New Faculty Introductions 2022-2023 | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

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

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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
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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

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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

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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

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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
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Joyce Onwere, MD
Assistant Professor
  • Graduate of University of Pittsburgh, School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 
  • Fellowship in Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 
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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
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Jaspinder Sra, MD
Associate Professor
  • Graduate of University of Delhi, University College of Medical Sciences 
  • Board Certified
    • Anesthesiology
    • Internal Medicine
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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
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

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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

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Jenna Grindle, MD
Associate Professor
  • Graduate of Ross University School of Medicine, North Brunswick, New Jersey
  • Board Certified
    • Family Medicine Obstetrics
    • Family Medicine
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Meagan Husband, MD
Assistant Professor
  • Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
  • Board Certified in Family Medicine
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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
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Rafael Rosalez, MD
Assistant Professor
  • Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, TX
  • Board Certified in Family Medicine

Department of Immunology

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Mumtaz Yaseen Balkhi, PhD
Research Associate Professor
  • Doctorate in Molecular & Biomedical Sciences, Ludwig Maximillian University, Munich, Germany
Dawei Li
Dawei Li, PhD
Associate Professor
  • Doctorate in Genetics, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China

Department of Internal Medicine

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Rocio Acosta, MD
Assistant Professor
  • Graduate of Universidad Evangelica de El Salvador Facultad de Medicina, El Salvador
  • Board Certified in Internal Medicine
Shazia Ahmad
Shazia Ahmad, MD
Associate Professor
  • Graduate of Government Medical College, Srinagar
  • Board Certified in Internal Medicine
Anuhya Alapati
Anuhya Alapati, MD
Assistant Professor
  • Graduate from N.R.I Medical College, Guntur, India
  • Board Certified in Internal Medicine
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Kanak Das, MD
Professor
  • Graduate of Chittagong Medical College, Chittagong, Bangladesh
  • Board Certified
    • Gastroenterology
    • Internal Medicine 
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Pradeep Kiran Jangampalli, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
  • Doctorate in Zoology, Sri Venkateswara University, Andhra Pradesh, Tirupati, India
Korson
Michelle Korson, MD
Assistant Professor
  • Graduate of Fundación Universitaria San Martin, Colombia
  • Fellowship in Infectious Disease, University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
Kumar
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
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
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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
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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

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Ahmad Jezzini, PhD
Assistant Professor
  • Doctorate in Neuroscience, Graduate of University of Parma, Parma Italy

 

Department of Neurology

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Walter Duarte, MD
Assistant Professor
  • Graduate of University of San Carlos de Guatemala, Guatemala
  • Board Certified in Neurology
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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
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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

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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
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
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

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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
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Anceslo Idicula, MD
Assistant Professor
  • Graduate of University of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
  • Board Certified in Surgery

Department of Pathology

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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
Celeste Caballero, MD
Assistant Professor
  • Graduate of University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas
  • Board Certified in Pediatrics
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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
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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
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Balakrishna Koneru, PhD
Assistant Professor
  • Doctorate in Cell and Molecular Biology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
Nighat Noureen
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

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Boris Decourt, PhD
Assistant Professor
  • Doctorate in Philosophy in Neuroscience and Pharmacology, University of Bordeaux 2, France
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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

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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
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Gayle Ayers, DO
Associate Professor
  • Graduate of Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California
  • Board Certified
    • Adult Psychiatry
    • Geriatric Psychiatry
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Rebecca Farias, MD
Assistant Professor
  • Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas

Department of Surgery

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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
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 
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Mohamad Sidani, MD
Assistant Professor
  • Graduate of American University of Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon 
  • Board Certified in Surgery
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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
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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
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Hina Tariq, MD
Assistant Professor
  • Graduate of Khawaja Muhammad Safdar Medical College, Sialkot, Pakistan
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
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David Libson, MD
Associate Professor
  • Graduate of The University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas
  • Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Kristina McAuliffe, MD
Assistant Professor
  • Graduate of University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada
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Lisa Moore, MD
Professor
  • Graduate of Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
  • Board Certified in Obstetrics and Gynecology

Department of Pediatrics

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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
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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