Eight faculty members with diverse backgrounds and expertise
have joined the school’s faculty over the past several
months. New faculty include:
Philippe
Jaoude, MD, who joined the faculty in July after completing
his fellowship at UB.
A clinical assistant professor, Jaoude specializes in pulmonary,
critical care and sleep medicine.
Alyssa
Shon, MD, who joined the faculty in August after completing
her fellowship at UB.
A clinical assistant professor, Shon specializes in infectious
disease and internal medicine.
Winnie
Su, MD, who came to UB in June from McMaster
University.
A clinical assistant professor, Su specializes in internal
medicine and nephrology.
Mark
Hicar, MD, PhD, who came to UB in July from Vanderbilt
University.
An assistant professor, Hicar studies the mechanisms involved in
induction of neutralizing antibodies and mucosal immune responses
against HIV.
Jianxin
Wang, MD, and Xin
Zhang, MD, are a husband and wife research team who joined
UB in July from the University of Oklahoma.
They study the fundamental pathobiology of diabetic retinopathy
and age-related macular degeneration.
Pankaj
Singhal, MD, who came to UB in July 2012 from Kaleida
Health.
A clinical associate professor, Singhal specializes in
gynecologic oncology.
Mark
Fisher, MD, who came to UB in March from Noyes Memorial
Hospital in Dansville, N.Y.