Appointments & Promotions

• Basic Science Appointment, Promotion and Separation
• Basic Science Educator Track
• Clinical Faculty Appointment, Promotion and Separation
  • **Clinical Faculty Appointment, Promotion and Separation Supplement**

Promotions

Dineli Ahearn, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at Tufts Medical Center

 

Geneve Allison, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine at Tufts Medical Center

 

Konstantin Balonov, MD

Clinical Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Tufts Medical Center

 

Thomas L. Beatty Jr., MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Newton-Wellesley Hospital

 

Paul Richard Beninger, MD, MBA

Associate Professor of Public Health and Community Medicine at Tufts School of Medicine

 

Robert M. Blanton Jr., MD, MA

Associate Professor of Medicine at Tufts Medical Center

 

G. Muqtada Chaudhry, MD

Professor of Medicine at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

 

Frederick Carpinter Cobey, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Tufts Medical Center

 

Casey Zuckerman Macvane, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Emergency Medicine at Maine Medical Center

 

New Appointments

Ayshe Ana Beesen, MD

Assistant Professor of Neurology at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center

 

Erin Lechner Belfort, MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Maine Medical Center

 

Mark E.M. Bracken, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

 

Sarah Fall Denniston, MD

Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at New England Baptist Hospital

 

Christopher Peter Hjorth, MD

Clinical Instructor of Medicine at Maine Medical Center

 

Anna Hohler, MD

Professor of Neurology at St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center

 

Alexandra Maria Elizabeth Idenburg, MD, MRGCP

Clinical Instructor of Family Medicine at Maine Medical Center

 

Rebecca Kalman, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine at Maine Medical Center

 

Ghaleb M. Karouni, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Portsmouth Regional Hospital

 

Michael C. Kumin, MD

Clinical Instructor of Family Medicine at Maine Medical Center

 

Maya Si-Huey Ling, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

 

Jessica A. Mandeville, MD

Assistant Professor of Urology at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

 

Paolo Mascari, MD, PharmD

Assistant Professor of Medicine at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

 

Brian Mcelhinney, DO, PhD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Radiology at Maine Medical Center

 

Mohak Vilas Mhatre, MD

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Tufts Medical Center

 

David Munson, MD

Adjunct Instructor of Medicine at Boston Healthcare for the Homeless

 

Peter Saikali, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Portsmouth Regional Hospital

 

Sarwat Salim, MD

Professor of Ophthalmology at Tufts Medical Center

 

Caleb J Swanberg, MD

Clinical Instructor of Family Medicine at Maine Medical Center

 

Assad Taha, MD, PhD

Visiting Professor of Surgery at Lahey Hospital & Medical Center

 

Mary Catherine Wallingford, PhD

Assistant Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Tufts Medical Center

 

Heidi Walls, MD

Clinical Instructor of Family Medicine at Maine Medical Center

 

Sara A Walters, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Family Medicine at Ball Square

 

Christopher Erwin Withers, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine at Maine Medical Center

Tufts University School of Medicine is eager to recognize the important contributions of the residents and fellows of our affiliated training programs to medical student teaching, research, and the academic life of the school. The Office of Faculty Affairs works in conjunction with institutional graduate medical education (GME) offices to issue annual academic appointments for residents and fellows based at Tufts-affiliated GME programs.

Academic appointments for House Staff are co-terminus with the residency or fellowship appointment at a Tufts-affiliated hospital or GME Program. The academic titles awarded to residents and fellows are as follows:

• Clinical Associate: Residents or Fellows in clinical training at Tufts School of Medicine-affiliated hospitals are eligible for an academic appointment as Clinical Associate of (discipline).
• Research Associate: Residents or Fellows in research training at Tufts School of Medicine-affiliated hospitals are eligible for an academic appointment as Research Associate of (discipline).
• Clinical Instructor: Chief Residents at Tufts School of Medicine-affiliated hospitals, and Fellows who were prior Chief Residents are eligible for an academic appointment as Clinical Instructor of (discipline).