About the Faculty - Faculty - Oakland University William Beaumont School of Medicine

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.

Foundational Medical Studies Faculty Directory

Beaumont Health Faculty by Clinical Department

Meet the Team

pitts Deirdre Pitts, Ph.D., SCP-IPMA
Associate Dean for Academic, Faculty Affairs, Diversity & Inclusion
pitts@oakland.edu

Janine DeWitte, M.Ed., PHR
Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs & Professional Development
jmdewitt@oakland.edu

Michelle Knox, BS, CHRS

Manager of Faculty Affairs &
Professional Development
michelleknox@oakland.edu

Brian December
Faculty Affairs Coordinator
bjdecem2@oakland.edu

Katie Weyand
Faculty Affairs Coordinator
kweyand@oakland.edu

Ann Voorheis-Sargent, Ph.D., LPC
Director, Center for Excellence in Medical Education (CEME)
voorheissargent@oakland.edu

Zachary Zuchowicz, MPH, CWP
Faculty Development Coordinator
zuchowicz@oakland.edu

Darlene Niksic
CEME Office Coordinator
Darlene.niksic@beaumont.org

Tori Arnold
Faculty Development Support Specialist
varnold@oakland.edu

Tiffany Williams, Ph.D.

Director, Diversity & Inclusion
elliottf@oakland.edu

Angie Freeman, M.S.
Coordinator, Diversity & Inclusion
freeman6@oakland.edu

Jean Brown
Office Assistant, Diversity & Inclusion
tbrown4@oakland.edu

2019 - 2020 Faculty Promotions

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:

Begum Akay, M.D., Surgery – Associate Professor

Dwayne M. Baxa, Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies – Associate Professor

Francisco R. Davila Grijalva, M.D., Internal Medicine – Associate Professor

Jayson B. Field, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology – Associate Professor

Ismael E. Gonzalez, M.D., Pediatrics – Associate Professor

Stewart Graham, Ph.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology – Associate Professor

Felicia A. Ivascu, M.D., Surgery – Associate Professor

Aliraza G. Jaffer, M.D., Anesthesiology – Associate Professor

Shanna C. Jones, M.D., Emergency Medicine – Associate Professor

Jad G. Khalil, M.D., Orthopaedic Surgery – Associate Professor

Laura E. Lamb, Ph.D., Urology – Associate Professor

Kelly A. Levasseur, D.O., Emergency Medicine – Associate Professor

David D. Lick, M.D., Family Medicine and Community Health – Professor

M. Eileen McCormick, D.O., Pediatrics – Associate Professor

Lopa Rana, M.D., Psychiatry – Associate Professor

Dianne Schlachter, M.D., Ophthalmology – Associate Professor

Monisha Shetty, M.D., Diagnostic Radiology and Molecular Imaging – Associate Professor

Tracey A. Taylor, Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies – Associate Professor (tenure)

Theodoros Vlachos, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology – Associate Professor

Sailaja Yadavalli, M.D., Ph.D., Diagnostic Radiology and Molecular Imaging – Associate Professor

James M. Ziadeh, M.D., Emergency Medicine – Associate Professor

2018 - 2019 Faculty Promotions

2018 - 2019 Faculty Promotions

OUWB is pleased to announce the promotion of 12 members of our faculty, and granting of tenure to 2 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:

Zeynep Alpay-Savasan, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology – Associate Professor

Kavitha Chinnaiyan, M.D., Internal Medicine – Professor

Rebecca Clemans, M.D., Anesthesiology – Associate Professor

Inaya Hajj Hussein, Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies – Associate Professor
Suzan Kamel-ElSayed, Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies – Associate Professor (tenure)

Paras Khandhar, M.D., Pediatrics – Associate Professor

Stephen Loftus, Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies – Associate Professor (tenure)

Graham Long, M.D., Surgery – Professor

Bradley Miller, M.D., Obstetrics & Gynecology – Professor

Elie Mulhem, M.D., Family Medicine and Community Health – Professor

Vidya Pai, M.D., Diagnostic Radiology and Molecular Imaging – Associate Professor

Kara Sawarynski, Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies – Associate Professor

Gary Trock, M.D., Pediatrics – Associate Professor

Virginia Uhley, Ph.D., Foundational Medical Studies – Associate Professor

2017 - 2018 Faculty Promotions

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

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