
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