New Faculty Introductions 2022-2023
Welcome to West Texas!
The School of Medicine has a passion to provide a prodigious education for our medical students, residents and fellows, along with improving health outcomes in the most unreached, underserved communities in West Texas and around the world. We are excited to have you on board to further our mission.
Amarillo Campus
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Bevery Axe-Lewis, DO
Associate Professor
- Graduate of University of Osteopathic Medicine and Health Sciences, Des Moines, Iowa
- Board Certified, American Board of Family Medicine
Carly Hubbard, DO
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Fort Worth, Texas
Department of Surgery
Chelsie Rosen, PA-C
Faculty Associate
- Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Midland, Texas, Master of Physician Assistance Studies
- Graduate of Missouri Baptist University, Saint Louis, Missouri, Master of Science in Fitness Management
Department of Internal Medicine
Brian Weis, MD, PhD
Professor
- Graduate of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas - MD
- Graduate of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - PhD
- Board Certified in Internal Medicine
Lubbock Campus
Department of Anesthesiology
Daniel Brodie, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of the American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine
- Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellowship, Temple University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Anesthesiology Residency, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Joyce Onwere, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Cameron Shull, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Louisiana State University Health Science Center School of Medicine, Shreveport, LA
- Fellowship in Critical Care Management, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Jaspinder Sra, MD
Associate Professor
- Graduate of University of Delhi, University College of Medical Sciences
- Board Certified
- Anesthesiology
- Internal Medicine
Trevor Walker, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
- Fellowship in Pain Management, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center
Department of Cell Biology & Biochemistry
Sathish Sivaprakasam, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Doctorate in Biochemistry, University of Madras, TN, India
- Postdoctoral Fellow in Department of Biochemistry and Molecular
Biology, Augusta University, Augusta, GA
Department of Cell Physiology
Michael Wiener, PhD
Professor & Department Chair
- Doctorate in Physics and Biophysics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of California at Irvine, Irvine, California - Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, California
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Jenna Grindle, MD
Associate Professor
- Graduate of Ross University School of Medicine, North Brunswick, New Jersey
- Board Certified
- Family Medicine Obstetrics
- Family Medicine
Meagan Husband, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
- Board Certified in Family Medicine
Brandon Loya, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
- Residency in Family Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Rafael Rosalez, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX
- Board Certified in Family Medicine
Department of Immunology
Mumtaz Yaseen Balkhi, PhD
Research Associate Professor
- Doctorate in Molecular & Biomedical Sciences, Ludwig Maximillian University, Munich, Germany
Dawei Li, PhD
Associate Professor
- Doctorate in Genetics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Department of Internal Medicine
Rocio Acosta, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Universidad Evangelica de El Salvador Facultad de Medicina, El Salvador
- Board Certified in Internal Medicine
Shazia Ahmad, MD
Associate Professor
- Graduate of Government Medical College, Srinagar
- Board Certified in Internal Medicine
Anuhya Alapati, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate from N.R.I Medical College, Guntur, India
- Board Certified in Internal Medicine
Kanak Das, MD
Professor
- Graduate of Chittagong Medical College, Chittagong, Bangladesh
- Board Certified
- Gastroenterology
- Internal Medicine
Pradeep Kiran Jangampalli, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
- Doctorate in Zoology, Sri Venkateswara University, Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati, India
Michelle Korson, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Fundación Universitaria San Martin, Colombia
- Fellowship in Infectious Disease, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
Sadhir Kumar, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
- Doctorate in Department of Biochemistry,
All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India - Post-Doctoral Fellow in Gastroenterology, University of Cincinnati, Ohio
George Rateb, MD, PhD
Professor
- Graduate of Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt (MD)
- Doctorate in Internal Medicine, Cairo University, Egypt (PhD)
- Fellowship in Therapeutic Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, Paul Sabatier University (Toulouse III), France
Brian Schroeder, MD
Associate Professor and Assistant Dean of Faculty Affairs, Development, and Recruitment
- Graduate of The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas - MD
- Graduate of Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan - MBA
- Board Certified in Internal Medicine
Stephanie Stroever, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of University of Texas Health, School of Public Health, Houston, Texas - Doctor of Philosophy
- Graduate of University of Texas Health, School of Public Health, Austin, Texas - Masters of Public Health
- Board Certified in Infection Prevention and Control
Department of Medical Education
Ahmad Jezzini, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Doctorate in Neuroscience, Graduate of University of Parma, Parma Italy
Department of Neurology
Walter Duarte, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of University of San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala
- Board Certified in Neurology
Cristina Sanders, DO
Associate Professor
- Graduate of A.T. Still University-Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine, Kirksville, Missouri
- Board Certified
- Brain Injury Medicine
- Pediatric Rehabilitation Medicine
- Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation
Bei Zhang, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
- Fellowship Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Brain Injury Medicine, Harvard Medical School / Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Massachusetts
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Billy Atkinson, MD
Associate Professor
- Graduate of University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
- Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Ophthalmology
Alexandra Kasl, OD
Faculty Associate
- Graduate of University of California, Davis, Davis, CA
- Doctor of Optometry, O.D., Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA
Luke Sherman, O.D.
Faculty Associate
- Doctor of Optometry-Optometric Glaucoma Specialist, University of Houston College of Optometry
- Graduate in Bachelor of Science in Biology with a minor in Chemistry, West Texas A&M Univeristy
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
Tammam Hanna, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of School of Medicine, Rostov State Medical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia
- Fellowship in Sports Medicine Penn State University, Pennsylvania
Anceslo Idicula, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of University of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
- Board Certified in Surgery
Department of Pathology
Asad Ullah, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Bolan Medical College, Quetta, Pakistan
- Fellowship in Surgical Pathology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN
Department of Pediatrics
Celeste Caballero, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas
- Board Certified in Pediatrics
David Gray, DO
Associate Professor
- Graduate of Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, University of North Texas Health Science Center, Forth Worth, Texas
- Board Certified
- Pediatrics
- Osteopathic Pediatrics
Jennifer Hansen, MD
Associate Professor
- Graduate of The University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Albuquerque, NM
- Fellowship in Child Abuse Pediatrics, Children’s Mercy Kansas City/University of Missouri – Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri
Balakrishna Koneru, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Doctorate in Cell and Molecular Biology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
Nighat Noureen, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Doctorate in Bioinformatics, Capital University of Science and Technology,
Islamabad, Pakistan - Postdoctoral Fellow, Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute,
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas
Department of Pharmacology & Neuroscience
Boris Decourt, PhD
Assistant Professor
- Doctorate in Philosophy in Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Bordeaux 2, France
Hongmin Wang, PhD
Professor
- Doctorate in Zoology/Neuroscience, WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana and Idaho) Medical Program and Department of Biological Sciences, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho
- Postdoctoral Fellow in Neurodegeneration, Department of Neurology and
Institute for Cell Engineering, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine,
Baltimore, Maryland
Department of Psychiatry
Poorvanishi Alag, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Himalayan Institute of Medical Sciences, Swami Rama Himalayan University, Uttarakhand, India
- Fellowship in Addiction Psychiatry, University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center
Gayle Ayers, DO
Associate Professor
- Graduate of Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California
- Board Certified
- Adult Psychiatry
- Geriatric Psychiatry
Rebecca Farias, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
Department of Surgery
Lynsey Biondi, MD
Associate Professor
- Graduate of The University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas
- Fellowship in Abdominal Transplant Surgery, University of Alabama, Birmingham, Alabama
Karla Daniele, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
- Fellowship in Breast Surgical Oncology, Allegheny General Hospital, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Mohamad Sidani, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon
- Board Certified in Surgery
Bryce Stash, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
- Residency, Saint Louis Universtiy Hospital, St. Louis, Missouri
Odessa Campus
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Sudhakar Konda, MD
Assistant Professor
- Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS), Gandhi Medical College, Hyderbad, India
- Residency-Family Medicine, Southern Illinois University Family Practice Residency Decatur, IL
Department of Internal Medicine
Hina Tariq, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College, Sialkot, Pakistan
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
David Libson, MD
Associate Professor
- Graduate of The University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
- Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Kristina McAuliffe, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada
Lisa Moore, MD
Professor
- Graduate of Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
- Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Pediatrics
Kranthi N. Seelaboyina, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Rangaraya Government Medical College, Kakinada, N.T.R. University, Andhra Pradesh, India
- Board Certified in General Pediatrics
Faye Gladys Armstrong-Paap, MD
Associate Professor
- College graduate of Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas, BS (Biology)
- University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas