HSON10 - Key Persons


Abhizith Deoker

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Senate President

Adiel Holguin

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Counselor

Adriana Nebbeling

Job Titles:
  • Business Coordinator

Adrienne Parra

Job Titles:
  • Program Manager

Alejandra Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Analyst
  • Chief

Alejandro Gonzalez

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, General Dentistry

Alicia Subia

Job Titles:
  • Academic Administrative Coordinator

Amanda Herrera

Job Titles:
  • Unit Manager

Andrea Ramirez

Job Titles:
  • Director of Admissions and Recruitment

Angela C. Chi

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology

Anthony Valenzuela

Job Titles:
  • Director of Distance Education

Araceli B. Moreno

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director
  • Student Affairs

Armando Meza

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education

Ashley J. Rocha

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Faculty Recruitment

Atasi Chatterjee

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Physiology

Attilio Orazi

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Department of Pathology

Barbara Castellanos

Job Titles:
  • Research Compliance Specialist I

Belen Mendoza

Job Titles:
  • Academic Administrative Coordinator

Bernard Hurlbut

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, General Dentistry

Bianca Sanchez-Tidwell

Job Titles:
  • Lead Advisor

Blake E. Wayman

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Endodontics

Brandi Tiner

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Instructor, General Dentistry

Brittney Espinoza

Job Titles:
  • Research Compliance Specialist II

Carmen Campos

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator

Carol Carbajal

Job Titles:
  • Director of Resources

Caroline Soviak

Job Titles:
  • Dental Research Technician

Cecilia Jauregui-Payan

Job Titles:
  • LEMM Technician III

Charmaine Martin

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Student Affairs

Cheryl Samaniego

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Microanatomy and Cellular Biology / Director of Dental Biomedical Education

Christal Tucker

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Social Worker

Christina Favela-Arambula

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

Cindy Camarillo

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director, Office of Faculty Affairs

Claudia I. Cortez

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

Cyd Goldfarb

Job Titles:
  • Senior Director of Admissions and Recruitment

Cynthia M. Juarez - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Cynthia M. Ramirez

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst

Cynthia Perry

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs

Dan Schuller

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Department of Internal Medicine - TM

Daniel Camacho

Job Titles:
  • Center Director

Daniel Zambrano

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

Danielle Lara

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator, Faculty Services

David C. Schlenker

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, General Dentistry

Denyse Salazar

Job Titles:
  • Senior Medical Secretary

Diana Andrade

Job Titles:
  • Registrar

Dolores Barraza

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Dorothy Stewart

Job Titles:
  • Director of Student Engagement & SSSE Operations
  • Student Engagement

Dr. Victor Sandoval

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Assistant Dean
A native of Santa Fe, New Mexico, Dr. Sandoval has served six dental schools in a variety of academic and administrative positions including department chair, associate dean for student affairs, associate dean for academic affairs, and interim dean. Since 2017, he has served as an Assistant Dean at the Hunt School of Dental Medicine. He attended the University of New Mexico and received his Doctor of Dental Surgery in 1975 from Baylor College of Dentistry (Now Texas A&M College of Dentistry) and his Master of Public Health from the University of Texas Health Science Center-Houston in 1992. A member of Omicron Kappa Upsilon and a Fellow of the American College of Dentists, Dr. Sandoval has served as a curriculum consultant to the Commission on Dental Accreditation (CODA) and has also served as Vice-Chair of the Joint Commission on National Dental Examinations. In 1996-97, he served as President of the American Dental Education Association (ADEA), formerly the American Association of Dental Schools.

Dr. Wendy Woodall

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean of Academic Affairs
  • Professor and Associate
Dr. Wendy Woodall has past experience as an educator in restorative dentistry and general practice clinics, private practice delivery of oral health care, and research in educational methodology and correlations between oral health and systemic health. Her service has included the following: Dr. Wendy Woodall, professor and associate academic dean, joined the Texas Tech Health El Paso faculty in September 2018. wendy.woodall@ttuhsc.edu 915-215-4365

Dr. Wenlian Zhou

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Assistant Dean
Dr. Wenlian Zhou, professor and assistant dean of clinical education, joined the Texas Tech Health El Paso faculty September 2021.

Edith Olexiuc

Job Titles:
  • Instructional Designer

Edmundo Calleros-Macias

Job Titles:
  • Interim Chair - Department of Radiology

Edward Michelson

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Department of Emergency Medicine

Ely Chavez

Job Titles:
  • Financial Aid Lead Advisor

Emily Caro

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator

Erica Rivas

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

Erika Silvas

Job Titles:
  • Unit Manager

Flor Reyes

Job Titles:
  • Analyst
  • Chief

Foster SOM

Job Titles:
  • Finance

Gilberto Garcia

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Spanish Language

Glenn Yri

Job Titles:
  • Student Support Services

Gloria Loera

Job Titles:
  • Program Director, Graduate Program

Grecia Medina

Job Titles:
  • Student Events & SSSE Operations Officer

Haley J. Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Instructor, General Dentistry

Harry Gill

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Instructor, General Dentistry

Huanyu Dou

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor / Molecular and Translational

Ismael Gonzalez-Duran

Job Titles:
  • Academic Administrative Coordinator

J. Manuel de la Rosa

Job Titles:
  • Interim Chair - Department of Pediatrics

Jaclyn Reyes

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Jacqueline Espino

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director

Jalaine Weller

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Education Program Management

Jazmin Carrera-Blas - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director

Jazmine Escobedo

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Admissions and Recruitment

Jeanette Munoz

Job Titles:
  • Analyst
  • Chief

Jesia Boykin


John R. Harrell II

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Vice President Student Services & Student Engagement
  • Student Services and Student Engagement

John W. Reynolds

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, General Dentistry

Jon D. Wagner

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Oral Maxillofacial Surgery

Juan A. Villafane-Hernandez

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, General Dentistry

Julianna Santos

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Microanatomy and Cellular Biology

Julienne Van

Job Titles:
  • Senior Business Assistant

Kate Feuille

Job Titles:
  • Director of Outreach and Engagement

Kendra Farr

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator, Assessment, Year 1

Kristina Levitt

Job Titles:
  • Lead Analyst, Faculty Services

L. Frederick Francis

Job Titles:
  • Staff Member

Ladan A. Convey

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, General Dentistry

Lenor Olague

Job Titles:
  • Director, Clinical Affiliations & Projects

Lisa Badillo

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean for Office of Finance and Administration

Lizbeth Valdez

Job Titles:
  • DSCI Section Coordinator

Lopaka Ahia

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

Lorene Nealis

Job Titles:
  • Academic Administrative Coordinator

Lorraine D. Ellis

Job Titles:
  • Administration and Office of the Dean
  • Managing Director / Administration and Office of the Dean
Managing Director Administration and Office of the Dean lorraine.d.ellis@ttuhsc.edu 915-215-6104

Lupe Meyers

Job Titles:
  • Academic Administrative Coordinator

Luz Gamez

Job Titles:
  • DSPM Coordinator

Macy McBeth

Job Titles:
  • Unit Manager, Faculty Recruitment

Manny Santa Cruz

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean
  • Assistant Professor

Marc Orlandi

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Department of Anesthesiology ( Interim )

Marcos E. Ortega

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Biochemistry / Director of Integrated Education

Maria Dominguez

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Registrar

Maria I. Hernandez

Job Titles:
  • Director I Grants

Maureen D. Francis - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Associate Dean for Office of Medical Education
  • Member of Committee

Mayra Sandoval

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

Megan Zamora

Job Titles:
  • Coordinator

Melissa Amparan

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Processing & Services

Michael Mercado

Job Titles:
  • Unit Associate Director - SARP

Michele Ponce Grajeda

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Michelle Brown

Job Titles:
  • Senior Analyst, Faculty Services

Michelle Salas

Job Titles:
  • Business Assistant

Miguel Royo-Leon

Job Titles:
  • Lead Analyst, Faculty Services

Miranda Alvarez

Job Titles:
  • Recurrent Staff Employee

Mirjana Babic

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director

Monica Rangel

Job Titles:
  • Analyst

Norma Fuentes

Job Titles:
  • Manager of Accessibility Services

Oral Maxillofacial

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Nominating Committee
  • Radiology
  • Clinical Assistant Professor / Program Director, Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Residency

Paraizo Garcia


Patricia Boydston

Job Titles:
  • Lead Analyst Academics

Patty Rodriguez

Job Titles:
  • Director

Paul S. Ro

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Instructor, General Dentistry

Peter Catinella

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Department of Family Medicine - TM

Peter Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Department of Psychiatry

Priya Harindranathan

Job Titles:
  • Director of Office of Medical Education

Rajiv Rajani

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rehabilitation

Rhonda J. Everett

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean of Student Affairs / Professor of General Dentistry
  • Professor and Associate Dean
Dr. Everett received her D.D.S. degree from the University of Southern California School of Dentistry and her M.P.H degree from the University of Nevada Las Vegas. She was in private practice as a general dentist before transitioning to dental education. The majority of her academic career was spent at the University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine. She has extensive experience in didactic, preclinical and clinical instruction. Dr. Everett was chosen as a Faculty Scholar for the University of Nevada,Reno School of Medicine in Geriatric Interdisciplinary Training. She received the Enid A. Neidle Scholar Award from the American Dental Education Association promoting the advancement of women in dental education and concentrating on issues affecting women faculty. Additionally, she is a Fellow of the American Institute of Oral Biology and the ADEA Leadership Institute. Other organization memberships include the Pierre Fauchard Academy, Phi Kappa Phi and Omicron Kappa Upsilon. She has published research in several peer-reviewed journals. Being committed to community outreach at home and abroad, Dr. Everett has been involved with several service organizations including Huntridge Teen Clinic for the Homeless, Veterans Clinic, Boys and Girls Club of America and Upward Bound. Additionally, she has served on mission trips to Ecuador, Mexico and Bolivia. Her community involvement both locally and internationally has been enriching and gratifying and she hopes to continue with outreach at the Hunt School of Dental Medicine. She is excited to bring her passion and expertise to her colleagues, students and the El Paso community. Dr. Rhonda Everett, professor and associate dean of student affairs, joined the Texas Tech Health El Paso faculty in April 2021.

Richard C. Black

Job Titles:
  • Rick and Ginger Francis Endowed Dean
Dr. Richard Black was named dean of the Woody L. Hunt School of Dental Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso in June 2018, after serving as interim dean of the dental school since 2017. Dr. Black is a native El Pasoan and a prominent community leader, and is active in many organizations across the city. He has also served in civic positions, such as elder at El Paso's First Presbyterian Church, founding president of the First Presbyterian Christian Preschool, president of the Sunturians of El Paso, president and chairman of the American Heart Association in El Paso and Texas, and president of El Paso's Sun Bowl Association. When he is not traveling on business, he enjoys spending quality time with his wife, children and grandchildren.

Richard Lange

Job Titles:
  • Dean

Rita Martinez

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Robert A. Danforth - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Chairman of the Nominating Committee
  • Professor, Oral Maxillofacial Radiology

Ron Williams

Job Titles:
  • Director of Financial Aid

Rosemary P. McPharlin

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Dean for Faculty Calibration and External Clinical Education

Sabrina Mata

Job Titles:
  • Lead Technician

Salma Elwazeer

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Public Health / Dental Public Health

Salvador Cruz-Flores

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Department of Neurology

Samantha R. Owen

Job Titles:
  • Section Supervisor, Faculty Wellness

Sandra Rubio

Job Titles:
  • Senior Administrative Assistant

Sandra Y. Villagran

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Dental Learning Center

Santiago Batres

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, General Dentistry

Sathiyanathan Nadarajah

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Periodontics

Sehrish Javaid

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Pathology

Sheila Torres

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

Sheralyn Sanchez

Job Titles:
  • Director, Scholarly Activity and Research Program

Shilpa Singh

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, General Dentistry

Sireesha Y. Reddy

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Siv "Sue" E. Chung Chhay

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, General Dentistry

Sonny Gomez

Job Titles:
  • Finance and Operations
  • Managing Director / Finance and Operations

Stormy Monks

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Senate President - Elect / Associate Professor

Sunil Mankar

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, General Dentistry

Susana Iscapa

Job Titles:
  • Manager, Transfer & Degree Completion

Tania Silva

Job Titles:
  • Director for the Office of Academics
Director for the Office of Academics tania.silva@ttuhsc.edu 915-215-4365

Tanis Hogg

Job Titles:
  • Chairman - Department of Medical Education

Tanya Sue Maestas

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Instructor, General Dentistry

Terese A. Andino

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, General Dentistry / Director of Clinics

Todd Parco

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Pediatric Dentistry

Tony Castaneda

Job Titles:
  • Director, Faculty Recruitment

Umadevi Kandalam

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Physiology

Valeria De La Hoya

Job Titles:
  • Program Coordinator

Vernon P. Burke

Job Titles:
  • Clinical Assistant Professor / Program Director, Oral Maxillofacial Surgery Residency

Veronica De Lara

Job Titles:
  • Director of Student Affairs

Victor Yepez

Job Titles:
  • Analyst II

Victoria Escorza

Job Titles:
  • Lead Advisor

William G. Hovel, III

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, General Dentistry

Wilma Luquis-Aponte

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, General Dentistry

Yvonne Ramirez Barragan

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director, Administration and Office of the Dean
Associate Director, Administration and Office of the Dean yvonne.b.ramirez@ttuhsc.edu 915-215-4320

Zuber D. Mulla

Job Titles:
  • Interim Associate Dean for Faculty Development