This year, the Department of Internal Medicine celebrates several promotions to professor (14) and many to associate professor (7). Both groups were honored in promotion ceremonies in the last month. For the newly minted associate professors, UI Vice President for Medical Affairs Denise Jamieson, MD, MPH, and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs Peter Snyder, MD, were there to congratulate them on behalf of the college, and present them with a crystal trophy or framed certificate to commemorate their accomplishments.

Congratulations to the new Associate Professors of Internal Medicine!

Mahmoud Abou Alaiwa, MD – Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine
Chih-Jen Cheng, MD, PhD – Nephrology and Hypertension
Michelle Mengeling, PhD, MS – General Internal Medicine
Lemuel Benedict Non, MD – Infectious Diseases
Kunatum Prasidthrathsint, MD – Infectious Diseases
Eri Shinozaki, MD – General Internal Medicine
Promporn Suksaranjit, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine

And, congratulations to the new Professors of Internal Medicine!

Thad Abrams, MD, MSC – General Internal Medicine
Caryn Berkowitz, MD – Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Ramzi El Accaoui, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine
Umar Farooq, MD – Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation
Spyridon Fortis, MD, PhD – Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine
Muhammad Furqan, MBBS – Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation
Milena Gebska, MD, PhD, MME – Cardiovascular Medicine
M. Nedim Ince, MD – Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Diana Jalal, MBBS – Nephrology and Hypertension
Julia Klesney-Tait, MD, PhD – Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine
Rolando Sanchez, MD, MS – Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Occupational Medicine
Kimberly Staffey, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine
Yousef Zakharia, MD – Hematology, Oncology, and Blood & Marrow Transplantation
Leonid Zingman, MD – Cardiovascular Medicine