Meet our Residents

Year 2

Year 1

Combined Residents


Recent Graduates

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

2019

Moriah Thompson, MD, MPH: Preventive Medicine- Aerospace; Emergency Medicine
Placement: NASA Johnson Space Center

2018

James Pavela, MD, MPH: Internal Medicine/Preventive Medicine- Aerospace
Placement: UTMB/KBRwyle/NASA Johnson Space Center

Rahul Suresh, MD, MPH: Internal Medicine/Preventive Medicine- Aerospace
Placement: UTMB/KBRwyle/NASA Johnson Space Center

Wilfredo Rodriguez-Jimenez, MD, MS, MPH: Preventive Medicine- Aerospace; Family Medicine
Placement: Federal Aviation Administration, CAMI

Dana Levin, MD, MPH: Preventive Medicine- Aerospace; Emergency Medicine
Placement: Emergency Medicine; UTMB/KBR/NASA Johnson Space Center

2017

Derek Nusbaum, MD, PhD, MPH: Preventive Medicine- Aerospace; Internal Medicine

Placement: UTMB/KBRwyle/NASA Johnson Space Center

Alejandro Garbino, MD, PhD, MPH: Preventive Medicine- Aerospace; Emergency Medicine
Placement: Emergency Medicine, KBRwyle/NASA Johnson Space Center

Contacts

Aerospace Medicine Residency Program
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

R. Yvette Schulz
Program Manager
Aerospace Medicine
ryschulz@utmb.edu