potential mentors

University of Texas Southwestern

Doris Duke Clinical Research Fellowship Program for Medical Students

Program Leader: Michael McPhaul, M.D.
Co-Program Leader: Abhimanyu Garg, M.D.
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List of Available Senior Mentors and Primary Research Mentors

In each instance, the student will be paired with a Senior Mentor/ Advisor who will serve to advise and coordinate the research of the student. In addition, the student will be assigned a Primary Research Mentor who will serve to guide the student on a day-to-day basis.

Please note that this list is not comprehensive, but is instead designed to give an idea of the breadth of areas in which research can be conducted.

Senior Mentor/ Advisor Primary Research Mentor Project Link

1. Charles Y.C. Pak, M.D. Clarita Odvina, M.D.
Professor of Medicine    Assistant Professor of Medicine Yes
Director, Center for Mineral Metabolism Center for Mineral Metabolism

2. Kashayar Sakhaee, M.D.
Professor of Medicine                   Yes
Director, General Clinical Research Center

3. Abhimanyu Garg, M.D. Anil Agarawal, Ph..D.
Professor of Medicine Associate Professor of Medicine   Yes
Associate Director, GCRC Division of Infectious Diseases

4. Scott M. Grundy, M.D., Ph.D.          Gloria Lena Vega, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine                   Professor in Clinical Nutrition       Yes
Director, Center for Human Nutrition       Center for Human Nutrition

5. Burton Combes, M.D.                Marlyn Mayo, M.D.             Yes
Professor of Medicine                   Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Gastroenterology             Division of Gastroenterology

6. Helen Hobbs, M.D.                   Jonathan Cohen, Ph.D.
Professor of Medicine                   Assoc. Professor of Int. Medicine
Director, Center for Human Genetics       Senior Clinical Nutrition Research Scholar
Center for Human Nutrition

7. Mark Drazner, M.D.                                                    Yes
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Division of Cardiology

8. Ronald Victor, M.D.                   Wanpen Vongpatansin, M.D.
Professor of Medicine                   Associate Professor of Medicine       Yes
Chief, Division of Hypertension          Division of Hypertension

9. Joseph A. Hill, MD, PhD    Yes
Chief, Division of Cardiology

10. Robert Toto, M.D.                   Miguel A. Vasquez, M.D.
Professor of Medicine    Asst Professor of Internal Medicine Yes
Division of Nephrology Division of Nephrology

11. Perrin White, M.D.
Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Endocrinology

12. Carol Tamminga, M.D.                                               Yes
Department of Psychiatry

13. Bruce Carr, M.D.                   Kathleen Wyne, M.D.
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology      Assistant Professor of Medicine Yes
Division of Reproductive Endocrinology    Division of Endocrinology

14. Tony G. Babb, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Medicine   Yes
Division of Pulmonary Medicine

15. Benjamin Levine, M.D.                Craig Randall, M.D.
Professor of Medicine                   Associate Professor of Medicine Yes
Division of Cardiology                   Division of Cardiology

16. William Lee, M.D.
Professor of Medicine                                                 Yes
Division of Liver Disease

17. Philip Raskin, M.D.                   Maines L. Aviles-Santa, M.D.
Professor of Medicine                   Assistant Professor of Medicine Yes
Division of Endocrinology                Division of Endocrinology

18. Bryon Adinoff, M.D.                .
Professor of Psychiatry
Director, Clinical Center for Addictive Disorders                                          Yes

19. Claus Roehrborn, M.D.                   Margaret Pearle, M.D., Ph.D.
Chairman, Dept of Urology                Associate Professor of Urology

20. Richard Auchus
Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine Yes
Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism

21. Susan T. Iannaccone
Director, Neuromuscular Disease and Neurorehabilitation Yes
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children
Professor of Neurology

22. Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, MD, PhD Christopher Madden, Yes
Department of Neurology Asst Professor Neurological Surgery

23. Paul VanNess, MD Mark Agostini, MD Yes
Department of Neurology

24. Ronald G. Haller, M.D. Charles R. Roe, M.D. Yes
Professor of Neurology
Director, Neuromuscular Center

25. Gregory L. Jackson, MD , M.B.A. Yes
Associate Professor, Pediatrics

26. Rebecca Gruchalla, M.D., Ph.D. Yes
Associate Professor of Internal Medicine

27. John D. Minna, M.D.                Adi F. Gazdar, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine             Professor of Pathology                 Yes
Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology    Hamon Center for Therapeutic Oncology

28. Frank Gottschalk MD    Maureen Finnegan MD    Yes
Professor    Associate Professor
Orthopaedic Surgery    Orthopaedic Surgery

29. Karl Rathjen, M.D. Yes
Staff Orthopedist
Texas Scottish Rite Hospital for Children

30. Dwain L. Thiele, M.D    Geri R. Brown, M.D.    Yes
Professor of Internal Medicine       Associate Professor of Internal Medicine
Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases       Division of Digestive and Liver Diseases

31. Tom Anthony MD    Yes
Associate Professor of Surgery
Division of Surgical Oncology

32. George R. Buchanan, M.D. Yes
Professor of Pediatrics

33. Hasan S. Jafri, M.D. Yes
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics

34. Jason B. Fleming, MD       Yes
Division of Surgical Oncology
Department of Surgery

35. Kenneth J. Leveno, M.D. Don McIntire, Ph.D. Yes
Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology

36. William A. Scott MD, MS                                                 Yes
Director, Cardiac Electrophysiology
Professor of Pediatrics

37. Craig D. Rubin, MD Yes
Professor of Internal Medicine
Chief, Geriatrics Section

38. Dr. John Rush E. Sherwood Brown, Ph.D., M.D. Yes
Vice Chairman of Research in Psychiatry Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry

39. Frederick Bonte, M.D. . Yes
Professor, Radiology

40. J. Victor Garcia-Martinez, Ph. D. Yes
Professor
Division of Infectious Diseases

41. Gail Tomlinson, M.D., Ph.D. Yes
Department of Pediatrics

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