2021 NEW FACULTY

2021NEW FULL AND PART-TIME FACULTY

Ralph L. Abraham, MD | Clinical Assistant Professor Radiology Timothy K. Ackerman, MD | Clinical Instructor Medicine Pediatrics Muhammad S. Afzal, MD | Clinical Instructor Internal Medicine Kenneth S. Aguirre, MD | Assistant Professor Family Medicine Shahab Ahmadzadeh, MD | Instructor Anesthesiology Mabruka Alfaidi, PhD | Instructor Pathology Shafaqat Ali, MD | Instructor Internal Medicine Bruno Alvarez Concejo, MD | Assistant Professor Internal Medicine Benedict Amalraj, MD | Clinical Instructor Internal Medicine Shaheena C. Anene, MD | Assistant Professor Pediatrics Alfonso Aquino, MD | Assistant Professor Anesthesiology Octavio D. Arevalo, MD | Assistant Professor Radiology Jacob A. Armstrong, MD | Assistant Professor Pathology Sundeep Atluri, MD | Assistant Professor Internal Medicine Ahmed E. Badr, MD | Professor Anesthesiology Dayanand N. Bagdure, MD | Associate Professor Pediatrics Perry S. Barrilleaux, MD | Assistant Professor OBGYN Nirmal P. Basaula, MD | Clinical Instructor Internal Medicine Brian E. Bernhardt, MD | Assistant Professor Anesthesiology Rebecca L. Berry, NP | Instructor Neurosurgery Jayalakshmi N. Bhat, MD, MPH, FAAP | Assistant Professor Pediatrics Ramachandra Bhat, MD, FAAP | Associate Professor Pediatrics Mohammad A. N. Bhuiyan, PhD | Assistant Professor Internal Medicine Gregory J. Bijak, MD | Assistant Professor Anesthesiology Vijaywant S. Brar, MD | Assistant Professor Cardiology Randal K. Buddington | Professor Molecular & Cellular Physiology Laxman Yashwant Byreddi, MD | Clinical Instructor Internal Medicine Qiang Cai, MD, PhD | Professor Gastroenterology Azem A. Chami, MD | Instructor - Clinical Anesthesiology Brett M. Chapman, MD | Assistant Professor - Clinical Surgery Saleha S. Dar, MD | Instructor - Clinical Internal Medicine Karuna Dewan, MD, FACS | Assistant Professor Otolaryngology Caitlin E. Duck | Instructor Clinical Cardiopulmonary Science Tanja Dudenbostel, MD | Associate Professor Internal Medicine Laura C. Earnest, DDS | Assistant Professor Oral & Maxillofacial Surg Elliott M. Freeman Jr., MFA | Librarian Meeli R. Gandhi, MD | Assistant Professor - Clinical OBGYN Nitesh Gandhi, MD | Instructor - Clinical Internal Medicine Hongyan Guo, PhD | Assistant Professor Microbiology & Immunology Sunny Gupta, MD | Assistant Professor Clinical Orthopedics Christopher Haas, MD | Assistant Professor Dermatology Gelinia Jackson, MD | Instructor Clinical Nephrology John Jacob, MD | Clinical Instructor Internal Medicine Rohit K. Jangra, PhD | Assistant Professor Microbiology & Immunology Chatura D. Jayasinghepatirane, MD | Assistant Professor Internal Medicine Pooja Jethani, OTR, LOTR | Assistant Professor Occupational Therapy Muhammad Talha Khan, MD | Instructor Family Medicine Peter Klucar, MD | Assistant Professor Family Medicine Arpitha Komaragiri, MD | Assistant Professor - Clinical Neurology Leigh Liles, MD | Assistant Professor Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine Snigdha Likki, MD | Assistant Professor Pediatrics Mario H. Lobao, MD | Assistant Professor Clinical Orthopedics Lauren W. Lowery, MD | Assistant Professor Obstetrics & Gynecology Alexandre Malek, MD | Assistant Professor Infectious Diseases Sylvester Yari Mapoh, MD | Assistant Professor Family Medicine Meher Sindhoora Mavuram, MD | Assistant Professor Gastroenterology Brenton W. McDonald, MD | Assistant Professor Clinical Radiology Geoffrey A. McLeod, MD | Assistant Professor Family Medicine Shawn E. McNeil, MD, FAPA | Clinical Assistant Professor Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine George S. Mina, MD | Assistant Professor Cardiology Rusella Mirza, MD | Instructor Pathology Brittney N. Mitchell, MD | Assistant Professor Emergency Medicine Kinza Muzaffar, MD | Clinical Assistant Professor Internal Medicine Taichiro Nonaka, DDS, PhD | Assistant Professor Cellular Biology & Anatomy John Pang, MD | Assistant Professor Otolaryngology Arvin Parvathaneni, MD, MPH | Assistant Professor Clinical Neurology Ashritha Penagaluri, MD | Assistant Professor Clinical Cardiology Kevin J. Perry, MD | Assistant Professor Orthopedic Surgery Patricia Pichilingue Reto, MD | Assistant Professor Pediatrics Paulette M. Pinargote Cornejo, MD | Assistant Professor Clinical Infectious Disease Evelyn B. Pryor, MD | Associate Professor Clinical Telemedicine Hashmi Rafeek, MD | Assistant Professor Clinical Infectious Diseases Kathryn R. Rhymes, MD | Clinical Instructor Surgery Amy L. Rinder, OT, CHT | Assistant Professor Clinical Occupational Therapy Todd A. Rinder, PhD, LAT, HEC, CSCS | Associate Professor Clinical Physical Therapy Oren S. Rom, PhD, RD | Assistant Professor Pathology Janet L. Rossi, MD | Assistant Professor Clinical Pediatrics Katie Johnson Rushing, MPAS, PA-C | Instructor Physician’s Assistant Armando Salinas, PhD | Assistant Professor Pharmacology, Toxicology & Neuroscience Pramod K. Savarapu, MD | Instructor Internal Medicine John R. Savoy, MD | Assistant Professor - Clinical Surgery Umran Senyer, MD | Assistant Professor Pediatrics Shivani Sharma, MD | Instructor Internal Medicine Roberto F. Silva Aguiar, MD | Assistant Professor Pathology Deborah G. Smith, PhD, MPH, BSN | Assistant Professor Public Health FNU Sourabh, MD | Instructor - Clinical Internal Medicine Muhammad J. Sultan, MD | Instructor Clinical Internal Medicine Hidehiro Takei, MD | Professor Pathology Vesna Tesic, PhD | Assistant Professor Neurology Sarah P. Thayer, MD, PhD, FACS | Director Feist-Weiller Cancer Center Anoop Jose Thoppil, MD | Instructor Clinical Internal Medicine Rafael Tolentino, MD | Assistant Professor Surgery Jamie B. Toms, MD | Assistant Professor Neurosurgery Natalie F. Trujillo-Aguirre, MD | Assistant Professor Family Medicine Elizabeth A. Tucker, MD | Assistant Professor Pediatrics Jean Claude Uwamungu, MD | Assistant Professor Clinical Cardiology Juanita Valdes Camacho, MD | Assistant Professor Allergy & Immunology Joseph Walters Jr., MD | Assistant Professor Clinical Internal Medicine Dongdong Wang, PhD | Instructor Feist-Weiller Cancer Center Charles W. Webb, DO, CAQSM, FAMSSM, FAAFP | Associate Professor Sports Medicine Elizabeth W. Wooden | Instructor - Clinical Communication Disorders Yin-Chieh Wu, PhD | Assistant Professor Neurology Art Yurdagul Jr., PhD | Assistant Professor Molecular & Cellular Physiology Andrew S. Zhang, MD | Assistant Professor Orthopedic Surgery Quanguang Zhang, MD | Professor Neurology Hassaan A. Zia, MD | Assistant Professor Internal Medicine Priyanka Gill, MD, MPH | Clinical Instructor Cardiology Janice W. Hollier, MD | Clinical Assistant Professor Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine Pam K. McPherson, MD, FAPA | Associate Professor Psychiatry & Behavioral Medicine Krystal E. Pearce, MHS, MLS | Clinical Assistant Professor Medical Technology Christina R. Reynolds, MD | Clinical Assistant Professor Neurology Jennifer K. Seidenberg, MD | Clinical Assistant Professor Pediatrics