Faculty Appointments and Promotions – January and February 2025

Congratulations to the following Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their recent appointment or promotion. Professor Huiping Zhang, PhD, Psychiatry, focuses on the genetic and epigenetic mechanisms underlying substance use disorders (SUDs) and related psychiatric conditions. Dr. Zhang is a pioneer in studying DNA and RNA methylation changes, as well as noncoding RNA […]

Craig Noronha, MD, Elected to APDIM Council

Craig Norhana, MD Craig Noronha, MD, associate chief for education and a clinical associate professor of medicine, has been elected to the Association of Program Directors in Internal Medicine (APDIM) Council. As a councilor, he will be involved in the organization’s many efforts including advocacy, program development and faculty development. Noronha also is associate program […]

December 2024 Faculty Promotions

December 2024 Faculty Promotions Congratulations to the following Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their recent appointment or promotion. Associate Professor Bang-Bon Koo, PhD, Anatomy & Neurobiology, specializes in developing, validating and translating novel neuroimaging biomarkers and informatics approaches to investigate normal and pathological brain states. His current research focuses on examining brain […]

September 2024 Faculty Promotions

Congratulations to the following Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their recent appointment or promotion. Associate Professor Donald Hess, MD, Surgery, is a leader in bariatric surgery, quality improvement and resident education. He has been the chief of bariatric surgery since 2004 during which he has participated in many university research initiatives, including Dr. […]

October & November 2024 Faculty Promotions

Congratulations to the following Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine faculty on their recent appointment or promotion. Professor Mark Conrad, MD, MMSc, Surgery, is a vascular surgeon who studies aortic aneurysm repair, specifically the endovascular management of acute type B aortic dissection and the long-term anatomic response after treatment. He published one of the first series […]