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February 2025 Appointments & Promotions

Please congratulate these faculty members on their appointments and promotions approved in February 2025.

Approved by school-specific APT committees, the Executive Committee, the Provost’s Office, and the President’s Office. Effective date for promotions: Sept. 1, 2025. * denotes pending tenure approval by the Board of Regents.  

Professors

Megan Berman, MD 
Promoted to Professor (Non-Tenure Track)
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of General Medicine
John Sealy School of Medicine

Shawn Nishi, MD
Movement to Tenure Track as Professor 
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Critical Care and Sleep Medicine
John Sealy School of Medicine

Associate Professors

Mostafa Shalaby, MD 
Promoted to Associate Professor (Non-Tenure Track)
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
John Sealy School of Medicine

Emeritus Awards

Russell Snyder, MD 
Awarded Professor Emeritus
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
John Sealy School of Medicine

    UT BOR Tenure Awards

    Laurie Ann Ferguson, DNP, APRN, ANP-BC, FNP-C
    Professor with Award of Tenure
    Department of Graduate Studies
    School of Nursing

    Mandy Hill, DrPH, MPH, HIVPVP
    Professor with Award of Tenure
    Department of Population Health & Health Disparities
    School of Public & Population Health

    Ajay Israni, MD 
    Professor with Award of Tenure
    Department of Internal Medicine
    Division of Nephrology
    John Sealy School of Medicine

    Upendra Parvathaneni, MD
    Professor with Award of Tenure
    Department of Radiation Oncology
    John Sealy School of Medicine

    Sanjeev Tuli, MD, MEd 
    Professor with Award of Tenure
    Department of Pediatrics
    John Sealy School of Medicine