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News Release

August 7, 2008

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:

  • Daniel Connor, M.D., Department of Psychiatry

Faculty promoted to associate professor with tenure:

  • Guo-Hua Fong, Ph.D., Department of Cell Biology
  • Charles Wolgemuth, Ph.D., Department of Cell Biology

Faculty promoted to professor:

  • Michael Azrin, M.D., Department of Medicine
  • Robert Englander, M.D., Department of Pediatrics
  • David Gregorio, Ph.D., Department of Community Medicine and Health Care
  • George Perdrizet, M.D., Department of Traumatology and Emergency Medicine
  • Carol Pfeiffer, Ph.D., Department of Medicine
  • Peter Schulman, M.D., Department of Medicine
  • Gail Sullivan, M.D., M.P.H., Department of Medicine
  • Richard Zeff, Ph.D., Department of Immunology
  • Carolyn Zelop, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Faculty promoted to associate professor:

  • Steven Angus, M.D., Department of Medicine
  • Bruce Bernstein, Ph.D., Department of Pediatrics
  • Darrin D’Agostino, D.O., Department of Medicine
  • Ellen Dornelas, Ph.D., Department of Medicine
  • Robert Fuller, M.D., Department of Traumatology and Emergency Medicine
  • Lynn Kosowicz, M.D., Department of Medicine
  • Augustus Mazzocca, M.D., Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • John Meyer, M.D., Department of Medicine
  • Paul Scalise, M.D., Department of Medicine
  • Martin Schiller, Ph.D., Department of Molecular, Microbial, and Structural Biology
  • Adam Silverman, M.D., Department of Medicine
  • Richard Soucier, M.D., Department of Medicine
  • Peruvamba Venkatesh, M.D., Department of Medicine

Faculty promoted to clinical professor:

  • Claudio Benadiva, M.D., Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Frederick Berrien, M.D., Department of Pediatrics
  • David Brown, M.D., Department of Pediatrics

Faculty promoted to associate clinical professor:

  • Stephen Firshein, M.D., Department of Medicine
  • Mohamed Hassan, M.D., Department of Neurology
  • Joseph McIsaac, M.D., Department of Anesthesiology
  • David Silvers, M.D., Department of Neurology
  • Paul Sirop, M.D., Department of Medicine
  • Barbara Ziogas, M.D., Department of Pediatrics

New faculty appointments with tenure:

  • M. Hicham Drissi, Ph.D., associate professor, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
  • Daniel Menkes, M.D., professor, Department of Neurology

New faculty appointments:

  • William Crombleholme, M.D., professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  • Michael Drescher, M.D., associate professor, Department of Traumatology and Emergency Medicine
  • James Frank, M.D., associate professor, Department of Surgery
  • Evelyn Lynch, Ed.D., professor, Department of Pediatrics

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