
Divya Bhamidipati, MD, MSc
Divya Bhamidipati, MD, MSc is an Assistant Professor. She completed her medical school training at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston in 2016, followed by Internal Medicine residency at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center where she completed a global health…

Elizabeth G. Holt, MD
Dr. Holt grew up in small town Kentucky and dreamed of being a large animal vet. College inspired her to pursue human medicine. She received her medical degree from the University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Lexington, KY, and…

Ali Ziaolhagh, MD

Sepideh Saroukhani, MD, PhD
Dr. Sepideh Saroukhani joined the Division of Clinical and Translational Sciences (DCTS), Department of Internal Medicine, at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) McGovern Medical School as an Assistant Professor in January 2022. She also has…

Karthik S. Bhandari, MD
Dr. Karthik Bhandari earned his medical degree from McGovern Medical School, and completed an Internal Medicine-Pediatrics residency at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. He was chosen to be a Chief Medical Resident for the Internal Medicine…

Soumya Patnaik, MD
Dr. Soumya Patnaik completed her medical school and obtained her MBBS degree from Kasturba Medical College, Manipal University, India. She finished her internal medicine residency at Albert Einstein Medical Center in Philadelphia followed by fellowship in cardiovascular disease at UTHealth,…

Michael L. Zhu, MD
Michael Zhu, MD, cares for adult and senior patients both in hospital (“inpatient” as an attending at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center and at Harris Health System’s Lyndon B. Johnson Hospital) as well as in clinic (“outpatient” at UT Physicians). He…

Khashayar Hematpour, MD
Dr. Khashayar Hematpour graduated with a Doctor of Medicine from Tehran University of Medical Sciences in Tehran, Iran. He completed his residency at the Columbia University Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York, New York. Then Dr. Hematpour…

Carissa C. Huq, MD
Dr. Carissa Huq is an internist at UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School where she practices as an attending and clinician educator on the internal medicine wards at Lyndon B. Johnson General Hospital. She serves as Associate Program Director for the…

Elena T. Cherian, MD
Dr. Cherian joined UTHealth Houston as an Assistant Professor in July 2021 and is actively involved in clinical patient care and resident/medical student teaching. She received her medical degree from Coimbatore Medical College Dr. MGR Medical University, India, in 2013….