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Medical Scientist Training Program

The MSTP - UT Houston provides students pursuing careers as physician-scientists the unique opportunity to earn dual MD/PhD degrees in a six to eight year integrated Program offered by McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston and The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center UTHealth Houston Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences.

Over the past 15 years (2010-2024) our MSTP has graduated 77 students (48% women; 26% URM).

All have gone into residency with these specialties:

Specialty Percentage of Graduates
Internal Medicine 28.57%
Neurology 15.58%
Pathology 12.99%
Neurosurgery 6.49%
Pediatrics 6.49%
Radiation Oncology 5.19%
Pediatric Neurology 3.90%
Psychiatry 3.90%
Anesthesiology 2.60%
Family Medicine 2.60%
Obstetrics and Gynecology 2.60%
Radiology 2.60%
Dermatology 1.30%
Emergency Medicine 1.30%
General Surgery 1.30%
Rehabilitation and Physical Medicine 1.30%
Vascular Surgery 1.30%

Post-Graduate Training of UT MD/PhD Program at Houston Graduates

  • 2021-2024
    Name MD/PhD Received Specialty Post-Graduate Training Current Position
    Renato Guerrieri 2024 Internal Medicine PSTP Univ of California San Diego
    Yash Lagisetty 2024 Psychiatry - Research Track Brown University
    Emily Mendez 2024 Child Neurology - Research Track Baylor College of Medicine
    April Nguyen 2024 Internal Medicine PSTP Baylor College of Medicine
    Raisa Reyes-Castro 2024 OB-GYN Univ of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences
    Carolina Garcia Garcia 2023 Internal Medicine Univ of Pennsylvania
    Pedram Peesh 2023 Neurosurgery UT Houston - McGovern Medical School
    Anita Kaw 2023 Internal Medicine PSTP Emory University School of Medicine
    Nancy Wareing 2023 Internal Medicine Emory University School of Medicine
    Nathan Berg 2022 Pulmonary/Critical Care PSTP Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Kaveeta Kaw 2022 Internal Medicine/Cardiology Research Track Emory University School of Medicine
    Sarah Glazer 2022 Internal Medicine Oregon Health Science University
    Byung Kyu Kim 2022 Internal Medicine Mayo Clinic Florida
    Carson Callahan 2022 Radiation Oncology University of Wisconsin
    Odemaris Narvaez del Pilar 2022 Pediatrics Cincinnati Children’s Hospital
    Cory Wilson 2021 Internal Medicine PSTP Univ of Iowa
    Jamie Wright 2021 Neurology Univ of Washington
    Kiefer Forseth 2021 Neurosurgery Univ of California SanDiego
    Marisa Aitken 2021 Internal Medicine PSTP Univ of Michigan
    Natasha Kharas 2021 Neurosurgery Cornell University
    Nick Karagas 2021 Neurology Univ of Washington
  • 2011-2020
    Name MD/PhD Received Specialty Post-Graduate Training Current Position
    Grant Fischer 2020 Pathology Harvard University Dermatopathology Fellow at Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Charissa Kim 2020 Interventional Radiology Harvard University Still in residency
    Ryan Cassidy 2020 Psychiatry -Research Track Vanderbilt University Still in residency
    Matthew Howe 2020 Psychiatry -Research Track Brown University Still in residency
    Meaghan Roy O'Reilly 2020 Neurology Stanford University Still in residency
    Marimar De la Cruz Bonilla 2020 Pediatrics Baylor Pediatrician Scientist Program Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow at Baylor College of Medicine PSTP
    Vincent Bernard 2020 Radiation Oncology UT-MDACC Still in residency
    Maureen Aliru 2020 Radiation Oncology UT Southwestern Still in residency
    Neima Briggs 2019 Internal Medicine PSTP Yale University  Fellow in Infectious Diseases at Yale School of Medicine
    Pushan R. Dasgupta 2019 Neurology Dell Seton Medical Center at UT Austin Neuro-oncology fellow at MD Anderson Cancer Center
    Ted Koellhoffer 2019 Diagnostic Radiology  UC San Diego Still in residency
    Sarah Wu 2019 Pathology Brigham and Women's Hospital Cytopathology Fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital
    Alejandro Villar-Prados 2019 Internal Medicine, Translational Investigator Program Stanford University  Fellow in Hematology/Oncology at Stanford University
    Arianexys Aquino 2018 Pediatrics Baylor Pediatrician Scientist Program Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow at Baylor College of Medicine PSTP
    Ryan Fortune 2018 Family Medicine UT Houston Assistant Professor, Dept of Family and Community Medicine at UTHealth San Antonio
    Amanda Herrmann 2018 Pathology UT Houston Fellow in Blood Bank/ Transfusion Medicine at Houston Methodist Hospital
    Mehmet Cihan Kadipasoglu 2018 Neurology Houston Methodist  
    Courtney Olsen 2018 General Surgery Stanford University/SASS  
    Sahily Reyes 2018 Neurology University of Pennsylvania Neurovascular Fellow at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania
    David Savage 2018 Internal Medicine Cleveland Clinic/Clinical Education Track Hematology/ Oncology Fellow at Scripps Health 
    Charles Beaman 2017 Neurology New York Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center Interventional Neuroradiology Fellow at UCLA 
    Andrew Peters 2017 Internal Medicine MedStar Washington Hospital Center Postdoctoral Fellow at UTHealth Houston McGovern Medical School
    Kemly Philip-Pandya 2017 Internal Medicine TIRR/UTHealth Houston Assistant Professor, Interventional Pain, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth Houston 
    Rocio Rivera Valentin 2017 Pediatrics University Pediatric Hospital Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow at University of Florida - Jacksonville
    Daniel Calame 2016 Pediatric Neurology Baylor College of Medicine Instructor, Pediatric Neurology and Developmental Neurosciences at Baylor College of Medicine
    Vida Chitsazzadeh 2016 Dermatology UT-Houston Dermatologist at Kelsey- Seybold Clinic
    Nicholas Parchim 2016 Emergency Medicine University of New Mexico Assistant Professor, Emergency/ Critical Care Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
    Adam Wolfe 2016 Radiation Oncology Ohio State Assistant Professor, Radiation Oncology at the Univ. of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
    Paloma Monroig-Bosque 2016 Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Houston Methodist Hospital Medical Faculty at Hato Rey Pathology
    Ramon Flores-Gonzalez  2016 Neurology University of Miami -Jackson Memorial Hospital Asst Professor of Clinical Neurology at University of Miami Health System
    Henry Wu 2015 Anesthesiology University of Arizona Anesthesiologist at Banner-University Medical Center
    David Rushworth 2015 Neurology Baylor College of Medicine Neurologist at San Juan Regional Medical Center
    Chris Conner 2015 Neurosurgery UT Houston Functional Neurosurgeon and Faculty at University of Connecticut
    Brandon Brown 2014 Family Medicine Family Health Centers of San Diego  
    Javier Figueroa 2014 Neurosurgery Barrow Neurological Institute Neurosurgery, Spine Specialist, at Texas Brain & Spine Concierge
    Thanh-Thuy Le 2014 Anesthesiology UT Houston  
    Nahir Cortes-Santiago 2014 Anatomic and Clinical Pathology Baylor College of Medicine Asst Professor of Pediatric Pathology and Immunology at Baylor College of Medicine
    Amy Reid 2013 Internal Medicine University of Chicago  
    Richard Wu 2013 Internal Medicine UT Southwestern Assistant Professor at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center
    Rene Colorado 2012 Neurology Mass. Gen. Brigham & Womens Vascular Neurologist, Medical Director for the Stroke Center at Salinas Valley Health
    Audrey Nath 2012 Pediatric Neurology Children's Hospital, Boston Clinical Assistant Professor at UT Medical Branch Galveston; Oversight Neurologist at Neuromonitoring Associates
    Mike Ozawa 2012 Pathology Stanford University Programs Clinical Assistant Professor of Pathology at Stanford University School of Medicine; Medical Director for Laboratory Services Stanford Cancer Center South Bay; Associate Program Director Surgical Pathology Fellowship Stanford University School of Medicine
    Chirag Patel 2012 Neurology UCLA Medical Center Assistant Professor, Neuro-Oncology and McNair Scholar at MD Anderson Cancer Center
    David Reynoso 2012 Internal Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine and Infectious Diseases; 
    Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program; Associate Program Director, Internal Medicine Residency Program at UT Medical Branch in Galveston
    Katrina Salazar 2012 Pathology Vanderbilt Pathologist at CHRISTUS Hospital Corpus Christi; Pathology Associates of Corpus Christi
    Shiraj Sen 2012 Internal Medicine UT Southwestern Phase 1 Investigator, Director of Clinical Research at NEXT Oncology - Dallas; Medical Oncologist at Texas Oncology
    Debra Smith 2012 Pathology UT Southwestern  
    Kerry Welsh 2012 Clinical Pathology UT Houston Branch Chief, CBER/OBPV/DPV, at the FDA
    Suzanne Chan 2011 Internal Medicine Barnes-Jewish Hospital Gastroenterologist at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
    Jennifer Hsing Choe 2011 Internal Medicine Baylor College of Medicine Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology Oncology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
    Roxanna Irani 2011 Obstetrics-Gynecology Drexel University Assistant Professor, OB-GYN and Maternal Fetal Medicine at UCSF
    Youngsin Jessica Jung 2011 Neurology Mayo Graduate School of Medicine (Rochester) Associate Medical Director, Global Medical Safety, Biogen
    Pavel Levin 2011 Internal Medicine UT Southwestern Medical Oncologist at Texas Oncology
    Daniel Schneider 2011 Internal Medicine U Michigan, Ann Arbor Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan
  • 2001-2010
    Name MD/PhD Received Specialty Post-Graduate Training Current Position
    Yen-Michael Hsu 2010 Pathology Washington University Assoc. Prof of Medicine, Hematology and Oncology at Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Director, Immunologic Monitoring & Cellular Products Laboratory; Director, UPMC Adult HSC Laboratory
    Emily Jen 2010 Pediatrics University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
    John C. McAuliffe 2009 General Surgery University of Alabama Medical Center Attending Surgeon | Surgical Oncology | Department of Surgery
    Associate Professor | Albert Einstein College of Medicine
    Clinical Member | Tumor Microenvironment and Metastasis Program
    Montefiore Medical Center and Albert Einstein Cancer Center
    Amir Mohsenin 2009 Ophthalmology Yale New Haven Hospital Vitreoretinal Surgeon at Mann Eye Institute
    Krishna Reddy 2008/2007 Radiation Oncology University of Colorado
    Jennifer J. O’Brien 2007/2006 Pathology Tufts New England Medical Center
    Adriano N. Salicru 2007 Internal Medicine University of North Carolina
    George K. Wang 2007 Internal Medicine Mt. Sinai, New York
    Ramal Weragoda 2007 Internal Medicine UT Houston
    Christopher R. Wilson 2007 Internal Medicine Yale New Haven Hospital
    Behrang Amini 2006/2005 Radiology Harlem Hospital Center, New York
    Sonja Blum 2006 Neurology Columbia University
    Ilyssa Okrant Gordon 2006 Pathology University of Chicago
    Raegan D. Hunt 2006 Pediatrics Johns Hopkins
    Gregory Aune 2005 Pediatrics Johns Hopkins
    Laurel Fohn 2005 Pathology Vanderbilt University
    Travis Hollmann 2005 Pathology Brigham & Women’s
    Suzanna Martin 2005 Pediatrics Duke University
    Susan Yehle Ritter 2005 Internal Medicine Brigham & Women’s
    Hanafy, Khalid 2004 Internal Medicine UT Southwestern
    Claudia Vidal 2004 Ob/Gyn Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania
    Roshini Kandyil 2001/2003 Medicine/Pediatrics Baylor College of Medicine
    Robert Orth 2003 Radiology UC San Diego Medical Center
    Huy M. Phan 2003 Internal Medicine University of Arizona Affiliated Hospitals
    Lisa Y. Armitige 1998/2002 Medicine/Pediatrics UT Houston
    Yiu-Keung (James) Lau 1998/2002 Internal Medicine UT Houston
    Manu V. Chakravarthy 2001 Internal Medicine Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania
    Michael A. Davies 2001 Internal Medicine Massachusetts General Hospital Professor and Chairman, Melanoma Medical Oncology at MDACC
    Timothy W. King 2001 Plastic Surgery New York University School of Medicine

  • 1991-2000
    Name MD/PhD Received Specialty Post-Graduate Training Current Position
    Sandeep K. Agarwal 2000 Internal Medicine Mass. Gen. Brigham & Womens
    Larry Anderson 2000 Internal Medicine Mayo Graduate School of Medicine (Rochester)
    Mimi Cho 2000 Dermatology University of Minnesota
    Osvaldo Gaytan 1998/2000 Psychiatry Emory University
    John Su 2000 Pediatrics Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
    Tse Kuan Yu 2000 Radiation Oncology MD Anderson Cancer Center
    David Fenyes 1998/1999 Radiology UT Southwestern
    Matthew Lewin 1999 Emergency Medicine UC San Francisco Director, Center for Exploration and Travel Health, California Academy of Sciences
    Keith S. Garcia 1997/1998 Psychiatry Washington University
    Stephen J. Kolb 1998 Prelim Medicine Hospitals of the University of Pennsylvania
    Christine Tock 1998 Dermatology University Health Center, Pittsburgh
    Brian Tseng 1998 Pediatrics University of Colorado
    Darrin Beaupre 1997/1996 Internal Medicine Jackson Memorial Hospital
    Alan Biddinger 1997 Orthopaedic Surgery William Beaumont Hospital
    Shao-Chun Chang 1996/1997 Medical Oncology Washington University
    Jeffrey Deyo 1997 Pediatrics Baylor College of Medicine
    Keith Ligon 1997/1996 Pathology Brigham & Womens
    Michael Haberecht 1996 Psychiatry Stanford University
    Stephen Hewitt 1996/1995 Pathology National Institutes of Health Head, Experimental Pathology Laboratory,
    Laboratory Director, CLIA Molecular Diagnostics Laboratory, Frederick National Laboratory; Captain, USPHS, Medical Officer, Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health
    Faye Johnson 1996 Medical Oncology UT MD Anderson Cancer Center Professor, Thoracic, Head & Neck Medical Oncology at MDACC
    Scott, Robert 1992/1995 Internal Medicine UC San Diego Medical Center
    Jonathan Trent 1995 Internal Medicine UT Houston
    Arthur Bergh 1993/1994 Anesthesiology Duke University
    Lydia Bishop 1992/1994 Pediatrics Vanderbilt University
    Russell Broaddus 1994 Pathology Baylor College of Medicine Professor and Chair, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Univ. of North Carolina School of Medicine
    Huan Giap 1994 Radiation Oncology Loma Linda University
    Sara Westgate 1994 Neurology Baylor College of Medicine
    Carolyn Preston Cannon 1993 Pediatrics Children’s Hospital of Boston
    Rekha Halligan 1993 Internal Medicine UT Houston
    Jeffrey Perkins 1993 Internal Medicine Johns Hopkins
    John Casada 1992 Psychiatry University of Michigan
    Kerry Strong Russell 1992 Internal Medicine Yale New Haven Hospital
    William Loudon 1988/1991 Neurosurgery Medical College of Virginia
    Claudia Orengo-Rao 1991 Psychiatry Baylor College of Medicine
    Raymond Russell 1991 Internal Medicine/Cardiology Yale University School of Medicine
    Filemon Tan 1990/1991 Internal Medicine UT Houston
    James Scott Williams 1990/1991 Neurology Radiology

  • 1984-1990
    Name MD/PhD Received Specialty Post-Graduate Training Current Position
    Kimberly Dunn 1990 Internal Medicine UT Houston
    Lisa Hostetler 1990/1988 Transitional Baylor College of Medicine
    Laura Worth 1990 Pediatrics UT Houston
    Mack Rachal 1989 Transitional Emory University School of Medicine
    Ennio A. Chiocca 1988 Neurosurgery Massachusetts General Hospital Neurosurgeon-in-Chief and Professor and Chairman, Department of Neurosurgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital
    Lee Riley 1986 General Surgery UT Houston
    James Smith 1986 Postdoctoral Fellowship Cleveland Clinic
    Timothy Boone 1985 Urology UT Southwestern
    Robert Kilbourn 1984 Internal Medicine/ObGyn Duke University