Faculty at Affiliate Locations

Faculty at Affiliate Locations are essential to contributing to the affiliate location, department, and Medical School's missions. These faculty help develop a strong, robust faculty presence and promote engagement at locations throughout the community.

These faculty must be appointed to an Academic or Clinician Track as described by the Medical School Office of Faculty Affairs and are expected to advance in rank over time.

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Requirements for Appointment

Faculty at Affiliate Locations must

  • supervise medical students or residents/fellows, ideally holding responsibility for their evaluation;
  • have substantial academic responsibilities within the department;
  • have an Academic Development Plan (defined by the Office of Faculty Affairs); and
  • have an academic mentor if they hold a junior faculty rank.

Examples of substantial academic responsibilities include but are not limited to serving as a Site Director for a medical student clerkship or a residency rotation, producing publications and other publicly-disseminated scholarship, or providing an essential contribution to interdisciplinary or collaborative research.

Faculty at Affiliate Locations are expected to strive for promotion to an advanced rank.

Hennepin Healthcare

  • Erin Golden, MD - Asst. Prof.
  • Thuy An (Ann) Hoang-Tienor, MD
  • Imran S. Khawaja, MD, FAASM - Assoc. Prof.
  • Edward Labin, MD - Asst. Prof.
  • Adam Loavenbruck, MD
  • Andrew Martin, MD
  • Samuel Maiser, MD - Assoc. Prof. & Site Director
  • Behnam Sabayan, MD - Asst. Prof.
  • Ranji Varghese, MD - Asst. Prof.

HealthPartners

  • Gaurav Guliani - Asst. Prof. & Site Director
  • Bret Haake - Assoc. Prof.

M Physicians

Noran Neurological Clinic

  • Ashfaq A. Sharif, MD - Asst. Prof.

VA Medical Center

  • James Ashe, MD - Prof.
  • Kevin Brown, DO, MBA - Asst. Prof.
  • Jamie Starks, MD - Asst. Prof.
  • Muna Irfan, MBBS, FAASM - Assoc. Prof.
  • Ezgi Tiryaki, MD, Dr. med., FAAN, ACC - Prof.
  • Michael Leffler-McCabe, MD - Asst. Prof.
  • Scott M. Lewis, MD, PhD - Assoc. Prof.
  • Rupert Exconde, MD - Site Director
  • Lauren Schrock, MD
  • Stephanie Reeder, MD

Minnesota Epilepsy Group

  • Doug Smith, MD - Asst. Prof.

Allina Health

  • Tapan Thacker, MD - Asst. Prof.