Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery Faculty & Staff
Vascular Surgeons
Rana Afifi, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
Sophia Khan, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Naveed Saqib, M.D.
Clinical Associate Professor
Shihuan K. Wang, M.D.
Clinical Assistant Professor
Clinical Faculty - Thoracic Surgeons
Professor and Chair ad interim
Director, Minimally Invasive Surgery
Director, Mesothelioma Program
Assistant Professor
Professor and Associate Vice President, Clinical Care Operations Advancement
Deputy Division Head for Education
Professor
Executive Director of Surgical Facilities
Expansion, MD Anderson Cancer Network
Research Faculty
Associate Professor
Professor
Professor
Bud Johnson Clinical Distinguished Chair
Section Chief, Thoracic Molecular Oncology
Director, W.M. Keck Center for Innovative Cancer Therapies
Clinical Staff
Outpatient
Amber Shahid, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Manager, APP Outpatient
Supports David Rice, M.D.
Kimberly N. Dotter, BS, BSN, MS, RN
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supports Mara Antonoff, M.D.
Zohra Ali, MSN, RN, FNP-C
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supports Reza Mehran, M.D.
Bonnie Brice, MSN, RN
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supports Ravi Rajaram, M.D.
Courtney R. Jorgensen, BS, MS, RN
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supervisor
Supports Wayne Hofstetter, M.D.
Danielle Fournier, DNP, MSN, BSN, RN
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Thoracic Survivorship Clinic APP
Tamseela Khan, PA-C
Physician Assistant
TS APP Navigator
Kim Kish, MSN, RN, ANP-C
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supports Kyle Mitchell, M.D.
Susan Knippel, DNP, MS, RN, FNP-C
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supports Stephen Swisher, M.D.
Jacqueline Lewis, MSN, RN, FNP-C
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supports Vascular Surgeons
Veronica Mendez-Wood, RN, MSN, FNP-C
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supports Ara Vaporciyan, M.D.
Sharon Myers, BS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Physician Assistant
Supports Garrett Walsh, M.D.
Inpatient
Cheryl Fraser, MS, RN, ACNP-BC
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supports Reza Mehran, M.D. and Ara Vaporciyan, M.D.
Hue Cao, BS, MS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Supports Wayne Hofstetter, M.D. and Ravi Rajaram, M.D.
Mini George, DNP, MSN, RN, FNP-C
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supports Vascular Surgeons
TaCharra Laury, DNP, MSN, RN, ACNP-BC
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supports Garrett Walsh, M.D. and David Rice, M.D.
Advanced Practice Registered NurseAdvanced Practice Registered Nurse
April D Thomas, BS, MSN, RN
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supports Mara Antonoff, M.D.
Anahita Karimian, BS, MSN, RN, ACNP
Advanced Prac Registered Nurse
Supports Stephen Swisher, M.D. & Kyle Mitchell, M.D.
Clinical Research Staff
Dina H. Ray, MSN, RN, CCRP
Research Nurse Manager
Jocelyn J. Aromin, MD
Clinical Studies Coordinator
May Celestino, MD
Sr. Clinical Studies Coordinator
Craig E. DeGraaf, BSN, RN
Research Nurse Specialist
Sandra Rivera, BSN, RN
Research Nurse
Lab Research Staff
Dr. Jack Roth's lab group
Lihui Gao, DVM, MS
Research Lab Coordinator
Feng Meng, PhD
Research Investigator
Ismail Meraz, PhD
Sr. Research Project Manager
Renduo Song, MS
Research Investigator
Yi Xu, PhD
Research Investigator
Dr. Wayne Hofstetter's lab group
Alexei Goltsov, PhD
Research Scientist
Dr. Yonathan Lissanu's lab group
Nicholas Blazanin, PhD
Research Scientist
Yanyan Han, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Sasi K. Kotagiri, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Xiaobing Liang, MD
Sr. Research Assistant
Muhammad "Md" Qudratullah, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yawen Wang, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Apar Pataer's lab group
Shuhong Wu, MS
Research Investigator
Administrative Staff
Emmnuel Obasi, MBA, MS, CISA
Surgery Department Administrator
Mary Lou Frazier
Operations Manager
Dorie Gray
Office Manager
Dara Keener
Assoc Program Manager
Supports Drs. Jack Roth and Reza Mehran
Supports Vascular Surgeons
Amber Lethridge, MBA
Financial Management Analyst
Dina H. Ray, MSN, RN, CCRP
Research Nurse Manager
Courtney Jorgensen, MSN, RN, CRNFA, FNP-C
Supv, Adv Pract Provider
Amber Shahid, MPAS, PA-C
Manager, APP Outpatient
Support Staff
Julie Calacat
Program Coordinator
Supports Dr. David Rice
Supports Dr. Yonathan Lissanu
Lucy Gignac
Program Coordinator
Supports Drs. Garrett Walsh, Apar Pataer and Arlene Correa
Web Editor
Amanda Gunter
Program Coordinator
Supports Dr. Mara Antonoff
Supports Vascular Surgeons
Lakeshia Daniels
Clinical Billing Specialist
Donna Head
Program Coordinator
Supports Dr. Wayne Hofstetter
Supports Dr. Kyle Mitchell
Alma Hurd
Grant Program Manager
Web Editor
Myrna Mata
Program Coordinator, Provider Relations
Supports Dr. Ara Vaporciyan
Supports Dr. Ravi Rajaram
Yenni Ramirez
Accountant II
Huawei Tang
Data Analyst