Faculty Affairs
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 Handbook, Bylaws of the Faculty and the Constitution*.
If you have questions, please contact medfacaffairs@oakland.edu.
2019 - 2020 Faculty Promotions
OUWB is pleased to announce the promotion of 20 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:
Suzan Kamel-ElSayed, Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies – Associate Professor (tenure)
2017 - 2018 Faculty Promotions
OUWB is pleased to announce the promotion of 17 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:
Amr Abbas, M.D., Internal Medicine – Professor
Samuel Bauer, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology – Associate Professor
Bobby Boyanton, M.D., Pathology – Professor
Frank Burks, M.D., Urology – Associate Professor
Kongkrit Chaiyasate, M.D., Surgery – Associate Professor
Stacey Chittle-Shubeck, M.D., Pediatrics – Associate Professor
Jay Eastman, M.D., Pediatrics – Associate Professor
Ayesha Fatima, M.D., Pediatrics – Associate Professor
Jason Gilleran, M.D., Urology – Associate Professor
Sangeeta Kaur, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology – Associate Professor
Victoria Lucia, Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies – Associate Professor
David Marcantonio, M.D., Radiology – Associate Professor
Misa Mi, Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies – Professor
Daniel Park, M.D., Orthopaedic Surgery – Associate Professor
Dilli Ramesh, M.D., Pediatrics – Associate Professor
Steven Stryk, M.D., Internal Medicine – Associate Professor
Stephanie Swanberg, MSI, Foundational Medical Studies – Associate Professor
