Dean Melina Kibbe, MD, welcomes faculty at the new faculty retreat.
The School of Medicine Office of Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development held their annual New Faculty Retreat at the Colonnade Club on August 30. The retreat was attended by 81 faculty from 21 research and clinical departments, out of the more than 185 new faculty members hired by 26 departments in the School of Medicine during FY23 and through September of FY24.
“We love welcoming and gathering our new faculty members at this annual informative networking event! Every year, amazing personal and professional collaborations arise from this celebration,” says Susan M. Pollart, MD, the Ruth E. Murdaugh Professor of Family Medicine and Senior Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development.
The morning kicked off with opening remarks by School of Medicine Dean Melina Kibbe, MD, and an introduction of new department chairs and senior leaders who were in attendance. After her remarks, department chairs introduced each of their new faculty attendees.
Throughout the morning, faculty learned about the structure of the School of Medicine and the Office of Faculty Affairs and Faculty Development, networked with their colleagues, spent time in small groups with peer-consultants who discussed strategies around academic advancement, and were introduced to key leaders representing offices and resources they will connect with as they build their academic careers at UVA.
Welcome all of our new faculty (see list below photos) and thanks to everyone who helped make this retreat an exciting start to our new colleagues’ careers!
Photos by Tom Daly.
| First name | Last name | Department |
|---|---|---|
| Nabil | Elkassabany | Anesthesiology |
| Patrick | Finan | Anesthesiology |
| Paul | Gallo | Anesthesiology |
| Leon | Grinman | Anesthesiology |
| Lisa | Igbani | Anesthesiology |
| Hamelmal | Kassahun | Anesthesiology |
| Korey | Marshall | Anesthesiology |
| Michael | Mazzeffi | Anesthesiology |
| Keneta | McKellar | Anesthesiology |
| Roshni | Montana | Anesthesiology |
| Kyle | Quinn | Anesthesiology |
| Brian | Reon | Anesthesiology |
| Joshua | Roach | Anesthesiology |
| James | Suggs | Anesthesiology |
| Susan | Walters | Anesthesiology |
| Akram | Zaaqoq | Anesthesiology |
| Justin | Taylor | Beirne Carter Immunology Center |
| Anja | Bielinsky | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
| Brett | Jones | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
| Tian | Zhang | Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics |
| Marquita | Taylor | Cancer Center |
| Elias | Spiliotis | Cell Biology |
| Joshua | Wythe | Cell Biology |
| Keith | Keene | Center for Public Health Genomics |
| John | Platig | Center for Public Health Genomics |
| Corina | Rusu | Dermatology |
| David | Han | EmergencyMedicine |
| Sarah | Wendel | EmergencyMedicine |
| Thomas | Albert | Family Medicine |
| Matthew | Curry | Family Medicine |
| Brian | Halstater | Family Medicine |
| Laura | Hoeg | Family Medicine |
| Nicholas | Kidd | Family Medicine |
| Jessica | Row | Family Medicine |
| Antonio | Abbate | Medicine |
| Samina | Afreen | Medicine |
| Matthew | Allen | Medicine |
| Raza-e | Alvi | Medicine |
| Tareq | Arar | Medicine |
| Merry | Barnett | Medicine |
| Zachary | Boggs | Medicine |
| Lindsay | Carter | Medicine |
| Sarah | Chhabra | Medicine |
| Korshie | Dumor | Medicine |
| Samuel | Florescu | Medicine |
| David | Guarraia | Medicine |
| Eric | Hendrickson | Medicine |
| Hasan | Iftikhar | Medicine |
| Suzanne | Jan de Beur | Medicine |
| Arjun | Kundra | Medicine |
| Jonathan | Lindner | Medicine |
| Ivonne | Lollett | Medicine |
| Amanda | Lusa | Medicine |
| Jacob | Meindertsma | Medicine |
| Milad | Memari | Medicine |
| Hitesh | Patel | Medicine |
| Brian | Peterson | Medicine |
| Daniel | Reed | Medicine |
| Muneeb | Rehman | Medicine |
| John | Saxon | Medicine |
| Krithika | Shanmugasundaram | Medicine |
| Bobak | Sharifi | Medicine |
| William | Skelton | Medicine |
| Jessica | Stevens | Medicine |
| Ava | Thomas | Medicine |
| Stefano | Toldo | Medicine |
| Jennifer | Turpen | Medicine |
| Sarthak | Virmani | Medicine |
| Paul | Viscuse | Medicine |
| John | Wagner | Medicine |
| Benjamin | White | Medicine |
| Kelly | Wingerter | Medicine |
| Mark | Worthington | Medicine |
| Mariano | Garcia-Blanco | Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology |
| Kristin | Taylor | Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology |
| Neslihan | Martinez | Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics |
| Ling | Qi | Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics |
| Sunil | Verma | Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics |
| Jinghang | Xie | Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics |
| Michael | Catalino | Neurological Surgery |
| Paul | Grabb | Neurological Surgery |
| Juan | Sardi Restrepo | Neurological Surgery |
| Heather | Spader | Neurological Surgery |
| Monica | Buckley | Neurology |
| Alexander | Elias | Neurology |
| Michael | Hadler | Neurology |
| Alissa | Higinbotham | Neurology |
| Robert | Sawyer | Neurology |
| Mini | Singh | Neurology |
| Amna | Sohail | Neurology |
| Robert | Ungerer | Neurology |
| Alexandra | Wood | Neurology |
| Yunge | Zhao | Neurology |
| Harvey | Fernandez | Neuroscience |
| Sarah | Flowers | Neuroscience |
| Zhongxiao | Fu | Neuroscience |
| Lulu | Jiang | Neuroscience |
| Kristin | Atkins | Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Christina | Cox Lebreton | Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Marilyn | Huang | Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Danielle | Johnson | Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Madison | Klavans | Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Patricia | Scrivani | Obstetrics and Gynecology |
| Ahmed | Ahmed | Ophthalmology |
| James | Gigantelli | Ophthalmology |
| Stephen | Lesche | Ophthalmology |
| Hetal | Ray | Ophthalmology |
| Gabrielle | Turski | Ophthalmology |
| Arthi | Venkat | Ophthalmology |
| Timothy | Hoggard | Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Stephen | Lockey | Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Kacy | Peek | Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Charles | Su | Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Caroline | Tippett | Orthopaedic Surgery |
| Delaney | Carpenter | Otolaryngology |
| Eric | Dowling | Otolaryngology |
| Katherine | Gossett | Otolaryngology |
| Vanessa | Torrecillas | Otolaryngology |
| Jeffrey | Craig | Pathology |
| Jenna | Khan | Pathology |
| Valery | Kogler | Pathology |
| Bon | Trinh | Pathology |
| Yubo | Wu | Pathology |
| Evelyn | Aboagye | Pediatrics |
| Pooja Ramesh | Choudhari | Pediatrics |
| Jeffrey | Donowitz | Pediatrics |
| Katherine | Donowitz | Pediatrics |
| Megan | Elliott | Pediatrics |
| Ayah | Elmaghrabi | Pediatrics |
| Asma | Habib | Pediatrics |
| Saima | Hanif | Pediatrics |
| Tracie | Lin | Pediatrics |
| Santhi | Logel | Pediatrics |
| Jordan | Lull | Pediatrics |
| Melanie | Morse | Pediatrics |
| Eunice | Odiase | Pediatrics |
| Geoffrey | Rosenthal | Pediatrics |
| Michael | Ryan | Pediatrics |
| Michael | Shorofsky | Pediatrics |
| Matthew | Snyder | Pediatrics |
| Brittany | Wall | Pediatrics |
| Changzoon | Chun | Pharmacology |
| Jeffrey | Martens | Pharmacology |
| Mary | McRae | Pharmacology |
| Horng-An | Nieh | Pharmacology |
| Iris | Sun | Pharmacology |
| Kirill | Ukhanov | Pharmacology |
| Scott | Hollenbeck | Plastic Surgery, Maxillofacial, and Oral Health |
| Daniel | Cox | Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences |
| Mary | Dell | Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences |
| Lauren | Kois | Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences |
| Erika | Maynard | Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences |
| Jordan | Rosen | Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences |
| Racheal | Smetana | Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences |
| Marina | Weiler | Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences |
| Trevin | Glasgow | Public Health Sciences |
| Nao | Hagiwara-Livingston | Public Health Sciences |
| Xin | Hu | Public Health Sciences |
| Jie | Shen | Public Health Sciences |
| Yaohua | Yang | Public Health Sciences |
| Hua | Zhao | Public Health Sciences |
| Hong | Zhu | Public Health Sciences |
| Tatiana | Bejarano | Radiation Oncology |
| Wenpeng | Liu | Radiation Oncology |
| Christopher | Luminais | Radiation Oncology |
| Daniel | Pinkham | Radiation Oncology |
| Qiong | Wu | Radiation Oncology |
| Ju Hee | Ahn | Radiology and Medical Imaging |
| Daniela | Cunha | Radiology and Medical Imaging |
| Shamsher | Dalal | Radiology and Medical Imaging |
| Blaine | Fontenot | Radiology and Medical Imaging |
| Chandler | Fountain | Radiology and Medical Imaging |
| Nabeel | Hassan | Radiology and Medical Imaging |
| Maurits | Jansen | Radiology and Medical Imaging |
| Padraig | Kelly | Radiology and Medical Imaging |
| Stephen | Leinfelder | Radiology and Medical Imaging |
| Alexander | Lubinski | Radiology and Medical Imaging |
| Joseph | Rispoli | Radiology and Medical Imaging |
| Khanapur | Shivashankar | Radiology and Medical Imaging |
| Roman | Shrestha | Radiology and Medical Imaging |
| Rishabh | Singh | Radiology and Medical Imaging |
| Cory | Stephenson | Radiology and Medical Imaging |
| James | Strahan | Radiology and Medical Imaging |
| Gaurav | Synghal | Radiology and Medical Imaging |
| Sijie | Hao | SOM Advanced Microscopy Facility |
| Yazan | Al-Adwan | Surgery |
| Matthew | Byler | Surgery |
| Chuanxi | Cai | Surgery |
| Lily | Cheng | Surgery |
| Anna | Fashandi | Surgery |
| Nick | Levinsky | Surgery |
| Jianjie | Ma | Surgery |
| Adhnan | Mohamed | Surgery |
| Christina | Papageorge | Surgery |
| Ki Ho | Park | Surgery |
| Ourania | Preventza | Surgery |
| Martha | Weaver | Surgery |
| Russell | Witt | Surgery |
| Hongji | Zhang | Surgery |
| Xinyu | Zhou | Surgery |
| Darren | Bryk | Urology |
| David | Charles | Urology |
| Kenneth | Sands | Urology |
| Jacqueline | Zillioux | Urology |