Alumni

2023 Graduates

Justine M. Chen, MD
Medical School: Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University
Residency Columbia University Medical Center, New York

Salvatore Anthony D’Amato, MD
Medical School: Weill Cornell Medical College, New York, NY
Residency: Harvard-Brigham and Women’s Hospital-Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA

Walter Rodrigo Duarte Celada, MD
Medical School: Universidad de San Carlos De Guatemala
Residency: Texas Tech University Health Science Center Lubbock, Texas

Lena O’Keefe, MD, MS
Medical School: University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticut
Residency : Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, MA

Hugo Gonzalez Gomez, MD
Medical School: Instituto Tecnologico de Santo Domingo
Residency: Neurology, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY
After Graduation: Dr. Gomez is currently a neurointensivist at MedStart Franklin Square Medical Center, Baltimore, Maryland.

Junaid Islam, MD
Medical School: University of Texas Medical Branch, San Antonio, Texas
Residency: Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
After Graduation: Dr. Islam joined fellow UTHealth Houston neurocritical care alumni, Bhuvanesh Govind (see below) as a practicing neurologist and neurointensivist at the Medical City Plano’s Neuroscience ICU.

Anushil Patel, MD
Medical School: American University of the Caribbean SOM
Residency: Neurology, UF Health Jacksonville, Jacksonville, Florida
After Graduation: Dr. Patel joined fellow UTHealth Houston neurocritical care alumni, Niral Patel (see below) as a neurointensivist at Memorial Regional Hospital in Florida.

2021 Graduates

Akrm Abdalrahman, MD
Medical School: Al-Arab Medical University
Residency: Anesthesiology and Critical Care: Al-Arab Medical University
After Graduation: Dr. Abdalrahman was a trained neuroanestheisologist before joining us at UTHealth Hosuton for his neurocritical care fellowship. He is an assistant professor of critical care anesthesia at the University of Arkansas.

Luis Torres, MD
Medical School: Universidad Iberoamericana UNIBE
Residency: Neurology, JMH/UM Neurology, Miami Florida
After Graduation: Dr. Torres is an assistant professor of neurocritical care at the UTHealth Houston and is the associated program director of the neurocritical care fellowship program.

Roy Zhang, MD
Medical School: University of South Dakota, Vermillion, South Dakota
Residency: Neurology, Barrow Neurologic Institute, Phoenix, Arizona
After Graduation: Dr. Zhang is an assistant professor of neurocritical care at UT Health Houston.

2020 Graduates

Kareem ElZamly, MD
Medical School: Ain Shams University, Cairo Egypt; University of Mississippi Medical Center
Residency: University of Mississippi Neurology residency program
After Graduation: Dr. ElZamly is an assistant professor of neurosurgery and neurology at Tulane School of Medicine.

Bhuvanesh Govind, MD
Medical School: George Washington University, Washington, DC
Residency: Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, PA
After Graduation: Dr. Govind is a practicing full-time neurologist and neurointensivist in Dallas, TX. He is currently the medical director of neurocritical care at Medical City Plano’s 34-bed Neuroscience ICU, which is a Level 1 trauma and comprehensive stroke center. Along with his neurointensivist partner, Drs. Mulder and Govind have started their own neurocritical care and neurology group, Comprehensive Neuroscience Specialists, that provides high-quality neurocritical care, stroke, and inpatient neurology care delivery models at various health systems in the community.

2019 Graduates

Thomas Delmas, MD
Medical School: Texas A&M Medical School – Temple, TX
Residency: Internal Medicine, Texas A&M University – Scott & White Memorial Hospital, Temple, TX
After Graduation: Dr. Delmas was a trained pulmonary critical care physician when he came to UTHealth Houston neurocritical care and completed a neurocritical care fellowship. He returned to Baylor Scott and White in Temple, TX to start a dedicated neurocritical care unit. Dr. Delmas is the first fellowship trained neurointensivist at Baylor Scott & White and became Medical Director of  the neurocritical care unit.

Kourosh Kahkeshani, DO
Medical School: West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: Mount Sinai Beth Israel: Neurology
After Graduation: Dr. Kahkeshani is a neurointensivist at Blue Sky Neurology in Denver, CO.

Swathi Kondapalli, MD 
Medical School: St. George’s University School of Medicine
Residency: JFK Medical Center: Neurology
Fellowship: Critical Care Fellowship, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
After Graduation: Dr. Kondapalli is an assistant professor of neurocritical care at UTHealth Houston.

Hiram J. Maldonado-Quintana, MD
Medical School: Universidad Autonoma de Guadalajara
Residency: San Juan City Hospital & University of Puerto Rico
After Graduation: Dr .Maldonado-Quintana is the first fellowship trained neurointensivist in Puerto Rico and has brought neurocritical care expertise to the over 3 million population of Puerto Rico. He is passionate about providing expert care to his patients and educating the future leaders of neurocritical care to expand the access for the neurocritically ill population of Puerto Rico. He is the medical director of the dedicated neurocritical care unit at Hima San Pablo-Caguas in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Ahmed Salem, MD
Medical School: Aureus University School of Medicine, Aruba
Residency: Internal Medicine, Med Star Harbor Hospital, Baltimore
After Graduation: Dr. Salem is a critical care intensivist, neurointensivist and assistant professor of critical care medicine at University of Alabama.

2018 Graduates

Joshua Botdorf, DO
Medical School: Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
Residency: University of Missouri: Internal Medicine, Nephrology
Fellowship: Mayo Clinic: Critical Care Medicine Fellowship
After Graduation: Dr. Botdorf previously completed a residency in internal medicine and critical care medicine before joining the neurocritical care fellowship at UTH neurocritical care. He currently is an assistant professor in the Department of Critical Care Medicine at MD Anderson and serves as the Medical Director of the Intensive Care Unit.

Rahul Shah, MD
Medical School: K.J.Somaiya Medical College
Residency: Neurology, University of Texas Medical Branch, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Texas

Niral Patel, MD
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine, Portsmouth, Dominica
Residency: Neurology, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, IL
After Graduation: Dr. Patel is an associate medical director of critical care medicine within the Memorial Healthcare System. He serves as the medical director of the neurocritical care program covering the healthcare system of over 1,500 beds combined, including a 24-bed dedicated NTICU at Memorial Regional Hospital.

Umair Saeed, MD
Medical School: Rawalpindi Medical College, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Residency: Neurology, Methodist Neurological Institute, Houston, TX
Fellowship: Vascular Neurology, The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX

2017 Graduates

Leslie Kimpler, DO
Medical School: Kansas City University of Medicine and Biosciences, Kansas City, MO
Residency: Neurology, University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS
Fellowship: Critical Care Fellowship, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
After Graduation: Dr. Kimpler stayed on as faculty after her fellowship for 2 years and is now an neurointensivist at Ascension in Tulsa Oklahoma.

Mubashir Pervez, MD
Medical School: Rawalpindi Medical College, Pakistan
Residency: Neurology, Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY
Fellowship: Critical Care Fellowship, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX

Manan Shah, MD
Medical School: B.J. Medical College, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India
Residency: Neurology, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX
After Graduation: Dr. Shah is an assistant professor of neurology at the Medical College of Georgia.

Edwin Wu, MD
Medical School: Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Residency: Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai Medical Center, Icahn School of Medicine, New York, NY
Fellowship: Critical Care Medicine, London Health Sciences Center, Schulich School of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON
Fellowship: Emergency Ultrasonography, Ben Taub Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Fellowship: Critical Care Fellowship, Department of Neurosurgery, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, TX
After Graduation: Dr. Wu is a practicing emergency medicine, critical care and neurointensivist physician. He is the founder of Primary Health Project https://primaryhealthproject.com/,  a community that educates, supports and empowers people with diabetes.

2016 Graduates

Ritvij Bowry, MD
Medical School: Ross University School of Medicine, Dominica, West Indies/North Brunswick, NJ
Residency:Neurology, New York University Medical Center, New York, NY
After Graduation: Dr. Bowry is an associate professor of neurocritical care and medical director of the neurocritical care unit at Memorial Hermann-Memorial City and co-director of the mobile stroke unit at UTHealth Houston.

Khaled Eissa, MD
Medical School: Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt
Residency: Internal Medicine Resident at Saint Vincent Hospital, Worcester, MA
After Graduation: Dr. Eissa is a practicing pulmonary critical care and neurocritical care physician. He is the Chief of the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medcine at Good Samaritan Medical Center, Brockton MA.

Ali Ezzo, MD
Medical School: Damascus University Medical School, Damascus, Syria
Residency:Internal Medicine, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI
After Graduation: Dr. Ezzo is a clinical assistant professor at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, TX, and a practicing neurointensivist at HCA Clear Lake and owner of Ageless by Ezzo.

Kevin Meier, MD
Medical School: University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio
Residency: Neurology, University of Utah School of Medicine
After Graduation: Dr. Meier is a neurointensivist at Intermountain Neurosciences Institute.

2015 Graduate

Tareq AlMoghrabi, MD
Medical School: Umm Al_Qura university of Medicine Makkah, Saudi Arabia
Residency: Medecine, King Khalid Abdelaziz General Hospital, Makkah, Saudi Arabia
After Graduation: Dr. AlMoghrabi is an assistant professor of neurology and practicing neurointensivist at University of Tabuk in Saudi Arabia.

2014 Graduate

Emitseilu Kevin Iluonakhamhe, MD

Residency: Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX
After Graduation: Dr. Iluonakhamhe is the medical director for the neurocritical care unit at Houston Methodist Hospital.

2013 Graduate

Matthew Flaherty, MD

Fellowship: Neurocritical Care, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX
After Graduation: Dr. Flaherty is a neurointensivist at Neurocritical care Stroke of Arizona.