Welcome to the Department of Anesthesiology – New Team Members for October, November and December 2022


January 9, 2023

We would like to welcome the below new faculty and staff members to the department.

Dr. Kelly WestKelly West, MD

Dr. West joined the department on October 1st as an Assistant Professor to support our critical care medicine group. She completed her residency at Baylor College of Medicine and her critical care medicine fellowship at the McGovern Medical School at UT Health in Houston, TX.

 

 

 

Dr. Amad QadeerAmad Qadeer, MD

Dr. Qadeer joined the department on October 1st as an Assistant Professor to support our general anesthesia and pain pain management groups. He completed his residency at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston, TX and his pain medicine fellowship at the University of Vermont Medical Center in Burlington, VT.

 

 

 

Dr. Romin JahromiRomin Jahromi, MD

Dr. Jahromi joined the department on October 1st as an Assistant Professor to support our general anesthesia group. He completed his residency at the McGovern Medical School at UT Health in Houston, TX.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Sherline DavidSherline David, MD

Dr. David joined the department on October 10th as an Assistant Professor to support our pediatric anesthesia group. She completed her residency at Baylor Scott and White Hospital in Temple, TX and her pediatric anesthesia fellowship at the McGovern Medical School at UT Health in Houston, TX.

 

 

 

Nicolette MardikNicolette Mardik

Nicolette joined the department on October 10th as a Research Assistant to support Dr. Jennifer Bailey-Lundberg’s lab group.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Jamal HasoonJamal Hasson, MD

Dr. Hasoon joined the department on October 17th as an Assistant Professor and Director of the Pain Fellowship Program to support our pain medicine group. He completed his residency at Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX and his pain management fellowship at Harvard Medical School in Boston, MA.

 

 

 

Estrella EscobarEstrella Escobar

Estrella joined the department on October 24th as an Research Assistant to support Dr. Wei Cao’s lab group.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Joey HungJoey Hung, DO

Dr. Hung joined the department on November 1st as an Assistant Professor to support our pain medicine group. He completed his residency at the McGovern Medical School at UT Health and his pain medicine fellowship at the University if Iowa Hospitals and Clinics in Iowa City, IA.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Katherine FigarellaKatherine Figarella, PhD

Dr. Figarella joined the department on November 1st as an Instructor to support our research group in the Eltzschig lab.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Greesha PednekarGreesha Pednekar, MD

Dr. Pednekar joined the department on November 14th as an Assistant Professor to support our pediatric anesthesia group. She completed her residency at the McGovern Medical School at UT Health and her pediatric anesthesia fellowship at Arkansas Children’s Hospital in Little Rock, AR.

 

 

 

Krystal DeOchoaKrystal DeOchoa

Krystal joined the department on November 14th as an Administrative Assistant to support our clinical faculty.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Katherine BeckerKatherine Becker, MD

Dr. Becker joined the department on November 16th as an Assistant Professor to support our general anesthesia group. She completed her residency at Jackson Memorial Hospital at the University of Miami in Miami, FL, and her regional anesthesia fellowship at the McGovern Medical School at UT Health in Houston, TX.

 

 

 

Amy KelleyAmy Kelley, CAA

Amy joined the department on November 28th as an Anesthesiology Assistant to support the Memorial Hermann Hospital.

 

 

 

 

Nancy BonillaNancy Bonilla

Nancy joined the department on December 19th as an Administrative Assistant to support our clinical faculty.

 

 

 

 

Dr. Rebecca SchollRebecca Scholl, MD

Dr. Becker joined the department on December 20th as an Assistant Professor to support our pediatric cardiovascular anesthesia group. She completed her residency at Rutgers Medical School in New Brunswick, NJ, her pediatric anesthesia fellowship at Duke University in Durham, NC, and her  pediatric cardiac anesthesia fellowship at Boston Children’s Hospital in Boston, MA.