New Faculty Introductions 2023-2024
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
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
Lubbock Campus
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
Quynh Hoa Do, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Heinrich-Heine University Dusseldorf, Germany - in Structural Biology
- 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 the University of Kansas School of Medicine, Wichita, Kansas – MD
- Graduate of Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas – MBA
- 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 - MD
- Graduate of Texas Tech University, Rawls School of Business, Lubbock, Texas – MBA
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
Anuhya Alapati, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of N.R.I. Medical College, Guntur, India
- Board Certified
- Internal Medicine
- Pulmonary Disease
Thomas Hutson, DO, PhD, PharmD, MPH
Professor
- Graduate of Ohio University - DO
- Graduate of Liberty University - PhD
- Graduate of Northern Ohio University - PharmD
- Graduate of Yale University - MPH
- 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, Pennsylvania
Anceslo Idicula, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
- Board Certified in:
- General Surgery
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
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
Odessa Campus
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
- 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
Clinical Associate Professor
- 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 in 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
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