Pediatrics Department
Interim Chair
Pratibha Shirsat, M.D.
Associate Professor
Director of Ambulatory Medicine
Board Certified in Pediatrics
CV
Program Director
Carlos Antonio Jesurun, M.D
Pediatric Residency Program Director
Director of Neonatology
Board Certified in Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
CV
Associate Director of Residency Program
Ralitsa B. Akins, M.D., Ph.D.
Academic Assistant Professor, Residency Program
Associate Director Clinical Skills and Clinical Simulations Center
Associate Professor in Educational Administration
Pediatric Subspecialists
Robert Christenson, M.D.
Associate Professor
Director of Pediatric Department Research
Board Certified in Pediatrics and Endocrinology
Director of Pediatric Endocrinology
Gilbert A. Handal, M.D.
Professor
Martha Cuellar Chair for Child Advocacy
Board Certified in Pediatrics, Infectious Disease and Critical Care
Merle A. Ipson, M.D.
Associate Professor
Medical Director Special Care Nursery Thomason Hospital
Board Certified in Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Maria Teresa Ambat, M.D.
Associate Professor
Board Certified in Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Garrett S. Levin, M.D.
Associate Professor
Associate Director of Newborn Services
Board Certified in Pediatrics and Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine
Director of the High-Risk Infant Clinic
Marie Martine Logvinoff, M.D.
Professor
Director of the Pediatric Clerkship Program and the Pediatric Advanced Life Support Program
Board Certified in Pediatric Pulmonology
Director of Pediatric Pulmonology
Jeffrey Schuster, M.D.
Associate Professor
Board Certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Cardiology
Director of Pediatric Cardiology
Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics
Cenan Antowan, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Assistant Program Director at Providence Hospital
General Pediatrics
Board Certified in Pediatrics
Barbara Camp-Law, P.A.
Faculty Associate
Child Advocacy Research and Education Center (C.A.R.E. Center) CV
Santha Chamberlin, M.D.
Associate Professor
General Pediatrics
Director of T.C. Kids at Thomason Hospital
Board Certified in Pediatrics CV
Mario J. Gaspar de Alba, M.D.
Instructor of Clinical
General Pediatrics
Board Eligible in Pediatrics
Jose Manuel de la Rosa, M.D.
Regional Dean of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center at El Paso
Board Certified in Pediatrics
Research
Part-Time Faculty
Johanan Levine, M.D.
Associate Professor
Board Certified in Pediatric Neurology
Director of Pediatric Neurology
Stanislaus Ting, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Board Certified in Pediatrics and Allergy/Immunology
Director of Pediatric Allergy/Immunology
Pilarita Cortez, M.D. F.A.A.P.
Assistant Professor
Board Certified in Pediatrics, NeuroDevelopmental Disabilities, and Subboard of Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics CV
Texas Tech Clinical Faculty
Eduardo Q. Covarrubias, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
Jesus L. Lozano, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
Lyndon E. Mansfield, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
Jignesh Patel, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
Frank L. Quattromani, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
Clinical Associate Professors
Jose Alva, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
John Plowden, M.D. (Pediatric Cardiologist)
Harry Wilson, M.D. (Pathology and Pediatric Hematology/Oncology)
Hassan Salloum, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
Clinical Assistant Professors
Akintoluwa Akinjaiyeju, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
Roberto Canales, M.D. (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology)
Benjamin Carcamo, M.D. (Pediatric Hematology/Oncology)
Arturo Casillas, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
Scott K. Coleman, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
Marcella A. Frausto, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
Randy J. Goldstein, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
Carlos Gutierrez, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
Isela S. Ibarra, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
Barry Irons, M.D. (Child Psychiatry)
David Isaac, M.D. (Pediatric Infectious Disease)
Guillermo A. Latiff, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
Luis Munoz, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
Hector I. Ocaranza, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
Jagdish Patel, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
Violeta Radinovich, M.D. (Opthalmology)
Nicolas Rich, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
Jorge G. Sainz, M.D. (Pediatrics)
Luis A. Santos-Cruz, M.D. (Pediatrics)
Christine Z. Smith, M.D. (General Pediatrics)
Larry J. Tremper, M.D. (Pediatrics)
Stanley O. Usen, M.D. (Pediatrics)