Psychiatry

Dr. Ron Owens

Dr. Owens received his Ph.D. in 1982 from the University of Mississippi. He has lived and worked in Texas since that time. His clinical interests include treatment of depression, anxiety, adjustment disorders and addictive disorders. He also has experience with eating disorders and personality disorders. Dr. Owens is proficient in the use of cognitive behavioral as well as psychodynamic techniques. He has experience working with various patient populations including rehabilitation, private hospitals and prisons. He has been on the faculty of TTUHSC-Amarillo since August of 1998. Dr. Owens is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Texas Psychological Association and the Panhandle Psychological Association. Dr. Owens was in charge of collection of baseline psychological data for the Air Force Health Survey, a 40 year longitudinal study of the medical and psychological effects of exposure to agent orange. He has co-authored an article on the effectiveness of computer administered cognitive behavioral treatment in an incarcerated population (a program that he designed and implemented), which will appear in the August, 2000 edition of The International Journal of Corrections.

David Egerton, Ph.D.

David Egerton, Ph.D., has been with Texas Tech at Amarillo since 1993. Before coming to Texas Tech at Amarillo, Egerton was in private practice in Amarillo. He received his BS degree from West Texas State University in Canyon. He received his M.Ed. from West Texas State University and his Doctor of Philosophy from Texas A&M University in College Station.

Egerton is a certified psychologist with the State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. He is certified with the State of Texas as an Educational Diagnostician, in Language and Learning Disability, and as an elementary school teacher. He is a member of the American Psychological Association, the Texas Faculty Association, the National Educational Association, and the Texas State Teachers Association.

Egerton consults with the Pampa and Amarillo Independent School Districts and with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice at the Clements, Jordan and Roach Units. Egerton has consulted in the past with school districts, adult and juvenile probation offices, psychological testing, individual and vocational counseling, Texas Rehabilitation Commission Assessments, marital and family counseling, and with area fire and police department personnel and law enforcement evaluations. He has conducted research in the areas of education and the workplace.

C. A. Bond

C. A. (CAB) Bond is Professor of Pharmacy, Clinical Professor of Psychiatry, and Associate Dean for Clinical Affairs at Texas Tech University Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine. He did his undergraduate work at the University of San Francisco and completed his Doctor of Pharmacy from the University of California in San Francisco. Dr. Bond also completed a ASHP accredited residency in Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California Hospitals and the San Francisco Veterans Administration Hospital. He spent 23 years at the University of Wisconsin-Madison at the School of Pharmacy where he was Professor of Pharmacy and Psychiatry and served as the Associate Dean for Professional Affairs for 13 years. Dr. Bond's teaching and practice is in the area of geriatric pharmacotherapy. Dr. Bond recently received a Practice Achievement Award from the Veterans Administration where his clinical practice was recognized as one of the 8 best in the Department of Veteran Affairs.

Dr. Bond has received over $1,000,000 in research funding and has authored over 100 research and professional publications. He has made more than 50 presentations (invited) at state, national, and international medical and pharmacy professional meetings. A major focus of his scholarly pursuits have been directed to the justification of pharmacy services. He has recently published two landmark papers showing that pharmacist staffing (increased) and the clinical pharmacy services they perform are associated with lower hospital mortality rates. His current research involves the ongoing development of a national database on clinical pharmacy services. Dr. Bond holds Fellowship Status in the American Society of Hospital Pharmacists and the American College of Clinical Pharmacy. He has presented papers at 15 international pharmacy meetings and has been invited to present his research at the Ministry of Health in Great Britain, the University of Uppsula in Sweden, King Saud University in Saudi Arabia, and Hebrew University in Jerusalem.

Dr. Gwen Fagala

Dr. Fagala grew up in Dallas and graduated from Dallas Baptist University with a BS degree in Biology. She completed medical school and general psychiatry residency at The University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. After this, Dr. Fagala completed a one-year fellowship in geriatric psychiatry at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston. She is board certified in psychiatry with added qualifications in geriatric psychiatry. Dr. Fagala is currently a staff psychiatrist at the Amarillo VA Healthcare System and an associate professor of psychiatry at TTUHSC in Amarillo.

Dr. Micheal Jenkins

Dr. Jenkins attended the Texas Tech University School of Medicine in Lubbock, the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, and the University of Arkansas for Health Sciences in Little Rock, Arkansas. He holds the position of clinical assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry. He supervises 3rd and 4th year medical students at Texas Panhandle Mental Health Mental Retardation where the students are exposed to outpatient psychiatry.

Dr. Jenkins is board certified in Adult and Geriatric Psychiatric Medicine, Addictive Disorders and Sleep Disorders Medicine. He is presently the Medical Director at Texas Panhandle Mental Health Authority. Dr. Jenkins is a Diplomat in the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology.

Dr. Jenkins' memberships include the American Medical Association, Texas Medical Association, Potter/Randall County Medical Society and the American Neuropsychiatric Association.

Dr. Murali Veeramachaneni

Dr. Murali Veeramachaneni is a faculty member of the Department of Psychiatry at the Amarillo campus. He has been in private practice in Amarillo since 1998 and has contracts with various agencies for providing psychiatric services. He teaches medical students inpatient psychiatry with a rotation through Northwest Texas Hospital and Quest Hospital. He is Board Certified in Adult Psychiatry by The American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology, Inc. He graduated from the University of Missouri system at Kansas City and Columbia. He was voted as the Best Fellow in Child & Adolescent Psychiatry at Columbia.

Dr. Mitchell Jones

Dr. Mitchell Jones is an associate professor emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry. He did his undergraduate work at WTSU in Canyon, TX and completed his medical degree at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX. Dr. Jones is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology and by the American Board of Adolescent Psychiatry. He was in private practice in Amarillo from 1969-1984 at which point he became a full-time faculty member at Texas Tech University Health Sciences in the Department of Psychiatry. He served as the Regional Chair in that department until 1996. Dr. Jones continues to lecture to 3^rd year medical students in the department of psychiatry. He has held numerous positions in various professional and civic organizations.