New Faculty Members Join Saint Louis University

08/19/2024

Saint Louis University has many new faculty members joining the University this year. 

Check out the list of who is new at SLU.

College of Arts and Sciences

• Nathaniel Carrington, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science
• Xiaowen Chen, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology
• Pablo Delaporte, Ph.D., assistant professor of anthropology
• Shiloh Dietz, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology
• Vahan Huroyan, Ph.D., assistant professor of mathematics and statistics
• Elizabeth Jackson, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy
•  Elaina Johns-Wolfe, Ph.D., ­­­­­assistant professor of sociology
• Can Löwe, Ph.D., assistant professor of philosophy
• Yea Jung Park, Ph.D., assistant professor of English
• Anna Marmodoro, Ph.D., Leonard and Elizabeth Eslick Chair in philosophy
• Jason Molesky, Ph.D., assistant professor of English
• Matthew Rubin, Ph.D., assistant professor of biology
• Robin Saywitz, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science
• Reggie Williams, associate professor of Black theology

College for Public Health and Social Justice

• Qiang Pu, Ph.D., assistant professor of behavioral science and health equity
• Kelly Lane-deGraaf, associate professor of epidemiology and biostatistics

Doisy College of Health Sciences

• Angela Cecil, Ph.D., associate professor, undergraduate program director of occupational science and occupational therapy
• Hossein Rafiei, Ph.D., assistant professor of nutrition and dietetics

Libraries and Museums

• Stephanie Chinn, systems librarian
• Sarah Pugachev, associate dean of collections and strategy

Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business

• Deepika Gopukumar, Ph.D., assistant professor of operations and IT management
• Vineet Sharma, director of the Center for Supply Chain Excellence

School of Education

• Michael Boyle, Ph.D., assistant professor, educational leadership

School of Law

• Twinette Johnson, J.D., Ph.D., dean of the School of Law
• Theodosia Stavroulaki, Ph.D., assistant professor of law
• Healther Walter-McCabe, J.D., associate professor of law

School of Medicine 

• Attila Ahmad, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Ryan Albrecht, D.O., instructor of internal medicine
• Issa Alhamoud, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Veysel Akgun, M.D., assistant professor of radiology
• Mehdia Amini, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Amrita Aranake-Chrisinger, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology
• Alexander Aria, M.D., assistant professor of dermatology
• Shahrukh Arif, MBBS, assistant professor of internal medicine
• Iqra Arshad, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Ustun Aydingoz, M.D., assistant professor of radiology
• Eric Ballon-Landa, M.D., assistant professor of surgery
• Zachary Bartochowski, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry
• Pimpawan Boapimp, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Chelsea Bosch, Ph.D., instructor of psychiatry
• Annelee Boyle, M.D., associate professor of obstetrics, gynecology and women’s health
• Michelle Brennan, Ph.D., assistant research professor of biochemistry and molecular biology
• Javier Antonio Carrero-Brewer, Ph.D., assistant research professor of molecular microbiology and immunology
• Micahla Brown, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Pin-Wen Chen, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Akrin Chinnery, M.D., instructor of internal medicine
• Kevin Chuang, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Jared Cohen, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Margaret Cupit-Link, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Alvin Dandan, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• James Day, M.D., assistant professor of surgery
• Ravneet Donegan, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Kristina Dzara, Ph.D., associate professor of family and community medicine
• Kyle Eash, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of dermatology
• David Eisenstein, M.D., assistant professor of pathology
• Ikechukwu Eke-Okoro, M.D., instructor of internal medicine
• Christen Elledge, M.D., assistant professor of radiation oncology
• Melissa Berrien Elliot, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular microbiology and immunology
• Nebiyu Eshetu, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Adam Farmer, M.D., Ph.D., professor of internal medicine
• Joshua Fernelius, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Nancy Friesen, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry
• Avi Gandhi, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Seth Gengler, D.O., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery
• Mike Giacaman, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Nicole Gloor, M.D., instructor of obstetrics, gynecology and women’s health
• Abigail Go, D.O., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Reem Gonnah, M.D., assistant professor of Ophthalmology
• Srirupa Hari Gopal, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Diana Greene-Chandos, M.D., professor of Neurology
• Noam Grysman, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry
• Debra Guinn, M.D., professor of obstetrics, gynecology and women’s health
• Kehinde Hambolu, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Seba Hasan, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• David Hayes, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Barbara Head, M.D., professor of obstetrics, gynecology and women’s health
• Farah Heis, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Jonathan Henke, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Tyler Hooton, M.D., assistant professor of dermatology
• Nourhan Houjeij, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Saira Ibrahim, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Farrukh Iqbal, MBBS, assistant professor of internal medicine
• Amar Jadhav, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Aman Jain, D.O., instructor of internal medicine
• Surbhi Jain, M.D., instructor of obstetrics, gynecology and women’s health
• Madhura Joag, MBBS, assistant professor of internal medicine
• Grant Kerr, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Marina Kim, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Ashwath Kumar, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• David Lawrence, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Anh-Thu Le, M.D., assistant professor of surgery
• Millie Liao, D.O., assistant professor of radiology
• Ping-I (Daniel) Lin, M.D., Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry
• Sheryl Lyss, M.D., associate professor of family and community medicine
• Kunal Malhotra, M.D., associate professor of internal medicine
• Suganya Marudhai, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Simi Mathew, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Nada Memon, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Daniel Miller, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of pathology
• Sabina Morga, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Katherine Moritz, M.D., assistant professor of dermatology
• Michael Moritz, M.D., assistant professor of radiology
• Peter Morreale, M.D., instructor of internal medicine
• Mark Mullen, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry
• Ankit Nahata, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Shiva Naidoo, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Tarek Nammour, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Afoma Onyechi, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Chibueze Onyemkpa, MBBS, assistant professor of surgery
• Alicia Pate, Ph.D., assistant professor of surgery
• Paragkumar Patel, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Juliana Pelaez, Ph.D., assistant professor of pharmacology and physiology
• Suzanne Pierson, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry
• Joseph Prahlow, M.D., professor of pathology
• Muhammad Qamar, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Rajesh Radhakrishnan, Ph.D., assistant research professor of internal medicine
• Salam Rafique, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Bahareh Rahmani, Ph.D., associate professor of health and clinical outcomes research
• Rahiya Rehman, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Ariel Rischall, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Kevin Robertson, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Rachael Ryan, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Furqaan Sadiq, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology
• Maxwell SanFilippo-Burchman, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Kevin Schrader, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Tyler Schwartz, M.D., assistant professor of otolaryngology
• Anurag Setty, Ph.D., assistant professor of health and clinical outcomes research
• Elizabeth Sheybani, M.D., assistant professor of radiology
• Manar Shmais, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• David Simon, D.O., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Emily Hoffman Smith, M.D., assistant professor of dermatology
• Silvia Squillace, Ph.D., assistant research professor of pharmacology and physiology
• Jeffrey Stewart, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and women’s health
• Basanta Subedi, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Dipti Subramaniam, Ph.D., associate professor of health and clinical outcomes research
• Veerakesari Subramanian, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Philip Sun, M.D., assistant professor of neurology
• Patrick Sweeney, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery
• Kamala Thanapandian, M.D., assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and women’s health
• Justin Thomas, D.O., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Lindsay Trachsel, D.O., assistant professor of anesthesiology
• Katharyn Turner, D.O., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Nathan Ungerleider, Ph.D., assistant professor of molecular microbiology and immunology
• Ahsan Usman, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Krishna Vankayalapati, Ph.D., professor of internal medicine
• Andrea Volkerding, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Stephanie Wiafe, M.D., instructor of psychiatry
• Emily Wild, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery
• Brandon Wojcik, M.D., assistant professor of surgery
• Kevser Akyuz Yesilyaprak, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Tinghai Xu, Ph.D., assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology
• Maryam Fatima Zia, M.D., associate professor of internal medicine

School for Professional Studies

• Greg Langston, instructor of information systems

School of Science and Engineering

• Tugce Baser, Ph.D., associate professor of civil engineering 
• Min Choi, Ph.D., professor and chair of computer science  
• Premila Samuel Mohan Das, Ph.D.,  assistant professor of chemistry
• Ramy El-Ganainy, Ph.D., professor of electrical and computer engineering 
• Tianyi Li, Ph.D., assistant professor, civil engineering
•  Sahin Ozdemir, Ph.D., professor of electrical and computer engineering
• Jian Yao, Ph.D., associate professor of Earth, environmental and geospatial science

School of Social Work

• Laurie Brockhaus, assistant (teaching) professor of social work
• Rachel Crowe, assistant professor of field education, social work
• Jun-Hong (Taya) Chen, Ph.D., assistant professor of social work