Faculty Recognition

Foundational Medical Studies Excellence in Teaching 
Paul Megee, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Foundational Medical Studies

Clinical Excellence in Teaching
Mohamad M. Al-Hakim, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology

Foundational Medical Studies Excellence in Research Award
Mohamed Al-Shabrawey, MBBCH, Ph.D., Founding Director, OUWB Eye Research Center, Professor, Department of Foundational Medical Studies

Clinical Excellence in Research Award
Nishaki Mehta, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

Foundational Medical Studies Excellence in Service Award 
Inaya Hajj Hussein, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Foundational Medical Studies

Clinical Excellence in Service Award 
Brian K. Felice, M.D., Associate Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

Foundational Medical Studies Excellence in Teaching 
Jickssa Gemechu, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Foundational Medical Studies

Clinical Excellence in Teaching
Lori Stec, M.D., Professor, Department of Ophthalmology

Foundational Medical Studies Excellence in Research Award
Tracey Taylor, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Foundational Medical Studies

Clinical Excellence in Research Award
Alexandra Halalau, M.D., Professor, Department of Internal Medicine

Foundational Medical Studies Excellence in Service Award 
Sarah Lerchenfeldt, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Foundational Medical Studies

Clinical Excellence in Service Award 
Bophal Hang, M.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine

OUWB is pleased to announce the promotion of twenty-four members of our faculty and the granting of tenure to one member of our faculty. These promotions mark an especially proud moment for the OUWB community as we’ve had the pleasure of watching these talented individuals develop from promising junior faculty into scholars and teachers of national impact and recognition. Congratulations to the following faculty members:

Moumen Asbahi, M.D., Anesthesiology - Associate Professor

Sheryar Muhammad, M.D., Anesthesiology - Assistant Professor

Christie M. Vahabzadeh, M.D., Anesthesiology - Associate Professor

Natalie T. El-Alam, Psy.D., Family Medicine - Assistant Professor

Inaya M. Hajj Hussein, Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies - Professor

Suzan A. Kamel-ElSayed, Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies - Professor

Kyeorda Kemp, Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies - Associate Professor

Victoria C. Lucia, Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies - Professor

Varna Taranikanti, MBBS, Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies - Professor

Samia Mansuri, M.D., Internal Medicine - Associate Professor

Trini Mathew, M.D., Internal Medicine - Professor

Sara S. Riaz, M.D., Internal Medicine - Assistant Professor

Joel M. Topf, M.D., Internal Medicine - Associate Professor

Stewart Graham, Ph.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology - Professor

Aws Hammad, M.D., Orthopaedic Surgery - Assistant Professor

Khalid I. Odeh, M.D., Orthopaedic Surgery - Assistant Professor

Ehab S. Saleh, M.D., Orthopaedic Surgery - Associate Professor

Kaydee M. Kaiser, M.D., Orthopaedic Surgery - Assistant Professor

Danielle Nolan, M.D., Pediatrics - Associate Professor

Annas Aljassem, M.D., Physical Medicine - Associate Professor

Maha S. Jawad, M.D., Radiation Oncology - Associate Professor

Thomas J. Quinn, M.D., Radiation Oncology - Assistant Professor

Andrew B. Thompson, M.D., Radiation Oncology - Assistant Professor

Wesley R. Barnes, M.D., Surgery - Assistant Professor

Adam Gadzinski, M.D., Urology - Assistant Professor

OUWB is pleased to announce the promotion of eighteen members of our faculty. These promotions mark an especially proud moment for the OUWB community as we’ve had the pleasure of watching these talented individuals develop from promising junior faculty into scholars and teachers of national impact and recognition. Congratulations to the following faculty members:

Brian K. Felice, M.D., Emergency Medicine - Associate Professor
Erwin Patalinghug, M.D., Family Medicine - Associate Professor
Kathleen M. Rollinger, D.O., Family Medicine - Associate Professor
Ida J. Rubino, M.D., Family Medicine - Associate Professor
Srikala Yedavally-Yellayi, D.O., Family Medicine - Associate Professor
Enrique Calvo-Ayala, M.D., Internal Medicine - Associate Professor
Bhavin D. Dalal, M.D., Internal Medicine - Professor
Nader Mina, M.D., Internal Medicine - Associate Professor
Ali Alhousseini, M.D., Ph.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology - Associate Professor
Daniel K. Park, M.D., Orthopaedic Surgery - Professor
Said Hafez-Khayyata, M.D., Pathology - Associate Professor
Jaime L. Taylor, D.O., Pediatrics - Associate Professor
Christine C. Chamberlain, M.D., Physical Medicine - Associate Professor
Gino R. Sessa, M.D., Physical Medicine - Associate Professor
Sayf Al-katib, M.D., Radiology - Associate Professor
Kongkrit Chaiyasate, M.D., Surgery - Professor
Nathan Novotny, M.D., Surgery - Associate Professor
Bernadette Zwaans, Ph.D., Urology - Associate Professor

The Dean’s Distinguished Professor is a permanent, honorific title that acknowledges contributions of employed, full-time, tenured faculty at the rank of Professor, with exceptional records of scholarship, teaching and service.

Dean’s Distinguished Professor Award Recipients:

2024-2025
Misa Mi, Ph.D.

2023-2024
Jason Wasserman, Ph.D., HEC-C
Nelia Afonso, M.D.

2022-2023
Douglas Gould, Ph.D.

The medical school awards this designation as an honor based on outstanding contributions to the medical school.

OUWB Emeritus/Emerita Recipients:

2021
Judith Venuti, Ph.D.