New Faculty Introduction 2021-2022

Matthew Thigpen, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas
• Board Certified in Family Medicine

Abhijit Gutal, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Pune University
• Board Certified in Internal Medicine
• Fellowships in:
  • Infectious Diseases
  • Geriatrics

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

Rakesh Donthula, MBBS

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Kakatiya Medical College, Warangal, Dr. NTR, University of Health Sciences, India
• Fellowship in Pediatric Cardiology, The University of Texas Health Sciences Center at Houston, Houston, Texas

Kinsley Stepka, DO

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of William Carey University College of Osteopathic Medicine, Hattiesburg, Massachusetts

Matthew Ellis, AG-ACNP

Faculty Associate

• Graduate of Texas Tech University (MSN AG-ACNP)
• Former Flight Nurse
• USMC Veteran

Mujahed Laswi, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Weill Cornell Medical College, Qatar
• Board Certified in General Surgery

Angelo Riccione, DO

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine
• Board Certified in Anesthesiology

Jeremy Bailoo, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

• Doctorate in Developmental Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina

Seferino Gomez, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas
• Residency in Family Medicine , Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas

Katy Kemeze, MD

Assistant Professor

•  Graduate of the University of Turin, Turin, Italy
• Residency in Family Medicine, Natividad Medical Center, California

Joshua McGuire, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
• Residency in Family Medicine, Texas Tech University Heath Sciences Center, Lubbock, Texas

Tarek Shihab, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock/Odessa, Texas
• Residency in Family Medicine, Tech University Health Sciences Center, Amarillo, Texas
• Internship in General Surgery, University of Colorado, Denver, Colorado

Aravindan Kalyanasundaram, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

• Doctorate in Biotechnology
• Graduate of University of Madras, Tamil Nadu, India

Sameh Girgis, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Tanta University Faculty of Medicine, Egypt
• Fellowship in:
  • Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiology
  • Cardiology

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

Kenneth Iwuji, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Lubbock, Texas
• Board Certified in Internal Medicine

Sonika Malik, MBBS

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Dr. DY Patil Medical College and Research Center, Pune, India
• Fellowship in Gastrointestinal Nutrition at the University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois

Miguel Quirch, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine
• Fellowship in Hematology/Oncology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Lubbock, Texas

Mareena Zachariah, MD

Professor

Rebecca Crenshaw, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of the University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
• Chief Resident in Internal Medicine at Kansas University, Kansas City, Kansas
• Residency in Neurology at Kansas University, Kansas City, Kansas

Coby Ray, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
• Fellowship in Oculoplastic Surgery & Neuro-ophthalmology

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

Max Davis, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate with Honors in Research, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
• Residency in Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

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

Natalie Scanlon, PhD, LP

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Texas Tech University
• Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
• Specialized Training in:
  • Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Comprehensive Behavioral Intervention for TICS (CBIT)
  • Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

Samudani Dhanasekara, PhD

Research Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Texas Tech University, Lubbock Texas
• Doctorate in Nutritional Sciences

Jayne McCauley, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Missouri Kansas City School of Medicine, Kansas City, Missouri
• Board Certified in:
  • General Surgery
  • Surgical Critical Care

Tyler Mouw, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of the University of Iowa
• Board Certified in Surgery

Ashley Northcutt, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Lubbock & Amarillo, Texas
• Residency in General Surgery, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana
• Fellowship in Surgical Critical Care, University of Florida Health Sciences Center, Jacksonville, Florida
• Board Certified in:
  • General Surgery
  • Surgical Critical Care
  • Endoscopy
  • Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS)
  • Advanced Surgical Skills for Exposure in Trauma (ASSET)

Asim Shabbir, DO

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Edward Via College of Osteopathic Medicine, Virginia Tech
• Board Certified in Surgery

Alan Pang, MD

Clinical Instructor

• Graduate of The Chicago Medical School, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science, North Chicago, Illinois
• Residency at the University of California, San Francisco, California

Gregory Bartha, MD

Associate Professor

• Graduate of Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
• Board Certified in Internal Medicine

Raghavendra Sanivarapu, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Kurnool Medical College, Kurnool, India
• Fellowship in Pulmonary/Critical Care, Nassau University Medical Center, East Meadow, New York

Devi Priya Suravajjala, MD

Assistant Professor

• Graduate of Guntur Medical College, Guntur, India
• Fellowship in Endocrinology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Odessa, Texas

Glen Bennion, DO

Instructor

• Graduate of Pacific Northwest University
• Residency in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, Odessa, Texas

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