Faculty Senate
The Faculty Senate consists of elected representatives from each department of the School.
The Faculty Senate reviews and recommends changes to the Rules of the School of Medicine and takes the lead in decisions concerning faculty evaluation procedures, the medical curriculum, research programs, professionalism, and other academic matters.
Members of the Faculty Senate are elected by the departments and serve two-year terms. Each department of the School of Medicine elects one member for every forty faculty members holding the rank of Instructor or above, with each department entitled to at least one member. All members of the Executive Faculty at all affiliated institutions are eligible for election.
The Faculty Senate meets on the third Tuesday of each month, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m..
2026-2027 Faculty Officers
President
Barbara Wilkey, MD
Associate Professor, Anesthesiology
Past-President
Elizabeth Kudron, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Biomedical Informatics
Secretary
Zachary Asher, PA-C
Associate Professor, Surgery
2026-2027 Faculty Senators
| Department | Senators |
|---|---|
| Anesthesiology | Tobias De La Garza Eckle, Kevin Fitzmartin, Richard Ing, Cara Crouch, Tessa Mandler |
| Biochemistry & Molecular Genetics | Neelanjan “Neel” Mukherjee, John Janetzko, Jay Hesselberth |
| Biomedical Informatics | Nicholas Dwork, Andrea Sikora, Randi Johnson |
| Cell & Developmental Biology (CDB) | Ernesto Salcedo, Paul Morse, Jessica Nelson |
| Dermatology | Whitney High, Xiying Fan |
| Emergency Medicine | Leah Warner, Jacob Lebin, Danielle Miller |
| Family Medicine | Heather Bleacher, Kelet Robinson, Joanna Stratton, Kimberly Wiggins |
| Immunology & Microbiology | Kimberly Jordan, Sidd Krishnamurthy, Brian Russo |
| Medicine | Blair Fennimore, Neda Rasouli, Sarah Mayson, Arianne Theiss, Tyler Anstett |
| Neurology | Ece Bayram, Kavita Nair, Brian Sauer |
| Neurosurgery | Ariana Barkley, Amelia Nelson-Sheese (Aimi) |
| Obstetrics & Gynecology | Jill Alldredge, Jennifer Pitotti, Megan Orlando |
| Ophthalmology | Jared Sokol, Valeria Canto-Soler |
| Orthopedics | Melissa Gorman, Sumeet Garg |
| Otolaryngology | Andrew Johnson, Christian Francom |
| Pathology | Brent Harris, Monica Sanchez-Avila, Nicole Tomm |
| Pediatrics | Kerry Reed, Christopher Newman, Kendall Marlowe, Jennifer Disabato, Peggy Walsh Sheryka |
| Pharmacology | Jason Aoto, Mike Oliphant |
| Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation | Amy McDevitt |
| Physiology & Biophysics | Lisandra Flores-Aldama, Tahra Eissa |
| Psychiatry | Julie Wolfe, Celeste St. John-Larkin, Matt Mishkind, Christina New, Maura Moran |
| Radiation Oncology | Blair Murphy, Ray Yang |
| Radiology | Erin Cooke, Josh Gowin, Matt Monson |
| Surgery | Thomas Pshak, Elizabeth David, Richele Koehler, Katie Egan |
Meeting Information for Current Academic Year
2026-2027 Meeting Information (All meetings via Zoom)
- Sep 82026
- Oct 132026
- Nov 102026
- Dec 82026
- Jan 122027
- Feb 92027
- Mar 92027
- Apr 132027
- May 112027
- Jun 82027