Meet our Residents

AM Year 2

Samantha King, MD, MS

PGY-5
Prior Training: Emergency Medicine/Ultrasound

Matthew Makowski, MD, PhD, MS

PGY-5
Chief Resident
Prior Training: Internal Medicine/Pulmonary Critical Care/Hyperbaric Medicine

Jeffrey McBride, MD, MS

PGY-5
Prior Training: Psychiatry

AM Year 1

Ethan Stephens, DO

PGY-4
Prior Training: Family Medicine

Christine Schwartz, MD

PGY-4
Prior Training: Internal Medicine/ Wilderness Medicine

Andrew Lam, MD

PGY-4
Prior Training: Family Medicine

Michael Stephens, MD

PGY-4
Prior Training: Emergency Medicine

Combined Residents

Vasilis Mavratsas, MD

PGY-3
Internal Medicine/Aerospace Medicine

Brian Rodriguez, MD

PGY-3
Internal Medicine/Aerospace Medicine

Samuel Stephenson, MD

PGY-2
Internal Medicine/Aerospace Medicine

Clare McNerlin, MD

PGY-1
Emergency Medicine/Aerospace Medicine

Daniel Kaganov, MD

PGY-1
Emergency Medicine/Aerospace Medicine

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

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

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Serena Auñón-Chancellor, MD, MPH
Program Director
Aerospace Medicine

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Amy Kreykes, MD, MPH
Associate Program Director
Aerospace Medicine

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