pratima Nangia-Makker, PhD, assistant professor
Lisa Newman, MD, associate professor
Irene Newsham, PhD, adjunct associate professor
Ulka Vaishampayan, MD, assistant professor

Center for Molecular Medicine and Genetics
Alexander Gow, PhD, assistant professor
David Womble, PhD, associate professor

Dermatology
George Murakawa, MD, PhD, associate professor and chairman

Emergency Medicine
Rebecca Behrends, MD, assistant professor
Sanford Koltonow, MD, assistant professor
Charlotte Logan, MD, assistant professor
Catherine Loniewski, MD, assistant professor

Family Medicine
Alain Couturier, MD, associate professor
Michelle Diebold, MD, assistant professor
Thomas Graves, MD, assistant professor
Robert Hasbany, MD, assistant professor
Hikmet Jamil, MD, PhD, professor
Tsveti Markova, MD, assistant professor
Scott Yaekle, MD, assistant professor
Srikala Yedavally-Yellayi, DO, assistant professor

Immunology and Microbiology
Melody Neely, PhD, assistant professor
Thipparthi Reddy, PhD, assistant professor

Institute for Chemical Toxicology
Cornelis Elferink, PhD, assistant professor

Internal Medicine
Jill Barnholtz, PhD, assistant professor
Shirish Gadgell, MD, assistant professor
Jorge Guzman, MD, assistant professor
Meesha Gwan-Nulla, MD, assistant professor
Jeanette Korczak, PhD, assistant professor
Jesse Krakauer, MD, associate professor
Prasad Kulkarni, MBBS, assistant professor
Christian Machado, MD, associate professor
Kamal Mubarak, MD, assistant professor
Sabine Telemaque-Potts, PhD, assistant professor
Ulka Vaishampayan, MD, assistant professor
Rothikumar Vyas, MD, assistant professor
Wilhelmine Wiese, MD, assistant professor

Neurology
Margaret Greenwald, PhD, adjunct assistant professor
Jun Li, MD, PhD, assistant professor

Neurosurgery
Prahlad Parajuli, PhD, assistant professor

Obstetrics and Gynecology
Elizabeth Puscheck, MD, assistant professor
Daniel Rappolee, PhD, assistant professor
Mark Stanton, PhD, professor

Ophthalmology
Evan Black, MD, assistant professor
Renu Kowluru, PhD, assistant professor
Gregory Van Stavern, MD, assistant professor

Orthopaedic Surgery
Gregory DeSilva, MD, assistant professor
Daniel Hoard, MD, assistant professor

Otolaryngology
Richard Arden, MD, associate professor
Edwin Monsell, MD, PhD, professor
Marie Piechocki, PhD, assistant professor
Pavan Reddy, MD, assistant professor
Jinsheng Zhang, PhD, assistant professor

Pathology
Mingxin Che, MD, PhD, assistant professor
Ikuko Kato, MD, PhD, associate professor
Pratima Nangia-Makker, PhD, assistant professor

Pediatrics
Thomas Babb, PhD, professor
Jorge Lua, MD, assistant profesor
Anne Mortenden, MD, assistant professor
Michael Pettersen, MD, assistant professor
Ron Thomas, PhD, assistant professor

Pharmacology
Cornelis Elferink, PhD, assistant professor
Shahriar Mobashery, PhD, professor

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Ali Bitar, MD, assistant professor
Carla Morton, MD, assistant professor
Stephen Vangel, Jr., PhD, adjunct assistant professor

Physiology
Bhanu Jena, PhD, professor
Jeffrey Potts, PhD, assistant professor
A.K.M. Abdus Sattar, PhD, assistant professor

Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences
Mohamad Bouhamdan, PhD, assistant professor
Doree Ann Espiritu, MD, assistant professor
Rajaprabhakaran Rajarethinam, MD, assistant professor
Mary Roberts, MD, assistant professor
John Roll, PhD, adjunct assistant professor

Radiation Oncology
Daotai Nie, PhD, assistant professor

Radiology
Monte Harvill, MD, assistant professor
Aparna Joshi, MD, assistant professor
Esther Lim, MD, assistant professor
Cristina Torres, DO, assistant professor
Jeffrey Zerin, MD, professor

Surgery
Paul Friedman, MD, assistant professor
Hubert Huebl, MD, assistant professor
Lisa Newman, MD, associate professor
Angela Vouyouka, MD, assistant professor

Urology
Haikun Li, MD, assistant professor
Richard Santucci, MD, assistant professor