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MD Anderson Annual Report 2015 THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER SHARED GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE Ronald DePinho, M.D. President Leon Leach, Ph.D. Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer Dan Fontaine, J.D. Executive Vice President, Administration Tadd Pullin Senior Vice President, Institutional Advancement Jubilee Brown, M.D. Chair-elect, Faculty Senate Helen Piwnica-Worms, Ph.D. Vice Provost, Science Julie Izzo, M.D. Chair, Faculty Senate Weldon Gage Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer Ethan Dmitrovsky, M.D. Provost and Executive Vice President Thomas Buchholz, M.D. Executive Vice President and Physician-in-Chief George Wilding, M.D. Vice Provost, Clinical and Interdisciplinary Research Robert Brigham Senior Vice President, Hospitals and Clinics Mien-Chie Hung, Ph.D. Chair, Molecular and Cellular Oncology Ernest Hawk, M.D., M.P.H. Vice President and Division Head, Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences Gary Whitman, M.D. Past Chair, Faculty Senate Marshall Hicks, M.D. Division Head, Diagnostic Imaging David Tweardy, M.D. Division Head, Internal Medicine Cindy Schwartz, M.D. Division Head ad interim, Pediatrics Stanley Hamilton, M.D. Division Head, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Stephen Hahn, M.D. Division Head, Radiation Oncology Stephen Swisher, M.D. Division Head, Surgery Randal Weber, M.D. Chair, Head and Neck Surgery Tom Rahlfs, M.D. Division Head ad interim, Anesthesiology and Critical Care Patrick Hwu, M.D. Division Head, Cancer Medicine 1

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Page 1: MD Anderson faculty - MD Anderson Cancer Center

MD Anderson Annual Report 2015

THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER SHARED GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE

Ronald DePinho, M.D.President

Leon Leach, Ph.D.Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer

Dan Fontaine, J.D.Executive Vice President, Administration

Tadd Pullin Senior Vice President, Institutional Advancement

Jubilee Brown, M.D.Chair-elect, Faculty Senate

Helen Piwnica-Worms, Ph.D.Vice Provost, Science

Julie Izzo, M.D.Chair, Faculty Senate

Weldon GageSenior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Ethan Dmitrovsky, M.D.Provost and Executive Vice President

Thomas Buchholz, M.D.Executive Vice President and Physician-in-Chief

George Wilding, M.D.Vice Provost, Clinical and Interdisciplinary Research

Robert BrighamSenior Vice President, Hospitals and Clinics

Mien-Chie Hung, Ph.D. Chair, Molecular and Cellular Oncology

Ernest Hawk, M.D., M.P.H. Vice President and Division Head, Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences

Gary Whitman, M.D. Past Chair, Faculty Senate

Marshall Hicks, M.D. Division Head, Diagnostic Imaging

David Tweardy, M.D. Division Head, Internal Medicine

Cindy Schwartz, M.D. Division Head ad interim, Pediatrics

Stanley Hamilton, M.D. Division Head, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Stephen Hahn, M.D. Division Head, Radiation Oncology

Stephen Swisher, M.D. Division Head, Surgery

Randal Weber, M.D. Chair, Head and Neck Surgery

Tom Rahlfs, M.D.Division Head ad interim, Anesthesiology and Critical Care

Patrick Hwu, M.D.Division Head, Cancer Medicine

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ADMINISTRATION

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT

Ronald DePinho, M.D. President

Weldon Gage Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

Brad GibsonVice President, Revenue Cycle and Treasurer

Mark Moreno Vice President, Governmental Relations

Patrick Mulvey Vice President, Development

Tadd PullinSenior Vice President, Institutional Advancement

OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION

Dan Fontaine, J.D. Executive Vice President, Administration

Amy Hay Vice President, Business Development

Ferran Prat, Ph.D., J.D. Vice President, Strategic Industry Ventures

Sherri Magnus Vice President and Chief Audit Officer

Steven Haydon, J.D. Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

Allyson Kinzel, J.D. Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer

Spencer Moore Vice President and Chief Facilities Officer

Shibu Varghese Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer

Chris McKee Vice President, Business Operations

Margaret Row, M.D. Vice President, Operations, MD Anderson Cancer Network®

OFFICE OF STRATEGY AND INNOVATION

Leon Leach, Ph.D. Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer

Chris Belmont Vice President and Chief Information Officer

Rebecca KaulVice President and Chief Innovation Officer

OFFICE OF THE PROVOST AND EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT

Ethan Dmitrovsky, M.D. Provost and Executive Vice President

Helen Piwnica-Worms, Ph.D. Vice Provost, Science

George Wilding, M.D.Vice Provost, Clinical and Interdisciplinary Research

Robert C. Bast Jr., M.D. Vice President, Translational Research

Oliver Bogler, Ph.D. Senior Vice President, Academic Affairs Vice President ad interim, Global Academic Programs

Maureen Cagley Vice President, Academic Operations

Diane Bodurka, M.D.Vice President, Medical Education

Aman Buzdar, M.D. Vice President, Clinical Research Administration

Ernest Hawk, M.D. Vice President, Cancer Prevention Head, Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences

Mien-Chie Hung, Ph.D. Vice President, Basic Science

OFFICE OF THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT AND PHYSICIAN-IN-CHIEF

Thomas Buchholz, M.D. Executive Vice President and Physician-in-Chief

Robert Brigham Senior Vice President, Hospitals and Clinics

John Bingham Vice President, Performance Improvement and Chief Quality Officer

Wenonah Ecung, Ph.D. Vice President, Clinical Administration

Lewis Foxhall, M.D. Vice President, Health Policy

Joel Lajeunesse Vice President, Pharmacy

Paul Mansfield, M.D. Vice President, Acute Care Services

Alma Rodriguez, M.D. Vice President, Medical Affairs

Frank Tortorella, J.D. Vice President, Clinical Support Services

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MD ANDERSON FACULTY

DIVISION OF ANESTHESIOLOGY AND CRITICAL CARE

DIVISION HEAD AD INTERIMTom F. Rahlfs, M.D.

DEPARTMENT OF ANESTHESIOLOGY AND PERIOPERATIVE MEDICINE

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRTom F. Rahlfs, M.D.

PROFESSORSRadha Arunkumar, M.D.Thao P. Bui, M.D.Joseph S. Chiang, M.D.Thomas W. Feeley, M.D. *David Ferson, M.D.John C. Frenzel, M.D.Farzin Goravanchi, D.O.Vijaya Gottumukkala, M.D.Spencer Stephen Kee, M.D.Alicia M. Kowalski, M.D. David C. Mackey, M.D.Peter H. Norman, M.D.Hui-Lin Pan, M.D., Ph.D. *Keyuri U. Popat, M.D.Vivian H. Porche, M.D.Ronaldo V. Purugganan, M.D.Sally Raty, M.D.Marc A. Rozner, M.D., Ph.D.Joseph R. Ruiz, M.D.Kenneth J. Sapire, M.D.Mona G. Sarkiss, M.D., Ph.D.Dilip R. Thakar, M.D.Angela Truong, M.D.Dam-Thuy Truong, M.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSTayab Andrabi, M.D.Jeffrey Cerny, M.D.Shao-Rui Chen, M.D.Charles Eugene Cowles, M.D.Katy Elizabeth French, M.D.Roxana Grasu, M.D.Peter W. Hsu, M.D.Timothy Albert Jackson, M.D., Ph.D.Piotr A. Kwater, M.D.Jeffrey Lim, M.D.Gabriel Eduardo Mena, M.D.Linh T. Nguyen, M.D.Pascal Owusu-Agyemang, M.D.Elena Potylchansky, M.D.Yury Potylchansky, M.D.Elizabeth Rebello, M.D.Jose Soliz, M.D.Jackson Su, M.D.Gang Zheng, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSBenjamin Allen Arnold, M.D.Bobby Bellard, M.D.Shreyas Bhavsar, M.D.

Teresa Moon Calderon, M.D.Juan P. Cata, M.D.Richard Carlson III, M.D.Anh Quynh Dang, M.D.Katherine Hagan, M.D.Shannon Hancher-Hodges, M.D.Ifeyinwa Chinyelu Ifeanyi, M.D.Javier Lasala, M.D.Thomas Michael McHugh, M.D.Shannon Michelle Popovich, M.D.Barbra Bryce Speer, D.O.Jens Tan, M.D.January Tsai, M.D.Shital Vachhani, M.D.Antoinette Van Meter, M.D.Jonathan Wilks, M.D.Uduak Ursula Williams, M.D.Jiusheng Yan, Ph.D. †Acsa M. Zavala, M.D.

DEPARTMENT OF CRITICAL CARE

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRKristen J. Price, M.D.

PROFESSORSGregory H. Botz, M.D.Karen Chen, M.D.Colleen M. Gallagher, Ph.D.Joseph L. Nates, M.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSDonna M. Calabrese, M.D.John Wilson Crommett, M.D.De Pei Li, M.D.Selvaraj Egbert Pravinkumar, M.D.Diego Hernan de Villalobos, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSJeff Farroni, J.D., Ph.D.Susan Gaeta, M.D.Cristina Gutierrez, M.D.Sajid Haque, M.D.Jessica Anne Moore, D.H.C.E.Nisha Rathi, M.D.Marian Von-Maszewski, M.D.

DEPARTMENT OF PAIN MEDICINE

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRSalahadin Abdi, M.D., Ph.D. *

PROFESSORSPatrick M. Dougherty, Ph.D. *Larry C. Driver, M.D.Billy K. Huh, M.D.Dhanalakshmi Koyyalagunta, M.D.Diane M. Novy, Ph.D.Zhizhong Z. Pan, Ph.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORBrian Mendoza Bruel, M.D.Rodolfo Gebhardt, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSThomas Chai, M.D.Mitchell Philip Engle, M.D., Ph.D.Kent H. Nouri, M.D.

INSTRUCTORHee Kee Kim, Ph.D.

DIVISION OF CANCER MEDICINE

DIVISION HEAD Patrick Hwu, M.D.*

DEPARTMENT OF BREAST MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR Debasish Tripathy, M.D. *

PROFESSORSAman U. Buzdar, M.D. *Banu K. Arun, M.D. *Daniel J. Booser, M.D.Nuhad K. Ibrahim, M.D.Naoto T. Ueno, M.D., Ph.D. *Ronald S. Walters, M.D.Vicente Valero, M.D. *Virgil Craig Jordan, Ph.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSPing Fan, Ph.D.Kimberly Brooke Koenig, M.D.Jennifer Litton, M.D.Stacy Moulder, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSSausan Abouharb, M.D.Carlos Hernando Barcenas, M.D. †Chandra Bartholomeusz, M.B.B.S., Ph.D. †Angela Marie Coscio, M.D.Meghan Sri Karuturi, M.D.Bora Lim, M.D.Philipp Maximov, Ph.D.Rashmi Krishna Murthy, M.D.David Luis Ramirez, M.D.Sadia Saleem, M.D.Shuying Liu, M.D., Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORSBedrich Eckhardt, Ph.D.Kazuharu Kai, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL ONCOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR AD INTERIMRobert A Wolff, M.D.*

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSAmy Hassan, M.D.Nikesh Jasani, M.D.Douglas Alan Nelson, M.D.Sunil M. Patel, M.D.Alyssa G. Rieber, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSCelyne Bueno Hume, M.D.Nishin Anil Bhadkamkar, M.D.Ahmed Eid, M.D.Mark Andrew Lewis, M.D.Jenny Vu Pozadzides, M.D.Rachel Leigh Theriault, M.D.Janet Tu, M.D.

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DEPARTMENT OF GENITOURINARY MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRChristopher J. Logothetis, M.D.*

PROFESSORSWilliam F. Benedict, M.D. *Gary E. Gallick, Ph.D. *Eric Jonasch, M.D. *Nora M. Navone, M.D., Ph.D. *Padmanee Sharma, M.D., Ph.D. *Nizar M. Tannir, M.D.Shi-Ming Tu, M.D.Timothy Thompson, Ph.D. *

PROFESSOR AD INTERIMGeorge Wilding, M.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSAna Aparicio, M.D.John Charles Araujo, M.D., Ph.D.Paul Corn, M.D., Ph.D.Eleni Efstathiou, M.D., Ph.D.Jeri Kim, M.D.Sankar N. Maity, Ph.D.Arlene Odelia Siefker-Radtke, M.D. *Mark Titus, Ph.D.Amado Zurita-Saavedra, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSJianjun Gao, M.D., Ph.D. †Likun Li, Ph.D.Sumit K. Subudhi, M.D., Ph.D. †Jennifer Wang, M.D.

INSTRUCTORSXiande Liu, Ph.D.Lewis Zhichang Shi, Ph.D.Mianen Sun, Ph.D.Xinhai Wan, Ph.D.Michael Weiger, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF GASTROINTESTINAL MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR James C. Yao, M.D. *

PROFESSORSJaffer A. Ajani, M.D. *Cathy Eng, M.D. *Milind Javle, M.D. †Donghui Li, Ph.D. *Gauri R. Varadhachary, M.B.B.S., M.D. †

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSManal M. Hassan, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.Linus Ho, M.D., Ph.D.Ahmed Kaseb, M.B.B.S.Edmund Scott Kopetz, M.D. †Renato Lenzi, M.D.Michael James Overman, M.D.Imad Shureiqi, M.D. *Shumei Song, M.D., Ph.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSHumaid O. Alshamsi, M.D.Mariela Blum Murphy, M.D.Nageshwara V. Dasari, M.B.B.S.David Fogelman, M.D.Daniel M. Halperin, M.D.Bryan K. Kee, M.D.David G. Menter, Ph.D.Van Karlyle Morris, M.D.Kanwal Pratap Singh Raghav, M.B.B.S., M.D.

Rachna Shroff, M.D.Xiangsheng Zuo, M.D., Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORSElena Elimova, M.D.Jennifer Brooke Goldstein, M.D.Weiqin Lu, Ph.D.Ji Yuan Wu, M.D.Mingxin Zuo, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF INVESTIGATIONAL CANCER THERAPEUTICS

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRFunda Meric-Bernstam, M.D.*

PROFESSORDaniel D. Karp, M.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSSiqing Fu, M.D., Ph.D. David Sanghyun Hong, M.D. †Aung Naing, M.D.Apostolia Maria Tsimberidou, M.D., Ph.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSArgun Akcakanat, M.D., Ph.D.Filip Janku, M.D., Ph.D.Shu Mei Kato, M.D.Sarina Anne Piha-Paul, M.D.Vivek Subbiah, M.D.

DEPARTMENT OF LEUKEMIA

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRHagop M. Kantarjian, M.D.*

PROFESSORSMichael Andreeff, M.D., Ph.D. *Kapil Bhalla, M.B.B.S.Jorge E. Cortes, M.D. *Zeev Estrov, M.D. *Alessandra Ferrajoli, M.D.Guillermo Garcia-Manero, M.D. *Marina Konopleva, M.D., Ph.D. *Steven M. Kornblau, M.D. *Farhad Ravandi-Kashani, M.D. *William G. Wierda, M.D., Ph.D. *Srdan Verstovsek, M.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSGautam Borthakur, M.B.B.S. *Jan Andreas Burger, M.D. *Bing Z. Carter, Ph.D.Elias Joseph Jabbour, M.D.Tapan Mahendra Kadia, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSYesid Alvarado, M.D.Venkata Lokesh Battula, Ph.D.Christopher Brent Benton, M.D.Prithviraj Bose, M.B.B.S.Jared K. Burks, Ph.D.Simona Colla, Ph.D. †Naval Daver, M.D.Courtney DiNardo, M.D.Nitin Jain, M.B.B.S.Kiran Naqvi, M.D.Maro Ohanian, D.O.Naveen Pemmaraju, M.D.Sean M. Post, Ph.D. †Peter Ruvolo, Ph.D.Koichi Takahashi, M.D.Philip A. Thompson, M.B.B.S.Yue Wei, Ph.D.Weiguo Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORSWarren C. Fiskus, Ph.D.Rodrigo O. Jacamo, Ph.D.Sujan Piya, Ph.D.Hui Yang, M.D., Ph.D.Zhihong Zeng, M.D.

DEPARTMENT OF LYMPHOMA/MYELOMA

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR AD INTERIMRobert Orlowski, M.D., Ph.D. *

PROFESSORSFredrick B. Hagemeister, M.D.Maria A. Rodriguez, M.D. *Francesco Turturro, M.D.Luhua Wang, M.D. *Donna M. Weber, M.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSRichard Eric Davis, M.D. †Luis E. Fayad, M.D. *Michelle A. Fanale, M.D.Nathan Fowler, M.D.Sattva S. Neelapu, M.D. *Yasuhiro Oki, M.D. †Felipe Samaniego, M.D., M.P.H. *Jatin Shah, M.D.Sheeba Koshy Thomas, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSSoungchul Cha, Ph.D.Hun Ju Lee, M.D.Richard Julian Jones, Ph.D.Elisabet Esteve Manasanch, M.D.Loretta Nastoupil, M.D.Jason Robert Westin, M.D. †Jing Yang, Ph.D. †Liang Zhang, Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORSFuliang Chu, Ph.D.Hans Chulhee Lee, M.D.Zhiqiang Liu, Ph.D.Rohit Mathur, Ph.D.Jinsheng Weng, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF MELANOMA MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRPatrick Hwu, M.D. *

PROFESSORSSuhendan Ekmekcioglu, Ph.D.Elizabeth A. Grimm, Ph.D. *Wen-Jen Hwu, M.D., Ph.D.Cassian Yee, M.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSMichael A. Davies, M.D., Ph.D. *Gregory A Lizee, Ph.D.Willem Overwijk, Ph.D. *Hussein Tawbi, M.D. †

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSRodabe N. Amaria, M.D.Chantale Bernatchez, Ph.D.Chandrani Chattopadhyay, Ph.D.Adi Diab, M.D. Isabella Claudia Glitza Olivia, M.D., Ph.D.Sapna Pradyuman Patel, M.D.Janos Roszik, Ph.D.Scott Eric Woodman, M.D., Ph.D. †Vashisht Gopal Yennu Nanda, Ph.D.

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INSTRUCTORSYared Hailemichael, Ph.D.Sun-Hee Kim, Ph.D.Weiyi Peng, M.D., Ph.D.Manisha Singh, Ph.D.Amjad Hossain Talukder, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF NEURO-ONCOLOGY

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND CHAIR AD INTERIMJohn Frederick de Groot, M.D. *

PROFESSORSZhimin Lu, M.D., Ph.D. *Juan Fueyo-Margareto, M.D. *John M. Slopis, M.D., M.P.H.Sudhakar Tummala, M.D.W K Alfred Yung, M.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSCandelaria Gomez-Manzano, M.D. *Shelli Kesler, Ph.D. †Dimpy Koul, Ph.D.Monica Elena Loghin, M.D.Jeffrey Scott Wefel, Ph.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSMariana Erika Bradshaw, Ph.D.Merry Chen, M.D.Hong Jiang, Ph.D.Kyle Richard Noll, Ph.D.Barbara Jane O’Brien, M.D.Marta Penas-Prado, M.D.Jennie L. Rexer, Ph.D.Shiao-Pei Weathers, M.D.Karin Woodman, M.D.

INSTRUCTORSMohammad Belayat Hossain, Ph.D.Yan Xia, Ph.D.Yanhua Zheng, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF PALLIATIVE CARE AND REHABILITATION MEDICINE

PROFESSOR AND CHAIREduardo Bruera, M.D. *

PROFESSORSLorenzo Cohen, Ph.D.*Daniel Epner, M.D.Suresh K. Reddy, M.D.Ki Y. Shin, M.D.Donna S. Zhukovsky, M.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSCindy Lynn Carmack, Ph.D.Shalini Dalal, M.D.Rony Dev, D.O.Jack Fu, M.D.Ying Guo, M.D.Paul W. Walker, M.D.Rajesh R. Yadav, M.D.Sriram Yennu, M.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSJoseph A. Arthur, MBCHBAhsan Azhar, M.D.Maxine Grace De La Cruz, M.D.Marvin Omar Delgado Guay, M.D.Ali Haider, M.B.B.S.David Hui, M.D. †Gabriel Lopez, M.D.Kevin Madden, M.D.Kathrin Milbury, Ph.D.

Amy Ng, M.D.Sarah Prinsloo, Ph.D.Akhila S. Reddy, M.D.Kimberson Cochien Tanco, M.D.Jegy M. Tennison, M.D.Marieberta Vidal, M.D.Peiying Yang, Ph.D. †

INSTRUCTORSEkta Gupta, M.D.Angelique N Wong, M.D.

DEPARTMENT OF SARCOMA

CHAIRPatrick Hwu, M.D. *

PROFESSORSShreyaskumar Patel, M.D. *Saroj Vadhan, M.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSDejka Marida Araujo, M.D.Joseph A. Ludwig, M.D.Vinod Ravi, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSAnthony Paul Conley, M.D.Ravin Ratan, M.D.Neeta Somaiah, M.B.B.S.Maria Alejandra Zarzour, M.D.

DEPARTMENT OF STEM CELL TRANSPLANTATION

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRRichard E. Champlin, M.D. *

PROFESSORSPaolo Anderlini, M.D. *Borje S. Andersson, M.D., Ph.D. *Chitra Hosing, M.D.Roy Jones, M.D., Ph.D. *Partow Kebriaei, M.D.Issa F. Khouri, M.D. *Martin Korbling, M.D.David Marin, M.D.Ian McNiece, Ph.D. *Jeffrey J. Molldrem, M.D. *Yago Nieto, M.D., Ph.D.Uday R. Popat, M.D.Muzaffar H. Qazilbash, M.D.Katy Rezvani, M.D., Ph.D. †Elizabeth Shpall, M.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSAmin Majid Alousi, M.D.Stefan Octavian Ciurea, M.D.Karen C. Dwyer, Ph.D.Qing Ma, Ph.D. *Betul Oran, M.D.Simrit Parmar, M.D. *Gabriela Rondon, M.D.Rima M. Saliba, Ph.D.Benigno Valdez, Ph.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSSairah Ahmed, M.D.Gheath Al-Atrash, D.O. †Qaiser Bashir, M.D.Sijie Lu, Ph.D.Amanda L. Olson, M.D.Krina Patel, M.D.Nina Das Shah, M.D.Eric S. Yvon, Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORSJonathan Edward Brammer, M.D.Haven Rebecca Garber, M.D.Jin Seon Im, M.D., Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF THORACIC/HEAD AND NECK MEDICAL ONCOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRJohn Victor Heymach, M.D., Ph.D. *

PROFESSORSGeorge R. Blumenschein, M.D.Ethan Dmitrovsky, M.D. *Frank V. Fossella, M.D. *Bonnie S. Glisson, M.D. *Jonathan M. Kurie, M.D. *Charles Lu, M.D.Vassiliki A. Papadimitrakopoulou, M.D. *Katherine M. Pisters, M.D.George Simon, M.B.B.S.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSFaye M. Johnson, M.D., Ph.D. *Hai T. Tran, Pharm.D.Anne Tsao, M.D. *William Nassib William Jr., M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSMaria del Carmen Behrens, M.D.Lauren Averett Byers, M.D. †Renata Ferrarotto, M.D.Don Lynn Gibbons, M.D., Ph.D. †Kathryn Ann Gold, M.D.Erminia Massarelli, M.D., Ph.D.Ferdinandos Skoulidis, Ph.D. †Jianjun Zhang, M.D. †

INSTRUCTORSLimo Chen, Ph.D.Xi Liu, Ph.D.Yulong Chen, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL THERAPEUTICS

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR AD INTERIMVarsha V. Gandhi, Ph.D. *

PROFESSORSRobert C. Bast Jr, M.D. *George A. Calin, M.D., Ph.D. *Zhen Fan, M.D. *Chang-Gong Liu, Ph.D. Gabriel Lopez, M.D. *William K. Plunkett Jr., Ph.D. *Waldemar Priebe, Ph.D. *Zahid H. Siddik, Ph.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSKumudha Balakrishnan, Ph.D.Geoffrey Bartholomeusz, Ph.D.Jian Kuang, Ph.D. *Xiuping Liu, M.D.John S. McMurray, Ph.D. *Bulent Ozpolat, M.D., Ph.D.Christine Stellrecht, Ph.D.Shuxing Zhang, Ph.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSRong Chen, Ph.D.Cristina Ivan, Ph.D.Betty Lamothe, Ph.D.Kwangkook Lee, Ph.D.Hui Ling, Ph.D.Xiaojun Liu, Ph.D.Zhen Lu, M.D.Khalid Amanali Mohamedali, Ph.D.

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INSTRUCTORSIzabela Fokt, Ph.D.Yingjun Jiang, Ph.D.Katrien Van Roosbroeck, Ph.D.Aloke Sarkar, Ph.D.Chuan-Fen Wu, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF GENOMIC MEDICINE

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRAndrew Futreal, Ph.D. *

PROFESSORSGiulio Draetta, M.D., Ph.D *John Mendelsohn, M.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORLaura Bover, Ph.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSTodd M. Link, Ph.D.Kunal Rai, Ph.D. †Kui Shin Voo, Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORSYonathan Lissanu Deribe, Ph.D.Giannicola Genovese, M.D.Troy Johnson, Ph.D.Hoon Kim, Ph.D.Paul Leonard, Ph.D.Luigi Nezi, Ph.D.Guillaume Poncet Montange, Ph.D.Andrea Viale, M.D., Ph.D.Siyuan Zheng, Ph.D.

DIVISION OF CANCER PREVENTION AND POPULATION SCIENCES

VICE PRESIDENT AND DIVISION HEADErnest Hawk, M.D., M.P.H. *

DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCE

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR Paul M. Cinciripini, Ph.D. *

PROFESSORSWalter F. Baile, M.D. *Karen M. Basen-Engquist, M.P.H., Ph.D. *Warren Lee Holleman, Ph.D.Maher Karam-Hage, M.D.Susan K. Peterson, M.P.H., Ph.D. *Alexandre V. Prokhorov, M.D., Ph.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSJanice Blalock, Ph.D. *Michelle Cororve Fingeret, Ph.D.Jason D Robinson, Ph.D. †

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSLudmila M. Cofta-Woerpel, Ph.D.Jeffrey Michael Engelmann, Ph.D.Jennifer Anne Minnix, Ph.D.Susan Schembre, Ph.D. †Eileen Huh Shinn, Ph.D. †Irene M. Tami-Maury, Dr.P.H.

INSTRUCTORSThanh C. Bui, Dr.P.H.Karen Sue Calabro, Dr.P.H.Matthew George Cox-Martin, Ph.D.George Kypriotakis, Ph.D.Vance A. Rabius, Ph.D.Mary Tripp, M.P.H., Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF CLINICAL CANCER PREVENTION

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRPowel H. Brown, M.D., Ph.D. *

PROFESSORSTherese Bartholomew Bevers, M.D.Abenaa Brewster, M.D. *Lewis E. Foxhall, M.D.Samir Hanash, M.D., Ph.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSElise D. Cook, M.D.Susan Lakoski, M.D.Lonzetta L. Newman, M.D.Xiangwei Wu, Ph.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSAbhijit Mazumdar, Ph.D.Florencia McAllister, M.D. †Guang Peng, Ph.D. †Qiang Shen, M.D., Ph.D. †Parijatham S. Thomas, M.D.Eduardo Vilar Sanchez, M.D., Ph.D. †

DEPARTMENT OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR AD INTERIMErnest Hawk, M.D., M.P.H. *

PROFESSORSShine Chang, Ph.D. *Wong-Ho Chow, Ph.D. †Xifeng Wu, M.D., Ph.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSJian Gu, Ph.D. †Paul A. Scheet, Ph.D. *Hua Zhao, Ph.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSCarrie Cameron, Ph.D.Carrie Daniel-MacDougall, Ph.D. †Michelle A.T. Hildebrandt, Ph.D. †Chad Huff, Ph.D. †Yuanqing Ye, Ph.D. †

INSTRUCTORSHao Hu, Ph.D.Jie Shen, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH DISPARITIES RESEARCH

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR AD INTERIMSharon Hermes Giordano, M.D., M.P.H. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORLorna Haughton McNeill, Ph.D., M.P.H. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSMarcel Alejandro de Dios, Ph.D. †Diana S. Hoover, Ph.D. †Larkin L. Strong, Ph.D. †Cassandra S Diep Yeung, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRSharon Hermes Giordano, M.D., M.P.H. *

PROFESSORSScott B. Cantor, Ph.D. *Linda S. Elting, Dr.P.H. *Ya-Chen Tina Shih, Ph.D. *Robert Volk, Ph.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSMariana Chavez Mac Gregor, M.D. †Chan Shen, Ph.D. †Hui Zhao, Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORSAubri Suzanne Hoffman, Ph.D.Lisa Marie Lowenstein, Ph.D.

DIVISION OF DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING

DIVISION HEAD Marshall E. Hicks, M.D. *

DEPARTMENT OF DIAGNOSTIC RADIOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR Wei Tse Yang, M.D.

PROFESSORSRizwan Aslam, MB.BCh.Deepak G. Bedi, M.D.Marvin H. Chasen, M.D.Tzehping Linda Chi, M.D.Haesun Choi, M.D.Beth S. Edeiken-Monroe, M.D.Khaled M Elsayes, M.D.Jeremy J. Erasmus, M.D. *Randy D. Ernst, M.D.Bruno D. Fornage, M.D. *Lawrence E. Ginsberg, M.D. *Gregory Gladish, M.D.Revathy B. Iyer, M.D. *Harmeet Kaur, M.D.Leena Ketonen, M.D., Ph.D.Ashok J. Kumar, M.D. *Rajendra Kumar, M.D.Vikas Kundra, M.D., Ph.D. *Elizabeth A. Lano, M.D.Huong Le-Petross, M.D.Jessica Leung, M.D.Evelyne M. Loyer, M.D.John E. Madewell, M.D. *Aurelio Matamoros Jr, M.D.Kevin W. McEnery, M.D.Tanya Moseley, M.D.William A. Murphy Jr., M.D. *Chaan S. Ng, M.D. *Srinivasa Prasad, M.D.Aliya Qayyum, M.B.B.S. †Bharat Raval, M.D.Bradley Sabloff, M.D.Barry I. Samuels, M.D.Donald F. Schomer, M.D.Janio Szklaruk, M.D., Ph.D.

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Eric P. Tamm, M.D.Mylene Truong, M.D.Datla G. Varma, M.D.David Vining, M.D. †Gary J. Whitman, M.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSBeatriz Elena Adrada, M.D.Salmaan Ahmed, M.D.Elsa Arribas, M.D.Marcelo Felipe Kuperman Benveniste, M.D.Priya R. Bhosale, M.D.Colleen Costelloe, M.D.Sonia Liliana Betancourt Cuellar, M.D.James Matthew Debnam, M.D.Patricia de Groot, M.D.Catherine E. Devine, M.D.Mark J. Dryden, M.D.Basak Erguvan Dogan, M.D.Silvana de Castro Faria, M.D., Ph.D.Myrna Godoy, M.D. Nandita Guha-Thakurta, M.D.Tamara Miner Haygood, M.D., Ph.D.Vinodh A. Kumar, M.D.Anne C. Kushwaha, M.D.Michael Kwon, M.D., Ph.D.Deanna Lynn Lane, M.D.Ott Le, M.D.Leonardo Pimental Marcal, M.D.Jay R. Parikh, M.D.Madhavi Patnana, M.D.Gaiane Margishvili Rauch, M.D., Ph.D.Lumarie Santiago, M.D.Dawid Schellingerhout, M.D. *Komal Shah, M.D.Aradhana M. Venkatesan, M.D. †Raghunandan Vikram, M.D.Chitra Viswanathan, M.D.Thinh Vu, M.D.Carol C. Wu, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSBehrang Amini, M.D., Ph.D.Tharakeswara K. Bathala, M.B.B.S.Rosalind Pitpitan Candelaria, M.D.Brett Carter, M.D.Ethan O. Cohen, M.D.Rivkah Colen, M.D. †Veronica Cox, M.D.Dhakshina Moorthy Ganeshan, M.D.Naveen Garg, M.D.Karen Gerlach, M.D.Maria Kristine Gule-Monroe, M.D.Monali Gupta, M.D.Shiva Gupta, M.D.Monica L. Huang, M.D.Corey T. Jensen, M.D.Jason Michael Johnson, M.D.Megan Kalambo, M.D.HyunSeon Kang, M.D.Albert Russell Klekers, M.D.Brinda Rao Korivi, M.D., M.P.H.Ravinder Singh Legha, M.D.Michele D. Lesslie, D.O.Sarah Martaindale, M.D.Ray Cody Mayo III, M.D.Ajaykumar Morani, M.D.Bilal Mujtaba, M.D.Rajni Natesan, M.D.Toma Samantha Omofoye, M.D.Rachel E. Perry, M.D.Kanchan Phalak, M.D.Tara Sagebiel, M.D.Marion Elizabeth Scoggins, M.D.Lauren Q. Chang Sen, M.D.Kyungmin Shin, M.D.

Girish Shroff, M.D.Megan Speer, M.D.Ashmitha Srinivasan, M.D.Davis C. Teichgraeber, M.D.Hilda Tso, D.O.Nicolaus Wagner-Bartak, M.D.Bing Wang, M.D.Olena O. Weaver, M.D.Sireesha Yedururi, M.B.B.S.

DEPARTMENT OF IMAGING PHYSICS

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRJohn D. Hazle, Ph.D. *

PROFESSORSDianna Cody, Ph.D. *Ho-Ling Anthony Liu, Ph.D. *Jingfei Ma, Ph.D. *Osama Mawlawi, Ph.D. *Tinsu Pan, Ph.D. *Konstantin V. Sokolov, Ph.D. *Richard Wendt III, Ph.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSJames A. Bankson, Ph.D. *Ping Hou, Ph.D.Aaron Kyle Jones, Ph.D.S. Cheenu Kappadath, Ph.D.Xinming Liu, Ph.D.Xiujiang Rong, Ph.D.Jason Stafford, Ph.D. *Charles E. Willis, Ph.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSRichard R. Bouchard, Ph.D. †David Thomas Alfonso Fuentes, Ph.D. †Ken-Pin Hwang, Ph.D.Thomas Nishino, Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORKelsey Boitnott Mathieu, Ph.D.Hao Song, Ph.D.Joshua P. Yung, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF INTERVENTIONAL RADIOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR AD INTERIMMichael J. Wallace, M.D. *

PROFESSORSKamran Ahrar, M.D. *Sanjay Gupta, M.D. *Ravi Murthy, M.D.Joseph R. Steele, M.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSJudy Un Chong Ahrar, M.D.Rony Avritscher, M.D.Armeen Mahvash, M.D.Stephen E. McRae, M.D.Alda Lui Tam, M.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSErik N.K. Cressman, M.D., Ph.D. †Steven Y. Huang, M.D.Joshua D Kuban, M.D.Marites P. Melancon, Ph.D. †Bruno Calazans Odisio, M.D.Sharjeel Hussein Sabir, M.D.Rahul Anil Sheth, M.D.

DEPARTMENT OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRHomer A. Macapinlac, M.D. *

PROFESSORSCarlos E. Gonzalez-Lepera, Ph.D.Donald A. Podoloff, M.D. *Franklin C. Wong, J.D., M.D., Ph.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORBeth Chasen, M.D.Hubert Hsing Chuang, M.D., Ph.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSAaron Jessop, M.D.Gregory Ravizzini, M.D.Elmer B. Santos, M.D. †

DEPARTMENT OF CANCER SYSTEMS IMAGING

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRDavid Piwnica-Worms, M.D., Ph.D. *

PROFESSORSChun Li, Ph.D. *Wai-Hoi Wong, Ph.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSMian Alauddin, Ph.D.Pratip K. Bhattacharya, Ph.D. †Victor Krasnykh, Ph.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSSeth T. Gammon, Ph.D.Florian Muller, Ph.D. †Steven Millward, Ph.D. † Niki M. Zacharias Millward, Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORSLucia G. Le Roux, Ph.D.Jun Zhao, Ph.D.

DIVISION OF INTERNAL MEDICINE

DIVISION HEADDavid Tweardy, M.D. *

DEPARTMENT OF CARDIOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIREdward T.H. Yeh, M.D. *

PROFESSORSJun-ichi Abe, Ph.D. *Keigi Fujiwara, Ph.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSJose Banchs, M.D.Jean-Bernard Durand, M.D. †Cezar Iliescu, M.D.Elie Mouhayar, M.D.Syed Wamique Yusuf, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSSaamir A. Hassan, M.D.Kyungsun Heo, Ph.D.Kaveh Karimzad, M.D.Peter Kim, M.D.Nhat Tu Le, Ph.D.Juan Lopez-Mattei, M.D.

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DEPARTMENT OF DERMATOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRRonald P. Rapini, M.D. *

PROFESSOR AND DEPUTY CHAIRMadeleine Duvic, M.D. *

PROFESSORSCarol R. Drucker, M.D.Sharon R. Hymes, M.D.Deborah MacFarlane, M.D., M.P.H.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSSusan Chon, M.D.Ana Mercedes Ciurea, M.D.Michael R. Migden, M.D.Xiao Ni, M.D., Ph.D.Valencia Thomas, M.D.Kenneth Y. Tsai, M.D., Ph.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSAdrienne N. Choksi, M.D.Auris Huen, M.D., Pharm.D.Saira J. George, M.D.Kudakwashe K. Maloney, M.D.Omar Pacha, M.D.Anisha Patel, M.D.

DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICINE

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR AD INTERIMKumar Alagappan, M.D.

PROFESSORSFarhad R. Danesh, M.D. *Margaret B. Row, M.D.Sai-ching J. Yeung, M.D., Ph.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSSheldon Chen, M.D.Ahmed Elsayem, M.D.Carmen E. Gonzalez, M.D.Jerry Don Henderson, M.D.Amit Lahoti, M.D.Adam H. Miller, M.D.Cielito C. Reyes-Gibby, Dr.P.H. †Terry W. Rice, M.D.Biruh T. Workeneh, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSAla Abudayyeh, M.D.Patricia A. Brock, M.D.Kathryn J. Burk, M.D.Patrick Chaftari, M.D.Maria Teresa Cruz Carreras, M.D.A. Guido Hita, M.D., M.P.H.Jianyin Long, Ph.D.Tolulope Oyeyemi Olade, M.D.Marcelo Sandoval, M.D.Jayne Viets-Upchurch, M.D.Monica Wattana, M.D.

INSTRUCTORSDaniel L. Galvan, Ph.D.Yin Wang, M.D., Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA AND HORMONAL DISORDERS

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRSteven I. Sherman, M.D. *

PROFESSORSGilbert Cote, Ph.D. *Robert F. Gagel, M.D. *Marie-Claude Hofmann, Ph.D. *Victor R. Lavis, M.D.Steven G. Waguespack, M.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSNaifa L. Busaidy, M.D. *Maria E. Cabanillas, M.D. *Mouhammed A. Habra, M.D. *Mimi I-Nan Hu, M.D.Camilo Jimenez, M.D. *Anita Kuo Ying, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSConor John Best, M.D.Ramona Dadu, M.D. †Rozita Yarmand, Ph.D.Steven Philip Weitzman, M.D.

DEPARTMENT OF GASTROENTEROLOGY, HEPATOLOGY AND NUTRITION

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR AD INTERIMMarta Davila, M.D.

PROFESSORSManoop Bhutani, M.B.B.S. *Robert Bresalier, M.D. *Jeffrey H. Lee, M.D.Patrick M. Lynch, J.D., M.D. *Gottumukkala Subba Raju, M.D. *William A. Ross, M.D.Mehnaz A. Shafi, M.D.John R. Stroehlein, M.D.Keping Xie, M.D., Ph.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSRaquel E. Davila, M.D.Selvi Thirumurthi, M.D.Brian Weston, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSBoris Blechacz, M.D. †Jian Chen, M.D., Ph.D.Ethan Miller, M.D.Mala Pande, Ph.D.Daoyan Wei, Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORPingyu Zhang, Ph.D.Zhiliang Jia, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF GENERAL INTERNAL MEDICINE

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRCarmelita P. Escalante, M.D. *

PROFESSORSEllen F. Manzullo, M.D.Sunil K. Sahai, M.D.Maria Suarez-Almazor, M.D., Ph.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSBeatrice Edwards, M.D. †Shu-Wei Gao, M.D.Marina Ciny George, M.D.Josiah Halm, M.D.Jessica P. Hwang, M.D., M.P.H. *Wenli Liu, M.D.Huifang Lu, M.D., Ph.D.Khanh Thi-Thuy Nguyen, M.D.Jeong Hoon Oh, M.D., M.P.H.John T. Patlan, M.D.

Kathleen Anne Smalky, M.D., M.P.H.Jean H. Tayar, M.D.Khanh D. Vu, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSEtsuko Aoki, M.D., Ph.D.Norman Brito-Dellan, M.D.Maria-Claudia Campagna, M.D.Ibrahim Dahbour, M.D.Mohammed N. Al Hallak, M.D.Gloria Iliescu, M.D.Maria de los Angeles Lopez-Olivo, M.D., Ph.D.Joanna-Grace Mayo Manzano, M.D.Santhosshi Narayanan, M.B.B.S.Wasif Atique Raja, M.D.

INSTRUCTORDavid Rubio, M.D.

DEPARTMENT OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INFECTION CONTROL AND EMPLOYEE HEALTH

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRIssam I. Raad, M.D. *

PROFESSORSRoy F. Chemaly, M.D., M.P.H. *Elizabeth Frenzel, M.D., M.P.H.Ray Y. Hachem, M.D.Dimitrios P. Kontoyiannis, M.D. *Victor Eduardo Mulanovich, M.D.Pablo C. Okhuysen, M.D. *Georgia A. Thomas, M.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSJavier A. Adachi, M.D.Bruno Palma Granwehr, M.D.Prema Robinson, Ph.D.Samuel Shelburne, M.D. *Harrys Antonio Torres, M.D. *George Michael Viola, M.D., M.P.H.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSUddalak Bharadwaj, Ph.D.Anne-Marie P. Chaftari, M.D.Ella Ariza Heredia, M.D.Moses Makokha Kasembeli, Ph.D.Ariel David Szvalb, M.D.Mahnaz Taremi, M.D.

INSTRUCTORDimpy P. Shah, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF PULMONARY MEDICINE

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRBurton F. Dickey, M.D. *

PROFESSORSVahid Afshar-Kharghan, M.D. *Georgie A. Eapen, M.D.Carlos Jimenez, M.D.Michael Kroll, M.D.David Ost, M.D. *Vickie R. Shannon, M.D.Michael J. Tuvim, Ph.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSRoberto Adachi, M.D. *Diwakar Balachandran, M.D.Lara Bashoura, M.D.Scott Evans, M.D. *Saadia Faiz, M.D.Thein Hlaing Oo, M.D.

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ASSISTANT PROFESSORSJichao Chen, Ph.D. †Shuju Feng, Ph.D.Horiana Bogdana Grosu, M.D.Cristhiam Mauricio Rojas Hernandez, M.D.Seyed Javad Mirhassani Moghaddam, M.D. †Edwin Justin Ostrin, M.D., Ph.D.Ajay Sheshadri, M.D. †

INSTRUCTORQianghua Hu, Ph.D

DEPARTMENT OF SYMPTOM RESEARCH

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR AD INTERIMDavid Tweardy, M.D. *

PROFESSORSCharles Cleeland, Ph.D. *Robert Dantzer, D.V.M., Ph.D. †Cobi Jacoba Johanna Heijnen, Ph.D. †Annemieke Kavelaars, Ph.D. †Xin Shelley Wang, M.D., M.P.H.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORTito R. Mendoza, Ph.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSQiuling Shi, Ph.D.Loretta A. Williams, Ph.D.

DIVISION OF NURSING

DEPARTMENT OF NURSING

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR AND CHAIR AD INTERIMJoyce E Dains, Dr.P.H., J.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSAnecita P. Fadol, Ph.D.Robert L. Massey, Ph.D.

DIVISION OF PEDIATRICS

DIVISION HEAD AD INTERIMCindy L. Schwartz, M.D. *

DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR AD INTERIMCindy L. Schwartz, M.D. *

PROFESSORSJoann L. Ater, M.D.Najat Daw Bitar, M.D. †

Cynthia E. Herzog, M.D.Eugenie S. Kleinerman, M.D. *Shulin Li, Ph.D. *Rodrigo Mejia, M.D.Rhonda Robert, Ph.D.Michael E. Rytting, M.D.Peter Stavinoha, Ph.D.Robert J. Wells, M.D.Laura L. Worth, M.D., Ph.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORMartha Askins, Ph.D.Joya Chandra, Ph.D. *Vidya Gopalakrishnan, Ph.D. *Winston Huh, M.D.Soumen Khatua, M.D.Dean A. Lee, M.D., Ph.D. *Cesar Augusto Nuñez, M.D.Demetrios Petropoulos, M.D.Patrick A. Zweidler-McKay, M.D., Ph.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSJose Antonio Cortes, M.D.Jessica Shafer Foglesong, M.D.Anna Rachel Franklin, M.D.Nancy Gordon, M.D.Douglas J. Harrison, M.D.Shehla Razvi, M.D.Sanju Samuel, M.D.Priti Tewari, M.D.Wafik Zaky, M.B.B.Ch.

INSTRUCTORSGangxiong Huang, M.D.Sankaranarayanan Kannan, D.Phil.Amer M Najjar, Ph.D.Keri L Schadler, Ph.D.Shavali Shaik, Ph.D.Ronghua Tao, Ph.D.Hiroki Torikai, M.D.

DIVISION OF PATHOLOGY AND LABORATORY MEDICINE

DIVISION HEADStanley R. Hamilton, M.D. *

DEPARTMENT OF HEMATOPATHOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRL. Jeffrey Medeiros, M.D. *

PROFESSORSHesham Amin, M.D. *Carlos E. Bueso-Ramos, M.D., Ph.D. *Yang O. Huh, M.D.Jeffrey L. Jorgensen, M.D., Ph.D. *Pei Lin, M.D. *Rajyalakshmi Luthra, Ph.D.Timothy J. McDonnell, M.D., Ph.D. *Roberto Miranda, M.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSJoseph Khoury, M.D. †Sergej Naumovich Konoplev, M.D., Ph.D. *Mark J. Routbort, M.D., Ph.D.Ellen J. Schlette, M.D. *

Sa Wang, M.D. *Cheng Cameron Yin, M.D., Ph.D. *Mingjian James You, M.D., Ph.D. *Ken He Young, M.D. †Zhuang Zuo, M.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSShimin Hu, M.D., Ph.D. †Shaoying Li, M.D. †Sanam Loghavi, M.D. †Xinyan Lu, M.D. †Tariq Muzzafar, M.B.B.S.Chi Young Ok, M.D. †Keyur Pravinchandra Patel, M.D., Ph.D. †Lan Pham, Ph.D.Rashmi Kanagal Shamanna, M.D. †Rajesh R. Singh, Ph.D.Guilin Tang, M.D., Ph.D. †Zhenya Tang, M.D., Ph.D.Beenu Thakral, M.D.Jie Xu, M.D. †

INSTRUCTORSZijun Yidan Xu-Monette, Ph.D.Yaling Yang, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF LABORATORY MEDICINE

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRElizabeth A. Wagar, M.D. *

PROFESSORSKai Cao, M.D.Xiang-Yang Han, M.D., Ph.D. *Cheryl F. Hirsch-Ginsberg, M.D.Gregory May, Ph.D. *Qing H. Meng, Ph.D.Xiaoping Sun, M.D., Ph.D.Jeffrey J. Tarrand, M.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSXin Han, M.D.Beverly Carol Handy, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSFleur M. Aung, M.D.Micah M. Bhatti, M.D.James Michael Kelley, M.D.Fernando Martinez, M.D.Ashok Tholpady, M.D.

INSTRUCTORSSaradhi Mallampati, Ph.D.Jerome G. Saltarrelli Jr, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR Victor Prieto, M.D., Ph.D. *

PROFESSORSSusan Abraham, M.D. Constance Albarracin, M.D., Ph.D. *Russell Broaddus, M.D., Ph.D. *Nancy P. Caraway, M.D. *Bogdan A. Czerniak, M.D., Ph.D. *Adel K. El-Naggar, M.D., Ph.D. *Gregory N. Fuller, M.D., Ph.D. *Michael Gilcrease, M.D., Ph.D. *Yun Gong, M.D. *Stanley R. Hamilton, M.D. *Ruth L. Katz, M.D. *Savitri Krishnamurthy, M.D. *Lauren A. Langford, M.D. Jinsong Liu, M.D., Ph.D. *Anais Malpica, M.D. *

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Anirban Maitra, M.B.B.S. *Dipen Maheshbhai Maru, M.D.Jeanne M. Meis, M.D. *Lavinia P. Middleton, M.D. *Cesar Moran, M.D. *Asif Rashid, M.D., Ph.D. *Aysegul A. Sahin, M.D. *Gregg A. Staerkel, M.D. *William F. Symmans, M.D. *Pheroze Tamboli, M.D. Dongfeng Tan, M.D. Patricia Troncoso, M.D. *Huamin Wang, M.D., Ph.D. *Wei Zhang, Ph.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSDiana Bell, M.D. *Carlos Antonio Torres Cabala, M.D.Jonathan L. Curry, M.D. *Mary Elizabeth Edgerton, M.D., Ph.D. *Elizabeth Dierksen Euscher, M.D. Charles Chuanhai Guo, M.D. *Ming Guo, M.D. Lei Huo, M.D., Ph.D. Doina Ivan, M.D. *Neda Kalhor, M.D. Alexander Lazar, M.D., Ph.D. *Preetha Ramalingam, M.D. Erika Resetkova, M.D., Ph.D. *Michael Warren Riben, M.D. Kanishka Sircar, M.D. John Stewart, M.D., Ph.D. Wei-Lien Wang, M.D. *Michelle Dianne Williams, M.D. *Yun Wu, M.D., Ph.D. *Anna Yemelyanova, M.D.Hong Zhang, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSPhyu P. Aung, M.B.B.S.Hui Chen, M.D.Sinchita Roy Chowdhuri, M.B.B.S.Alejandro Contreras, M.D.Jeannelyn Santiano Estrella, M.D.Wai Chin Foo, M.D.Sonal Gupta, Ph.D.Uma Rani Kundu, M.D.Gene Landon, M.D.Yuexin Liu, Ph.D.Priyadharsini Nagarajan, M.D.Priya Rao, M.D.Michael Tetzlaff, M.D., Ph.D. †Annikka Weissferdt, M.D.Miao Zhang, M.D.

INSTRUCTORSNitin Chakravarti, Ph.D.Enrique Fuentes-Mattei, Ph.D.Ping Ji, Ph.D.Yoshitsugu Mitani, Ph.D.Lynette M. Phillips, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSLATIONAL MOLECULAR PATHOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRIgnacio Ivan Wistuba, M.D. *

PROFESSORSPeng Huang, M.D., Ph.D. *Ann M Killary, Ph.D. *Macus T. Kuo, Ph.D. *Sue-Hwa Lin, Ph.D. *Subrata Sen, Ph.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSGiuliana J. Izzo, M.D.Sendurai Mani, Ph.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSKrishna P Bhat, Ph.D. †Gang Chen, Ph.D.Nanyue Chen, M.D., Ph.D.Junya Fujimoto, Ph.D.Humam N. Kadara, Ph.D. †Lawrence Kwong, Ph.D. †Yu-Chen Lee, Ph.D.Jaime Rodriguez Canales, M.D.Rama Soundararajan, Ph.D.Ayumu Taguchi, M.D., Ph.D. †Coya Tapia, M.D.Jody V. Vykoukal, Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORSSeetharaman Balasenthil, Ph.D.Petra Den Hollander, Ph.D.Song-Chang Lin, Ph.D.Helene Pelicano, Ph.D.Natalia Sphyris, Ph.D.Wen-Bin Tsai, Ph.D.

DIVISION OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY

DIVISION HEAD Stephen Hahn, M.D. *

DEPARTMENT OF EXPERIMENTAL RADIATION ONCOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRJunjie Chen, Ph.D. *

PROFESSORSKhandan Keyomarsi, Ph.D. *Lei Li, Ph.D. *Kathryn A. Mason, M.S.Elizabeth L. Travis, Ph.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSLi Ma, Ph.D. *Gunapala Shetty, Ph.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSSaid Akli, Ph.D.Bisrat Godefay Debeb, D.V.M., Ph.D.Parmeswaran Diagaradjane, Ph.D.Boyi Gan, Ph.D. †Zihua Gong, Ph.D.Jae-Il Park, Ph.D. †Li Wang, Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORSShanta Bhattarai, Ph.D.Maria Angelica Cortez, Ph.D.Fangyan Dai, Ph.D.Cansu Karakas, M.D.Tung-Liang Lee, Ph.D.Pankaj Kumar Singh, Ph.D.Wenqi Wang, Ph.D.Jun Yan, Ph.D.Peijing Zhang, Ph.D.Wei Zhou, Ph.D.Quan-sheng Zhu, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION ONCOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR Stephen Hahn, M.D. *

PROFESSORSElizabeth Stroh Bloom, M.D.Paul Brown, M.D. *Thomas A. Buchholz, M.D. *Joe Y. Chang, M.D., Ph.D. *Ritsuko Komaki Cox, M.D. *Christopher Crane, M.D. *Marc E. Delclos, M.D.Patricia J. Eifel, M.D. *Adam S. Garden, M.D. *Anuja Jhingran, M.D.Sunil Krishnan, M.D. *Deborah A. Kuban, M.D. *Zhongxing Liao, M.D. *Anita Mahajan, M.D.Bruce Minsky, M.D. *William H. Morrison, M.D.Arnold dela Cruz Paulino, M.D. *George H. Perkins, M.D. *David Rosenthal, M.D. *Pamela J. Schlembach, M.D.Eric A. Strom, M.D.Gunar K. Zagars, M.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSIsidora Arzu, M.D., Ph.D.Beth Michelle Beadle, M.D., Ph.D.Seungtaek Choi, M.D.Gregory Chronowski, M.D.Bouthaina Shbib Dabaja, M.D.Prajnan Das, M.D.Steven Jay Frank, M.D. *Amit Kumar Garg, M.D.Daniel Gomez, M.D. *Ramesh Gopal, M.D., Ph.D.David Randall Grosshans, M.D., Ph.D. *Beverly Ashleigh Guadagnolo, M.D., M.P.H.Gary Brandon Gunn, M.D.Karen Hoffman, M.D. *Melenda Jeter, M.D., M.P.H.Ann H. Klopp, M.D.*Steven Hsesheng Lin, M.D., Ph.D. *Mary Frances McAleer, M.D., Ph.D.Quynh-Nhu Nguyen, M.D.Michael O’Reilly, M.D. *Valerie Klairisa Reed, M.D.Shalin Jyotindra Shah, M.D.Benjamin Smith, M.D. †Erik Philip Sulman, M.D., Ph.D. *Welela Tereffe, M.D.James Welsh, M.D. *Wendy Woodward, M.D., Ph.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSClifton Fuller, M.D. †Amol Jitendra Ghia, M.D. †Eugene Jon Koay, M.D., Ph.D. †Jing Li, M.D.Usama Mahmood, M.D.Lauren Layer Mayo, M.D.Susan Lynne McGovern, M.D.,Ph.D.Sean Eric McGuire, M.D., Ph.D. †Sarah A. Milgrom, M.D.Jack Phan, M.D.Chelsea Camille Pinnix, M.D., Ph.D. †Simona F. Shaitelman, M.D.Heath Skinner, M.D., Ph.D. †Grace Li Smith, M.D. †Michael C. Stauder, M.D.Cullen Taniguchi, M.D., Ph.D. †

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DEPARTMENT OF RADIATION PHYSICS

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRGeoffrey Ibbott, Ph.D. *

PROFESSORSPeter A. Balter, Ph.D.Sam Beddar, Ph.D. *Sang Hyun Cho, Ph.D. †David S. Followill, Ph.D.Michael Gillin, Ph.D.Rajat J. Kudchadker, Ph.D.Mary K. Martel, Ph.D.Radhe Mohan, Ph.D. *Narayan Sahoo, Ph.D.Mohammad Salehpour, Ph.D.Xiaorong Ronald Zhu, Ph.D.George Starkschall, Ph.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSTina Marie Briere, Ph.D.Kent A. Gifford, Ph.D.Rebecca Maureen Howell, Ph.D. *Dershan Luo, Ph.D.Kazumichi Suzuki, Ph.D.Ramesh C. Tailor, Ph.D.Uwe Titt, Ph.D. *Oleg N. Vassiliev, Ph.D.Jihong Wang, Ph.D.Xiaochun Wang, Ph.D.James N. Yang, Ph.D.Xiaodong Zhang, Ph.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSMichalis Aristophanous, Ph.D.Pai-Chun M. Chi, Ph.D.Laurence Edward Court, Ph.D. †Weiliang Du, Ph.D.Song Gao, Ph.D.Eun Young Han, Ph.D.Yoshifumi Hojo, Ph.D.Stephen F. Kry, Ph.D. †Heng Li, Ph.D.Adam David Melancon, Ph.D. †Dragan Mirkovic, Ph.D.Manickam Muruganandham, Ph.D.Christopher Lee Nelson, Ph.D.Falk Poenisch, Ph.D.Julianne M. Pollard, Ph.D.Gabriel Oliveira Sawakuchi, Ph.D. †Yelin Suh, Ph.D.Sastry Vedam, Ph.D.Congjun Wang, Ph.D.He Wang, Ph.D.Xin A. Wang, PHDZhifei Wen, Ph.D.Jinzhong Yang, Ph.D.Zhongxiang Zhao, Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORPeter Chul Park, Ph.D.

DIVISION OF SURGERY

DIVISION HEAD Stephen G. Swisher, M.D. *

DEPARTMENT OF BREAST SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR AD INTERIMKelly K. Hunt, M.D. *

PROFESSORSFredrick Ames, M.D.Gildy Babiera, M.D. *Henry Mark Kuerer, M.D., Ph.D. *Anthony Lucci, M.D. *Alastair Thompson, M.D. †

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSIsabelle Bedrosian, M.D. *Dalliah Mashon Black, M.D.Rosa Frances Hwang, M.D. *Elizabeth Ann Mittendorf, M.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSCatherine Liebig Akay, M.D.Abigail Suzanne Caudle, M.D. †Cristina M. Checka, M.D.Jessica Suarez Colen, M.D.Sarah Marie DeSnyder, M.D.Richard A. Ehlers II, M.D.Elizabeth FitzSullivan, M.D.Carolyn S. Hall, Ph.D.Makesha Vernee Miggins, M.D.Chantal Reyna, M.D.Mediget Teshome, M.D.

DEPARTMENT OF GYNECOLOGIC ONCOLOGY AND REPRODUCTIVE MEDICINE

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRKaren H. Lu, M.D. *

PROFESSORSMichael W. Bevers, M.D.Diane C. Bodurka, M.D. *Jubilee Brown, M.D. *Thomas W. Burke, M.D. *Robert Coleman, M.D. *Charles F. Levenback, M.D. *Andrea Milbourne, M.D. Samuel Mok, Ph.D. *Pedro Tomas Ramirez, M.D. *Lois M. Ramondetta, M.D. *Anil K. Sood, M.D. *Kwong K. Wong, Ph.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSMichael Frumovitz, M.D. †Wei Hu, M.D., Ph.D.Amir A. Jazaeri, M.D. †Denise Nebgen, M.D., Ph.D.Rosemarie Schmandt, Ph.D.Kathleen M. Schmeler, M.D. *Pamela Therese Soliman, M.D. *Charlotte C. Sun, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSJennifer Kelly Burzawa, M.D.Andrea Bradford, Ph.D.Nicole Fleming, M.D.Mark Seungwook Kim, Ph.D.Larissa Alejandra Meyer, M.D. †Alpa Manchandia Nick, M.D.Shannon Neville Westin, M.D. †Terri Lynn Woodard, M.D.Sherry Yen-Yao Wu, Ph.D.Melinda Sue Yates, Ph.D.Behrouz Zand, M.D.Xinna Zhang, Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORS

Lingegowda Selanere Mangala, Ph.D.Sunila Pradeep, Ph.D.Yunfei Wen, Ph.D.Tsz-Lun Yeung, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF HEAD AND NECK SURGERY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRRandal S. Weber, M.D. *

PROFESSORSRichard Cutler Allen, M.D., Ph.D.Mark S. Chambers, D.M.D. *Gary L. Clayman, D.M.D., M.D. *Eduardo M. Diaz Jr, M.D.Paul W. Gidley, M.D.Ann Marie Gillenwater, M.D. *Dan S. Gombos, M.D.Ehab Y. Hanna, M.D. *Jan S. Lewin, Ph.D. *Jeffrey N. Myers, M.D., Ph.D. *Erich M. Sturgis, M.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSCarlos Caulin, Ph.D.Neil Gross, M.D. †Amy Clark Hessel, M.D.Theresa Maria Hofstede, D.D.S.Katherine A Hutcheson, Ph.D.Michael Elliot Kupferman, M.D. Stephen Yenzen Lai, M.D., Ph.D. *Mitchell J. Frederick, Ph.D.Guojun Li, M.D., Ph.D.Kristen B. Pytynia, M.D.Ruth Aponte Wesson, D.D.S.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSRichard Cardoso, D.D.S.Carol M. Lewis, M.D. Abdullah A Osman, Ph.D.Curtis R. Pickering, Ph.D. †Shirley Yu Su, M.B.B.S.Cynthia Ishin Tung, M.D.Alex M. Won, D.D.S.Mark Zafereo, M.D.Ge Zhou, Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORSNikhil Chari, Ph.D.Yunyun Chen, Ph.D.Kristina R. Dahlstrom, Ph.D.Yoko Takahashi, Ph.D.Tongxin Xie, M.D., Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRRaymond E. Sawaya, M.D. *

PROFESSORSOliver Bogler, Ph.D. *Franco DeMonte, M.D. *Amy B. Heimberger, M.D. *Suyun Huang, Ph.D. *Frederick F. Lang Jr, M.D. *Ian E. McCutcheon, M.D. *Sujit S. Prabhu, M.D.Laurence D. Rhines, M.D. *Dima Suki, Ph.D.Jeffrey Weinberg, M.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSJoseph McCarty, Ph.D. *Ganesh Rao, M.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS

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Sherise Desiree Ferguson, M.D.Shaan Mohammed Raza, M.D. †Claudio Esteves Tatsui, M.D.Jun Wei, Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORKhatri Latha, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF ORTHOPEDIC ONCOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR Valerae O. Lewis, M.D.

PROFESSORPatrick P. Lin, M.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORBryan S. Moon, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSJustin Earl Bird, M.D. †Robert Satcher, M.D., Ph.D. †

INSTRUCTORSEswaran Devarajan, Ph.D.Tianhong Pan, M.D., Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF PLASTIC SURGERY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRCharles E. Butler, M.D. *

PROFESSORSBita Esmaeli, M.D. *Matthew M. Hanasono, M.D.Scott Oates, M.D.Greg P. Reece, M.D.Geoffrey L. Robb, M.D. *Peirong Yu, M.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSDavid Matthew Adelman, M.D., Ph.D.Donald P. Baumann, M.D.Patrick Bryan Garvey, M.D.Anshu Bagga Mathur, Ph.D. *Jesse Creed Selber, M.D.Mark Timothy Villa, M.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSMark Warren Clemens, M.D.Edward I-Fei Chang, M.D.Summer Elizabeth Hanson, M.D., Ph.D.Victor Joseph Hassid, M.D.Alexander Thien-Quang Nguyen, M.D.Qixu Zhang, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF SURGICAL ONCOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRJeffrey E. Lee, M.D. *

PROFESSORSGeorge J. Chang, M.D. *Janice Nicole Cormier, M.D., M.P.H. *Lee M. Ellis, M.D. *Barry W. Feig, M.D. *Jason B. Fleming, M.D. *Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, M.D. *Paul F. Mansfield, M.D. *Nancy Dugal Perrier, M.D. *Miguel A. Rodriguez-Bigas, M.D. *Merrick I. Ross, M.D. *Richard E Royal, M.D. *John M. Skibber, M.D. *Jean Nicolas Vauthey, M.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSThomas A. Aloia, M.D. *Brian D. Badgwell, M.D. †Ervin B. Brown, M.D.Andrea Hayes-Jordan, M.D. *Elizabeth Gardner Grubbs, M.D. *Matthew Harold Katz, M.D. *Gary N. Mann, M.D.Balraj Singh, M.P.H., Ph.D.Jennifer Wargo, M.D. †Yi-Qian Nancy You, M.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSMary Austin, M.D., M.P.H. †Brian Keith Bednarski, M.D. †Anjana Bhardwaj, Ph.D.Claudius Conrad, M.D. †Zachary Cooper, Ph.D.Shenying Fang, M.D., Ph.D.Keith Francis Fournier, M.D.Paul H. Graham, M.D.Michael Kim, M.D. †Mason Lu, Ph.D.Craig Messick, M.D.Christina Lynn Roland, M.D. †David A Santos, M.D.Yun Segraves, M.D. †Keila Enitt Torres, M.D. †Xiangcang Ye, Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORSRajat Bhattacharya, Ph.D.Bingbing Dai, Ph.D.Ya’an Kang, M.D., Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRAra A. Vaporciyan, M.D. *

PROFESSORSWayne L. Hofstetter, M.D.Thi Thanh Tam Huynh, M.D.Bingliang Fang, M.D., Ph.D. *Lin Ji, Ph.D.Reza John Mehran, M.D.David C. Rice, M.D.Jack A. Roth, M.D. *Garrett L. Walsh, M.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSArlene M. Correa, Ph.D.Apar Pataer, M.D., Ph.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORMara B. Antonoff, M.D.Boris Sepesi, M.D.

DEPARTMENT OF UROLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRColin P. Dinney, M.D. *

PROFESSORSAshish Kamat, M.D. *Surena Matin, M.D. *David J. McConkey, Ph.D. *Curtis A. Pettaway, M.D. *Louis L. Pisters, M.D.Ouida Lenaine Westney, M.D.Christopher G. Wood, M.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSJohn W. Davis, M.D. *William James Graber, M.D.John F. Ward, M.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSMehrad Adibi, M.D.Brian Francis Chapin, M.D. †Woonyoung Choi, Ph.D.Jose Antonio Karam, M.D. †Neema Navai, M.D. †John N. Papadopoulos, M.D.Jay Bakul Shah, M.D. †

INSTRUCTORSSharada Mokkapati, Ph.D.Keyi Zhu, Ph.D.

BASIC SCIENCE DEPARTMENTS

Helen Piwnica-Worms, Ph.D. *Vice provost for science

DEPARTMENT OF BIOINFORMATICS AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRJohn N. Weinstein, M.D., Ph.D. *

PROFESSORSKeith A. Baggerly, Ph.D. *Bradley McIntosh Broom, Ph.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSHan Liang, Ph.D. *Xiaoping Su, Ph.D. Roeland Verhaak, Ph.D. *Jing Wang, Ph.D. Wenyi Wang, Ph.D. *Li Zhang, Ph.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORS Rehan Akbani, Ph.D. †Ken Chen, Ph.D. †Yiwen Chen, Ph.D. †Jorge R. Herskovic, M.D., Ph.D. Arvind Rao Uppore Kukkillaya, Ph.D. †Nicholas Navin, Ph.D. † (joint appointment)Bo Peng, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF BIOSTATISTICS

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRKim-Anh Do, Ph.D. *

PROFESSORS Ziding Feng, Ph.D. *Kenneth R. Hess, Ph.D. *

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Jianhua Hu, Ph.D. *Xuelin Huang, Ph.D. *Jiun-Kae Jack Lee, Ph.D. *Jeffrey Morris, Ph.D. *Yu Shen, Ph.D. *Sanjay Shete, Ph.D. * Peter F. Thall, Ph.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSVeerabhadran Baladandayuthapani, Ph.D. *Liang Li, Ph.D. * Yisheng Li, Ph.D. *Cielito C. Reyes-Gibby, Dr.P.H. † (joint appointment)Ying Yuan, Ph.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSMichele Guindani, Ph.D. †Brian Paul Hobbs, Ph.D. †Suyu Liu, Ph.D. †Jing Ning, Ph.D. †Chan Shen, Ph.D. † (joint appointment)Francesco Stingo, Ph.D. †Wenyi Wang, Ph.D. * (joint appointment)

INSTRUCTORSJian Wang, Ph.D.Shouhao Zhou, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF CANCER BIOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRRaghu Kalluri, M.D., Ph.D. *

PROFESSORSMenashe Bar Eli, Ph.D. *Douglas D. Boyd, Ph.D. *Ronald A. DePinho, M.D. *Ethan Dmitrovsky, M.D. * (joint appointment)Isaiah J. Fidler, D.V.M., Ph.D. *Jeffrey E. Gershenwald, M.D. * (joint appointment)John Victor Heymach, M.D., Ph.D. * (joint

appointment)Randy L. Johnson, Ph.D. *Sun Jin Kim, M.D., Ph.D.Eugenie S Kleinerman, M.D. * (joint appointment)Craig Logsdon, Ph.D. *Gabriel Lopez, M.D. * (joint appointment)Anirban Maitra, M.B.B.S. * (joint appointment)David J. McConkey, Ph.D. * (joint appointment)David Piwnica-Worms, M.D., Ph.D. * (joint

appointment)Helen Piwnica-Worms, Ph.D. *Anil K. Sood, M.D. * (joint appointment)

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSXiongbin Lu, Ph.D. †Y. Alan Wang, Ph.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSJian Hu, Ph.D. †Valerie LeBleu, Ph.D. †Katharina Schlacher, Ph.D. †

INSTRUCTORSAdam T. Boutin, Ph.D.Eric J. Jaehnig, Ph.D.Jiha Kim, Ph.D.Xin Lu, Ph.D.Takashi Shingu, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF EPIGENETICS AND MOLECULAR CARCINOGENESIS

PROFESSOR AND CHAIR Sharon R. Dent, Ph.D. *

PROFESSORSClaudio M. Aldaz, M.D. *Blaine Bartholomew, Ph.D. *Michelle Barton, Ph.D. *Mark T. Bedford, Ph.D. *Fernando Jose Benavides, D.V.M., Ph.D.Lezlee G. Coghlan, D.V.M. *David G. Johnson, Ph.D. *Mark J. McArthur, D.V.M. (joint appointment)Ellen R. Richie, Ph.D. *Jianjun Shen, Ph.D.Dean G. Tang, Ph.D. *Richard Wood, Ph.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSShawn B. Bratton, Ph.D. *Joya Chandra, Ph.D. * (joint appointment)Taiping Chen, Ph.D. †Xuetong Shen, Ph.D. *Xiaobing Shi, Ph.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSDonghang Cheng, Ph.D.Francesca Cole Bergemann, Ph.D. †Marcos Roberto Estecio, Ph.D.Ting Gong, Ph.D.Yunfu Lin, Ph.D.Yue Lu, Ph.D.Kevin McBride, Ph.D. †Margarida Albuquerque Almeida Santos, Ph.D. †Keiichi Takata, Ph.D.Hong Wen, Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORSBoyko Atanassov, Ph.D.Hillary Kristin Graves, Ph.D.Abhinav Jain, Ph.D.Collene R. Jeter, Ph.D.Shiming Jiang, Ph.D.Prabodh Kapoor, Ph.D.Jeesun Kim, Ph.D.Evangelia Koutelou, Ph.D.Junya Tomida, Ph.D.Renier Velez-Cruz, Ph.D.Dingxiao Zhang, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF GENETICS

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRGuillermina Lozano, Ph.D. *

PROFESSORSRichard R. Behringer, Ph.D. *Vicki D. Huff, Ph.D. *Ralf Krahe, Ph.D. *Lei Li, Ph.D. * (joint appointment)

Sadhan Majumder, Ph.D. *Pierre D. McCrea, Ph.D. *Louise C. Strong, M.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSCarlos Caulin, Ph.D. (joint appointment)Michael J. Galko, Ph.D. *Candelaria Gomez-Manzano, M.D. * (joint

appointment)Angabin Matin, Ph.D.Jan Parker-Thornburg, Ph.D.Bin Wang, Ph.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSSwathi Arur, Ph.D. †Qin Chen, M.D.Simona Colla, Ph.D. † (joint appointment)George T. Eisenhoffer Jr, Ph.D. †Andrew Gladden, Ph.D. †Bin Liu, Ph.D.Asha S. Multani, Ph.D.Nicholas Navin, Ph.D. †Vinod Pant, Ph.D.Sean M. Post, Ph.D. † (joint appointment)Shunbin Xiong, Ph.D.Xin Zhou, Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORSDenada Dibra,Yun Zhang, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF IMMUNOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRJames P. Allison, Ph.D. *

PROFESSORSXin Lin, Ph.D. * (joint appointment)Gordon B. Mills, M.D., Ph.D. * (joint appointment)Jagannadha K. Sastry, Ph.D. *Padmanee Sharma, M.D., Ph.D. * (joint

appointment)Shao-Cong Sun, Ph.D. *Stephen E. Ullrich, Ph.D. *Stephanie S. Watowich, Ph.D. *

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSLaura Bover, Ph.D. (joint appointment)Gregory A. Lizee, Ph.D. (joint appointment)Willem Overwijk, Ph.D. * (joint appointment)Kimberly Schluns, Ph.D. *Kenneth Y. Tsai, M.D., Ph.D. * (joint appointment)Tomasz Zal, Ph.D. *Chengming Zhu, Ph.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSSeon Hee Chang, Ph.D.Michael Curran, Ph.D. †Roza Nurieva, Ph.D. †

INSTRUCTORSMikyoung Chang, Ph.D.Hongbo Hu, Ph.D.Haiyan Li, Ph.D.Nahum Puebla-Osorio, Ph.D.Naveen Sharma, Ph.D.Jiayi Yu, Ph.D.Huiyuan Zhang, Ph.D.Xiaofei Zhou, Ph.D.

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DEPARTMENT OF MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR ONCOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRMien-Chie Hung, Ph.D. *

PROFESSORSLaura Beretta, Ph.D. *Paul J. Chiao, Ph.D. *Giulio Draetta, M.D., Ph.D. * (joint appointment)Lee M. Ellis, M.D. * (joint appointment)Elsa Renee Flores, Ph.D. *Virgil Craig Jordan, Ph.D. * (joint appointment)Mong-Hong Lee, Ph.D. *Jinsong Liu, M.D., Ph.D. * (joint appointment)Xin Lin, Ph.D. *Zhimin Lu, M.D., Ph.D. * (joint appointment)Jack A. Roth, M.D. * (joint appointment)John Tainer, Ph.D. *David Tweardy, M.D. * (joint appointment)Dihua Yu, M.D., Ph.D. *W K Alfred Yung, M.D. * (joint appointment)Wei Zhang, Ph.D. * (joint appointment)

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSVidya Gopalakrishnan, Ph.D. * (joint appointment)Stephen Yenzen Lai, M.D., Ph.D. * (joint

appointment)Min Gyu Lee, Ph.D. *Honami Naora, Ph.D. *Dos Sarbassov, Ph.D. *Tomasz Zal, Ph.D. * (joint appointment)

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSZamal Ahmed, Ph.D.Chao-Kai Chou, Ph.D.Boyi Gan, Ph.D. † (joint appointment)Don Lynn Gibbons, M.D., Ph.D. † (joint

appointment)Chunru Lin, Ph.D. †Lei Nie, M.D.Min Sup Song, Ph.D. †Xiaohua Su, Ph.D.Yutong Sun, Ph.D.Roopa Thapar, Ph.D.Weiya Xia, M.D.Hirohito Yamaguchi, Ph.D.Liuqing Yang, Ph.D. †Riyao Yang, Ph.D.Jun Yao, Ph.D.Haoqiang Ying, Ph.D. †

INSTRUCTORSShujuan Chen, Ph.D.Shilpa S. Dhar, Ph.D.Bingnan Gu, Ph.D.Changying Jiang, Ph.D.Chia-Wei Li, Ph.D.Aifu Lin, Ph.D.Jianhua Ling, Ph.D.Abdol Hossein Rezaeian,Alexey Sorokin, Ph.D.Yan Wang, Ph.D.Ying-Nai Wang, Ph.D.Yongkun Wei, Ph.D.

Yi Xiao, Ph.D.Yixin Yao, Ph.D.Chenyu Zhang, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF SYSTEMS BIOLOGY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRGordon B. Mills, M.D., Ph.D. *

PROFESSORSWilliam H. Klein, Ph.D. *Shiaw-Yih Lin, Ph.D. *Yiling Lu, M.D.John N. Weinstein, M.D., Ph.D. * (joint appointment)

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSFrancois-Xavier Claret, Ph.D. *Michael A. Davies, M.D., Ph.D. * (joint appointment)Agda Karina B. Eterovic, Ph.D.Valsala Haridas, Ph.D.Ju-Seog Lee, Ph.D. *Han Liang, Ph.D. * (joint appointment)Prahlad Ram, Ph.D. *

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSZhiyong Ding, Ph.D.Jiyong Liang, Ph.D.Shuying Liu, M.D., Ph.D. (joint appointment)Guang Peng, Ph.D. † (joint appointment)Steven Wen Wang, Ph.D.

INSTRUCTORSWai Ting Cheung, Ph.D.Pradeep Chaluvally Raghavan, Ph.D.

DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY MEDICINE AND SURGERY

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRPeggy T. Tinkey, D.V.M. *

PROFESSORSMark J. McArthur, D.V.M.Katherine A. Naff, D.V.M.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSMihai Gagea Iurascu, D.V.M., Ph.D.Lorraine R. Hill, D.V.M.Vanessa B. Jensen, D.V.M.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSLaura Baseler, D.V.M.Cynthia R. Lockworth, D.V.M.Jennifer Mitchell, D.V.M.William Norton, D.V.M.

DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY SCIENCES

PROFESSOR AND CHAIRChristian Abee, D.V.M. *

PROFESSORWallace Baze, D.V.M., Ph.D.Jagannadha K. Sastry, Ph.D. * (joint appointment)

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSAlan G. Brady, D.V.M.Stephanie J. Buchl, D.V.M.Rick Avery Finch, Ph.D.Pramod N. Nehete, Ph.D.Julio Cesar Ruiz, D.V.M.Steven J. Schapiro, Ph.D. *Lawrence E. Williams, Ph.D.

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSBeth K. Chaffee, D.V.M.Stanton Gray, D.V.M., Ph.D.Elizabeth Rebecca Magden, D.V.M.Kathryn Shelton, D.V.M., Ph.D.Gregory Keith Wilkerson, D.V.M.

SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS

PROFESSOR AND DEANShirley Richmond, Ed.D.

ASSOCIATE PROFESSORSMahsa Dehghanpour, M.S.Brandy A. Greenhill, M.S.Jun Gu, M.D.Peter C Hu, Ph.D. †

ASSISTANT PROFESSORSMark A. Bailey, M.A.Jamie S. Baker, M.Ed.Suzieann M. Bass, M.B.A.Sonja K. Boiteaux, M.S.Shaun T. Caldwell, M.S.Vicki L. Hopwood, M.S.Awdhesh Kalia, Ph.D.Kimberly P. Murray, M.A.Ed.Irene Newsham, Ph.D.Deborah M. Scroggins, M.S.Walter Steven Trawick, M.B.A.William Undie, ED.D

INSTRUCTORSLiza S. Di Filippo, M.B.A.Toysha N. Mayer, M.B.A.