Department of Medicine, Faculty

The Department of Medicine has 144 faculty members and 148 volunteer faculty representing general internal medicine and all internal medicine subspecialties. The interim chairman of the department is J. Lacey Smith, MD, Professor of Medicine.

The department has a long history of excellence in the education of medical students, residents, and fellows. The department has also achieved national and international recognition for its clinical and basic science research activities. These endeavors range from the pathogenesis of connective tissue disorders such as rheumatoid arthritis and rheumatic fever to more clinically oriented problems such as hypertension, lipid disorders, health maintenance and prevention and clinical oncology trials. Residents have the opportunity to participate in the on-going research projects during research electives.

Division of Allergy/Immunology
Michael S. Blaiss, MD, Clinical Professor
Christie F. Michael, MD, Assistant Professor
Tai-June Yoo, PhD, MD, Professor and Chief

Division of Circulatory Diseases
Jack W. Buchanan, Jr., MD, Associate Professor
Brad S. Burlew, MD, Professor
William C. Cushman, MD, Professor
Richard C. Davis, MD, Professor
Ivan A. D'Cruz, MD, Professor
David M. Mirvis, MD, Professor
Ahmad Munir, MD, Assistant Professor
Kevin P. Newman, MD, Associate Professor
Kodangudi B. Ramanathan, MD, Professor
John C. Riddle, MD, Associate Professor
Arsalan Shirwany, MD, Assistant Professor
Judith E. Soberman, MD, Professor
Karl T. Weber, MD, Professor and Chief

For an indepth look at our Cardiology faculty, click below:

Cardiology Faculty

Divison of Emergency Medicine
Carla L. Brown, MD, Instructor
Tasha J. Ford, MD, Instructor
Ethelyn D. Johnson, MD, Assistant Professor
Lisa J. Mahan, MD, Instructor
Lynda J. Park, MD, Associate Professor
Bonnie F. Randolph, MD, Instructor
Chantay D. Smartt, MD, Instructor
Michelle L. Surbrook, MD, Instructor
Stephen L. Winbery, PhD, MD, Assistant Professor

Division of Endocrinology
Samuel E. Dagogo-Jack, MD, Professor
Joseph N. Fisher, MD, Professor
Murray Heimberg, PhD, MD, Professor
Thomas A. Hughes, MD, Professor
Abbas E. Kitabchi, PhD, MD, Professor and Chief
Cesar H. Magsino, Jr., MD, Assistant Professor
Burt M. Sharp, MD, Professor
Solomon S. Solomon, MD, Professor
Beverly J. Williams-Cleaves, MD, Associate Professor

Division of Gastroenterology
Joel I. Bessoff, MD, Assistant Professor
Rene Davila, MD, Assistant Professor
Jaquelyn F. Fleckenstein, MD, Associate Professor
Mohammad K. Ismail, MD, Assistant Professor
Barbara K. Jackson, MD, Assistant Professor
Michael J. Levinson, MD, Associate Professor
Myron Lewis, MD, Associate Professor
Charles M. Mansbach, II, MD, Professor
Christopher R. Marino, MD, Professor and Chief
Caroline A. Riely, MD, Professor
R. Claudio Tombazzi, MD, Assistant Professor
Bradford Waters, MD, Associate Professor

For an indepth look at our Hepatology faculty, click below:

Hepatology Faculty

Division of General Internal Medicine
Patricia E. Adams-Graves, MD, Associate Professor
James E. Bailey, MD, Associate Professor and Chief
Lamar E. Bailey, MD, Assistant Professor
Charles Leon Bedwell, MD, Associate Professor
Susie Fouad Boulos, MD, Instructor
Susan Crouch Brewer, MD, Associate Professor
Robert Burns, MD, Associate Professor
Stephanie A. Connelly, MD, Assistant Professor
Craig S. Dorko, MD, Associate Professor
Marion Dugdale, MD, Professor
Robert S. Egerman, MD, Associate Professor
Douglas E. Farst, MD, Assistant Professor
A. Lloyd Finks, MD, Assistant Professor
Burton L. Hayes, MD, Assistant Professor
Karen C. Johnson, MD, Associate Professor
Penniford L. Justice, MD, Assistant Professor
Suresh Kari, MD, Assistant Professor
James B. Lewis, MD, Associate Professor
Lawrence E. Madlock, MD, Instructor
Stephen T. Miller, MD, Clinical Professor
Robert E. Morrison, MD, Professor
Atossa Niakan, MD, Assistant Professor
Stuart M. Polly, MD, Professor
Robert L. Richardson, MD, Assistant Professor
Scott C. Russell, MD, Instructor
Kathryn M. Ryder, MD, Associate Professor
Jay C. Schechtman, MD, Assistant Professor
Carlos R. Shammas, MD, MS , Assistant Professor
J. Lacey Smith, MD, Professor and Chair
Roger G. Smith, MD, Associate Professor
Laura R. Sprabery, MD, Assistant Professor
Natascha S. Thompson, MD, Assistant Professor
Julie A. Vannerson, MD, Assistant Professor
Jim Yau Wan, MD, Associate Professor
Cherese Ward-Washington, MD, Assistant Professor
Catherine R. Womack, MD, Assistant Professor

For an indepth look at our General Internal Medicine faculty, click below:

GIM Faculty

Division of Hematology
Carolyn M. Chesney, MD, Professor
Brent A. Mullins, MD, Assistant Professor
Harvey B. Niell, MD, Professor
Arthur W. Nienhuis, MD, Professsor
Xin A. Zhang, MD , Assistant Professor

Division of Hematology and Oncology
Reed C. Baskin, MD, Associate Professor
Barry Boston, MD, Associate Professor
Francis K.A. Buadi, MD, Assistant Professor
Mohammad Jahanzeb, MD, Associate Professor and Chief
Andrew D. Liman, MD, Assistant Professor
Sohail A. Minhas, MD, Assistant Professor
Rajneesh Nath, MD, Assistant Professor
Raymond U. Osarogiagbon, MD, Assistant Professor
Donna Przepiorka, MD, Professor
Thomas W. Ratliff, MD, Assistant Professor
Kathleen D. Spiers, MD, Assistant Professor
Furhan Yunus, MD, Assistant Professor

Division of Infectious Diseases
Melissa A. Appleton, MD, Associate Professor
J. Mark Brint, MD, Assistant Professor
Kerry O. Cleveland, MD, FACP , Associate Professor
Cathy E. Corbett, MD, Associate Professor
James B. Dale, MD, Professor and Chief
James M. Fleckenstein, MD, Associate Professor
Michael S. Gelfand, MD, FACP , Professor
Helen G. Morrow, MD, Assistant Professor
John M. Norwood, MD, Associate Professor
Susie J. Sargent, MD, Clinical Associate Professor
Bruce W. Steinhauer, MD, Professor
Ellen Whitnack, MD, Associate Professor

Division of Nephrology
Sergio R. Acchiardo, MD, Professor and Chief
William R. Bastnagel, MD, Assistant Professor
Robert Bradley Canada, MD, Assistant Professor
C. Robert Cooke, MD, Professor
Maria F. Egidi, MD, Professor
Christie Green, MD, Assistant Professor
Kim M. Huch, MD, Associate Professor
James Gibb Johnson, MD, Professor
Maung Mya, MD, Assistant Professor
Adnan Naseer, MD, Assistant Professor
William F. Owen, Jr., MD, Professor
Steve J. Schwab, MD, Executive Dean
Arif Showkat, MD, Assistant Professor
Barry M. Wall, MD, Professor

For an indepth look at our Nephrology faculty, click below:

Nephrology Faculty

Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
Jaime F. Avecillas, MD, Assistant Professor
Husni Dweik, MD, Assistant Professor
Amado X. Freire, MD, Associate Professor and Chief
John P. Griffin, MD, Professor
A. Stacey Headley, MD, Associate Professor
G. Umberto Meduri, MD, Professor
Muthiah P. Muthiah, MD, FCCP , Assistant Professor
Scott E. Sinclair, MD, Assistant Professor
Muhammed K. Zaman, MD, Associate Professor

For an indepth look at our Pulmonary faculty, click below:

Pulmonary Faculty

Division of Rheumatology
Laura D. Carbone, MD, Associate Professor
Michael Cremer, MD,
Paula A. Herring, MD, Assistant Professor
Andrew H. Kang, MD, Goodman Professor of Medicine Emeritus
Stanley B. Kaplan, MD, Professor
Kristine M. Lohr, MD, Professor
Arnold E. Postlethwaite, MD, Professor and Chief
John M. Stuart, MD, Professor
Bo Tang, MD, PhD , Assistant Professor
Benjamin Wang, MD, Assistant Professor

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