Meet our Residents

AM Year 2

Aerospace Med Residents

Craig Kutz, MD, PhD

PGY-5
Prior Training: Emergency Medicine/Hyperbaric Medicine/Dive Medicine

Rebecca Mendelsohn, MD

PGY-5
Prior Training: Emergency Medicine
Michael LaBarbera, MD, PhD

PGY-5
Prior Training: Internal Medicine

AM Year 1

Aerospace Med Residents

Samantha King, MD

PGY-4
Prior Training: Emergency Medicine/Ultrasound


 
Matthew Makowski, MD, PhD

PGY-4
Prior Training: Internal Medicine/Pulmonary Critical Care/Hyperbaric Medicine


 
Jeffrey McBride, MD PGY-4
Prior Training: Psychiatry

Combined Residents

Aerospace Med Residents

Isaiah Reeves, MD

PGY-4/AM2
Internal Medicine/Aerospace Medicine
Vasilis Mavratsas, MD

PGY-2
Internal Medicine/Aerospace Medicine
Brian Rodriguez, MD

PGY-2
Internal Medicine/Aerospace Medicine
Samuel Stephenson, MD

PGY-1
Internal Medicine/Aerospace Medicine

Recent Graduates

2023

Kristi Ray, MD, 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

2019

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

Christopher Haas, MD, MPH: Preventive Medicine- Aerospace; Internal Medicine
Placement: 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, MBA
Program Manager
Aerospace Medicine
ryschulz@utmb.edu