Leadership and Program Oversight
Our program has over 30 faculty members with a wide variety of expertise, including but not limited to clinical preventive medicine, public health leadership, infectious disease, and epidemiology.
| Faculty Member | Title | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| Elizabeth Howard, MD, MPH | Program Director, Preventive Medicine Residency Program | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Aderonke Adefisayo, MD | Infectious Diseases Medical Officer | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Lisa Armitige, MD, PhD | Co-Medical Director | Heartland National TB Center |
| Adrian Billings, MD, PhD, FAAFP, FACU | Rural Community Physician, Associate Academic Dean of Rural and Community Engagement | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center |
| Lisa Cornelius, MD, MPH | Hospital Epidemiologist | Central Texas Veterans Health Care System |
| Ellen Elmore, MD | Physician | Austin Public Health TB Clinic |
| Kelly Fegan-Bohm, MD, MPH | Associate Deputy Commissioner/Medical Director, Community Health Improvement Division | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Brad Fitzwater, MD | Medical Director, Substance Use Programs | Texas Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC) |
| Lewis Foxhall, MD | Vice President for Health Policy | MD Anderson |
| Cristina Garcia, PhD, MHS | Director of Public Health Research Advancement | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Steven Guerin, PhD | Public Health Analyst | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Sandra Guerra, MD, MPH | Preventive Medicine Executive Physician | Texas Health Action |
| Min Gu, MD, AAHIVS | Family Medicine Physician | Texas Health Action |
| Manda Hall, MD | Deputy Commissioner for Community Health Improvement | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Mary Carol Jennings, MD, MPH | Preventive Medicine Physician | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health |
| Mehgan Kidd, MD, MS | Infectious Disease Medical Officer | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Annie Kizilbash, MD | Medical Director | Texas Center for Infectious Disease |
| Sandra Lozano, MD, MPH | Public Health Medical Director | Dallas County Health and Human Services |
| Sharon Melville, MD, MPH | Regional Medical Director - Region 7 (Temple, TX) | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Dalia Nessim, MD, MPH | Program Director, Occupational and Environmental Medicine Residency | UT Health Science Center Northeast (Tyler, TX) |
| Ketki Patel, MD, Ph.D., MPH | Director, Environmental Surveillance and Toxicology Branch | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Stephen Pont, MD, MPH | Medical Director, Center for Public Health Policy and Practice | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Emilie Prot, DO, MPH | Associate Program Director, DSHS Regional Medical Director - Region 11 (Harlingen, TX) | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Awilda I. Ramos, MD, MPH, MBA, FAAP, COL (USA, RET) | Pediatrician and Public Health Physician | The Institute for Public Health and Education Research |
| David Reisman, JD, MPA | Chief Ethics Officer | Texas Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC) |
| Alex Reyes, MD, MPH, AAHIVS | Preventive Medicine Physician | Texas Health Action |
| Lillian Ringsdorf, MD, MPH | Regional Medical Director, Region 8 | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Gretchen Rodriguez, PhD, MPH, CIC | Healthcare-Associated Infection/Antimicrobial Resistance (HAI/AR) Epidemiology Manager | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Holli Sadler, MD | Clinical Director, Primary Care | Central Texas VA |
| Michael Stefanowicz, DO, AAHIVS | Chief Health Officer | CommUnityCare Health Centers |
| Ming Tang, MD | Physician | Austin Public Health |
| Ryan Van Ramshorst, MD, MPH, FAAP, CHCQM | Chief Medical Director, Medicaid and CHIP Services | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Christopher Webb, PhD | Director of Texas Health Care Information Collection (THCIC) | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |
| Leila Williams, DO, FAAFP | Deputy Chief Medical Officer | Texas Health & Human Services Commission (HHSC) |
| Lana Yamba, MD, MPH, CCRC | TB Consultant Physician | Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) |