Executive Committee

Deans and Department Chairs

Member Department
Anantha Shekhar, MD PhD Senior Vice Chancellor for the Health Sciences, John and Gertrude Petersen Dean, School of Medicine
Ann E. Thompson, MD Vice Dean, School of Medicine
Aman Mahajan, MD, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine
Michael J. Becich, MD, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Informatics
Victor O. Morell, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery
Alexander D. Sorkin, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology
Frederick P. (Fritz) Roth, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Computational and Systems Biology
Derek Angus, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Critical Care Medicine
Louis D. Falo, MD, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Dermatology
Cecilia Lo, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Developmental Biology
Donald M. Yealy, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Emergency Medicine
Tracey Conti, MD Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine
Dario Vignali, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Immunology
Mark Geraci, MD,  Professor and Chair, Department of Medicine
Joanne Flynn, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics
Peter L. Strick, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Neurobiology
Robert M. Friedlander, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Neurological Surgery
Page Pennell, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Neurology
Robert P. Edwards, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
José Alain Sahel, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Ophthalmology
MaCalus V. Hogan, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Jose Zevallos, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Otolaryngology
Liron Pantanowitz, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Pathology
Terrence S. Dermody, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Pediatrics
Bruce A. Freeman, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
Gwendolyn Sowa, MD, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
J. Peter Rubin, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Plastic Surgery
David A. Lewis, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Psychiatry
Heath Skinner, MD, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Radiation Oncology
Jules Sumkin, DO Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Radiology
Angela M. Gronenborn, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Structural Biology
Timothy R. Billiar, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery
Joel B. Nelson, MD Professor and Chair, Department of Urology

Elected Representatives of the Faculty

Member Department Term Ends
Emilia Diego, MD Member-at-Large, Associate Professor of Surgery  6/30/2026
Evan Waxman, MD Member-at- Large, Professor of Ophthalmology 6/30/2026
Tija Jacob, PhD Member-at-Large, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology 6/30/2026
Carola A Neumann, MD Member-at-Large, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology 6/30/2025
Erika Friehling, MD, MS Member-at-Large, Associate Professor of Pediatrics 6/30/2025
Kaleab Abebe, PhD Member-at-Large, Associate Professor of Medicine, Biostatics, and Clinical & Translational Science 6/30/2025
Steffi Oesterreich, PhD Member-at-Large, Professor of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology 6/30/2024
Melanie Scott, MD, PhD Member-at-Large, Associate Professor of Surgery 6/30/2024
Charissa Pacella, MD Member-at-Large, Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine 6/30/2024