Meet our Residents

AM Year 2

AM Year 1

Combined Residents


Recent Graduates

2024

Rebecca Mendelsohn, MD, MPH: Aerospace Medicine; Emergency Medicine
Placement: UTMB/KBR/NASA Johnson Space Center

Craig Kutz, MD, PhD, MPH: Aerospace Medicine; Emergency Medicine
Placement: UTMB/KBR/NASA Johnson Space Center

Isaiah Reeves, MD, MPH: Aerospace Medicine; Internal Medicine
Placement: Axiom Space, Inc.

Michael LaBarbera, MD, PhD, MPH: Aerospace Medicine; Internal Medicine
Placement: Aerospace Medicine Consultant; Internal Medicine

2023

Kristi Ray, DO, MPH: Aerospace Medicine; Family Medicine; Hyperbaric Medicine
Placement: UTMB/KBR/NASA Johnson Space Center

Karen Ong, MD, PhD, MPH: Aerospace Medicine; Internal Medicine
Placement: Virgin Galactic

Lt Col Bashir El-Khoury, MD, MPH: Aerospace Medicine; Internal Medicine; Nephrology
Placement: US Air Force

Lt Col Brian Hanshaw, DO, MPH: Aerospace Medicine; Family Medicine
Placement: US Air Force, MacDill AFB

2022

William Fernandez, MD, MPH: Aerospace Medicine; Emergency Medicine
Placement: UTMB/KBR/NASA Johnson Space Center

Quinn Dufurrena, MD, MPH: Aerospace Medicine; Internal Medicine
Placement: UTMB/KBR/NASA Johnson Space Center

John Marshall, MD, MPH: Aerospace Medicine; Internal Medicine
Placement: Axiom Space, Inc.

Michael Rhode, MD, MBA, MPH: Aerospace Medicine; Internal Medicine/Clinical Pathology
Placement: US Air Force

2022

William Fernandez, MD, MPH: Aerospace Medicine; Emergency Medicine
Placement: UTMB/KBR/NASA Johnson Space Center

Quinn Dufurrena, MD, MPH: Aerospace Medicine; Internal Medicine
Placement: UTMB/KBR/NASA Johnson Space Center

John Marshall, MD, MPH: Aerospace Medicine; Internal Medicine
Placement: Axiom Space, Inc.

Michael Rhode, MD, MBA, MPH: Aerospace Medicine; Internal Medicine/Clinical Pathology
Placement: US Air Force

2021

Michelle Hong Chan, MD, PharmD, MPH: Preventive Medicine- Aerospace; Emergency Medicine
Placement: Axiom Space, Inc.

William Valencia, MD, MPH: Preventive Medicine- Aerospace; Family Medicine
Placement: UTMB/KBR/NASA Johnson Space Center

2020

Amy Kreykes, MD, MPH: Preventive Medicine- Aerospace; Family Medicine
Placement: UTMB/KBR/NASA Johnson Space Center

Ann Tsung, MD, MPH: Preventive Medicine- Aerospace; Emergency Medicine and Critical Care
Placement: UTMB/KBR/NASA Johnson Space Center

Contacts

Aerospace Medicine Residency 
University of Texas Medical Branch
301 University Boulevard
Galveston, Texas 77555-1150

Phone: (409) 747-6131
Email: AerospaceMed@utmb.edu

Serena Auñón-Chancellor, MD, MPH

Program Director
Aerospace Medicine

 

Amy Kreykes, MD, MPH

Associate Program Director
Aerospace Medicine



R. Yvette Schulz, MBA

Program Manager
Aerospace Medicine
ryschulz@utmb.edu