Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery Faculty & Staff
Clinical Faculty
Associate Professor
Professor
Executive Director of Surgical Facilities
Expansion, MD Anderson Cancer Network
Research Faculty
Associate Professor
Professor
Associate 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 Akhtar, MPAS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Supervisor, APP Outpatient
Supports David Rice, M.D.
Zohra Ali, MSN, RN, FNP-C
Advanced Practice Nurse
Supports Reza Mehran, M.D.
Bonnie Brice, MSN, RN
Advanced Practice Nurse
Supports Ravi Rajaram, M.D.
Vikki DeVito, B.A., CER, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Supports Wayne Hofstetter, M.D.
Kim Kish, MSN, RN, ANP-C
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supports Boris Sepesi, M.D.
Susan Knippel, M.S., RN, FNP-C
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supports Stephen Swisher, M.D.
Lihua Lai, M.S., PA-C
Physician Assistant
Supports George Pisimisis, M.D.
Jacqueline Lewis, MSN, RN, FNP-C
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supports Tam Thi Huynh, M.D.
Veronica Mendez-Wood, RN, MSN, FNP-C
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supports Ara Vaporciyan, M.D.
Sharon Myers, B.S., PA-C
Physician Assistant
Supports Garrett Walsh, M.D.
Courtney Robb, MSN, RN, CRNFA, FNP-C
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supports Mara Antonoff, M.D.
AGPCNP-CAGPCNP-C
Inpatient
Carla Patel, M.S., RN, ACNP-BC
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supports Stephen Swisher, M.D., Ara Vaporciyan, M.D. and Mara Antonoff, M.D.
Cheryl Fraser, M.S., RN, ACNP-BC
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supports Reza Mehran, M.D. and Boris Sepesi, M.D.
Hue Cao, B.S., MS, PA-C
Physician Assistant
Supports Wayne Hofstetter, M.D. and Ravi Rajaram, M.D.
Mini George, MSN, RN, FNP-C
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse
Supports Tam Thi Huynh, M.D. and George Pisimisis, M.D.
TaCharra Woodard, 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
Clinical Research Staff
Dina H. Ray, MSN, RN, CCRP
Research Nurse Manager
Jocelyn J. Aromin
Research Data Coordinator
May Celestino
Sr. Clinical Studies Coordinator
Sr. Research Nurse
Opal Jobson-Cudjoe, MSN, RN
Research Nurse
Jocelyn J. Aromin
Research Data Coordinator
Craig E. DeGraaf, BSN, RN
Research Nurse Specialist
Lauren Lewis
Research Data Coordinator
Lab Research Staff
Dr. Jack Roth's lab group
Mourad Majidi, Ph.D.
Assoc Dir, Research Planning & Development
Lihui Gao, DVM, M.S.
Research Lab Coordinator
Feng Li
Research Investigator
Feng Meng, Ph.D.
Research Investigator
Ismail Meraz, Ph.D.
Sr. Research Scientist
Renduo Song
Research Investigator
Dr. Wayne Hofstetter's lab group
Alexei Goltsov, Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Dr. Yonathan Deribe Lissanu's lab group
Nicholas Blazanin, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Sasi K. Kotagiri, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Poonam Pandey, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Fellow
Dr. Bingliang Fang's lab group
Chenghui Ren, M.S.
Sr. Research Asst.
Shuhong Wu
Research Investigator
Yi Xu, Ph.D.
Research Investigator
Ran Zhang
Research Investigator
Xiaoshan Zhang, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Scientist
Dr. Stephen Swisher's lab group
Apar Pataer, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Administrative Staff
Linda Pritchard
Surgery Dept. Administrator
Amber Ahktar, MPAS, PA-C
Supervisor, APP Outpatient
Mary Lou Frazier
Operations Manager
Dorie Gray
Office Manager
Dina H. Ray, MSN, RN, CCRP
Research Nurse Manager
Research Nurse Manager
Wanda Reese
Administrative Manager
Supports Dr. Stephen Swisher
Support Staff
Julie Calacat
Program Coordinator
Supports Drs. David Rice, George Pisimisis and Yonathan Lissanu Deribe
Lucy Gignac
Program Coordinator
Supports Drs. Garrett Walsh, Bingliang Fang, Apar Pataer and Arlene Correa
Amanda Gunter
Program Coordinator
Supports Drs. Tam Thi Thanh Huynh and Mara Antonoff
Fredricka Harris
Clinical Billing Specialist
Donna Head
Program Coordinator
Supports Drs. Wayne Hofstetter and Boris Sepesi
Tam Thi Huynh
Alma Hurd
Grant Program Coordinator
Web Editor
Dara Keener
Department Publications Coordinator
Supports Drs. Jack Roth and Reza Mehran
Amber Lethridge
Accountant II
Myrna Mata
Program Coordinator, Provider Relations
Supports Drs. Ara Vaporciyan and Ravi Rajaram
Emmanuel Obasi, M.B.A., M.S., CISA
Financial Management Analyst
Huawei Tang
Data Analyst