Dozens of GUMC Faculty Recognized for Achievements Through Promotions

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(September 23, 2021) — MedStar Health and Georgetown University Medical Center honored more than three dozen faculty members for their achievements leading to recent promotions to associate professor or professor. The virtual celebration on September 22 was hosted by Edward B. Healton, MD, MPH, executive vice president of health sciences at GUMC, and Stephen R. T. Evans, MD, executive vice president for medical affairs and chief medical officer for MedStar Health.

In its fourth year, the joint celebration underscored the deepening connections between the university and the academic health system.

Healton kicked off the program by emphasizing the “broad palette” of work across many domains, “ranging from the basic science, laboratory-based research to exceptional achievement in education and creating education programs — being deeply involved in education of students and residents and our peers — to the applied and translational work and research.”

He also highlighted the common values and common good evident in the faculty’s work. “I think it is more prevalent… and more obvious here at Georgetown.”

Before turning the program over to Evans, Healton noted the work happening on the Academic Leadership Council, an advisory group comprising members from MedStar Heath and GUMC, and its important strategic planning for the interconnectedness of the academic health system. The work is “intended to take us ever more deeply into all the ways that the partnership can be mutually beneficial,” Healton said.

Evans acknowledged not only the faculty’s sacrifice of time, but also that of their families. “There are tons of really smart people that don’t have the passion and the energy to actually move to action, to create the kinds of things that we value within an academic health system and within Georgetown University,” he said. “And so you’ve gotten those and accomplished those.”

The following faculty members honored for their recent promotions are:

  • Kelly Thompson-Brazill, DNP, Department of Advanced Nursing Practice, promoted to associate professor, NHS Educator Track
  • Brian Freeman, MD, Department of Anesthesia, promoted to professor, Clinician Educator Track
  • Munish Goyal, MD, Department of Emergency Medicine, promoted to professor, Clinician Scholar Track
  • Maryann Mazer-Amirshahi, PharmD, MD, PhD, Department of Emergency Medicine, promoted to professor, Clinician Scholar Track
  • Federico Asch, MD, Department of Medicine, promoted to professor, Clinician Scholar Track
  • Ana Barac, MD, Department of Medicine, promoted to professor, Clinician Scholar Track
  • Jennifer L. Gorrelick, MD, Department of Medicine, promoted to associate professor, Clinician Track
  • Hunter Groninger, MD, Department of Medicine, promoted to professor, Biomedical Scholar Track
  • Monvadi B. Srichai-Parsia, MD, Department of Medicine, promoted to professor, Clinician Scholar Track
  • Benjamin Weinberg, MD, Department of Medicine, promoted to associate professor, Clinician Scholar Track
  • Christian Woods, MD, Department of Medicine, promoted to associate professor, Clinician Educator Track
  • Venkatesh Raman, MD, Department of Medicine, promoted to associate professor, Clinician Educator Track
  • Elizabeth Selden, MD, Department of Medicine, promoted to associate professor, Clinician Educator Track
  • Claire J. Standley, PhD, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, promoted to associate professor, Research Track
  • Mark Burns, PhD, Department of Neuroscience, promoted to full professor, already tenured
  • Katherine Conant, MD, Department of Neuroscience, promoted to full professor, with the grant of tenure
  • Christopher Kalhorn, MD, Department of Neurosurgery promoted to professor, Clinician Educator Track
  • Suzanne O’Neill, PhD, Department of Oncology, promoted to full professor, already tenured
  • Sina J. Sabet, MD, Departments of Ophthalmology & Pathology, promoted to associate professor, Clinician Track
  • Michael Reilly, MD, Department of Otolaryngology, promoted to professor, Clinician Educator Track
  • Keisha G. Bell, MD, Department of Pediatrics, promoted to associate professor, Clinician Educator Track
  • Elizabeth Chawla, MD, Department of Pediatrics, promoted to associate professor, Clinician Educator Track
  • Tawara Goode, MA, Department of Pediatrics, promoted to associate professor, Research Track
  • Tinatin Brelidze, PhD, Department of Pharmacology & Physiology, promoted to associate professor, with the grant of tenure
  • Gabriel Del Corral, MD, Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, promoted to associate professor, Clinician Educator Track
  • Kenneth Fan, MD, Department of Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, promoted to associate professor, Clinician Scholar Track
  • Emily Aron, MD, Department of Psychiatry, promoted to associate professor, Clinician Educator Track
  • Megan McCormick, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, promoted to associate professor, Clinician Educator Track
  • Shilpa Saroop, MD, Department of Psychiatry, promoted to associate professor, Clinician Educator Track
  • Karimah Ware, PsyD, Department of Psychiatry, promoted to associate professor, Clinician Educator Track
  • Matthew G. Biel, MD, Departments of Psychiatry & Pediatrics, promoted to professor, Clinician Educator Track
  • David Field, MD, Department of Radiology, promoted to associate professor, Clinician Track
  • Daniel Swerdlow, MD, Department of Radiology, promoted to professor, Clinician Educator Track
  • Jack A. Sava, MD, Department of Surgery, promoted to professor, Clinician Educator Track
  • Jeffrey Shupp, MD, Departments of Surgery and Biochemistry and Molecular & Cellular Biology, promoted to professor, Clinician Scholar Track
  • Parag Bhanot, MD, Departments of Surgery and Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, promoted to professor, Clinician Educator Track
  • Jonathan Hwang, MD, Department of Urology, promoted to professor, Clinician Educator Track