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Medicine

Mark Unruh, M.D., M.S., Professor and Chair
Solomon, Gardner and Sterling Chair
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
Leslie A. Andritsos, M.D., University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, Texas
Sanjeev Arora, M.D., Armed Forces Medical College, India
George Atweh, M.D., American University of Beirut, Lebanon
Lee Brown, M.D., Mount Sinai Medical School
Mark R. Burge, M.D., Oregon Health Sciences University
Marcos Burgos, M.D., University of California, San Diego
Thomas F. Byrd III, M.D., Vanderbilt University
Betty Chang, M.D., McGill University, Canada
Linda Cook, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle
Richard E. Crowell, M.D., University of Cincinnati
Richard I. Dorin, M.D., University of California
Edward Fancovic, M.D., St. Louis University School of Medicine
Matthew Fero, M.D., University of California, Irvine
Holly Fleming, M.D., University of Missouri
Dana Fotieo, M.D., University of New Mexico
Gregory G. Fotieo, M.D., University of Florida
Robert Fritch, D.O., Michigan State University College of Osteopathic Medicine
Wendy Gerstein, M.D., University of New Mexico
Melissa Gonzales, Ph.D., University of California, Berkley
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
Denece O. Kesler, M.D., M.P.H., University of South Dakota
Konstantin Konstantinov, M.D., Academy of Medicine, Bulgaria
Christophe Lambert, Ph.D., Duke University
Richard C. Lauer, M.D., New York Medical College
Henry Lin, M.D., State University of New York
Linda Macdonald, M.D., University of Washington
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
David Olson, Jr., M.D., University of New Mexico
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
Douglas J. Perkins, Ph.D., Ohio State University
Cathy Petti, M.D., Duke University Durham, NC
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
Carlos Roldan, M.D., University of San Carlos, Guatemala
David S. Schade, M.D., Washington University
David Scrase, M.D., University of Michigan Medical School
Manoocher Soleimani, M.D., Shiraz University School of Medicine, Shiraz, Ira
Akshay Sood, M.D., M.P.H., All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Nester Sosa, M.D., M.P.H., University of Panama, Republic of Panama
Amy Tarnower, M.D., University of Kansas
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
Dona Upson, M.D., Medical College of Wisconsin
Charles Wiggins, Ph.D., University of Washington
Bronwyn E. Wilson, M.D., M.P.H., University of Pennsylvania
Ellen Yee, M.D., M.P.H., University of California
Yiliang Zhu, Ph.D., University of Toronto, Canada

Associate Professors
Abinash Achrekar, M.D., Michigan State University
William Adler, M.D., University of New Mexico
Shozab Ahmed, M.D., Punjab Medical College, Pakistan
Cecilia Arana Yi, M.D., Peruvian University, Peru
Madhu Arora, M.D., Armed Forces Medical College
Eileen Barrett, M.D., Georgetown University School of Medicine
Eric Bartee, Ph.D., Oregon Health and Sciences University
Matthew Bouchonville, M.D., Eastern Virginia Medical School
Meghan Brett, M.D., University of Connecticut
Ursa Brown-Glaberman, M.D., University of New Mexico
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
Stacey Clegg, M.D., Brown University School of Medicine
Nathaniel Collins, M.D., University of Texas
Zoneddy Dayao, M.D., University of the Philippines College of Medicine
Nicole Emil, M.D., University of New Mexico
Hua-Ying Fan, Ph.D., Sackler Institute, New York University School of Medicine
Roderick Fields, M.D., University of New Mexico
Esme Finlay, M.D., University at Buffalo School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences
Yan Guo, Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Farzana Harji, M.D., University of New Mexico
Diedre Hofinger, M.D., University of New Mexico
Olivia Hopkins, M.D., Ben Gurion University Medical School, Israel
Michelle J. Iandiorio, M.D., State University of New York
Huining Kang, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Archana Kaza, M.D., Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research
Sepehr Khashaei, M.D., American University of the Caribbean, British West Indies
Olga Kovbasnjuk, Ph.D., Moscow State University, Russia
Erik Kraai, M.D., University of Colorado, Denver
Jens Langsjoen, M.D., University of Texas Medical Branch
Elizabeth Lawrence, M.D., Standford University School of Medicine
Benny Liem, M.D., Baylor College of Medicine
Dario Marchetti, Ph.D., University of Pavia, Italy
Elizabeth McGuire, M.D., University of New Mexico
Lana Melendres-Groves, M.D., University of New Mexico
Larissa Myaskovsky, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Devon Neale, M.D., Stanford University
Yue-Harn Ng, M.D., McGill University, Canada
Nathan Nielsen, M.D., Duke University School of Medicine
Leonard Noronha, M.D., Jefferson Medical College
Alisha Parada, M.D., University of New Mexico
Charles Pizanis, M.D., Ohio State University
Merideth Prevost, M.D., University of New Mexico
Sandra Qaseem, M.D., University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Dulcinea Quintana, M.D., University of New Mexico
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
Patrick Rendon, M.D., University of New Mexico
Amy Robinson, M.D., University of Texas Medical Branch
Thomas Schroeder, M.D., University of New Mexico
Saeed Shaffi, M.D., Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan
Mark Sheldon, M.D., State University of New York, Buffalo
Laura Shevy, M.D., State University of New York Stony Brook School of Medicine
Pooja Singh, M.D., University of Texas
Bruce Struminger, M.D., Johns Hopkins University
Yijuan Sun, M.D., Hernan Medical University, China
Darlene Vigil, M.D., University of New Mexico
Brent Wagner, M.D., University of New Mexico
Anthony Worsham, M.D., University of Colorado
Eleana Zamora, M.D., University of New Mexico

Assistant Professors
Rebecca Adler, M.D., University of Pennsylvania
Prajakta Adsul, MBBS, Pravara Institute of Medical Sciences, India
Lina Aguirre, M.D., University of Colorado
Mohammed Al-Kubeysi, M.D., University of Baghdad College of Medicine, Iraq
Eva Angeli, M.D., University of New Mexico
Claudia Anison, M.D., University of Colorado Medical School
Christos Argyropoulos, M.D., University of Patras, Greece
Nour Ass'ad, M.B., University of Jordan, Jordan
Megan Babcock, M.D., University of New Mexico
Christopher Bartlett, M.D., University of Miami Miller
Melissa Begay, M.D., University of New Mexico
Jessica Belmonte, M.D., University of Illinois College of Medicine, Chicago
Aleksandr Birg, M.D., University of Tennessee
Cynthia Blair, Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Anne Bostwick, M.D., UT Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Texas
Steven Bradfute, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine
Sarah Burns, M.D., Touro University Nevada College of Osteopathic Medicine
Karen Cardon, M.D., University of New Mexico
Caroline Castillo, Ph.D., Hahnemann University
Eliseo Castillo, M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
Krystal Chan, M.D., University of California, Davis School of Medicine
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
David Clanon, M.D., UC Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, California
Elizabeth Colombo, M.D., University of New Mexico
Sara Combs, M.D., University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle
Lisa Cutchen, M.D., University of New Mexico
Nicholas Cutrufello, M.D., University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami
Shanna Diaz, D.O., College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific, Western University of Health Sciences
Catherine Do, M.D., Texas Tech University School of Medicine, Lubbock
Osman Dokmeci, M.D., Ankara University School of Medicine, Turkey
Daryl Domman, Ph.D., University of Vienna, Austria
Angela Dunn, M.D., University of North Texas Health Science Center
Monthida Fangtham, M.D., Chulalongkorn University, Thailand
Lida Fatemi, D.O., Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health
Erin FitzGerald, D.O., University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine
Kavitha Ganta, M.D., Kamineni Institue of Medical Sciences Telangana, India
Mark Garcia, M.D., University of New Mexico
James Gibb, M.D., Eastern Virginia Medical School
Taylor Goot, M.D., University of Texas Medical School
Lucie Griffin, D.O., Des Moines University, Iowa
Christina Haaland, M.D., University of New Mexico
Pamela Hsu, M.D., University of New Mexico
Valerie Ilieva, M.D., Medical University Sofia Bulgaria
Jacob Imber, M.D., University of Kansas
Julie In, Ph.D., The Catholic University of America, Washington DC
Jan Irum, M.D., Khyber Medical University, Peshawar
Miria Kano, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Ashish Kataria, M.D.,All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India
Atul Kumar, M.D., Ph.D., Temple University School of Medicine
Mary Lacy, M.D., University of Louisville
David Lee, M.D., University of Southern California
Shuguang Leng, M.D., Ph.D., School of Public Health, Shandong Medical University
Mathew Ley, M.D., University of New Mexico
Andrea Lill, M.D. Medical School University of Alabama
Christina Lovato, M.D., University of New Mexico
Li Luo, Ph.D., The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston
Samuel MacBride, M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine
Peng Mao, Ph.D., Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China
Jean McDougall, Ph.D., University of Washington
Craig McFarland, M.D., University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine
Ramadevi Medavarapu, M.D., Gandhi Medical College, India
Sarah K. Medrek, M.D., University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Nestor Mercado, M.D., Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogota, Colombia
Justin Miller, M.D., University of Oklahoma
Ashref Mohamed, M.D., Al-Fateh University for Medical Sciences, Tripoli, Libya
Carol Morales, M.D., University of New Mexico
Maheswari Muruganandam, M.B.B.S., Rajah Muthiah Medical College, Annamalai University, India
Jacklyn Nemunaitis, M.D., University of Texas Medical Branch
Scott Norville, M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio
Themis, Ntalageorgos, M.D., University of Crete, Greece, School of Medicine
Sharon Nunez, M.D., Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia
Jonathan Owen, M.D., Louisiana State University, New Orleans
Lilia Pedrego, M.D., University of New Mexico
Gloria Peralta, M.D., University of North Texas
Surya Pierce, M.D., University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health
Surasri Prapasiri, M.D., University of New Mexico
Neal Rakov, M.D., Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire
Brannon Raney, M.D., Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, Louisiana
Kimberly Reiter, M.D., University of New Mexico
Rebecca Richardson, M.D., University of New Mexico
Justin Roesch, M.D., University of New Mexico
Blavir Rukov, D.O., Midwestern University-Arizona College of Osteopathic Medicine
Tarun Rustagi, M.B., University of Delhi Maulana Azad Medical College, India
Neda Sadraei, M.D., Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
Natalie Salas, M.D., Dubai Medical College for Girls, United Arab Emirates
Monica Sandoval, M.D., Universidad Autonoma de Ciencias Medicas de Centroamerica, Costa Rica
Arelis Santana, M.D., Universidad Central del Caribe, Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Oleksandr Schevchuck, M.D., Ternopil State Medical University, Ukraine
Matthew Schlough, M.D., University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor Michigan
Seth Scott, M.D., University of Cincinnati
Mary Seiler, M.D., University of New Mexico
Daniel Shank, M.D., University of Cincinnati
Cassie N. Shaw, M.D., University of Kansas School of Medicine
Rahul Shekhar. M.D., Government Medical College Nagpur, Maharashtra India
Annashia Shera, M.D., University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
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
Karl Stoltze, M.D., University of New Mexico
Bernard Tawfik, M.D., Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Joao Teixeira, M.D., Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, New Hampshire
Euriko Torrazza Perez, M.D., University of Panama School of Medicine, Republic of Panama
Kevin Vlahovich, M.D., St. George's University School of Medicine, Grenada
Nicholas Volpicelli, M.D., Temple 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
Felix Zamora, M.D., University of New Mexico
Ali Ziaolhaugh, M.D., Azad University, Mashhad, Iran

Research Professors
Cristian Bologa, Ph.D., Romanian Academy of Sciences
Melissa Schiff, M.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Maryland

Research Associate Professors
Karol Dokladny, Ph.D., Copernicus University, Poland
Ivy Foo-Hurwitz, Ph.D., University of Kansas
Deidre Hill, Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle
Annahita Sallmyr, Ph.D., University of Lund, Sweden

Research Assistant Professors
Amanda Carroll-Portillo, Ph.D., University of Texas Science Center, San Antonio
Andrey Dobroff, Ph.D., Federal University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
Ruofei Du, Ph.D., Louisiana State University, Louisiana
Mingrui Duan, Ph.D., Peking University, Beijing, China
Dolores Guest, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana Illinois
Stella Jubay, Ph.D., University of New England
Robert Lake, Ph.D., New York University Sackler Institute Program of Basic Medical Sciences
Ichiko Mrass, M.D., Ph.D., Institute of Life Science, Kurume University, Fukuoka, Japan
Cristina Murray-Krezan, B.A., M.S., University of Virginia
Manmeet Rawat, Ph.D., National Institute of Malaria Research, New Delhi and Jiwaji University, India
Maria-Eleni Roumelioti, M.D., University Hospital of Patras, Greece
Rita Serda, Ph.D., University of New Mexico
Geetanjali Sharma, Ph.D., Indian Agricultural Research Institute, India
Jigar Trivedi, Pharm.D., Auburn University, Alabama

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