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Welcome to Faculty Affairs

Our faculty members will encourage our students in transdisciplinary scholarship and serve as student mentors to prepare them as physicians of the future. Community physicians with faculty affiliations will also be partners with OUWB, serving as mentors and role models to support our medical students who will serve diverse communities through the faithful execution of our mission. 

Faculty Affairs has a broad range of responsibilities including:

  • Assisting faculty with professional career development, supporting faculty careers from appointment through retirement.

  • Developing, interpreting, communicating and administering University and OUWB policies related to faculty employment.

  • Serving as the official resources for faculty data.

  • Overseeing and facilitating proactive administration of all aspects of policies and processes relating to faculty recruitments and appointments, reappointments and promotions and other faculty employment actions.

  • Ensuring the auditing and compliance of OUWB's Meaningful Participation Program. 

  • Overseeing the philosophy and regulations on which faculty governance is based in compliance with the standards set forth by the Liaison Committee for Medical Education (LCME).

  • Updating faculty publications such as the Faculty HandbookBylaws of the Faculty and the Constitution.

If you have questions, please contact [email protected].

Foundational Medical Studies Faculty Directory

Corewell Health Faculty by Clinical Department 

Meet the Team

pittsDeirdre Reddix, Ph.D., SCP-IPMA
Associate Dean for Faculty & Staff Affairs and Professional Development
[email protected]
 

janineJanine DeWitte, M.Ed., PHR
Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs & Professional Development
[email protected]
Michelle Knox, M.Ed., CHRSMichelle Knox
Manager of Faculty Affairs & Professional Development
[email protected]
briandBrian December
Faculty Affairs Coordinator
[email protected]
Katie WeyandKatie Weyand
Faculty Affairs Coordinator
[email protected]
Ann Voorheis-SargentAnn Voorheis-Sargent, Ph.D., LPC
Director, Center for Excellence in Medical Education (CEME)
[email protected]
Taylor BattagliaTaylor Battaglia, M.A.T.
Faculty Development Coordinator
[email protected]

Tori ArnoldTori Arnold
Faculty Development Coordinator
[email protected]
Clinical Faculty Orientation

This guide was created by the OUWB Faculty Affairs Team and is meant to provide information to help you get off to an informed and productive start.

Click here to access the guide.

2023 - 2024 Faculty Promotions

2023 - 2024 Faculty Promotions

OUWB is pleased to announce the promotion of eighteen members of our faculty. These promotions mark an especially proud moment for the OUWB community as we’ve had the pleasure of watching these talented individuals develop from promising junior faculty into scholars and teachers of national impact and recognition. Congratulations to the following faculty members:

Brian K. Felice, M.D., Emergency Medicine - Associate Professor
Erwin Patalinghug, M.D., Family Medicine - Associate Professor
Kathleen M. Rollinger, D.O., Family Medicine - Associate Professor
Ida J. Rubino, M.D., Family Medicine - Associate Professor
Srikala Yedavally-Yellayi, D.O., Family Medicine - Associate Professor
Enrique Calvo-Ayala, M.D., Internal Medicine - Associate Professor
Bhavin D. Dalal, M.D., Internal Medicine - Professor
Nader Mina, M.D., Internal Medicine - Associate Professor
Ali Alhousseini, M.D., Ph.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology - Associate Professor
Daniel K. Park, M.D., Orthopaedic Surgery - Professor
Said Hafez-Khayyata, M.D., Pathology - Associate Professor
Jaime L. Taylor, D.O., Pediatrics - Associate Professor
Christine C. Chamberlain, M.D., Physical Medicine - Associate Professor
Gino R. Sessa, M.D., Physical Medicine - Associate Professor
Sayf Al-katib, M.D., Radiology - Associate Professor
Kongkrit Chaiyasate, M.D., Surgery - Professor
Nathan Novotny, M.D., Surgery - Associate Professor
Bernadette Zwaans, Ph.D., Urology - Associate Professor        

2022 - 2023 Faculty Promotions

2022 - 2023 Faculty Promotions

OUWB is pleased to announce the promotion of 16 members of our faculty and the granting of tenure to two members of our faculty. These promotions and granting of tenure mark an especially proud moment for the OUWB community as we’ve had the pleasure of watching these talented individuals develop from promising junior faculty into scholars and teachers of national impact and recognition. Congratulations to the following faculty members: : 

Amit Bahl, M.D., Emergency Medicine - Professor
David Berger, M.D., Emergency Medicine - Associate Professor
Amber M. Gruber, D.O., Family Medicine - Associate Professor
Andrew M. Oleszkowicz, M.D., Family Medicine - Associate Professor
Adam Shammami, D.O., Family Medicine - Associate Professor
Stefanie M. Attardi, Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies - Associate Professor (Tenure)
Jickssa Gemechu, Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies - Associate Professor (Tenure)
Alexandra I. Halalau, M.D., Internal Medicine - Professor
Pradeep Kaminoulu, M.D., Internal Medicine - Associate Professor
Girish Nair, M.D., Internal Medicine - Professor
Daniel Fahim, M.D., Neurosurgery - Professor
Lori A. Stec, M.D., Ophthalmology - Professor
Kurt D. Bernacki, M.D., Pathology - Associate Professor
Sirisha R. Nandalur, M.D., Radiation Oncology - Associate Professor
Kiran R. Nandalur, M.D., Radiology - Professor
Paul G. Bove, M.D., Surgery - Professor
Pavan Brahmamdam, M.D., Surgery - Associate Professor
S. Mohammad Jafri, M.D., Urology - Associate Professor
2021 - 2022 Faculty Promotions

OUWB is pleased to announce the promotion of sixteen members of our faculty and the granting of tenure to one member of our faculty. These promotions and granting of tenure mark an especially proud moment for the OUWB community as we’ve had the pleasure of watching these talented individuals develop from promising junior faculty into scholars and teachers of national impact and recognition. Congratulations to the following faculty members:

Claudio Cortes, Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies — Associate Professor (Tenure)
Varna Taranikanti, M.D., Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies — Associate Professor (Tenure)
Jason Wasserman, Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies — Professor (Tenure)
Lisa Cohen, M.D., Internal Medicine — Associate Professor
Michael J. Gallagher, M.D., Internal Medicine — Professor
Ivan D. Hanson, M.D., Internal Medicine — Associate Professor
Arati K. Kelekar, M.D., Internal Medicine — Associate Professor
Vishal Patel, M.D., Internal Medicine — Associate Professor
Chirag K. Gupta, M.D., Ophthalmology — Associate Professor
Drew D. Moore, M.D., Orthopaedic Surgery — Associate Professor
Vaishali M. Pansare, M.D., Pathology — Professor
L. Kate Gowans, M.D., Pediatrics — Associate Professor
Andrea C. Hernandez-Troya, M.D., Pediatrics — Associate Professor
Joshua T. Dilworth, M.D., Ph.D., Radiation Oncology — Associate Professor
Xuanfeng Ding, Ph.D., Radiation Oncology — Associate Professor
Daniel J. Krauss, M.D., Radiation Oncology — Professor
Adam D. Rubin, M.D., Surgery — Professor