Congratulations to the 47 WashU Medicine faculty members whom the Executive Faculty promoted in September 2026. Listed below by rank with their primary departmental appointments, these physicians, scientists and physician-scientists excel in clinical care, research and education.
Promoted to associate professor
- Isabel Alfradique-Dunham, MD, Department of Neurology
- Corina Anastasaki, PhD, Department of Neurology
- Daphne Branham, MD, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Taylor C. Brown, MD, MHS, Department of Surgery
- Lauren Buxbaum, MD, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Nicole Ducharme, DO, John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
- Katherine Glover-Collins, MD, PhD, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Patrick Grierson, MD, PhD, John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
- Allie Grither, MD, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Erin Hickey, MD, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- George Hoganson, MD, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Tracy L. Ivy, MD, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Katherine A. King, MD, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Amanda Kolmar, MD, MSCI, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Caroline M. Lee, MD, PhD, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Patricia Litkowski, MD, John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
- Arnab Majumder, MD, Department of Surgery
- Lindsay Peglar Marsala, MD, Department of Neurology
- Dzmitry Matsiukevich, MD, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Kyle McNerney, MD, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Shail Mehta, MD, John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
- Edon J. Rabinowitz, MD, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Justin W. Robinson, DO, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Rene M. Roy, MD, PhD, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Neel Shah, MD, MSc, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Alyssa E. Smith, MD, Department of Neurology
- Christopher Sumski, DO, MEd, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Susan M. Wiltrakis, MD, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
Promoted to professor
- Kevin Baszis, MD, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Jeffrey A. Blatnik, MD, Department of Surgery
- Yin Cao, ScD, MPH, Department of Surgery
- Jonathan Chiles, MD, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Brian Keith Day, MD, PhD, Department of Neurology
- Kristin Guilliams, MD, Department of Neurology
- Jeffrey Haspel, MD, PhD, John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
- Frederick Szujuei Huang, MD, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Sina Jasim, MD, MPH, John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
- Samuel F. Julian, MD, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Moh’d Khushman, MD, John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
- John Kirby, MD, Department of Surgery
- Mingjie Li, MD, PhD, Department of Neurology
- Michael Y. Lin, MD, John T. Milliken Department of Medicine
- Luigi Maccotta, MD, PhD, Department of Neurology
- Jay Malone, MD, PhD, MS, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Kevin Sullivan O’Bryan, MD, Edward Mallinckrodt Department of Pediatrics
- Amit A. Pawale, MBBS, Department of Surgery
- Maamoun Salam, MD, John T. Milliken Department of Medicine