Faculty in the National Academy of Medicine

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Faculty in the National Academy of Medicine

Carolina faculty members who have been elected members of the National Academy of Medicine:

Robert Ferris, MD, PhD (elected 2025)

ENT – Head and Neck

Samantha Meltzer-Brody, MD, MPH (elected 2025)

Psychiatry

Cheryl Giscombe, PhD, RN, PMHNP-BC, FAAN (elected 2023)

Nursing

Norman E. “Ned” Sharpless, MD (elected 2022)

Genetics

Nancy Messonnier, MD (elected 2021)

Public Health

Ada A. Adimora, MD, MPH (elected 2019)

Public Health

Giselle Corbie-Smith, MD, MSc (elected 2018)

Social Medicine

Melina Kibbe, MD (elected 2016)

Surgery

Aziz Sancar, PhD, MD (elected 2016)

Biochemistry and Biophysics

Joseph M. DeSimone, PhD (elected 2014)

Chemistry

Bryan L. Roth, MD, PhD (elected 2014)

Pharmacology

Myron S. Cohen, MD (elected 2012)

Infectious Diseases

Terry R. Magnuson, PhD (elected 2012)

Genetics

David R. Rubinow, MD (elected 2011)

Psychiatry

Barbara K. Rimer, PhD (elected 2008)

Health Behavior and Health Education

Herbert B. Peterson, MD (elected 2007)

Maternal and Child Health

Luis A. Diaz, MD (elected 2002)

Dermatology

Sheila T. Leatherman, MSW (elected 2002)

Health Policy and Administration

Joseph S. Pagano, MD (elected 1998)

Microbiology and Immunology

Kunihiko Suzuki, MD (elected 1998)

Psychiatry

Judith E. Tintinalli, MD, MS (elected 1997)

Emergency Medicine

Gordon H. DeFriese, PhD (elected 1994)

Social Medicine

William L. Roper, MD (elected 1990)

Pediatrics

Barbara S. Hulka, MD, MPH (elected 1984)

Epidemiology

Raymond P. White, PhD, DDS (elected 1982)

Oral Surgery


Last updated August, 2025.