Faculty Promotions, Appointments, and Tenure
September 2025* – December 2025
Appointment as Director of UPMC Hillman Cancer Center
John C. Byrd, MD // Malignant Hematology and Medical Oncology
Effective November 1, 2025
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Appointment as Classical Hematology Leadership Chair
Enrico Novelli, MD, MS // Classical Hematology
Effective October 1, 2025
Appointment as Chief of the Division of Endocrinology, VA Pittsburgh Healthcare System (VAPHS)
Effective December 1, 2025
Appointment as the Tom W. Olofson Chair in Head and Neck Cancer Research
Dan Zandberg, MD // Malignant Hematology and Medical Oncology
Effective December 1, 2025
Promotion to Professor of Medicine
Dan Zandberg, MD // Malignant Hematology and Medical Oncology
Effective December 1, 2025
John Evankovich, MD // Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Effective December 1, 2025
Alexandra Mieczkowski, MD, MS // General Internal Medicine
Effective November 1, 2025
Shi Shujie, PhD // Renal-Electrolyte
Effective November 1, 2025
Promotion to Research Assistant Professor of Medicine
Andrew Nickerson, PhD // Renal-Electrolyte
Effective September 15, 2025
Conferral of Tenure
Jonathan Alder, PhD // Pulmonary, Allergy, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine
Effective December 1, 2025
*Other September 1 promotions were included in the fall 2025 issue.