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