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Notable and Distinguished Alumni

Name School Year Accomplishments
Bernard Harris Jr., M.D. Medicine 1982 First African-American to walk in space, STS-63, 1995
Gail J. Demmler, M.D. Medicine 1977, 2001 Member of the Society for Pediatric Research; Fellow of the Infectious Disease Society of America, Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society
Lorenz O. Lutherer, M.D. Medicine 1977 Dean's Basic Science Teaching Award-Year 1 TTUHSC School of Medicine 2009
Jeffrey W. Oliver, M.D. Medicine 1995 Clinician, longtime TTUHSC professor, medical director of several labs, researcher
Brent R. Fox, Pharm.D. Pharmacy 2000
Lea S. Eiland, Pharm.D. Pharmacy 2002 Director-At-Large, American Society of Health-System Pharmacists
Susan Paulson, Ph.D. GSBS 2008
Michael Kilgore, Ph.D. GSBS 2005
Raymond Runyan, Ph.D. GSBS 2003 Professor of Cell Biology and Anatomy at The University of Arizona
Robert Lust Jr., Ph.D. GSBS 2002 Professor and chair, Department of Physiology East Carolina University Brody School of Medicine
Matthew Grisham, Ph.D. GSBS 2001 Boyd Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology and associate director of Research for the Arthritis Center of Excellence at LSU Health Sciences Center
Julie Hubik, Au.D. SOAHS 2008 Owner, Cornerstone Audiology
Christopher Metsgar SOAHS 2008 Taught, created Texas' first online EMT Intermediate Program for college credit
Douglas J. Moore, MHA, MT, ASCP SOAHS 2008 United Way Platinum Winner, 2003, 2004
Dawndra M. Scott, Ph.D., OTR SOAHS 2008 Occupational Therapy Educator of the Year
Donnie G. Berry, M.D. SOAHS 2007 Board of Directors for Ally's House
Judith P. Keller, MS, CCC-SLP SOAHS 2007 President of Texas Speech-Language-Hearing Association
William Treadgill, PT, OCS SOAHS 2007 Certified as a specialist in Orthopedic Physical Therapy from the American Board of Physical Therapy
Richard Whitworth SOAHS 2007
Tori Gustafson, Au.D., CCCA SOAHS 2005 SOAHS Hall of Fame Honoree; assistant professor, Doctor of Audiology program at TTUHSC; Member of Texas Speech-Language-

Hearing Association, American Speech-Language-

Hearing Association.

Jeffery Hill, MPT, PT SOAHS 2005 Division director, Support Services at UMC Health System; member of the American Physical Therapy Association, Texas Physical Therapy Association
Barbara Ann Kelly, MS, MT (ASCP), CLSp(MB) SOAHS 2005 Founder, president of the AK Molecular Diagnostic Lab
Sherry Sancibrian, MS SOAHS 2003 Director of the South Plains Autism Network, chair of the State Board of Examiners
Lori Rice-Spearman, MS SOAHS 2002
Natalie Steadman, MS SOAHS 2001
Jacob S. Heydemann, M.D., P.A. Medicine 2008 Private adult and pediatric orthopedic practice in El Paso, Texas
Omid Khorram, M.D., Ph.D. Medicine 2008 Associate professor In residence of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UCLA, director of division of reproductive endocrinology and infertility at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center
William M. Seger, M.D. Medicine 2008 Family practice in Fort Worth, Texas
Philip E. Gates, M.D. Medicine 2007 Clinical faculty at LSU Health Sciences Center; member of the Orthopedic Care Team at Shriner's Hospitals for Children-Shreveport
Douglas Klepper, M.D. Medicine 2007 Outstanding Community Medicine Educator, clinical associate professor of Pediatrics, patient practice at Pediatric Associates of Lubbock
Gary D. Newsom, M.D., FACP, FASN Medicine 2007 Practices nephrology and internal medicine in Midland, Texas
Priscilla Carter-Snodgrass, M.D. Medicine 2005
Catherine Ronaghan, M.D. Medicine 2005
Brad Snodgrass, M.D. Medicine 2005
Gordon Schutze, M.D. Medicine 2005
Michael F. Owen, M.D. Medicine 2003
Maurice Wilkinson, M.D. Medicine 2002
Larry Alexander, M.D. Medicine 1999
Karen Baggerly, RN, MSN Nursing 2008
Carrie N. Edwards, RN, MSN, CA/CP, SANE Nursing 2007 TTUHSC Student Senate Teacher of the Year, 2000; Member of International Association of Forensic Nurses, Texas Association Against Sexual Assault; Board Member Lubbock County Child Protective Service.
Antoinette L. Rowin, RN, MSN Nursing 2008
Deborah Bell Nursing 2007
Donna Scott Tilley, Ph.D. Nursing 2007 Associate professor and director, nursing at TCU Harris College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Sarah Shea, RN, BSN, MPH Nursing 2007
Robert Martinez, RN, MSN, CS, FNP Nursing 2005
Naomi Warren, RN, MSN, CS, FNP Nursing 2005 Silver Star Award, TTUHSC School of Nursing 25th Anniversary
Aurora Chaides-Hernandez, BSN, BS, JD Nursing 2003 Silver Star Award, TTUHSC School of Nursing 25th Anniversary
Timothy Howell, RN Nursing 2002
Jeanette Vaughan, RN, BSN, MSN Nursing 2001
Anthony J. Busti, Pharm.D., BCPS Pharmacy 2008
William A. Cunningham Jr., Pharm.D. Pharmacy 2008
Jeanie E. Jaramillo, Pharm.D. Pharmacy 2008 Managing Director of the Texas Panhandle Poison Center
Roxann Dominguez, Pharm.D. Pharmacy 2007 Lead clinical psychiatric pharmacist for the medicaid and seriously mentally ill population in Phoenix, Ariz., the largest behavioral health public sector contract in the U.S.
Cris Hogue, Pharm.D. Pharmacy 2007 Alumni Best Practice Award for establishing pharmacy services for the solid organ transplant service at Driscoll Children’s Hospital.
Sidney Phillips, Pharm.D. Pharmacy 2007 Operations Director for Pharmacy Management for Cardinal Health and oversees operational, financial, clinical, and contracting responsibilities for 27 facilities across the U.S. Board of Directors for the Texas Society of Health-System Pharmacists Best Practice Award
Traci Metting, Pharm.D. Pharmacy 2003
Kerry Stallworth, Pharm.D. Pharmacy 2002