Pediatric Residents
PY-1
Aljabari, Salim A. S.
Medical School
Al Quds University, Jerusalem
Experience
Pediatric Resident, PRCS Hospital, Hebron, Palestinian Territory Intern, Hebron Government Hospital, Hebron, Palestinian Territory
Volunteer, Al Quds School of Medicine, Jerusalem, Palestinian Territory
Apurv Barche, MD
Medical School
Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, Mangalore
Medical Student, State University of New York, New York, NY
Experience
Founding Member, St. Jude’s Hr Secondary School Alumni Association, Khargone, India
Volunteer, Sanjeevani, Mangalore, India
Research Assistant/Intern, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Premnath Chinnaiyan, MD
Medical School
Stanley Medical College, India
Kilpauk Medical College, India
Experience
Specialty Registrar Pediatrics, Warwick Hospital, UK
PICU Fellow, St. Mary’s Hospital, London, UK
Trainee registrar in Peds Neurology, Royal Hospital, Edinburgh, UK
Registrar in Pediatrics, Russell Hall Hospital, Dudley, UK
Senior House Officer, Level 3 NICU, Leicester Royal Infirmary, Leicester, UK
Senior House Officer, Level 2 NICU, Pilgrim Hospital, Boston, MA
Senior House Officer, Level 2 NICU, University Hospitals, Leicester, UK
Senior House Officer, Level 2 NICU, Calderdale Royal Hospital, Halifax, UK
Honorary Medical Officer/Volunteer, Om Sri Sastha Seva Samaj, Chennai, India
Catalina Jaramillo, MD
Medical School
Universidad De Los Andes (Columbia), Santa Fe De Bogota
Experience
General MD, Fundacion Dispensario Santa Francisca Romana, Bogota, Columbia
Volunteer Observer, Children’s Hospital Colorado, Aurora, CO
Volunteer Medical Student, Shriners Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Volunteer Medical Student, Saint Paul Hospital, Barcelona, Spain
Research Assistant, HospitalUniversitario Fundacion Santa Fe de Bogota, Bogota, Columbia
Tetiana Litvinchuk, MD
Medical School
Danylo Halytsky Lviv State Medical University, Ukraine
Vinnica Medical University, Ukraine
Rivne Medical College, Ukraine
Experience
Rivne Regional Children’s Hospital, Rivne, Ukraine
Volunteer Extern, Elliot Pediatrics, Londonderry, NH
Volunteer Extern, Elliot Senior Primary Care, Manchester, NH
Volunteer Extern, Elliot Family Medicine, Bedford, NH
Volunteer Extern, Elliot Hospital NICU, Manchester, NH
Research, Lviv Danylo Halytskiy State Medical University, Lviv, Ukraine
Research, Kiev Medical University Post Graduate Education, Keiv, Ukraine
Geronimo Mendoza Urias, MD
Medical School
Universidad Autonoma de Chihuahua, Mexico
Experience
Primary Care Physician, Mexican Red Cross, Chihuahua, Mexico
Observership, Pediatric Pulmonology, University of Texas HSC, Houston, TX
Pediatric Externship, Pediatric Associates, Houston, TX
Nephrology Externship, University General Hospitals, Houston, TX
Primary Care Physicians, Chihuahua Deptartment of State Health Services, Chihuahua Mexico
PY-2
Gunjan Banga, MD
Medical School
Kasturba Medical College Mangalore, India
Experience
Junior Resident, Deen Dayal Uphadaya Hospital, New Delhi, India
Visiting Student, University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago, IL
Intern, Employees’ State Insurance Corporation Hospital, New Delhi, India
Research Volunteer, University of Pittsburg Medical Center, Montefiore, Pittsburg, PA
Sana Khizer, MD
Medical School
FMH College of Medicine and Dentistry, Pakistan
Shifa College of Medicine, Pakistan
Experience
Medical Officer, Hameed Latif Hospital, Arif Laboratories, Lahore, Pakistan
House Physician, District Head Quarter Hospital, Jhang, Pakistan
House Physician, Fatima Memorial Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
Clinical Electives: Surgical Oncology, Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital, Lahore, Pakistan
Volunteer Worker, Shifa College of Medicine, Islamabad, Pakistan
Claudia Neugebauer, MD
Medical School
Emst-Moritz-Arndt-Universitaet, Germany
Experience
Practical Year Student, Emst-Moritz-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald, Greifswald, Germany
Clinical Elective Student, Achenbach-Krankenhaus Konigs Wusterhausen, Konigs Wusterhausen, Germany
Chief Secretary, DRK Kliniken Berlin – Mark Brandenburg, Berlin, Germany
Chief Secretary, St. Joseph Krankenhaus Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Clinical Elective Student, Klinikum Ernst von Bergmann Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Taha Saif, MD
Medical School
King Edward Medical University, Lahore
Research
Strain GW, Saif T, Gagner M, Rossidis M, Dakin G, Pomp A. “Cross-sectional review of effects of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy.” Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2011 Nov-Dec;7(6):714-9. Epub 2011 Sep 16. (PMID: 22014484)
Strain GW, Gagner M, Pomp A, Dakin G, Inabnet WB, Saif T. “Comparison of fat-free mass in super obesity (BMI ≥50 kg/m2) and morbid obesity (BMI <50 kg/m2) in response to different weight loss surgeries.” Surg Obes Relat Dis. 2011 Oct. (PMID: 22118843) In press.
Poster Presentation: “A cross-sectional Evaluation of Nutrient Status after Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy.” Obesity 2011 - the 29th Annual Scientific Meeting of the Obesity Society. Orlando, FL Oct. 1-5, 2011.
Abstract Presentation: “A cross-sectional analysis of the effects of laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy 1, 3, and 5 years after surgery.” Third International Consensus Summit on Sleeve Gastrectomy, New York, NY. Dec 2-4, 2010.
Firas Salim, MD
Medical School
University of Al-Mustansiriyah, Iraq
Experience
Pediatric Mobile Application Development, Pleasant Hill, CA
Specialist Pediatrician, Mafraq Hospital – Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Pediatric Program Coordinator and Lecturer, Gulf Medical University, Ajman, United Arab Emirates
Publications
Tarpara A, Salim F, Naqvi M Late Pre-term & Early Term Infants, Annual Abstract, TTUHSC Amarillo, April 2012
Salim F, Johnson AOK, “Neocube” Magnets Ingestion Annual Abstract, TTUHSC Amarillo, April 2012
Rikin K Shah, MD
Medical School
Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, Gujarat University, India
Experience
Observer, University of North Texas Primary Care Center, Fort Worth, TX
Contractual Physician, Zydus Cadila, Clinical Research Dept., Ahmedabad, India
Intern, Smt. NHL Municipal Medical College, Ahmedabad, India|
Student Researcher, University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, Fort Worth, TX
Publications
Shah R, Veerapandiyan A, Winchester S, Gallentine W, Mikati MA. Two patients with an anti-N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor antibody syndrome-like presentation and negative results of testing for autoantibodies. Pediatr Neurol. 2011 Dec;45(6):412-6.
Shah RK, Uddin M, Fatunde OJ. Onychomadesis Secondary to Penicillin Allergy in a Child. J Pediatr. 2012 Mar 14.
PY-3
Andrew Relph, DO
Medical School
Des Moines University, Osteopathic Medical Center
Archana Varma, MD
Medical School
Co-operative Medical College of Kochi, Kochi, India
Experience
Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center
Northwestern Arkansas Free Health Center
Mercy Medical Center
Poster Presentation, American Society of Nephrology, Philadelphia, PA, November 2011
Poster Presentation, Southern Regional Meeting, Louisiana, February 2012
Abstract Publication, Medication Adherence Among Adolescent in Pediatric Renal Clinic, Journal of Investigative Medicine, Vol 60, Number 1, January 2012
Award, American Society of Pediatric Nephrology, Travel grant award 2012
Publications and Presentations
Poster presentation-Medication adherence in children with chronic renal diseases, American Society of Nephrology, November 2011,Philadelphia.
Poster presentation- Medication adherence in children with chronic diseases,Southern regional meet, AFMR,February 2012, Louisiana.
Twin to Twin Transfusion Syndrome, March 2010, OB-Pedi conference,TTUHSC, Amarillo
Rh Incompatability, July 2011, Ob-Pedi Conference,TTUHSC, Amarillo
TTUHSC Research Day Poster Presentation- Mediation Adherence in Adolescents with chronic renal diseases.
Souzan Siddig, MD
Medical School
2004 University of Khartoum, Sudan
Experience
Khartoum Teaching Hospital, Sudan
Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, California
Clinical Assistant, Maygoma Orphanage, Sudan
Publications and Presentations
Oral presentation - Novel RAB27A Mutations Causing Griscelli Syndrome Type II, AFMR,February 2012, Louisiana
Panhandle Medical Journal - Coombs positive hemolytic anemia complicating a spider bite
TTUHSC Research Day Poster Presentation - Coombs positive hemolytic anemia complicating a spider bite, April, 2012
TTUHSC Research Day Poster Presentation - Novel RAB27A Mutations Causing Griscelli Syndrome Type II, April 2012.\
OBGYN-Pediatrics Conference - Neonatal HSV disseminated Disease, TTUHSC, May, 2012, Amarillo.
OBGYN-Pediatrics Conference - Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Infants of Diabetic Mothers,TTUHSC, January 2011, Amarillo
Resident Conference - Bone neoplasm, TTUHSC, October 2011, Amarillo
Resident Conference - Diabetic Ketoacidosis, TTUHSC, August 2011, Amarillo
Resident Conference - Pleural Effusion, TTUHSC, July 2012, Amarillo.
Resident Conference - Asthma, TTUHSC, July 2012, Amarillo.
Resident Conference - Developmental and Behavioral Implications for children of Incarcerated Parents, TTUHSC, September 2012, Amarillo.
Peter Tieh, MD
Medical School
Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica, West Indies
Experience
Ross University EMS
Phoenix EMS, Inc.
Med-Tech Ambulance Service
Rahima Afroza, MD
Medical School
Mymensingh Medical College, Bangladesh
Experience
Medical Officer, Mymensingh Medical College
Volunteer, Specialty Clinics of St. Anne, Oklahoma
Volunteer, Memorial Hospital of Texas County, Oklahoma
Volunteer, Mymensingh Medical College and Hospital
Research, Internal Center for Diarrheal Disease Research, Bangladesh