New Full-Time Faculty Members Join Saint Louis University

08/19/2025

Saint Louis University has many new full-time faculty members joining the University this year. 

Check out the list of who is new at SLU.

College of Arts and Sciences

• Ken Homan, S.J., Ph.D., assistant professor of history
• Quang Tran, S.J., Ph.D., assistant professor of psychology

Doisy College of Health Sciences

• Stephen Nickell, Ed.D., associate dean of student and academic affairs

Libraries and Museums

• Stephanie Gellar, assistant professor
• Adna Karamehic-Oates, Ph.D., associate professor, Center for Bosnian Studies
• Holly Reiter, associate professor
• Rebecca van Kniest, associate professor

School of Education

• Megan Brown, director of early career mentoring
• Mei-Ling Tung,, Ph.D., assistant professor of education
• Madeleine Bailey, Ph.D., assistant professor of education

School of Medicine 

• Daniel Aaronson, M.D., assistant professor of surgery
• Madison Adolph, Ph.D., assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology
• Ayham Alkarmi, M.D., assistant professor of otolaryngology
• Anthony Anzell, Ph.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Deniz Atilgan, M.D., assistant professor of neurology
• Asif Aziz, M.D., assistant professor of radiology
• Amirhossein Bajgiran, M.D., assistant professor of radiology
• Molly Barr, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Kevin Barton, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics
• Charles Baysinger, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology
• Adam Benckendorf, D.O., instructor of anesthesiology
• Daniel Berg, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Govind Bhagat, Ph.D., professor with tenure of pathology
• Christopher Brenner, D.O., instructor of anesthesiology
• Terry Bujnak, D.O., instructor of orthopaedic surgery
• Angela Capps, Ph.D., assistant professor of psychiatry
• Emily Casanova, Ph.D., assistant professor of neurology
• Maithreyi Chappidi, M.D., assistant professor of neurology
• Leah Conant, M.D., assistant professor of surgery
• Karsen Corn, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery
• Daniel Cornish, M.D., assistant professor of family and community medicine
• Anjali Desai, D.O., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Nathalie El Ters, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics
• Stacey Lane Evans, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Mehmet Erkilinc, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery
• Sara Anne Ficenec, M.D., instructor of OB/GYN
• Casey Fitzgerald, M.D., instructor of anesthesiology
• Marlon Flores, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Lewis Frey, Ph.D., professor of internal medicine
• Gretchen Grosch, D.O., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Lamiaa Hamie, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Abdalla Hassan, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Sara Huser, D.O., assistant professor of neurology
• Priya Jain, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Bruce Jones, D.O., assistant professor of surgery
• Sarah Kavanagh, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Justine Keller, M.D., assistant professor of OB/GYN
• Rainer Kentner, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology
• Yassine Kilani, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Jacob Kitchener, M.D., assistant professor of neurology
• Alexandre Lacasse, M.D., associate professor of internal medicine
• Margaret Lang, M.D., instructor of pediatrics
• Ying Li, Ph.D., assistant Research professor of pharmacology and physiology
• Matthew Lindsey, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery
• Deborah Levy, M.D., assistant professor of OB/GYN
• Andres Mata, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Pankaj Mathur, M.D., associate professor of internal medicine
• Daniel McGrail, M.D., assistant professor of anesthesiology
• Bassem Mohammed, Ph.D., assistant professor of biochemistry and molecular biology
• Sanjay Mohan, M.D., associate professor of anesthesiology
• Gracia Moncada, M.D., instructor of internal medicine
• Woo Moon, M.D., associate professor of internal medicine
• William Moriconi, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Cynthia Nebel, Ph.D., associate professor of psychiatry
• John Oberlin, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Olusegun Owotomo, Ph.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Ashley Packett, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Amanda Parsley, D.O., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Peter Pastuszko, M.D., professor of surgery
• Asa Peterson, M.D., assistant professor of orthopaedic surgery
• Katherine Plax, M.D., professor of pediatrics
• Mohsin Qazi, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• James Rapp, D.O., instructor of anesthesiology
• Abbey Rocco, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Katherine Rodriguez, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Connie Rossini, M.D., assistant professor of surgery
• Mahta Salehi, M.D., assistant professor of internal medicine
• Emad Samaan. D.O., assistant professor of neurology
• Nicholas Schlarman, M.D., instructor of anesthesiology
• Ilya Seleznev, M.D., assistant professor of assistant professor
• Nabiha Shamshuddin, M.D., instructor of internal medicine
• Quratulanne Sheheryar, M.D., assistant professor of psychiatry
• Tong Si, Ph.D., assistant professor of health and clinical outcomes research
• Natasha Singh, M.D., assistant professor of pathology
• Raksha Soora, M.D., associate professor of OB/GYN
• George Thieroff, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Jamie Truscott, M.D., assistant professor of pediatrics
• Robin Walters, M.D., associate professor of anesthesiology
• Luke Wang, M.D., assistant professor of surgery
• Michael Wendel, M.D., assistant professor of OB/GYN
• Lulu Yu, M.D., assistant professor of OB/GYN
• School of Social Work
• Michael J. Passage, Ph.D., assistant clinical professor and director of applied behavior analysis program

SLU-Madrid

• Hande Musullulu, Ph.D., psychology
• Valerie Sidelkivska, Ph.D., psychology
• Carolina Toscano, Ph.D., English 

Trudy Busch Valentine School of Nursing

• Amanda Barkema, instructor of nursing
• Nicole Healey, assistant professor of nursing