2025 ANNUAL REPORT / OUR FACULTY 57
Welcome to our new faculty members
In fiscal year 2025, the College of Medicine welcomed the following 24 new faculty members into its ranks:
Shawn Akhavan, M. D.( M. D. Class of 2014) Assistant Professor Clinical Sciences / Internal Medicine
Regan Bailey, Ph. D. Professor Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine Co-Founding Director, Institute for Connecting Nutrition and Health( ICON- Health)
Dustin Begosh-Mayne, M. D. Assistant Professor Program Director, Transitional Year Residency Lee Health Cape Coral
William Bobo, M. D., MPH Professor Behavioral Science and Social Medicine Strategic Director, Behavioral Health Services for FMPP Inc.
Jason Chapman, Ph. D. Research Faculty III Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine
Alexandra Cowan-Pyle, Ph. D. Research Faculty III Behavioral Sciences and Social Medicine ICON-Health
Ransome Eke, M. D., Ph. D., MBA Associate Professor Family Medicine and Rural Health
Donald English, Ph. D., LP Assistant Professor Division of Student Affairs and Admissions
Ashley Falk, M. D. Associate Professor Program Director, Transitional Year Residency, BayCare Winter Haven Hospital
Xiaofei Jia, Ph. D. Associate Professor Biomedical Sciences
Carrie Johnson, M. D. Associate Professor Program Director, OB / GYN Residency Lee Health Cape Coral
Boris Kantor, Ph. D. Professor Biomedical Sciences Director of the Viral Vector Core Facility at the Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases
Selin Karakose, Ph. D. Research Faculty 1 Geriatrics
David Ledbetter, Ph. D. Professor Clinical Sciences Associate Director for Precision Medicine at the Institute for Pediatric Rare Diseases