Celebrating Outstanding Women in Medicine and Science
Join us as we celebrate Women in Medicine Month to applaud remarkable achievements and invaluable contributions made by women physicians. From pioneering scientific medical breakthroughs to transformative patient care, from an unwavering dedication to medical education to standing shoulder to shoulder with indelible power, women have excelled in shaping the future of healthcare.
Women in Medicine Month celebrates our accomplishments and highlights our instrumental role in creating the medical landscape. It is a time to recognize exceptional achievements, celebrate perseverance, and amplify our voices.
Thank you for nominating outstanding women faculty for the “2023 WIMS Torchbearer” award that encourages inclusivity, empowers female professionals, and ensures a brighter, more diverse future for healthcare.
We are delighted and honored to introduce the inaugural WIMS torchbearers who are lighting the way at the College of Medicine – Tucson!
Say hello to our first class!
- Sommer Aldulaimi, MD, Associate Professor, Family & Community Medicine
- Tanya Anand, MD, MPH, FACS, Assistant Professor, General Surgery
- Hina Arif-Tiwari, MD, FSAR, Professor, Department of Medical Imaging
- Joy Beck, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine
- Bethany Bruzzi, DO, Assistant Professor, Family & Community Medicine
- Lourdes Castanon, MD, FACS, Associate Professor, General Surgery
- Christina Colosimo, DO, MS, Clinical Assistant Professor, General Surgery
- Meenakshi Dagar, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine
- Molly Douglas, MD, MBI, Assistant Professor, General Surgery
- Jennifer Erdrich, MD, MPH, MFA, FACS, FSSO, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
- Nova Foster, MD, FACS, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery
- Meghan Good, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
- Lynn Gries, MD, Associate Professor, General Surgery
- Jennie M. Gubner, Assistant Professor, School of Music
- Holli Horak, Professor, Neurology
- Julia Jernberg, MD, MBA, Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine
- Saher Khalid, MD, Assistant Professor, Medicine
- Amy Klein, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Medicine
- Anita Koshy, MD, Associate Professor, Neurology and Immunobiology
- Carrie Luu, MD, FACS, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
- Ann Mathias, DO, Vice Chair of Clinical Affairs, Director of Population Health, Family & Community Medicine
- Elizabeth Kyle Meehan, MD, Assistant Professor (Clinical Series), Family & Community Medicine
- Laura Meinke, MD, Associate Professor (Clinical Scholar Track), Medicine
- Lusine Mesropyan, DO, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
- Dalia Mikhael, Associate Professor, Medicine
- Bryn Nisbet-Berens, MD, Resident, Orthopedic Surgery
- Karen Parker, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Medicine
- Indu Partha, MD, Clinical Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Dept. of Medicine
- Nicole Person-Rennell, MD, MPH, Assistant Professor (Clinical Faculty), Family & Community Medicine
- Kathryn Reed, MD, Co-founder, Women in Academic Medicine 1999, Obstetrics and Gynecology
- Sydney Rice, MD, Professor, Pediatrics; Professor, Public Health; Pediatric Developmental Division Chief, Pediatrics
- Mari Ricker, MD, Professor, Family & Community Medicine
- Sujata Saha, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
- Valerie Schaibley, PhD, Assistant Professor (Educator Scholar Track), Cellular & Molecular Medicine
- Katalin Scherer, MD, Professor, Neurology
- Serena Scott, Associate Professor, General Internal Medicine, Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine, Dept. of Medicine
- Elaine Situ-LaCasse, MD, Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
- Michelle Son, MD, Resident, Orthopedic Surgery
- Audrey Spencer, MD, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery
- Claudia Stanescu, PhD, Associate Professor (Educator Scholar Track), Physiology
- Krista Sunderman, MD, Assistant Professor, Family & Community Medicine
- Monica Vandivort, MD, Associate Professor, Medicine
- Karen Weihs, MD, Professor, Psychiatry
- Jean Wilson, Professor, Cellular & Molecular Medicine
- Anne Wright, PhD, Co-founder, Women in Academic Medicine 1999, Pediatrics
- Yana Zavros, PhD, Professor, Cellular & Molecular Medicine
- Bo Zhang, MD, Resident/Fellow, Department of Surgery