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Medicine

Mark Unruh, M.D., M.S., Professor and Chair
Solomon, Gardner and Sterling Chair
Acting Section Chief New Mexico VA Health System
Associate Director, UNM Clinical and Translational Science Center
The University of New Mexico School of Medicine
University Hospital Ambulatory Care Center, 5th Floor
MSC10 5550
1 University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
(505) 272-4661

Professors
Allen B. Adolphe, M.D., Ph.D., Universidad Autónoma de Cd. Juárez, Mexico
Sarah Allen, M.D., University of Louisville
Wadih Arap, M.D., Ph.D., University of Sao Paulo Medical School, Brazil
Cynthia Arndell, M.D., University of New Mexico
Sanjeev Arora, M.D., Armed Forces Medical College, India
Peggy Beeley, M.D., University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center
Jessica B. Bigney, M.D., University of New Mexico
Edgar Boedeker, M.D., Washington University
Lee Brown, M.D., Mount Sinai Medical School
Mark R. Burge, M.D., Oregon Health Sciences University
Thomas F. Byrd III, M.D., Vanderbilt University
Betty Chang, M.D., McGill University, Canada
George D. Comerci, M.D., University of Arizona
Linda Cook, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle
Richard E. Crowell, M.D., University of Cincinnati
Dana Davis, M.D., University of New Mexico
Richard I. Dorin, M.D., (Biochemistry) University of California
Ravi Durvasula, M.D., McGill University, Canada
Edward Fancovic, M.D., St. Louis University School of Medicine
Matthew Fero, M.D., University of California, Irvine
Dana Fotieo, M.D., University of New Mexico
Gregory G. Fotieo, M.D., University of Florida
Wendy Gerstein, M.D., University of New Mexico
David V. Gonzales, M.D., Stanford University School of Medicine
Antonia M. Harford, M.D., State University of New York
Michelle Harkins, M.D., University of Texas, Dallas
Oleh Hnatiuk, M.D., Temple University School of Medicine
Gary K. Iwamoto, M.D., University of Utah
Jennifer R. Jernigan, M.D., University of Texas, Galveston
Susan M. Kellie, M.D., Columbia University
Denece O. Kesler, M.D., M.P.H., University of South Dakota
Anita Kinney, Ph.D., University of Texas
Konstantin Konstantinov, M.D., Academy of Medicine, Bulgaria
Warren Laskey, M.D., New York University
Richard C. Lauer, M.D., New York Medical College
Ji-Hyun Lee, Dr.P.H., University of North Carolina
Henry Lin, M.D., State University of New York
Thomas Ma, M.D., Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University Medical College
Jenny Mao, M.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Lisa Marr, M.D., University of Maryland Medical School
Melissa Martinez, M.D., University of New Mexico
Denis M. McCarthy, M.D., University College, Ireland
Ann Morrison, M.D., University of Illinois
Scott Ness, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Tudor Oprea, M.D., Ph.D., University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Romania
Kimberly Page, Ph.D., M.P.H., University of California Berkeley
Vernon Pankratz, Ph.D., Rice University
Gulshan Parasher, M.D., University College of Medical Sciences, India
Renata Pasqualini, M.D., University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Douglas J. Perkins, Ph.D., Ohio State University
Rush Pierce, M.D., University of California, San Francisco
Arti Prasad, M.D., Gandhi Medical College, India
Eric Prossnitz, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Ian Rabinowitz, M.D., University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa
Veena Raizada, M.D., Lady Harding Medical College, India
Kendall Rogers, M.D., University of New Mexico
Mark Rohrscheib, M.D., University of New Mexico
Carlos Roldan, M.D., University of San Carlos, Guatemala
Melanie Royce, M.D., Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
David S. Schade, M.D., Washington University
Mark R. Schuyler, M.D., University of Wisconsin
David Scrase, M.D., University of Michigan Medical School
Karen Servilla, M.D., University of New Mexico
Anne Simpson, M.D., University of New Mexico
Akshay Sood, M.D., M.P.H., All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Elaine Thomas, M.D., University of Washington
Karla Thornton, M.D., M.P.H., University of Texas Southwestern
T. Craig Timm, M.D., Stanford University
Alan Tomkinson, Ph.D., University of New Castle
Mark Unruh, M.D., University of Chicago
Charles Wiggins, Ph.D., University of Washington
S. Bruce Williams, M.D., M.P.H., University of North Carolina
Bronwyn E. Wilson, M.D., M.P.H., University of Pennsylvania
Ellen Yee, M.D., M.P.H., University of California

Associate Professors
Abinash Achrekar, M.D., Michigan State University
Eduardo Alas, M.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Madhu Arora, M.D., Armed Forces Medical College
Michel Boivin, M.D., McGill University, Canada
Marcos Burgos, M.D., University of California, San Diego
H. Katrina Busby, M.D., Cornell Medical College
Gerald Charlton, M.D., University of Utah
Vi Chiu, M.D., Ph.D., New York University School of Medicine
Bart Cox, M.D., Indiana University
Zoneddy Dayao, M.D., University of the Philippines College of Medicine
Holly Fleming, M.D., University of Missouri
Robert Fritch, D.O., Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Melissa Gonzales, Ph.D., University of California, Berkley
Farzana Harji, M.D., University of New Mexico
Diedre Hofinger, M.D., University of New Mexico
Michelle J. Iandiorio, M.D., State University of New York
Milton V. Icenogle, M.D., University of California, San Francisco
Shmuel Inbar, M.D., Technion, Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Huining Kang, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Sepehr Khashaei, M.D., American University of the Caribbean, British West Indies
Mariam Komaromy, M.D., University of California, San Francisco
Elizabeth Lawrence, M.D., Standford University School of Medicine
Mark Lee, M.D., Finch University of Health Sciences
Samuel Lee, M.D., Boston University School of Medicine
Benny Liem, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine
Linda Macdonald, M.D., University of Washington
Subramani Mani, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Elizabeth McGuire, M.D., University of New Mexico
Devon Neale, M.D., Stanford University
Leonard Noronha, M.D., Jefferson Medical College
David Olson, Jr., M.D., University of New Mexico
Sandra Qaseem, M.D., University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Frank Ralls, M.D., University of Wisconsin
Deepti Rao, M.D., Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine
D. Michelle Ratliff, M.D., University of New Mexico
Ali Saeed, M.D., King Edward Medical College
Thomas Schroeder, M.D., University of New Mexico
Montaser Shaheen, M.D., Damascus University
Mark Sheldon, M.D., State University of New York, Buffalo
J. Mitchell Simson, M.D., University of New Mexico
Pooja Singh, M.D., University of Texas
Bruce Struminger, M.D., Johns Hopkins University
Yijuan Sun, M.D., Hernan Medical University, China
Amy Tarnower, M.D., University of Kansas
Dona Upson, M.D., Medical College of Wisconsin
Anthony Worsham, M.D., University of Colorado
Eleana Zamora, M.D., University of New Mexico

Assistant Professors
William Adler, M.D., University of New Mexico
Shozab Ahmed, M.D., Punjab Medical College, Pakistan
Joseph Alcorn, M.D., University of Arizona
Tarik Alhmoud, M.D., Medical College, University of Jordan, Jordan
Robert Andrews, M.D., Texas Tech University
Claudia Anison, M.D., University of Colorado Medical School
Cecilia Arana Yi, M.D., Peruvian University, Peru
Christos Argyropoulos, M.D., University of Patras, Greece
Nour Ass'ad, M.B., University of Jordan, Jordan
Houriya Ayoubieh, M.D., University of Jordan
Rebecca Bair, M.D., Indiana University
Eileen Barrett, M.D., Georgetown University School of Medicine
Muskaan Behl, M.D., University of New Mexico
Jennifer Benson, M.D., University of New Mexico
Cynthia Blair, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Matthew Bouchonville, M.D., Eastern Virginia Medical School
Steven Bradfute, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
Meghan Brett, M.D., University of Connecticut
Ursa Brown-Glaberman, M.D., University of New Mexico
Sarah Burns, M.D., Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine
Jeramiah Bustos, M.D., University of New Mexico
Karen Cardon, M.D., University of New Mexico
Caroline Castillo, M.D., Hahnemann University
Christopher Chang, M.D., University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine
Shan Shan Chen, M.D., University of Medicine I, Myanmar
Kelly Chong, Ph.D., University of California, UCLA
Stacey Clegg, M.D., Brown University School of Medicine
Nathaniel Collins, M.D., University of Texas
Elizabeth Colombo, M.D., University of New Mexico
Lisa Cutchen, M.D., University of New Mexico
Shanna Diaz, D.O., College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences
Osman Dokmeci, M.D., Ankara University School of Medicine, Turkey
Angela Dunn, M.D., University of North Texas Health Science Center
Nicole Emil, M.D., University of New Mexico
Monthida Fangtham, M.D., Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Lida Fatemi, D.O., Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
Roderick Fields, M.D., University of New Mexico
Esme Finlay, M.D., University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Erin FitzGerald, D.O., University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Michael Gaglia, M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
Gregory Gan, M.D., University of Pittsburgh Medical School
Kavitha Ganta, M.D., Kamineni Institue of Medical Sciences Telangana, India
Mark Garcia, M.D., University of New Mexico
Michael Gavin, M.D., University of Tennessee
Luke Gessel, M.D., Ohio State University College of Medicine
James Gibb, M.D., Eastern Virginia Medical School
Gabriella Good, M.D., University of New Mexico
Taylor Goot, M.D., University of Texas Medical School
Hamid Hai, M.D., Prince of Wales Medical College of India
Cynthia Heins, M.D., East Carolina University
Theresa Heynekamp, M.D., University of New Mexico
Olivia Hopkins, M.D., Ben Gurion University Medical School, Israel
Sergio Huerta, M.D., University of New Mexico
Jacob Imber, M.D., University of Kansas
Eva Kaul, M.D., University of New Mexico
Archana Kaza, M.D., Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research
Bilal Khan, M.D., Aga Khan University Medical College, Pakistan
Nicole Klein, M.D., Emory University
Erik Kraai, M.D., University of Colorado, Denver
Mary Lacy, M.D., University of Louisville
Christophe Lambert, Ph.D., Duke University
Jens Langsjoen, M.D., University of Texas Medical Branch
David Lee, M.D., University of Southern California
Staci Lee, M.D., University of Southern California
Margaret Lieberman, M.D., Northwestern University, Chicago
Christina Lovato, M.D., University of New Mexico
Anju Manral, M.D., Maulana Azad Medical College
Shadi Mayasy, M.D., Tishreen University, Syria
Jean McDougall, Ph.D., University of Washington
Ramadevi Medavarapu, M.D., Gandhi Medical College, India
Lana Melendres-Groves, M.D., University of New Mexico
Justin Miller, M.D., University of Oklahoma
Brandon Murguia, M.D., Santa Clara University
Yue-Harn Ng, M.D., McGill University, Canada
Prashant Nighot, Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Scott Norville, M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
Alisha Parada, M.D., University of New Mexico
Gloria Peralta, M.D., University of North Texas
Alexandria Phan, M.D., University of California, Irvine
Surya Pierce, M.D., University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Charles Pizanis, M.D., Ohio State University
Merideth Prevost, M.D., University of New Mexico
Dulcinea Quintana, M.D., University of New Mexico
Patrick Rendon, M.D., University of New Mexico
Amy Robinson, M.D., University of Texas Medical Branch
Justin Roesch, M.D., University of New Mexico
Blavir Rukov, D.O., Midwestern University-Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
Tarun Rustagi, M.B., Maulana Azad Medical College, University of Delhi, India
Margarita Santiago-Torres, Ph.D., Wisconsin-Madison
Oleksandr Schevchuck, M.D., Ternopil State Medical University, Ukraine
Seth Scott, M.D., University of Cincinnati
Saeed Shaffi, M.D., Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan
Daniel Shank, M.D., University of Cincinnati
Susan Showers, M.D., University of New Mexico
Gurdeep Singh, D.O., A.T. Still University-Arizona
Richard Snider, M.D., Georgetown University
Mary Spivey, M.D., Creighton University
Euriko Torrazza, M.D., University of Panama School of Medicine, Republic of Panama
Maria Vazquez-Guillamet, M.D., Carol Davila University, Romania
Rodrigo Vazquez-Guillamet, M.D., Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona, Spain
Darlene Vigil, M.D., University of New Mexico
April Volk, M.D., University of New Mexico
Nicholas Volpicelli, M.D., Temple University
Heather Ward, Ph.D., Indiana University and Purdue University
Bryan Wood, M.D., Ross University School of Medicine
Zhi Xu, M.D., St. George's University, Grenada
Jerome Yatskowitz, M.D., University of New Jersey
Emrullah Yilmaz, M.D., Ph.D., Hacettepe University School of Medicine, Turkey

Research Professors
Cristian Bologa, Ph.D., Romanian Academy of Sciences
Olivier Rixe, M.D., Pierre and Marie Currie University, France 

Research Associate Professors
Rana Al-Sadi, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Herbert Davis, Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Karol Dokladny, Ph.D., Copernicus University, Poland
Deidre Hill, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle

Research Assistant Professors
Marina Cardo Vila, Ph.D., University of Barcelona, Spain
Sarah D'Angelo, Ph.D., University of Eastern Piedmont, Italy
Andrey Dobroff, Ph.D., Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ivy Foo-Hurwitz, Ph.D., University of Kansas
Stella Jubay, Ph.D., University of New England
Prakasha Kempaiah, Ph.D., University of Goettingen, Germany
Julie Lovchik, Ph.D., University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Li Luo, Ph.D., University of Texas
Cristina Murray-Krezan, B.A., M.S., University of Virginia
Fares Qeadan, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Maria-Eleni Roumelioti, M.D., University Hospital of Patras, Greece
Annahita Sallmyr, Ph.D., University of Lund
Sudha Singh, Ph.D., University of Texas
Fernando Staquicini, Ph.D., Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Oleg Ursu, Ph.D., Babes-Bolyai University, Romania
Terry Wu, Ph.D., University of Chicago

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