January and February 2018 New Faculty

Anatomy
Name:  Moira Jackson, Ph.D.
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Department:  Anatomy and Cell Biology
Rank:  Research Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Human Anatomy and Histology
Location obtained PhD:  University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Scotland
Congenital Heart Center
Name:  Matthew Steiner, M.D.
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Department:  Congenital Heart Center (Sacred Heart Hospital – Pensacola)
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:Pediatrics-Cardiology
Location obtained MD:  University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
Emergency Medicine
Name:  Zhihui Yang, Ph.D.
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Department:  Emergency Medicine
Rank:  Research Assistant Professor
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Location obtained PhD:
Medicine – Division of Hospital Medicine
Name:  Matthew Fowler, D.O.
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Department:  Medicine, Division of Hospital Medicine (Sacred Heart Health System in Pensacola)
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Hospital Medicine
Location obtained DO:  Des Moines University, Des Moines, Iowa
Medicine – Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Name:  Whitney Woodmansee, M.D.
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Department:  Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism
Rank:  Clinical Professor
Specialty:  Pituitary disease, Thyroid cancer and thyroid disorders, and osteoporosis
Location obtained MD:  University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Name:  Manas Biswal, Ph.D.
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Department:  Molecular Genetics & Microbiology
Rank:  Research Assistant Professor
Specialty:
Location obtained PhD:
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Name:  Yue Su, M.H.S.
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Department:  Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Rank:  Assistant In
Specialty:
Location obtained MHS:
Pediatrics
Name:  Melissa Fitzgerald, M.D.
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Department:  Pediatrics
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  General Pediatrics
Location obtained MD:  University of Florida
Pediatrics
Name:  Nicole Lawrence, M.D.
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Department:  Pediatrics (Sacred Heart Health System in Pensacola)
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Pediatric Gastroenterology and Pediatric Specialty Care
Location obtained MD:    Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee
Physiology
Name:  Andrew Liu, Ph.D.
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Department:  Physiology & Functional Genomics
Rank:  Associate Professor
Specialty:  Molecular, cellular and physiological mechanisms of circadian rhythms in mammals
Location obtained PhD:  University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI
Radiology
Name:  Lidia Nagae, M.D.
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Department:  Radiology
Rank:  Clinical Associate Professor
Specialty:  Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology
Location obtained MD:  University of Sao Paula, Sao Paulo Brazil
School of Physician Assistant Studies
Name:  Nina Multak, Ph.D., PA-C
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Department:  School of Physician Assistant Studies
Rank:  Professor
Specialty:  Associate Dean & Director, School of Physician Assistant Studies
Location obtained PhD:   Drexel University College of Computing and Informatics
Surgery
Name:  Guanyi Lu, M.D., Ph.D.
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Department:  Surgery
Rank:  Research Associate Professor
Specialty:  Vascular Surgery
Location obtained MD and PhD:  Hebei Medical University in China
Aging & Geriatric Research
Name:  Jonathon Burman, Ph.D.
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Department:  Aging & Geriatric Research
Rank:  Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Mitochondrial Biology, Autophagy, Neurodegeneration, Human Cell Culture, Drosophila
Location obtained PhD:   McGill University, Montreal, Canada
Community Health & Family Medicine
Name:  Brian Fitzgerald, M.D.
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Department:  Community Health & Family Medicine
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Rural Health and Family Medicine
Location obtained MD:  University of Florida
Community Health & Family Medicine
Name:  Brenda McMahon, M.D.
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Department:  Community Health & Family Medicine
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Family Medicine
Location obtained MD:  University of Texas McGovern Medical School in Houston, Texas
Medicine – Cardiology
Name:  Richard Kerensky, M.D.
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Department:  Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Rank:  Clinical Professor
Specialty:  Interventional Cardiology
Location obtained MD:  University of Florida
Neurology
Name:  Maria Bruzzone Giraldez, M.D.
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Department:  Neurology
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Epilepsy
Location obtained MD:  Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
Neurosurgery
Name:  Hassan Azari, Ph.D.
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Department:  Neurosurgery
Rank:  Assistant Scientist
Specialty:   Neural Stem Cell and Regenerative Neuroscience; Gliomas and Cancer Stem Cells
Location obtained two PhDs:  Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran; and University of Queensland, QLD, Australia
Pediatrics
Name:  Berrin Ergun-Longmire, M.D.
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Department:  Pediatrics (Sacred Heart Health System in Pensacola)
Rank:  Clinical Associate Professor
Specialty:  Pediatric Endocrinology
Location obtained MD:  Istanbul University in Turkey
Pediatrics
Name:  Jamie Jackson, M.D.
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Department:  Pediatrics (Sacred Heart Health System in Pensacola)
Rank:  Clinical Assistant Professor
Specialty:  Pediatric Hospital Medicine
Location obtained MD:  American University of the Caribbean