Obstetrics & Gynecology

Faculty Profiles

Robert P. Kauffman, M.D.

Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Director, Reproductive Medicine and Infertility

Doctor of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center Medical School, Houston, Texas
Internship, Parkland Memorial Hospital and University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Texas
Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Parkland Memorial Hospital and University of Texas Southwestern Medical School in Dallas, Chief Resident 1982-83
Certified, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Professional Accomplishments:

Over 50 peer-reviewed publications including original research, editorials, and book chapters
APGO Excellence in Teaching Award
CREOG National Faculty Award
Editorial board of two medical journals
Dean's Scholarship and Research Award
Regional Dean's Award for most peer-reviewed publications

Dr. Kauffman approaches his practice of medicine and his teaching responsibilities with the unqualified enthusiasm that he brings to all areas of his life.As a lifelong learner, he is a classical pianist and loves opera. His medical interests include pediatric gynecology, androgen excess disorders including polycystic ovary syndrome, infertility, and chronic pelvic pain. He is married with two daughters in college.

Teresa Ellen Baker, M.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Doctor of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas , TX
Residency in OB/GYN, Parkland Health and Hospital System, Dallas , TX
Board certified, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)

Dr. Baker has a combined private and academic OB/GYN practice with the University Physicians at Texas Tech Health Sciences Center in Amarillo. She is interested in teen pregnancy, postpartum depression, and promoting preventive medicine for the women of the Texas Panhandle, as well as Resident and Student education and serves as the Residency Director.

E. David Autry, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Doctor of Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, GA
Residency in Pediatrics, Emory University Affiliated Hospitals: Grady Memorial Hospital and Henrietta-Egelston Hospital for Children, Atlanta, GA
Residency in OB/GYN, Tulane University Affiliated Hospitals: Charity Hospital, New Orleans, LA
Board certified, American Board of Pediatrics
Board certified, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Fellow, American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG)

Dr. Autry began his professional career as a Pediatrician, and spent several years working with a predominately Hispanic, migrant farm worker population in South Texas before pursuing his interest in women's health care. He received his OB-GYN training in New Orleans at Charity Hospital. His first practice experience as an OB-GYN was in San Antonio, Texas with an HMO. There, in addition to routine gynecology and obstetrics, he became the designated urogynecologist. Since that tine he has had a sustained interest in female urinary incontinence and pelvic floor reconstruction for prolapse. He spent 15 years in private practice in Atlanta, Georgia. The practice, which he founded, was robust and heavily concentrated in both routine and high-risk obstetrics, as well as benign gynecology. He has ample experience in minimally invasive surgery, both laparoscopic and hysteroscopic, for treatment of abnormal uterine bleeding, fibroids, and benign ovarian pathology. Dr. Autry has an interest in the health care needs of underserved women and children. He has volunteered his time and expertise to the underserved in the Caribbean, on the island of St. Lucia, and in Africa, the Republic of Zaire. He has a strong interest in the Hispanic culture and has developed moderate fluency in medical Spanish. Dr. Autry has three daughters which he and his wife of 30 years have raised. The oldest recently graduated from law school and resides in New Orleans. The middle daughter lives and works in Atlanta as an accountant. The youngest is still in college and working towards her goal of becoming an elementary school teacher. Dr. Autry's personal interests include running, mountain biking, sailing, and travel.

Beverly E. Gerard, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Doctor of Medicine, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock.
Internship and Residency in OB/GYN, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo.
OB/GYN Private Practice, 14 years.
Dr. Gerard has over twenty years of experience as an OB-GYN, with her personal interest and expertise in female hormones, PMS, perimenopause, and menopause. As well, she specializes in a preventative and integrated approach to female health management with emphasis on diet, exercise, and supplements. In addition, Dr. Gerard performs a variety of minimally invasive gynecological surgical procedures for endometriosis, fibroids, ovarian cysts, and pelvic pain.
She is actively involved in researching hormone replacement. She has completed a three year study of Bioidentical hormones to be published, and is presently initiating another estrogen hormone research project.
Born in El Paso, Texas, of military parents, she lived in various countries, such as England, Germany, and Okinawa. She graduated with honors from the University of Texas in Austin, and received her medical degree from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock and completed her OB-GYN residency at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Amarillo.
She had a private solo OB-GYN practice in Austin for 14 years and worked for a private Fort Worth gynecology clinic prior to coming to Amarillo. Her interests are organic gardening, slow foods, Kundalini Yoga, chess, billiards, and any outdoor sport. She speaks fluent German and some French. Her four sons are grown. One lives in Frankfurt, Germany, another in Christiansted, St. Croix, and two are in Denton, Texas, attending the University of North Texas.

Heather J. Holmes, M.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Director-Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine

Director of Ultrasonography

Education:
- Undergraduate: Texas A&M University College Station, TX
- Graduate: University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston, TX
- Internship/Residency: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at Amarillo, Amarillo, TX
- Fellowship: Maternal-Fetal Medicine University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX
Societies/Committees:
- American College of Obstetricians & Gynecologists, Fellow
- Texas Association of Obstetricians & Gynecologists
- Texas Medical Association Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics
- Potter-Randall County Medical Society
- Society of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
- American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (AIUM)
Honors/Awards:
- Administrative Chief Resident, Texas Tech, July 2001-June 2002
- "Outstanding Obstetrician" in the Guide of America's Top Obstetricians 2010
- OB-GYN Clinical Teaching Award 2010
- Council on Residency Education in Obstetrics and Gynecology (CREOG) 2008
Research Projects/Studies:
- Fetal Renal Pyelectasis: Correlation with Pathologic Neonatal Genitourinary Defects & Potential Risk Factors for its development at TTUHSC-Amarillo
- Colonization of Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in Pregnant Women
- Diabetes in Pregnancy
- Dr. Holmes is board certified by The American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology and The American Board of Maternal Fetal Medicine. Dr. Holmes serves patients not only from the Amarillo area, but from the Texas Panhandle, Oklahoma Panhandle, Kansas, and New Mexico areas.
  
  Jon D. Lund, M.D.
  
  Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  - Doctor of Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern, Dallas, Texas, USA
  - Internship, Portsmouth Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Virginia
  - Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Tech Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas
  - Board Certification, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  - Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  Professional Accomplishments:
  - General Medical Officer - USS Puget Sound (AD-38), Norfolk, Virginia
  - Staff OB/GYN - Naval Hospital, Twenty-nine Palms, California
  - Staff OB/GYN - Naval Hospital, Camp Pendleton, California
  - Staff OB/GYN - Naval Medical Center, San Diego, California
  Dr. Lund brings to Texas Tech a comprehensive practice experience gained from 10 years as an OB/GYN Physician in the United States Navy. He is committed to medical education and the optimizing of OB/GYN care to the community. He also has a particular interest in issues of patient safety and autonomy with on-going research projects in these areas. Dr. Lund considers it a privilege to be a part of the Texas Tech team and to have the opportunity to serve the women of Amarillo and their families.
  
  Usha Sethi, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
  Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  - Doctor of Medicine, S. N. Medical College, Agra, India
  - Internship, S. N. Medical College, Agra, India; St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, Ohio
  - Residency, Izaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children, Pediatric Pathology, Halifax, Nova Scotia; St. Elizabeth Health Center, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Youngstown, Ohio
  Professional Accomplishments:
  - Board Certified, American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  - Fellowship in Academic Medicine, Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio
  - Fellow, American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology
  - Certified Yoga Instructor, Yoga Research Foundation, Miami, Florida
  Dr. Sethi has spent over 20 years in private practice and brings with her a wealth of knowledge from that element of medicine, as well as over 30 years in the academic side of obstetrics and gynecology. She was presented with the Special Recognition Award of Appreciation by Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine at Rootstown, Ohio for teaching medical students. During her tenure at Texas Tech School of Medicine she has received numerous awards. She has been presented with the 2008 Faculty Innovation in Teaching Award, the 2008 APGO Excellence in Teaching Award, 2009 Dean's Education Innovation Award and 2009 CREOG/APGO National Faculty Award given by the Council on Resident Education in OB/GYN. Her special interests include teen pregnancy, STD's and contraception, as well as the education of residents and medical students. She also serves as the Clerkship Director for Medical Students.
  
  Among her hobbies, Dr. Sethi enjoys listening to and dancing to music from India and keeping physically fit through exercise.
  
  Paul Tullar, M.D., F.A.C.O.G.
  Assistant Professor of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  - Undergraduate: Rice University, Houston, Texas
  - Doctor of Medicine: University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
  - Internship/Residency: Methodist Hospitals of Dallas & Parkland Memorial Hospital, Dallas, Texas
  - Board Certified, American Board of Obstetrics & Gynecology
  - Fellow, American College of Obstetrics & Gynecology (A.C.O.G.)
  - Private Practice for 25 years in SW Dallas, DeSoto, Duncanville, Texas
  - Visiting Clinical Faculty at U. T. Southwestern Family Practice Residency at Charlton Methodist Hospital, with Family Practice Teaching Awards
  - Visiting Lecturer Faculty, University of Mississippi Medical School, 2006
  - Member, American Professors of Gynecology & Obstetrics
  - Member of American Institute of Ultrasound in Medicine (since 1985)
  - Special training in Fallopian Tube Microsurgical Reconstruction, LASER in Gynecologic Surgery, Operative Laparoscopy, Hysteroscopy and Pelvic Floor Reconstructive Surgery
  Dr. Tullar brings to Texas Tech 25 years of experience in private practice obstetrics, operative and non-operative gynecology, as well as teaching experience in Obstetrics, Gynecology and Family Practice. Dr. Tullar believes in lifelong learning for professors, residents, students and patients. His areas of interest in practice include evaluation of structural and functional defects of the pelvic floor, with operative and non-operative managements, gynecologic diagnostic ultrasound, urogynecology, premenstrual syndrome, menopausal management, Operative Laparoscopy, chronic pelvic pain evaluation and management, and evaluation and management of dysparunia and vaginismus. His areas of research include skills teaching, skills in testing, operative obstetrics, interdisciplinary teamwork for quality improvements and skills teaching and testing in hysteroscopy training. In addition to English, Dr. Tullar speaks Spanish and limited German. He loves music, both classical and otherwise.
  
  Golder N. Wilson M.D., Ph.D.
  
  Clinical Geneticist, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine
  - Doctor of Medicine, University of Chicago (Pritzker School of Medicine), Chicago, Illinois
  - Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
  - Internship, Boston Floating Hospital, New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
  - Residency in Pediatrics, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan
  - Certified, American Board of Pediatrics
  - Certified, American Board of Medical Genetics
  Professional Accomplishments:
  - Mary McDermott Cook Professor of Pediatric Genetics, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School and Director of Pediatric Genetics and Metabolism, Children's Medical Center of Dallas, 1988-2002.
  - Private Practice in Pediatrics and Genetics, 2002-2004
  - Member of Society for Pediatric Research
  - Author of more than 130 articles and book chapters, 4 books.
  Genetic alterations in early embryonic development, including maternal effect and pattern mutations that produce birth defects and syndromes is an area of special interest.
  
  Dr. Wilson has spent 27 years in academic medicine, conducting NIH-sponsored laboratory research and being elected to the Society for Pediatric Research. Over the past decade, Dr. WIlson's interests have concerned clinical care and education, with particular focus on parent education and preventive management regarding children with mental disability and birth defect syndromes. He has produced a pioneering book with the developmental pediatrician Carl Cooley, M.D.: Preventive Management for Children with Birth Defects and Syndromes, published by Cambridge University Press. Dr. Wilson's focus is to interpret patterns of anomalies/genetic disorders pre- and post-natally, and to complement diagnosis with educational information and management checklists that optimize medical care for children with special health care needs.