Our Team
The Hospitalist Division is a dynamic part of the Department of Emergency Medicine at UTHealth Houston, where compassionate care and clinical excellence come together.
Our team is driven by a shared mission to provide exceptional, patient-centered care while advancing medical education and improving health outcomes across the Houston region. We’re looking for dedicated, collaborative professionals who are passionate about high-quality care and making a meaningful difference in the lives of our patients.
If you’re looking for an opportunity to grow and contribute to a culture of patient-focused care, we invite you to explore opportunities with us.
Faculty & Staff Physicians
Hamzah Abduljabar, MD
Rao M. Afzal, MD
Amee Amin, MD, CMQ
Case Management Medical Director Texas Medical Center, Memorial Hermann Hospital Texas Medical Center
Latania Booker, MD
Michael Boyars, MD
Usman Ghani, MD
Gina Khraish, MD
Min Kwak., MD
Georges Israel Labaze, MD
Jeffrey Levea, MD
Syed H. Mehdi, MD
Benjamin D Mouser, MD
Mohammed Moussa, MD
Jacqueline Okere, MD, FACP, FHM
Hospitalist, Memorial Hermann Hospital, TIRR Memorial Hermann
Vice Chair for Health Outcomes and Social Medicine, The Department of Emergency Medicine
Napoleon K. Patel, MD
Vishal M Patel, MD
Melissa Plessner, MD
Sarah Reichert, DO
Bilal S. Saiyed, MD
Priti A. Shah, DO
Juan I. Solorzano, MD
Arsha Sreedhar, MD
Abdussamad Syed, MD
Daniel Thadathil, MD
Devang Thanki, DO
Nevin Thomas, DO
Kirk Tran, MD
Tochiu Unegbu-Ogbonna, MD
Andreea Xavier, MD
Division Director – Acute Care Medicine
Wyatt Ranches Distinguished Professor in Geriatric & Palliative Medicine
Advanced Practice Providers
Moriam Adeyinka, PA-C
Rosemary Bouse, PA
Erica Burns, MS, PA-C
Marisa A. Ducach, PA-C
Justin Hababag, PA-C
Sandra Ibarra Narvaez, PA
Maltiece O’Neal El, MSPAS, PA-C
Ugochukwu Obi-Iheme, NP
Wheeler Ogbu, PA
Tanisha R. Staples, AGACNP-BC
Maya Varkey, NP
Academic Teaching Cohort
Hamzah Abduljabar, MD
Amee Amin, MD, CMQ
Case Management Medical Director Texas Medical Center, Memorial Hermann Hospital Texas Medical Center
Michael Boyars, MD
Jeffrey Chen, MD
Jacqueline Okere, MD
Hospitalist, Memorial Hermann Hospital, TIRR Memorial Hermann
Vice Chair for Health Outcomes and Social Medicine, The Department of Internal Medicine
Ezenwa C. Onyema, MD, MS, FACP
Instructor
Vishal P. Patel, MD
Andreea Xavier, MD
Division Director – Acute Care Medicine
Wyatt Ranches Distinguished Professor in Geriatric & Palliative Medicine