New Faculty Introduction 2021-2022
Welcome to West Texas!
The School of Medicine has a passion to provide a prodigious education for our medical students, residents and fellows, along with improving health outcomes in the most unreached, underserved communities in West Texas and around the world. We are excited to have you on board to further our mission.
Amarillo Campus
Department of Internal Medicine

Kelly McMaster, MD, MBA
Assistant Professor
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- Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center (MD)
- Graduate of Texas Tech University, Rawls College of Business (MBA)
- Family Medicine Primary Care Faculty Development Fellowship, The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Thomas Byrne, MD
Associate Professor
- Graduate of Loyola University of Chicago, Maywood, Illinois
- Fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine, University of New Mexico, School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Tanay Patel, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Ross University, School of Medicine, Portsmouth, Dominica, West Indies
- Board Certified in Obstetrics & Gynecology
Lubbock Campus
Department of Cell Biology & Biochemistry

Jeremy Bailoo, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
- Doctorate in Developmental Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina
Department of Cell Physiology & Molecular Biophysics

Hariharan Parameswaran, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
- Doctorate in Biochemistry from the National Chung Hsing University in Taichung, Taiwan
Department of Family & Community Medicine

Katy Kemeze, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of the University of Turin, Turin, Italy
- Residency in Family Medicine, Natividad Medical Center, California
Department of Internal Medicine

Marina Iskandir, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada, West Indies
- Fellowship in Interventional Cardiovascular Disease, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas

Mareena Zachariah, MD
Professor
- Graduate of Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore, India
- Postdoctoral Research in Diabetic Nephropathy at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute, University of Pittsburg School of Medicine
- Fellowships in:
- Nephrology
- Transplant Medicine
Department of Ophthalmology

Temilolu Abikoye, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Lagos University Teaching Hospital
- Fellowship in Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Fellowship at the Children's National Hospital/George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery & Rehabilitation

Amara Abid, DPM
Assistant Professor
- Doctorate in Podiatric Medicine from New York College of Podiatric Medicine
- Residency in Podiatric Medicine - Foot and Ankle Surgery, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, New York
Department of Pediatrics

Tala Porter, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Lubbock, Texas
- Residency in Pediatrics, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Lubbock, Texas
Department of Psychiatry

Bryce Cragg, MD
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
- Fellowship in Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry/Psychosomatic Medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida

Natalie Scanlon, PhD, LP
Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Texas Tech University
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
- Specialized Training in:
- Cognitive-Behavioral Theraphy (CBT)
- Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for TICS (CBIT)
- Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
Department of Surgery

Samudani Dhanasekara, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
- Graduate of Texas Tech University, Lubbock Texas
- Doctorate in Nutritional Sciences

Ashley Northcutt, MD
Assistant Professor
- Gradute of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock & Amarillo, Texas
- Residency in General Surgery, Louisana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana
- Fellowship in Surgical Critial Care, University of Florida Health Sciences Center, Jacksonville, Florida
- Board Certified in:
- General Surgery
- Sugical Critical Care
- Endoscopy
- Fundimentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS)
- Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET)
Permian Basin Campus

Gregory Bartha, MD
Associate Professor
- Graduate of Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
- Board Certified in Internal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology

Megan Galindo, MD
Instructor
- Graduate of the University of Texas School of Medicine, San Antonio, Texas
- Fellowship in Maternal Fetal Medicine at the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
Department of Surgery

Yi-Zarn Wang, DDS, MD
Associate Professor
- Graduate of the School of Dentistry, Kaohsiung Medical College, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China
- Graduate of Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon
- General Surgery Residency at Barnes Hospital, School of Medicine, Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
- Oral Pathology Residency, Department of Pathology, School of Dentistry, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon