Permian Basin SOM Faculty Research Interests

Faculty Research Interests

Robert Bennet, MD, Department of Pediatrics
High frequency ventilation

Adrian Billings, MD, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Health care workforce development in medically underserved areas of the United States and globally with a special interest in rural and international border areas

Katie Corkill, MD, Department of Family and Community Medicine 
Teaching techniques to promote Master Adaptive Learning; Community Based Participatory Research Awareness; Multi-faceted Intern Training for Workflow Improvement

Tara Deaver, DPM, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Toenail Onychomycisis; Wound care

Christopher Enakpene, MSC, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 
Prevention of preterm labor and preterm births; Diabetes in pregnancy; Chromosomal and genetic disorders; Multiple pregnancies and higher-order pregnancies; Fetal growth disorders; Placental accreta syndrome and preservative surgery for large uterine leiomyoma

Lisa Moore, MD, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology 
Diabetes in pregnancy

Sai Siva Mungara, MD, Department of Internal Medicine
Quality Initiatives and Patient Safety Projects

Martin Ortega, MD, Department of Family and Community Medicine
Chronic Conditions; practice Management 

Lavi Oud, MD, Department of Internal Medicine 
Health services research; sepsis; determinants of utilization of critical care resources; interplay of patient- community-, health system-, and policy-related factors in outcome disparities in critical illness

Craig Spellman, DO, Department of Internal Medicine
Prevalence of syndromic and non-syndromic obesity genes in Hispanic/Latino population