August 2018 New Faculty

Aging & Geriatrics
Name:  Sung Min Han, Ph.D.
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Department:  Aging & Geriatrics
Rank:  Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Axon regeneration and neuronal aging
Location obtained PhD:  University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
Anatomy
Name:  Lingtao Jin, Ph.D.
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Department:  Anatomy
Rank:  Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Cancer metabolism
Location obtained PhD:  Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Anesthesiology
Name:  Hatem Al-Takrouri, M.D.
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Department:  Anesthesiology
Rank:  Clinical Associate Professor
Specialty:  Pediatric Anesthesia
Location obtained MD:  University of Jordan
Anesthesiology
Name:  Meghan Brennan, M.D.
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Department:  Anesthesiology
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Liver & Transplant
Location obtained MD:  University of Miami
Anesthesiology
Name:  Christopher Edwards, M.D.
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Department:  Anesthesiology
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Pediatric Anesthesia
Location obtained MD:  Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, Virginia
Community Health & Family Medicine
Name:  Karyn Governale, M.D.
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Department:  Community Health & Family Medicine
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Family medicine
Location obtained MD:   Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts
Community Health & Family Medicine
Name:  Monica Silvian, M.D.
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Department:  Community Health & Family Medicine
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Family medicine
Location obtained MD:  Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Emergency Medicine
Name:  Jasmin Tanaja, M.D.
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Department:  Emergency Medicine
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:
Location obtained MD:  Poznan University of Medical Sciences
Emergency Medicine
Name:  Meredith Thompson, M.D.
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Department:  Emergency Medicine
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:   Emergency Medicine; Medical Education
Location obtained MD:  University of Virginia
Medicine
Name:  Neeka Akhavan, M.D.
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Department:  Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:
Location obtained MD:  Florida State University
Medicine
Name:  Magalie Bruneus, M.D.
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Department:  Medicine, Division of Palliative Care
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:Palliative care
Location obtained MD:Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Medicine
Name:  Maher Homsi, M.D.
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Department:  Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:
Location obtained MD:  Damascus University
Medicine
Name:  Jessen Jacob, M.D.
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Department:  Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Electrophysiology
Location obtained MD:  State University of New York Downstate Medical Center
Medicine
Name:  Senthil Meenrajan, M.D.
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Department:  Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Rank:  Clinical Associate Professor
Specialty:  Geriatrics
Location obtained MD:  Madras Medical College
Medicine
Name:  Michael Robinson, M.D.
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Department:  Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Specialty:
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Location obtained MD:  University of Florida
Medicine
Name:  Amy Sheer, M.D.
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Department:  Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:
Location obtained MD:  University of Florida
Medicine
Name:  James Wever Pinzon, M.D.
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Department:  Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Cardiology – Heart Failure
Location obtained MD:  Universidad de Panama, Panama City, Panama
Neurology
Name:  Neal Weisbrod, M.D.
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Department:  Neurology
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Neurology – Behavioral/Neurodegeneration
Location obtained MD:  University of Rochester School of Medicine & Dentistry, Rochester, NY
Neuroscience
Name:  Amanda Dossat, Ph.D.
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Department:  Neuroscience
Rank:  Lecturer
Specialty:  Molecular Mechanisms of Sex Differences in the CNS, Endoplasmic Reticulum Calcium Homeostasis
Location obtained PhD:  Florida State University
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Name:  Reem Abu Rustum, M.D.
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Department:  Obstetrics & Gynecology
Rank:  Clinical Associate Professor
Specialty:  Maternal Fetal Medicine
Location obtained MD:  University of Florida
Pediatrics
Name:  Carmen Leon Astudillo, M.D.
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Department:  Pediatrics
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Pediatrics Pulmonary
Location obtained MD:  University of Azuay – Ecuador
Pediatrics
Name:  Erlyn Smith, M.D.
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Department:  Pediatrics – Sacred Heart Hospital
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Pediatric Hematology/Oncology
Location obtained MD:  Rosalind Franklin University
Pediatrics
Name:  Leandra Woolnough, M.D.
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Department:  Pediatrics
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Pediatric Allergy, Immunology & Rheumatology
Location obtained MD:  UF Southwestern Medical Center
Radiation Oncology
Name:  Mark Artz, Ph.D.
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Department:  Radiation Oncology
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Medical Physics
Location obtained MD:  University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TV
Radiation Oncology
Name:  Natalie Lockney, M.D.
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Department:  Radiation Oncology
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Treating lymphoma, breast and lung cancer
Location obtained MD:  Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN
Radiation Oncology
Name:  Raymond Mailhot, M.D.
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Department:  Radiation Oncology
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Treating pediatric cancers and breast cancer
Location obtained MD:  Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Surgery
Name:  Michol Cooper, M.D., Ph.D.
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Department:  Surgery
Rank:  Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Vascular Surgery
Location obtained MD and PhD:  MD obtained at University of Cincinnati; PhD obtained at University of Michigan
Surgery
Name:  Trajan Cuellar, MB, BCh MRCS(I)
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Department:  Surgery
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Plastic Surgery
Location obtained MD:  University College Cork, Ireland
Surgery
Name:  Ian Driscoll, M.D.
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Department:  Surgery
Rank:  Clinical Associate Professor
Specialty:  Acute Care Surgery
Location obtained MD:  University of Florida
Urology
Name:  Christopher Bayne, M.D.
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Department:  Urology
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Pediatric Urology
Location obtained MD:  Eastern Virginia Medical School (EVMS) Norfolk, VA