Elections

Elected faculty will serve from July 2024 to June 2026.*

President-elect (2024-2025)/President (2025-2026)

Timothy Masterson, MD

Secretary-elect (2024-2025)/Secretary (2025-2026)

Shannon Hawkins, MD, PhD

Regional Campus Representatives

• EAST: Jui-Hung (Jimmy) Yen, PhD

• SOUTH: Larry Kilinski, MD

Adjunct (Volunteer) Faculty Representative

Donald Zimmer, MD

Department Representatives to the Faculty Steering Committee

• Anesthesia: Raheleh Rahimi, MD

• Biostatistics: Yong Zang, PhD

• Emergency Medicine: Ryan Hata, MD

• Medical & Molecular Genetics: Jen Ivanovich, MS

• Microbiology & Immunology: Andy Yu, MD, PhD

• Neurological Surgery: Brandon Lane, MD

• Ophthalmology: Amir Hajrasouliha, MD

• Orthopaedic Surgery: Erika Daley, MD

• Otolaryngology: Charles Yates, MD

• Pediatrics: Farrah Vali, MD; Harish Rao, MD; Anthony Ross, MD; Amelia Linneman, PhD

• Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: Ruth Stanton, MD

• Radiation Oncology: Tim Lautenschlaeger, MD

• Surgery: Sanjay Mohanty, MD

Representatives to IU Indianapolis Faculty Council

• Jesse Savage, MD, PhD

• Umer Bhatti, MD

• Hanying Chen, MD

• Hiba Mustafa, MD

• Alan Ladd, MD

• Margaret McNulty, PhD

• Sabrina Absalon, PhD

Association of American Medical Colleges (AAMC) Council of Faculty and Academic Societies (CFAS) Representative*

Christian Strachan, MD

Academic Standards Committee

• LeeAnn Cox, MD

• Sidney Allison, MD

Admissions Committee

• Ashay Bhatwadekar, PhD

• Aki Puryear, MD

Awards Committee

• Katrina Collins, MD

• John Guardiola, MD

Biomedical Research Committee

• Andrew Templin, PhD

• David E Nelson, PhD

Faculty Community Relations Committee

• Allison Meyer, PhD

• Maddison Tolliver-Lynn, PhD

Curriculum Council Steering Committee

• Jennelle Richardson, PhD

• Theresa (Teri) Greco, MD

Diversity Council

• Manasa Reddy, MD

• Ashina Singh, MD

Faculty Development Coordinating Committee

• Jill Fodstad, PhD

• David Rodgers, Ed.D

Faculty Promotion and Tenure

• Lisa Landrum, MD, PhD

• Raj Vuppalanchi, MD

Lecturers and Clinical Rank Faculty Promotions

• Laurie Ackerman, MD

• Tina Schade Willis, MD

Student Promotions Committee

• Yuliya Klymenko, MD, PhD

• Rachel Kowal, MD

* CFAS Representative is a three-year term.

Faculty elected will serve from July 2023 – June 2025.

President is Kristine Mosier, PhD, and Secretary is Tim Masterson, MD.

President-elect: Ashley Inman, MD

Secretary-elect: Matthew Landman, MD

Regional campus representative on the Faculty Steering Committee:

North: Joshua Mangum, PhD
West: Margaret Moga, PhD

IU Indianapolis Faculty Council: Ashley Inman, MD; Matthew Landman, MD; Rebecca Rose, MD; Anna Pendrey, MD; Chris Jackson, MD; Manasa Reddy, MD; Brad Bohnstedt, MD

CFAS Representative: Tanna Boyer, DO

Academic Standards: Stephanie Sharpe, MD; Cecelia Vetter, MS

Admissions: Michael Schacht, MD

Awards: Nick Pettit, MD, PhD; Nian Wang, PhD

Biomedical Research: Sabrina Absolon, PhD; Reza Shahbazi, PhD

Curriculum Council: Sarah Delima, MD; Daniel Brenner, MD, PhD

Faculty Community Relations: Deanna Reinoso, MD; Hasnaa Jalou, MD

Faculty Development Coordinating: Shawn Wilson, PhD; Hayder Abbood, MD

Promotion and Tenure Committee: Monika Fischer, MD; James Williams, PhD

Lecturers and Clinical Rank Faculty Promotion: John Christenson, MD

Student Promotions: Namita Agrawal, MD; Carl Pafford, MD

Faculty elected will serve from July 2022 – June 2024.

President is Christine Eckel, PhD and Secretary is Margaret Schwarz, MD.

President-elect: Kristine Mosier, PhD

Secretary-elect: Tim Masterson, MD

Regional campus representative on the Faculty Steering Committee:

East: ui-Hung (Jimmy) Yen, PhD – IUSM Fort Wayne (2022-2024)
South: Kara Garcia, PhD – IUSM Evansville (2022-2024)

IU Indianapolis Faculty Council: Cole Beeler, MD; Arupratan Das, PhD; Matthew Holley, PhD; Americo Lopez-Yglesias, PhD; Joshua Mangum, PhD; Joshua Roth, MD; Tasneem Sharma, PhD ; Yar (Samantha) Luan Yeap

CFAS Representative: Shawn Wilson, PhD

Academic Standards: Ashley Satorius, MD; Amy Ribera, PhD

Admissions: Zeynep Salih, MD, MA; Bittu Majmudar-Sheth, MD

Awards: Teresa Zimmers, PhD; Yoshikazu Imanishi, PhD

Biomedical Research: Amanda Saratsis, MD; Peter Hollenhorst, PhD

Curriculum Council: Vinaya Murthy, MS; Marcelino Rivera, MD

Faculty Community Relations: Neeta Agarwal, MD; Nancy Glober, MD

Faculty Development Coordinating: Brandon Oberlin, PhD; Julie Welch, MD

Promotion and Tenure Committee: Raghu Motaganahalli, MD; David Nelson, PhD

Lecturers and Clinical Rank Faculty Promotion: Shalini Manchanda, MD; Scott Walker, MD

Student Promotions: Scott Canfield, PhD; Matthew Partain, MD

Faculty elected will serve from July 2021 – June 2023:

President is Yar (Samantha) Yeap, MD, MS and Secretary is Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD (Elected in 2020).

President-elect: Christine Eckel, PhD

Secretary-elect: Margaret Schwarz, MD

Regional campus representative on the Faculty Steering Committee:

• West: Michael Lannoo, PhD – Terre Haute (2021-2023)
• North: Jeni Prosperi, PhD (2021-2023)

IU Indianapolis Faculty Council: Sacha Sharp, PhD; Jesse Savage, MD; John Turchi, PhD

CFAS Representative: Hongxia Ren, PhD

Academic Standards: Archita Desai, MD and Jerry Young, MD

Admissions: Gulraj Chawla, MD and Daren Beam, MD

Awards: Rafat Abonour, MD and Marc Mendonca, PhD

Biomedical Research: Fanyin Meng, PhD and Stephen Schlecht, PhD

Curriculum Council: Katherine Kelly, MD and Harish Rao, MD

Faculty Community Relations: Vivian Ott, PhD and Timothy Webb, MD

Faculty Development Coordinating: Tarah Ballinger, MD and Emily Holmes, MD

Promotion and Tenure Committee: Kathy Miller, MD and Magdalena Czader, MD, PhD

Lecturers and Clinical Rank Faculty Promotion: Bobbi Byrne, MD and Maya Guglin, PhD

Student Promotions: Elizabeth Collins, MD and Bart Besinger, MD

Faculty elected will serve from July 2020 – June 2022:

FSC 2020-2021 President is Marc Mendonca, PhD and Secretary is Ashley Inman, MD (Elected in 2019).

President-elect: Yar (Sam) Yeap, MD

Secretary-elect: Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD

Department Representatives to FSC

Anatomy, Cell Biology, & Physiology: William Truitt, PhD Anesthesia: Kevin Blackfish-White, MD

Biochemistry: Yuichiro Takagi, PhD Biostatistics: Yong Zang, PhD

Dermatology: Matthew Turner, MD, PhD

Emergency Medicine: Katherine Pollard, MD

Family Medicine: Brock McMillen, MD

Medical & Molecular Genetics: Erica Clinkenbeard, PhD

Medicine (6): Rachel Peterson, MD; Erik Imel, MD; Chadi Hage, MD; Brian Leon, MD; Katherine Kelly, MD; Simit Doshi, MD

Microbiology & Immunology: Stacey Gilk, PhD

Neurological Surgery: James Miller, MD

Neurology: Christopher Jackman, MD

Obstetrics & Gynecology: John Stutsman, MD

Ophthalmology: Ashay Bhatwadekar, PhD

Orthopaedic Surgery: Emily Cha, MD

Otolaryngology: Benjamin Anthony, MD

Pathology & Laboratory Medicine: Matthew Kuhar, MD

Pediatrics (3): Linda DiMeglio, MD; Lei Yang, PhD; Lindsay Mayo, PhD

Pharmacology & Toxicology: Jill Fehrenbacher, PhD

Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation: Nathan Prahlow, MD

Psychiatry: David Diaz, MD Radiation Oncology: Joseph Dynlacht, PhD

Radiology & Imaging Sciences: Valerie Echeverria

Surgery: William Wooden, MD

Urology: Timothy Masterson, MD

Regional campus representative on the Faculty Steering Committee:

• East: Gregory Taylor, DO IUSM-Muncie
• South: Kara Garcia – Evansville

IU Indianapolis Faculty Council: Sarah Delima, MD; Emilee Delbridge, PhD; Weiming Mao, MD, PhD; Muhammad Idrees, MD Karan Shah, MD; Shelia Segura, MD; Rupa Radhakrishnan, MD

CFAS Representative: Gayle Gordillo, MD

Academic Standards: Michelle Zimmerman, MD and Christine Eckel, PhD

Admissions: Noelle Sinex, MD and Thomas Gardner, MD

Awards: Sara Quinney, PhD, Pharm. D and Teresa Zimmers, PhD

Biomedical Research: Alexander Obukhov, PhD and Tiebing Liang, PhD

Curriculum Council: Megan Christman, DO and Atul Agarwal, MD

Faculty Community Relations: Joseph O’Neil, MD and Andrea Bonetto, PhD

Faculty Development Coordinating: Thomas Everett IV, PhD and Geoffery Hays, MD

Promotion and Tenure Committee: Jeffrey Kline, MD and Leonidas Koniaris, MD

Lecturers and Clinical Rank Faculty Promotion: Joseph Croffie, MD and Jeffrey Breall, MD, PhD

Student Promotions: Joseph Turner, MD and Heather O’Leary, PhD

Faculty elected will serve from July 2019 – June 2021:

FSC 2019-2020 President is Rafat Abonour, MD and Secretary is Tim Corson, PhD (Elected in 2018).

President-elect: Marc Mendonca, PhD

Secretary-elect: Ashley Inman, MD

IUHP representative on the Faculty Steering Committee: Elaine Cox, MD

Regional campus representative on the Faculty Steering Committee: Jenifer Prosperi, PhD

IU Indianapolis Faculty Council: Hannah Craven, MLIS; Christine Eckel, PhD; Chang Ho, MD; Theodore Wilson, MD

CFAS Representative: Gabriel Bosslet, MD

Academic Standards: Sally Mitchell, EdD; S. Jawad Sher, MD

Admissions: John Foley, PhD; Hannah Locke, MD

Awards: Cole Beeler, MD; Fletcher White, PhD

Biomedical Research: Noel Dasgupta, MD; Shannon Hawkins, MD, PhD

Community Relations: Chelsea Misquith, MIS; Erik W. Streib, MD

Curriculum Council: Matthew Holley, PhD; Anne Whitehead, MD

Faculty Development Coordinating: DuyKhanh (Mimi) Ceppa, MD; Mary Maluccio, MD

Faculty Promotion and Tenure: Deanna Willis, MD; Monte Willis, MD, PhD

Lecturers and Clinical Rank Faculty appointment contract and promotion: Lan Chen, MD; Jay Wish, MD

Student Promotions: Nicole Scott, MD; Tracy Vargo-Gogola, PhD

Faculty elected will serve from July 2018 – June 2020:

FSC 2018-2019 President is Brittney-Shea Herbert, PhD and Secretary is Yar (Samantha) Yeap, MD (Elected in 2017).

President-elect: Rafat Abonour, MD

Secretary-elect: Tim Corson, PhD

IUHP representative on the Faculty Steering Committee: Steve Steiner, MD

Regional campus representative on the Faculty Steering Committee: Douglas Carr, MD

IU Indianapolis Faculty Council: Krista Brucker, MD; Sylk Sotto, EdD; Hongxia Ren, PhD; Matthew Landman, MD; Debomoy Lahiri, PhD; Matthew Turner, MD, PhD; Alex Dent, PhD

CFAS Representative: Sharon Moe, MD Academic Standards: Tanna Boyer, MD; Dale Saxon, PhD

Admissions: Stephanie Sharpe, MD; Elizabeth Whipple, MLS, AHIP

Awards: Jodi Smith, MD, PhD; Jonathan Ting, MD

Biomedical Research: Sara Quinney, PhD, Pharm D; Shannon Risacher, PhD

Community Relations: Khalil Diab, MD; Joseph O’Neil, MD

Curriculum Council: Elizabeth Collins, MD; Dan Corson-Knowles, MD

Faculty Development Coordinating: Brady Atwood, PhD; Cynthia Brown, MD

Faculty Promotion and Tenure: Mitchell Goldman, MD; Margaret Schwarz, MD

Lecturers and Clinical Rank Faculty appointment contract and promotion: Mara Nitu, MD, DC; Tim Taber, MD

Student Promotions: Tamika Dawson-Knox, MD; Tyler Davis, MD

Faculty elected will serve from July 2017 – June 2019:

The FSC 2017-2018 President is Daniel Rusyniak, MD and Secretary is Megan Palmer, PhD (Elected in 2016).

President-elect: Brittney-Shea Herbert, PhD

Secretary-elect: Yar (Samantha) Yeap, MD

IUHP representative on the Faculty Steering Committee: Erik Streib, MD

Regional campus representative on the Faculty Steering Committee: Leslie Hoffman, PhD

IU Indianapolis Faculty Council: Brian Brewer, MD; Patrick Gerety, MD; Matthew Holley, PhD; Elizabeth Whipple, MLS, AHIP

CFAS Representative: Michelle Zimmerman, MD

Academic Standards: Amanda Benaderet, MD; Michael King, PhD

Admissions: Richard Mangus, MD; David Matthews, MD

Awards: Ronald Shapiro, MD; Harikrishna Nakshatri, PhD

Biomedical Research: Steven Johnson, PhD; Lindsey Mayo, PhD

Community Relations: Christopher Jackman, MD; Poonam Khurana, MD

Curriculum Council: Ashley Inman, MD; Joseph Turner, MD

Faculty Development Coordinating: Rania Abbasi, MD; Angela Tomlin, PhD

Faculty Promotion and Tenure: Andrew Jea, MD; James Williams, Jr., PhD

Lecturers and Clinical Rank Faculty appointment contract and promotion: Sara Grethlein, MD; Anna Maria Storniolo, MD

Student Promotions: Nicole Horn, MD; Tara Benjamin, MD

Faculty elected will serve from July 2016 – June 2018:

The FSC 2016-2017 President is Emily Walvoord, MD and Secretary is Chen Lin, PhD.

President-elect: Dan Rusyniak, MD

Secretary-elect: Megan Palmer, PhD

IUHP representative on the Faculty Steering Committee: Steve Steiner, MD

Regional campus representative on the Faculty Steering Committee: Mari Hopper, PhD

IU Indianapolis Faculty Council: Kacy Allgood, MLS, AHIP; Erik Imel, MD, MS; David Nelson, PhD; X. Frank Yang, PhD; Benjamin James, MD; Ruben Vidal, PhD

CFAS Representative: Robert Presson, Jr., MD

Academic Standards: Mark Goebl, PhD; Elizabeth Whipple, MLS

Admissions: Lauren Dungy-Poythress, MD; Patricia Gallagher, PhD

Awards: Travis Jerde, PhD; Katherine McHugh, MD

Biomedical research: Thomas Everett IV, PhD; Troy Markel, MD

Community relations: Nancy Johnston, DVM; Liam Howley, MD

Curriculum Council: Christen Dilly, MD; Palmer Mackie, MD

Faculty development coordinating: Heather Fleming, MD; Christine Raches, PsyD, HSPP, BCBA

Faculty promotion and tenure: J. Dennis Fortenberry, MD, MS; Stephanie Davis, MD

Lecturers and clinical rank faculty appointment contract and promotion: John Christenson, MD; Michael Trautman, MD

Student promotions: Tamika Dawson-Knox, MD; Amy Munchhof, MD, PhD

Faculty elected will serve from July 2015 – June 2017:

President-elect: Emily C. Walvoord, MD

Secretary-elect: Eyas Hattab, MD

IUHP representative on the Faculty Steering Committee: Emily C. Webber, MD

Regional campus representative on the Faculty Steering Committee: Margaret A. Schwarz, MD

IU Indianapolis Faculty Council: Joseph R. Dynlacht, PhD; Lindsey D. Mayo, PhD; Li Shen, PhD; Jodi L. Smith, MD, PhD

CFAS Representative: Nicole D. Horn, MD

Academic standards: Christine R. Stehman, MD and Andrea L. Pfeifle, EdD

Admissions: Brock D. McMillen, MD and Peter M. Hammer, MD, FACS

Awards: Susan K. London, BS, MLS and Fletcher A. White, PhD

Biomedical research: Tamara S. Hannon, MD and Uma Sankhar, PhD

Community relations: Kamnesh R. Pradhan, MD and Bree A. Weaver, MD

Curriculum council: Michelle K. Zimmerman, MD and Tracy C. Vargo-Gogola, PhD

Faculty development coordinating: Steven J. Miller, PhD and Jonathan Y. Ting, MD, MS

Faculty promotion and tenure: Linda A. DiMeglio, MD and David W. Boyle, MD

Lecturers and clinical rank faculty appointment contract and promotion: John S. Fuqua, MD and Mark H. Hoyer, MD

Student promotions: Amanda D. Benaderet, MD and Steven P. Gerke, MD

Faculty elected will serve from July 2014-June 2016:

President-elect: Alan P. Ladd, MD

Secretary-elect: Daniel E. Rusyniak, MD

IUHP representative on the Faculty Steering Committee: Timothy A. Masterson, MD

Regional campus representative on the Faculty Steering Committee: Nancy J. Mangini, PhD

IU Indianapolis Faculty Council: Janice C. Froehlich, PhD; Amber L. Mosley, PhD; Elizabeth C. Whipple, MLS; Tim W. Corson, PhD; Robert M. Siwiec, MD

Academic standards: Joseph S. Turner, MD and Khalid S. Mohammad, MD, PhD

Admissions: Chemen M. Tate, MD and Yuichiro Takagi, PhD

Awards: Young-Jee Kim, MD and Sarah Landsberger, PhD

Biomedical research: Jennifer R. Prosperi, PhD and Tim Lahm, MD

Community relations: Ruben H. Hernandez, MD and Naveen Manchanda, MD

Curriculum council: Kathleen M. O’Neil, MD and Robert V. Stahelin, PhD

Faculty development coordinating: Devon J. Hensel, PhD and Matthew R. Allen, PhD

Faculty promotion and tenure: Debbie C. Thurmond, PhD and B. Paul Herring, PhD

Lecturers and clinical rank faculty appointment contract and promotion: John C. Christenson, MD and Brenda B. Poindexter, MD

Student promotions: Emily C. Pearce, MD and Alexander L. Dent, PhD

Faculty elected will serve from July 2013-June 2015:

President-elect: Abigail Klemsz, MD, PhD

Secretary-elect: Emily Walvoord, MD

Academic standards: Michael McKenna, MD, and Jennelle Richardson, PhD

Admissions: Brian Decker, MD, PharmD, and Kevin P McMullen, MD

Awards: John (JT) Finnell, MD, and Theresa Rohr-Kirchgraber, MD

Biomedical research: Paul Dexter, MD, and Linda DiMeglio, MD

Community relations: Richard Gunderman, MD, PhD, and Jennifer Walthall, MD

Curriculum council: Douglas Carr, MD, and Thomas Fox, MD

Faculty development coordinating: Scott Renshaw, MD, and Curtis Wright, PhD

Faculty promotions and tenure: Indra Das, PhD, and Mimi Kokoska, MD

Lecturer and clinical rank faculty promotion: Deborah Givan, MD, and Dennis Wagner, MD

Student promotions: Kathleen Boyd, MD, and Kenneth Lazarus, MD

Faculty steering committee (IUHP representative): Tim Taber, MD

Faculty steering committee (Regional campus representative): Gabi Waite, PhD

IU Indianapolis faculty council: Rafat Abonour, MD, Frank Yang, PhD, Jodi Smith, MD, PhD, Richard Nass, PhD, Mehdi Nassiri, MD, Alan Ladd, MD

President-Elect of the Faculty: Deb Kirkpatrick, Obstetrics & Gynecology

Secretary-Elect of the Faculty: Alan Ladd, Surgery

Indiana University Health Partners (IUHP) Representative on Faculty Steering Committee: Chandru Sundaram, Urology

Regional Campus Representative on Faculty Steering Committee: David Daleke, Bloomington Center

IU Indianapolis Faculty Council Unit Representatives:

• Robert Bigsby, Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Patrick Fueger, Pediatrics
• Eric Horn, Neurosurgery
• Kenneth White, Medical & Molecular Genetics
• Karmen Yoder, Radiology

IU (All-University) Faculty Council Nominees:

• Robert Bigsby, Obstetrics & Gynecology
• Indra Das, Radiation Oncology
• Eric Horn, Neurosurgery
• Robert Stahelin, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• Karen West, Surgery

Standing Committee Representatives:

Academic Standards Committee:

• John Boe, Emergency Medicine
• Paul Kwo, Medicine

Admissions Committee:

• Roger Smith, Obstetrics & Gynecology
• John Sturman, Anesthesia

Awards Committee:

• Tim Ellender, Emergency Medicine
• Jingwu Xie, Pediatrics

Biomedical Research Committee:

• Robert Stahelin, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
• Karmen Yoder, Radiology

Curriculum Council:

• Alex Djuricich, Medicine
• Peter Nalin, Family Medicine

Community Relations Committee:

• Jon Hathaway, Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Dean Wiseman, Pediatrics

Faculty Development Coordinating Committee (FDCC):

• Poonam Khurana, Pediatrics
• Kenneth White, Medical & Molecular Genetics

Lecturers and Clinical Rank Faculty Promotions Committee:

• Higinia Cardenes, Radiation Oncology
• Sandeep Gupta, Pediatrics

Promotion and Tenure Committee:

• James McAteer, Anatomy and Cell Biology
• Karen West, Surgery

Student Promotions Committee:

• Mark DiCorcia, Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Mitch Harris, Pediatrics