2020 Standing Committees of Faculty Council

Faculty Committee on Appointments and Promotions

Chair: Maha Abdellatif, PhD, Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Medicine

Vice-Chair: Leroy Sharer, MD, Professor, Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine

Tenured:

Neelakshi Bhagat, MD, MPH, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Science

Purnima Bhanot, PhD, Associate Professor, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Raymond Birge, PhD, Professor, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Ronaldo Ferraris, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience

Debra Heller, MD, Professor, Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine

Mir Zafri Humayun, PhD, Professor, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Sheldon Lin, MD, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics

Padmini Salgame, PhD, Professor, Medicine

Zoltan Spolarics, MD, PhD, Professor, Surgery

Lai-Hua Xie, PhD, Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Medicine

Non Tenured:

Jean Anderson Eloy, MD, Professor, Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, NT – Clinical Educator

Diane Calello, MD, Professor, Emergency Medicine, NT – Clinical Educator

Ping-Hsin Chen, PhD, Associate Professor, Family Medicine – NT - Research Track

Evelyne Kalyoussef, MD, Associate Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, NT – Clinical Educator

Iona Monteiro, MD, Professor, Pediatrics, NT – Professional Practice

Nizar Souayah, MD, Professor, Neurology, NT- Clinical Scholar

Selvakumar Subbian, PhD, Associate Professor, Medicine – NT - Research Track

Harsh Sule, MD, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine, NT – Clinical Educator Ad Hoc members

Theodore Barrett, MD, Associate Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Health, NT – Professional Practice

Andrew Berman, MD, Professor, Medicine, NT- Clinical Educator

Sylvia Christakos, PhD, Distinguished Professor, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics - TE

Ramazi Datiashvili, MD, Professor, Surgery, NT - Professional Practice

Adam Fox, DO, DPM, Associate Professor, Surgery NT – Professional Practice

Diego Fraidenraich, PhD, Assistant Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Medicine, NT – Research

Cheryl Kennedy, MD, Professor, Psychiatry, NT – Clinical Educator

James Liu, MD, Professor, Neurological Surgery, NT – Clinical Educator

Michael Mathews, PhD, Professor, Medicine, TE

Dominga Padilla, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, NT – Professional Practice

Amariliz Rivera, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, TE

Tibor Rohacs, PhD, Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience, TE

Teresa Wood, Distinguished Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience, TE

Yu-Lan Mary Ying, MD, Associate Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, NT, Clinical Educator

Committee on Curriculum, Academic Programs and Policies

Chair: Rashi Aggarwal, MD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry

Vice-Chair: Krista Blackwell, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pharmacology, Physiology & Neuroscience

Lissette Cespedes, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine

Mariana De Lorenzo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine

Daniel M. Matassa, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine

Dominga Padilla, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Michael Shapiro, MD, Associate Professor, Surgery

Aleksey Tentler, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine

Ian Whitehead, PhD, Professor, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics Yu-Lan Mary Ying, MD, Associate Professor, Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery

Diana Finkel, DO, Assistant Professor, Medicine

Stephen Alerhand, MD, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Student Representatives:

Ariel Omiunu (2021)

Irene Martinez (2022)

Shree Nadkarni (2023)

Administration (ex officio members):

Dr. Maria Soto-Greene (Executive Vice Dean)

Dr. Christin Traba (Associate Dean for Education)

Dr. Bart Holland (Director of Educational Evaluation)

Bylaws Committee

Chair: David Bleich, MD, Professor, Medicine

Vice Chair: Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, MD, Professor, Medicine

Vineet Chitravanshi, PhD, Assistant Professor, Neurological Surgery

Robert Joshua Dym, MD, Associate Professor, Radiology

Joshua Kaplan, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine

Michael Lea, PhD, Professor, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Tiffany Murano, MD, Professor, Emergency Medicine

Pat O’Connor, PhD, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics

Katsunori Sugimoto, Ph.D., M.D., Assoc. Prof. Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Yu-Lan Mary Ying, MD, Associate Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Continuing Medical Education

Chair: Paul Weber, MD, RPh, MBA, Assoicate Dean for Continuing Medical Educations, NJMS & RWJMS

Vice-Chair: Maya Raghuwanshi, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine

Ada Baisre-de-Leon, MD, Associate Professor, Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine

Judah Goldschmiedt, MD, Assistant Professor, Radiology

Sarika Kalantre, MBBS, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Sheldon Lin, MD, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics

Mumtaz Niazi, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine

Daniel Rodriguez-Correa, Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology

Hosseinali Shahidi, MD, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

Anne Sutherland, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine

Faculty Affairs

Chair: Michael Mathews, PhD, Professor, Medicine

Vice-Chair – Carol Singer-Granick, MD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics

Sushil Ahlawat, MD, MBBS, Associate Professor, Medicine

Lawrence D. Budnick, MD, MPH, Professor, Medicine

Bernadette Cracchiolo, MD, MPH, Associate Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Health

Emanuel Goldman, PhD, Professor, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Emily Gordon, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine

James Guarrera, MD, Professor, Surgery

M. Zafri Humayun, PhD, Professor, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Iona Monteiro, MD, Professor, Pediatrics James Patrick O’Connor, PhD, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics

Peiyog Zhai, PhD, Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Medicine

Faculty Investigators Committee

Chair: Melissa Rogers, PhD, Associate Professor, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Vice Chair: Stella Elkabes, PhD, Professor, Neurological Surgery

Stephanie Bonne, MD, Associate Professor, Surgery

Diane Calello, MD, Professor, Emergency Medicine

Dominic Del Re, PhD, Assistant Professor, Cell Biology Molecular

Utz Herbig, PhD, Associate Professor, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Sara Sinha Morelli, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Health

J. Patrick O’Connor, PhD, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics

Zoltan Spolarics, PhD, Professor, Surgery

Stanley Weiss, MD, Professor, Medicine

Peiyong Zhai, PhD, Associate Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Medicine

Dane Parker, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pathology

Keri E. Lunsford, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Surgery

Pranela Rameshwar, Professor, Medicine

Nickolaos Pyrsopoulos, MD, Professor, Medicine

Ad hoc:

Mark Einstein, Professor & Chair, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Health

Deborah Lazzarino, PhD, Assistant Professor, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Institutional Planning & Development

Chair: Vivian Bellofatto, PhD, Professor & Interim Chair, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Vice Chair: Nikolaos Pyrsopoulos, Professor, Medicine

Members by Nomination:

John Bogden, PhD, Professor, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Mariana S. De Lorenzo, PhD, Assistant Professor, Cell Biology & Molecular Medicine

Dennis Grech, MD, Associate Professor, Anesthesiology

Neil Kothari, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine

Michael Lea, PhD, Professor, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Pranela Rameshwar, PhD, Professor, Medicine

Dylan Roden, MD, Assistant Professor, Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery

Harsh Sule, MD, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine

IPD Members by Office: (required by bylaws)

Senior Associate Dean for Education - Maria Soto-Greene, MD, Executive Vice-Dean, Professor, Medicine

Senior Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs: Justin Sambol, MD, Associate Professor, Surgery

Senior Associate Dean for Research: William Gause, PhD, Professor, Medicine

CAP2 Chair: Rashi Aggarwal, MD, Associate Professor, Psychiatry

Representative of FIC: Melissa Rogers, PhD, Associate Professor, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Representative of CIR: Guergana Panayotova (Dept of Surgery) Alternate: Sara Rubinstein (Dept of Neurology)

Representative of Graduate Student Organization: Stephanie Iring

Student Affairs

Chair: Carol Lutz, PhD, Associate Professor, Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Vice Chair: TBD

Irfan Ahmed, MBBS, Associate Professor, Orthopaedics

Andrew Berman, MD, Professor, Medicine

Damali M. Campbell-Oparaji, MD, Assistant Professor, Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Health

Dorothy Castro, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine

Nina Glass, MD, Assistant Professor, Surgery

Raymond Malaparo, MD, Assistant Professor, Anesthesiology

Ondrea Mckay, MD, Assistant Professor, Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation

Jill Ripper, MD, Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine

Carolyn Suzuki, PhD, Associate Professor Microbiology, Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics

Noah Villegas, MD, RBHS Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

Muriel Lambert, PhD, Professor, Pathology, Immunology & Laboratory Medicine

Harpreet Kaur, MD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Sarika Kalantre, MBBS, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Student Council Representatives:

Archana Babu (2021)

Elizabeth Batista (2021)

Yassmen Hammam (2022)

Andria Sharma (2022)

Michael Levidy (2023)

Claire Park (2023)