Tenure & Promotion Awardees
2020-2021
Tenure and/or Promotion Recipients
From Steven Berk, M.D.
Executive Vice President for Clinical Affairs
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Dean, School of Medicine
I am pleased to announce that at their February 25-26, 2021 meeting, the Texas Tech University Board of Regents voted in favor of granting tenure and/or promotion to the following faculty of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine:

Hongjun Liang, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics

David Trotter, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Family & Community Medicine

Franklyn Babb, MD
Professor
Department of Family & Community Medicine

Ebtesam Islam, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine

Andrey Karamyshev, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology & Biochemistry

Jenda Arawiran, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Kishor Bhende, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Audra Bowman, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Ngozi Eboh, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Chuck Giles, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry

Catherine Jones, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine

Brendan MacKay, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation

Lee David Moore, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Tarek Naguib, MD
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine

Prem Nair, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine

Muhammad Nazim, MD
Professor
Department of Surgery

Bethany Nunez, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Michal Pankratz, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Drew Payne, DO
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine

Lisa Pomeroy, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Robyn Richmond, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Surgery

Bettina Schmitz, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Anesthesiology

Vani Selvan, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Family & Community Medicine

Pranav Sharma, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Urology

Charles Thompson, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

James "Whit" Walker, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Internal Medicine

Pablo Artigas, PhD
Professor
Department of Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics
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