Faculty & Staff
Breast Surgeons
Professor and Chair, Breast Surgical Oncology department
Olla Stribling Distinguished Chair for Cancer Research
Joint Appointments: Surgical Oncology and Experimental Radiation Oncology
Executive Assistant: Mahogany Griffin
Professor
Adjunct Member of the Graduate Faculty, The University of Texas Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences
Administrative Assistant: Ashley Torres
Professor
Vice President, Division of Procedural and Therapeutic Practice, Office of Chief Operating Officer
Program Coordinator: Jasmine Maxey
Professor
Breast Surgical Oncology Quality Officer
Program Coordinator: Jasmine Maxey
Associate Professor
Executive Medical Director and Associate Vice President, Division of Houston Area Locations
Executive Assistant: Nancy Garcia
Fedra Fallahian, M.D.
Assistant Professor
Associate Professor
Assistant Medical Director, Northwest Houston Surgical and Specialty Care
Section Chief, Breast Surgical Oncology Houston Area Locations
Program Coordinator: Valerie Marshall
Professor
Professor, Surgical Oncology department
Chair, Surgical Innovation Committee
Program Coordinator: Tina Flores
Professor, PH and Fay Etta Robinson Distinguished Professorship in Cancer Research
Executive Director, Breast Programs
Program Coordinator: Maria Melas
Professor, Marvin M. Romsdahl, M.D., Ph.D. Professorship
Professor, Surgical Oncology department
Program Coordinator: Tina Flores
Professor
Chair, Investigational Cancer Therapeutics department
Medical Director, Khalifa Institute for Personalized Cancer Therapy
Administrative Assistant: Susanna Brisendine
Professor, Charles M. McBride Distinguished Professorship in Surgical Oncology
Chief, Melanoma/Sarcoma Section, Surgical Oncology department
Office Manager: Cynthia Scott
Assistant Professor
Director, Breast Surgical Oncology Training Program
Sr. Administrative Assistant: Marie McLaughlin
Jessica Suarez Colen, M.D., MPH
Associate Professor
Consultant, MD Anderson Physicians Network
Coordinator: Juanita Vazquez
Research Faculty
Dhruvajyoti Roy, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Lab Manager: Amit Deorukhkar
Advanced Practice Providers
Outpatient
- Hannah Bomar, MSPA, Supervisor, Advanced Practice Providers supports Henry Kuerer, M.D., Ph.D.
- Alice Lin, MS, Physician Assistant supports Taiwo Adesoye, M.D.
- Annie Lofton, MS, Physician Assistant supports Anthony Lucci, M.D. and Barry Feig, M.D.
- Charissa Montoya, MS, RN, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse supports Nina Tamirisa, M.D.
- Allison Perry, MS, Physician Assistant supports Ana Refinetti, M.D.
- Nicole Freas, MPAS, Physician Assistant supports Isabelle Bedrosian, M.D.
- Allison Horner, MPAS, Physician Assistant supports Rosa Hwang, M.D., and Funda Meric-Bernstam, M.D.
- Lauren Patterson, MSPA, Physician Assistant supports Sarah M. DeSnyder, M.D.
- Shiney Kurian, MSN, RN, Advanced Practice Registered Nurse supports Susie Sun, M.D.
- Jessica Ramirez, MPAS, Physician Assistant supports Puneet Singh, M.D.
- Allison Lock, MPAS, Physician Assistant supports Kelly Hunt, M.D.
- Teresa Garcia, MPAS, Physician Assistant supports Solange Cox, M.D.
- Vincy George, MPAS, Physician Assistant supports the department
- Ebuwa Jennifer Teniola, MSN, RN, supports the Multi-Team Clinic
- Ashton Underbrink, MPAS, Physician Assistant supports the department
- Allison Gould, MPAS, Physician Assistant supports Heather Lillemoe, M.D.
Surgical/Inpatient
- Jenny Jiang, MSPA, Supervisor, Advanced Practice Providers
- Jennifer Jung, MSPA, Physician Assistant
- Brianna Mendenhall, MS, Physician Assistant
- Bailey Dunlap, MMSC, Physician Assistant
- Naid Allassan, MS, Physician Assistant
- Shannon Foreman, MS, Physician Assistant
- Veenita Kumar, MS, Physician Assistant
- Maggie Keener, MS, Physician Assistant
- Kylie Reis, MPAS, Physician Assistant
- Laura Giubbini, MPAS, Physician Assistant
Houston-area locations
- Renee Wilson, MSPA, Supervisor, Houston-area Locations Advance Practice Providers
- Christian Bridges, MPAS, Physician Assistant supports Cristina Checka, M.D.
- Erin Hernandez, MSPA, Physician Assistant supports Richard Ehlers, M.D.
- Jacquelyn Kotzur, MS, Physician Assistant supports Catherine Akay, M.D.
- Jessica Walsh, MPAS, Physician Assistant supports Jessica Suarez Colen, M.D., MPH
- Stacey Webster, MPAS, Physician Assistant supports Matthew Piotrowski, M.D.
- Megan Flock, MPAS, Physician Assistant supports Elizabeth FitzSullivan, M.D.
- Daisy Herrera Vazquez, MPAS, Physician Assistant supports Ana Refinetti, M.D.
- Anna Simmers, MPAS, Physician Assistant supports Diana Liang, M.D.
- Kristina Ten Haaf, MMSC, Physician Assistant supports Roi Weiser, M.D.
- Gina Estripeaut, MHS, Physician Assistant supports faculty at the Northwest Houston Surgical and Specialty Care Center
- Maria Koumbias, MSPAS, Physician Assistant supports faculty at the Northwest Houston Surgical and Specialty Care Center
- Mariah Carter, MPAS, Physician Assistant supports Makesha Miggins, M.D.
Research Staff
- Jason Love, MHA, Associate Director, Research Planning and Development
- Min Yi, M.D., MS, Ph.D., Sr. Data Integration Developer
- Jaime Crow, MS, Manager, Clinical Protocol Administration
- Joshua Upshaw, Coordinator, Clinical Research Programs
- Krystin Johnson, Grants Program Coordinator
- Veronica Novegil, Sr. Coordinator, Research Data
- Chantell Farinas, Sr. Coordinator, Clinical Studies
- Karina Flores, Coordinator, Research Data
- Rachel Trimier, Coordinator, Clinical Studies
- Hannah Wingate, Ph.D., Research Investigator
- Anne Philips, Ph.D., Research Scientist
- Na Qiao, MS, Ph.D., Research Scientist
- Todd Moore, Sr. Research Assistant
- Vanessa Sarli, Laboratory Coordinator
- Salyna Meas, Sr. Research Assistant
- Janvi, Research Assistant II
- Leslie Cando, M.D., Graduate Student
Administrative Staff
- Scott Alpard, MBA, MMSC, Department Administrator
- Jeremy Dabney, Operations Manager
- Betsy Mathew, Sr. Financial Analyst
- Craig Carson, MPhil., MA, Sr. Communications Specialist
- Augusta Falls, Clinical Billing Specialist
- Trupti (Tina) Flores, Program Coordinator
- Jasmine Maxey, Program Coordinator
- Marie Williams, Sr. Administrative Assistant
- Maria Melas, Program Coordinator
- Mahogany Griffin, Executive Assistant
- Valerie Marshall, Program Coordinator
- Ashley Torres, Administrative Assistant