New Faculty Introductions 2023-2024

Jenny Kim Nguyen, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
• Residency in Integrative Medicine, University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine, Tucson, Arizona

Alexis Borden, DO

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of West Virginia School, Lewisburg, West Virginia
• Board Certified in:
  • Osteopathic Medicine

Sayyidda Mohammed, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of St. George's University, Grenada, West Indies
• Residency in Pediatrics of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas

Ruth Grant, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
• Board Certified in:
  • Psychiatry
  • Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

Mustafa Hussain, MD

Clinical Professor

• Graduate of Dow Medical College, Karachi, Pakistan
• Board Certified in:
  • Psychiatry
  • Neurology
  • Adolescent Psychiatry

Brandon Willis, AGACNP-BC

Faculty Associate

• Graduate of University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
• Board Certified in:
  • Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner

Christopher Daniele, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine, St. Maarten
• Fellowship in Critical Care Medicine, McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University, Chicago, IL
• Residency in:
  • Anesthesiology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
  • General Surgery, Nassau University Medical Center, East meadow, New York
  • General Surgery, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas

Tyson Verhaal, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica/Miramar, FL
• Board Certified in:
  • Anesthesiology
  • Critical Care Medicine
     

Zemfira Karamysheva, PhD

Assistant Professor

• Doctorate in Molecular Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

Malaiyalam Mariappan, PhD

Associate Professor

• Doctorate in Biochemistry, University of Göttingen, Germany

Devaraja Rajasekaran, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

• Graduate of University of Madras, Tamilnadu, India-BSc, MSc, PhD
• Fellowship in Council of Scientific & Industrial Research, Government of India

Quynh Hoa Do, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Heinrich-Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany-PhD
• Graduate of Dresden University of Technology, Germany-MScGraduate of Hanoi University of Science, Vietnam National University-BSc

Cameron West, MD, MBA

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, Kansas
• Master's of Business Administration, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas
• Board Certified
  • Dermatology
  • Dermatopathology

Karthickrajkumar Kariamanickam, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Govt. Stanley Medical College, India-Doctorate
• Residency in Internal Medicine, Bronx Care Health System, Bronx, New York

Patti May, MD, MBA

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
• Masters in Health Operations Management, Texas Tech Rawls School of Business, Lubbock, Texas

Marsha Perales-Hull, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
• Fellowship in Hospice & Palliative Care, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
• Residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology Residency, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas

Parameswara Yaramala, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Dr. NTR University of Health Sciences/NRI Medical College
  Guntur, Andhra Pradesh India
• Residency in Internal Medicine, Garden City Hospital, Garden City, Michigan

Mumtaz Yaseen Balkhi, PhD

Research Associate Professor

• Doctorate in Human Biology, Ludwig Maximilian University (LMU), Munich Germany

Rocio Acosta, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Universidad Evangelica de El Salvador Facultad de Medicina
• Board Certified in:
  • Internal Medicine

 Shazia Ahmad, MD

Associate Professor

• Graduate of Government Medical College, Srinagar, India
• Board Certified
  • Internal Medicine
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes & Metabolism

Hakan Akin, MD

Professor

• Graduate of Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
• Fellowship in Gastroenterology, Marmara University, Istanbul, Turkey
• Residency in Internal Medicine, Marmara University Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey

Anuhya Alapati, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of N.R.I. Medical College, Guntur, India
• Board Certified
  • Internal Medicine
  • Pulmonary Disease

Richardo Franco, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
• Board Certified in:
  • Internal Medicine

Thomas Hutson, DO, PharmD, MPH

Professor

• Graduate of Ohio University
• Graduate of Ohio Northern University
• Graduate of Yale University
• Graduate of Liberty University
• Board Certified in:
  • Medical Oncology
  • General Internal Medicine
• Post-doctoral training at Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Fellowship in Experimental Therapeutics

Ehab Saad, MD

Professor

• Graduate of Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
• Board Certified in:
  • Nephrology
  • Internal Medicine
  • Geriatric Medicine

Brian Schroeder, MD

Associate Professor

• Graduate of University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas
• Board Certified in:
  • Internal Medicine

Sima Shahbandar, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of American University of Integrative Sciences- School of Medicine, Saint Michael, Barbados
• Board Certified in:
  • Internal Medicine

Tushi Singh, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Andhra Medical College, Visakhapatnam, India
• Board Certified in:
  • Internal Medicine
  • Pulmonary Disease

Zhaunn Sly, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
• Board Certified in:
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Internal Medicine

Jose Suarez, MD

Associate Professor

• Graduate of Universidad de El Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador
• Board Certified in:
  
  •  Internal Medicine
  • Cardiovascular Disease
  • Interventional Cardiology

Ahmad Jezzini, PhD

Assistant Professor

• Doctorate in Neuroscience, Graduate of University of Parma, Parma, Italy

Michael Serra, PhD

Associate Professor

• Doctorate in Experimental Psychology, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio

Jill White, PhD

Assistant Professor

• Doctorate in Biomedical Sciences-Department of Cell Biology and Biochemistry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas

Salvatore J. LoCoco, MD, MBA

Professor

• Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center-Lubbock/El Paso, Texas-MD
• Graduate of Bradley University, Theresa S. Falcom Executive MBA Program Foster College of Business - Peoria, Illinois
• Board Certified in:
  • Obstetrics & Gynecology

Bo Suh, MD

Associate Professor

• Graduate of Pusan National University, School of Medicine, Pusan, Korea
• Board Certified in:
  • Specialized Obstetrics & Gynecology
  • Sub Specialized in Reproductive Endocrinology

Alexandra Kasl, OD

Faculty Associate

• Graduate of Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, California

Luke Sherman, OD

Faculty Associate

• Graduate of University of Houston College of Optometry, Houston, Texas

Tammam Hanna, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Rostov State Medical University, Rostov-on-Don, Russia-Doctor of Medicine
• Fellowship in Arthroscopic Surgery, Arthroscopy Association of North America
• Fellowship in Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State College of Medicine, State College, Pennsylvania

Anceslo Idicula, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
• Board Certified in:
  • General Surgery

Kevin Purcell, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Medicine at Wright State University Boonshoft School of Medicine, Fairborn, Ohio
• Fellowship in Orthopedic Trauma at University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
• Fellowship in Adult Reconstruction at Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
• Residency in Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation at University of Mississippi Medical Center (UMMC), Jackson, Mississippi

Celeste Caballero, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Austin, Texas
• Board Certified in:
  • Pediatrics

Andrew Faniku, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Obafemi Awolowo University, Nigeria
• Residency in Pediatrics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas

Jonathan Singer, PhD

Assistant Professor

• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, Ohio

Vadim Yakhnitsa, MD, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Medical University Zaporozhye, Ukraine - MD
• Graduate of Institute of Physiology Kiev, Ukraine - PhD

Phillip Balfanz, MD, MBA

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas - MD
• Graduate of Naveen Jindal School of Management at UT Dallas, Alliance for Physician Leadership, Richardson, Texas - MBA

Regina Baronia, MD, MEd

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of University of the East-RMMMC, Quezon City, Philippines - MD
• Graduate of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas-Masters in Special Education on Applied Behavior Analysis - MEd
• Fellowship in Psychiatry-Developmental Disabilities, Queen's University, Kinston, Ontario, Canada

Marina Chavez, MD

Associate Professor

• Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
• Board Certified in:
  • Psychiatry

Anastasia Ruiz, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
• Residency in Psychiatry, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas

Laurel Wolfe Zarnoth, PsyD, LP

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Spalding University-Clinical Child, Adolescent, & Family Track, Louisville, Kentucky
• Fellowship in Child & Adolescent Psychology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas

Tabitha Threatt, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of McGovern Medical School, Houston Texas
• Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina
• Residency in General Surgery, University of Texas Health Sciences Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas

Ahmad Zaghal, MD

Associate Professor

• Graduate of Distinction, Beirut Arab University, Lebanon
• Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery & Pediatric Urology, Chelsea and Westminster Children’s Hospital, United Kingdom
• Fellowship in Pediatric Surgery, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
• Residency in General surgery, American University of Beirut, Lebanon

Vicky Bakhos Webb, MD, MBA

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Permian Basin
• Board Certified in:
  • Family Medicine

Eleazar Cano, MEd, LPC

Clinical Instructor

• Graduate of Sul Ross State University, Alpine, Texas - MEd, with emphasis in Counseling

Sudhakar Konda, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Gandhi Medical College, Hyderabad, India
• Residency in Family Medicine, Southern Illinois University Family Practice, Decatur, Illinois

Audrey Stevens, PsyD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Baylor University, Waco, Texas

Vicky Bakhos Webb, MD, MBA

Clinical Assistant Professor

• Graduate of American University of Antigua College of Medicine, Antigua Cum Laude
• Graduate of Plymouth State University, Plymouth, New Hampshire
• Board Certified in:
  • Family Medicine

Laura Divine, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

• Graduate of University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
• Fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology, Washington University in St. Louis/Barnes Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Missouri
• Residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology, University in Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama

Jessica Gillen, MD

• Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
• Board Certified in:
  • Healing Arts Medical 
  • Gynecologic Oncology
  • Obstetrics and Gynecology

Brandon Sawyer, MD

Clinical Associate Professor

• Graduate of University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
• Fellowship in Gynecologic Oncology, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado
• Residency in Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of California, Irvine Orange, California

John Garza, PhD

Associate Professor

• Graduate of University of Texas, Austin

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

Madhuri Jakkam Setty, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Sree Gokulam Medical College and Research Foundation, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India
• Board Certified in:
  • Psychiatry

Faye Gladys Armstrong-Paap, MD

Associate Professor

• Graduate of University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, Galveston, Texas
• Board Certified in:
  • General Surgery