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School of Medicine announces faculty promotions for 2026

The West Virginia University School of Medicine recently announced the faculty promotions for 2026. A total of 91 faculty members from 31 departments across the School of Medicine’s three campuses were awarded associate professor or professor status. See the full list of awarded faculty below:

Anesthesiology

  • Erik Olness, MD – Associate Professor
  • Michael Russell, MD – Associate Professor
  • Christopher Deskins, MD – Associate Professor
  • Richard Vaglienti, MD, MBA – Professor
  • Jonathan Bond, DO – Associate Professor
  • Mir Ali Abbas Khan, MD – Associate Professor
  • Arpan Kohli, MD – Professor
  • Rebekah Guillow, MD – Associate Professor

Behavioral Medicine and Psychiatry

  • Nathan Ernst, PsyD – Associate Professor
  • Deep Yadava, MD – Associate Professor
  • Paramjit Chumber, MD – Associate Professor
  • Jeremy Hustead, MD – Associate Professor
  • Alexandria Perle, PsyD – Associate Professor

Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine

  • Bradley Webb, PhD – Associate Professor

Cardiology

  • Daniel Brito Guzman, MD – Associate Professor
  • Vikrant Jagadeesan, MD – Associate Professor

Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

  • Jason Lamb, MD – Associate Professor
  • Adam Hansen, MD – Associate Professor

Charleston Behavioral Medicine

  • Adina Bowe, MD – Associate Professor

Charleston Internal Medicine

  • Muhammad Bashir, MD – Associate Professor
  • Amna Anees, MD – Associate Professor
  • Khawaja Omar, MD – Associate Professor

Charleston Internal Medicine Critical Care

  • Rayan Ihle, MD – Professor

Charleston Pediatrics

  • Sana Farooki, MD – Associate Professor
  • Kanya Ahuja, MD – Associate Professor
  • Neil Copeland, MD – Associate Professor

Dermatology

  • Erica Ghareeb, MD – Professor

Eastern Division

  • Jason Turner, MD – Associate Professor

Eastern Division Family Medicine

  • William Lewis, MD – Professor
  • Madison Humerick, MD – Associate Professor
  • Angela Cherry, MD, MBA – Associate Professor

Emergency Medicine

  • James Scheidler, MD – Associate Professor
  • Anthony Steratore, MD – Associate Professor

Family and Community Medicine

  • Robert Allison, DO – Associate Professor
  • Joseph Capito, MD – Associate Professor
  • Michael Maroon, DO – Associate Professor

Human Performance

  • Ashley Simmons, MBA – Associate Professor
  • Valeriya Gritsenko, PhD – Professor
  • Sergiy Yakovenko, PhD – Professor
  • Anna Coy, PhD – Associate Professor
  • Jacob Greenfield, OTD – Associate Professor

Human Performance Disability Studies

  • Amy Burt, EdD – Professor

Medical Education

  • Anna Lama, EdD – Associate Professor

Medical Oncology

  • Bhavana “Tina” Bhatnagar, DO – Professor
  • Konstantinos Sdrimas, MD, MBA – Associate Professor
  • Mohammed Almubarak, MD – Professor
  • Sonikpreet Aulakh, MBBS, MD – Associate Professor
  • Nour Daboul, MD – Associate Professor

Medicine

  • Smita Kumar, MD – Associate Professor
  • Eric Huang, MD – Associate Professor
  • Lindsay Kasson, DO – Associate Professor
  • Matthew “Skip” Krafft Jr., MD – Associate Professor
  • Leonard Maier, MD – Associate Professor
  • Daphne-Dominique Villanueva, MD – Associate Professor
  • Bharath Bhushan, MD – Associate Professor
  • Jessica Johnson, MD – Associate Professor
  • Katherine Seachrist, MD – Associate Professor
  • Shailendra Singh, MD – Professor
  • David Shi, MD – Associate Professor

Microbiology Immunology and Cell Biology

  • Gangqing “Michael” Hu, PhD – Associate Professor
  • F. Heath Damron, PhD – Professor
  • Mariette Barbier, PhD – Professor

Neurology

  • Appaji Rayi, MD – Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor
  • Elizabeth McQuade, MD – Associate Professor
  • Matthew Smith, MD, MS – Professor

Neuroradiology

  • Dhairya Lakhani, MD – Associate Professor
  • Parissa Feizi, MD – Associate Professor

Obstetrics and Gynecology

  • Kayla Pomp-Steurer, CNM, APRN – Assistant Professor
  • Omar Duenas, MD – Professor

Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences

  • Ghassan Ghorayeb, MD, MBA – Professor
  • Kevin Halenda, MD – Associate Professor

Orthopaedics

  • Colleen Watkins, MD – Professor
  • Benjamin Frye, MD – Professor

Otolaryngology

  • Steven Coutras, MD – Professor
  • Hussein Jaffal, MD – Associate Professor
  • Chadi Makary, MD, MS – Professor

Pathology Anatomy and Laboratory Medicine

  • Cara Randall, MD – Associate Professor
  • Jianbo Yang, PhD – Associate Professor
  • Subit Barua, PhD – Associate Professor

Pediatrics

  • Rafka Chaiban, MD – Associate Professor
  • Autumn Kiefer, MD – Professor
  • Kacie Kidd, MD – Associate Professor
  • Kamakshya Patra, MD – Professor
  • David Thomas, MD, PhD – Associate Professor
  • Nancy Brunner, MD – Associate Professor
  • Veronica Godsey, MD – Associate Professor

Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

  • Corinne Layne-Stuart, DO – Associate Professor

Surgery

  • Kimberly Bailey, MD – Associate Professor
  • Kerri Woodberry, MD, MBA – Professor
  • Alice Race, MD – Associate Professor

Urology

  • Ahmed Ali, MD – Associate Professor

To learn more about the faculty at the WVU School of Medicine, visit medicine.hsc.wvu.edu/faculty-staff.

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