Welcome, new TCOM alumni! Commencement 2004

Recipients of the D.O. and Ph.D.  Degrees

Paul Aoun
Dallas, Texas
"Neuroprotective Effects of PPAR-y ligands"
Major Professor: James Simpkins, Ph.D.

Michael James Cutler
Bountiful, Utah
"The Effects of Short-term Intermittent Hypoxic Apneas on Sympathetic Nerve Activity
and the Chemoreflex Control of Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Humans"
Major Professor: Michael Smith, Ph.D.

Shelley Rose McDonald
Corsicana, Texas
 "Lifelong vs. Latelife Tocopherol on Learning and Memory in Mice"
Major Professor: Michael Forster, Ph.D.

Recipients of the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine and Master of Science Degrees

Joseph Aaron Bradbury
Roosevelt, Utah
"The Effect of OMM on Pulmonary Function
and Lung Volumes in Healthy Adults"
Major Professor: Michael Smith, Ph.D.

Elizabeth Nicole McCurdy
Marshalltown, Iowa
"Efficacy of the UNTHSC-TCOM
OMM Pre-Doctoral Fellowship Program"
Major Professor: Jay Shores, Ph.D.

Keith Turner Slicho
Dallas, Texas
"Placebo Potency in Manipulative Medicine Research:
A Pilot Study of Patients' Attitudes"
Major Professor: Scott Stoll, D.O., Ph.D.

Alexa Juliana von Lindeman
Colorado Springs, Colorado
"Preliminary Trial of a Survey Instrument to Detect Outcomes of
Curriculum Reform in Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine"
Major Professor: Jay Shores, Ph.D.

Recipients of the Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine Degree

Cristi Lynn Aitelli
Internal Medicine
Baylor University Medical Center
Dallas, Texas

Anne B. Alaniz
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas
Fort Worth, Texas

Amir Ahmed Alavi
Anesthesiology
University of Rochester/Strong Memorial Hospital
Rochester, New York

Lori Renee Berry Allembaugh
Pediatrics
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, Texas

Monty Edward Allen
Traditional Internship
Samaritan Medical Center
Watertown, New York

Paul Aoun
Internal Medicine
John Hopkins/Sinai Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Rajpreet Kaur Arora
Internal Medicine
University of Texas Medical School
Houston, Texas

Susan Leigh Myers Bacsik
Pediatrics
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, Texas

Alicia Grace Balogh
Pediatrics
Driscoll Children's Hospital
Corpus Christi, Texas

Shelle Smith Barber
Family Practice
John Peter Smith Hospital
Fort Worth, Texas

Joanna Joy Barsness
Family Practice
John Peter Smith Hospital
Fort Worth, Texas

Sayeh Barzin
Family Practice
Charlton Methodist Hospital
Dallas, Texas

Rebecca Bautista
Pediatrics
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

Miriam Allison Blum
Pediatrics
University of Alabama Hospital
Birmingham, Alabama

Sushruti Boorla
Internal Medicine
Plaza Medical Center
Fort Worth, Texas

David G. Brabham
Internal Medicine
Scott and White Memorial Hospital
Temple, Texas

Joseph Aaron Bradbury
Traditional Internship
Cuyahoga Falls General Hospital
Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio

Stephanie Marie Bryan
Family Medicine
Plaza Medical Center
Fort Worth, Texas

Nicole Christine Koske Bullock
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Tulsa Regional Medical Center
Tulsa, Oklahoma

Victor M. Burgos
Family Residency Program
Plaza Medical Center
Fort Worth, Texas

Kristi Nicole Burkhart
Family Practice
Foundation of the Brazos Valley
Bryan, Texas

Robert Chad Burwell
Anesthesiology
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

(John) Ju-Hsien Chao
Internal Medicine
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

Wendy Chao
Neurology
Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center
San Antonio, Texas

Wilson Shih-Wei Chen
Pediatrics
Good Samaritan Hospital and Medical Center
West Islip, New York

Sonya Miciak Clark
Surgery-Orthopedic
Des Peres Hospital
St. Louis, Missouri

Elizabeth Gilmore Cochran
Family Practice
John Peter Smith Hospital
Fort Worth, Texas

Amanda Megan Cofer
Obstetrics and Gynecology
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

John Stephen Corns
Pediatrics
Carolinas Medical Center
Charlotte, North Carolina

Gazelle Adrienne Craig
General Surgery
Peninsula Hospital
Far Rockaway, New York

Kevin Ray Cunningham
Family Practice
John Peter Smith Hospital
Fort Worth, Texas

Michael James Cutler
Internal Medicine/Physician Scientist Pathway
MetroHealth Medical Center/
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, Ohio

Leah Ann Dill
General Surgery
Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas
Fort Worth, Texas

Thomas D. Edwards
Family Practice
Sutter Health
Sacramento, California

James H. Elder III
Internal Medicine
Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas
Fort Worth, Texas

Raymond Frederick Elsayed
Family Practice
Darnall Army Community Hospital
Fort Hood, Texas

Veronica A. Escobar
Family Practice
Christus Santa Rosa Hospital
San Antonio, Texas

Arash Esmaili
Family Practice
Bay-Area Corpus Christi Medical Center
Corpus Christi, Texas

Amanda Cathren Hayes Farris
Pediatrics
Scott and White Memorial Hospital
Temple, Texas

Terrie "Tristan" Flatt
Pediatrics
Driscoll Children's Hospital
Corpus Christi, Texas

Dori M. Franco
Pathology
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, Texas

Phillip Benjamin Guerra
Anesthesiology
University of Texas Health Science Center
Houston, Texas

Charles Walker Guy II
Otolaryngology
Kennedy Memorial Hospital
Stratford, New Jersey

Robert J. Hancock, Jr.
Emergency Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, Texas

Jared Heath Heimbigner
Transitional Internship
Naval Medical Center
San Diego, California

Leah Renee Higginbotham
Pediatrics
University of Alabama Hospital
Birmingham, Alabama

Boris Ioffe
Traditional Internship
Plaza Medical Center
Fort Worth, Texas

Charu Jajoo
Pediatrics
University of Texas Medical School
Houston, Texas

Lesley Patrick Kassicieh
Psychiatry
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, Texas

Angela Jane Kennedy
Emergency Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, Texas

Geoffrey Philip Kline
Traditional Internship
Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas
Fort Worth, Texas

Robin David Knight
Medicine/Pediatrics
Maricopa Medical Center
Phoenix, Arizona

Melissa Dohrer Koehler
Obstetrics and Gynecology
New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, North Carolina

Christopher Michael Kolly
Emergency Medicine
Wilford Hall United States Air Force Medical Center
San Antonio, Texas

Nancy Loerke Kragt
Emergency Medicine
Lehigh Valley Hospital/Muhlenberg
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

Derek Howard Lang
Family Practice
East Tennessee State University
Kingsport, Tennessee

Samuel Hopkins Lightsey, Jr.
Surgery
Plaza Medical Center
Fort Worth, Texas

Tina Chin-Yeh Lin
Neurology
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, California

Daniel Christian Lingamfelter
Pathology
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri

David Patrick Linton
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas
Fort Worth, Texas

Aaron Joseph McClure
Anesthesiology
Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center
Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Elizabeth Nicole McCurdy
Family Practice
Mercy/Mayo Family Practice
Des Moines, Iowa

Shelley Rose McDonald
Internal Medicine
Scott and White Memorial Hospital
Temple, Texas

Aaron Keith Metcalf
Family Practice
East Tennessee State University
Kingsport, Tennessee

Andrew Sparks Metz
Family Practice
John Peter Smith Hospital
Fort Worth, Texas

Elaina Sue Mims
Internal Medicine-Primary Care Tract
Alameda County Medical Center
Oakland, California

Sean Faust Moat
Family Practice
Harbor-University of California
at Los Angeles Medical Center
Harbor City, California

Ryan Edward Morris
Family Practice
John Peter Smith Hospital
Fort Worth, Texas

Roy Wayne Morrison
Family Practice
University of Texas Health Science Center
Tyler, Texas

Earle Christopher Munns
Family Practice
University of Wisconsin Medical School
Appleton, Wisconsin

Qaiser Nabi
Anesthesiology
State University of New York at Buffalo
Buffalo, New York

Jacqueline Tram Nguyen
Pathology
University Texas Medical School
Houston, Texas

Kay L. North
Radiology
University of Missouri-Kansas City
Kansas City, Missouri

Catherine Andrews Olsen
General Surgery
Plaza Medical Center
Fort Worth, Texas

Mahan Ostadian
Anesthesiology
Scott and White Memorial Hospital
Temple, Texas

Ankit Bhanu Patel
Anesthesiology
John Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland

Nara Pattranupravat
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Georgetown University Hospital/
National Rehabilitation Hospital
Washington, District of Columbia

Dmitriy Mikhael Pelishev
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Henry Ford HS/Horizon
Warren, Michigan

Gloria Gigi Peralta
Family Practice
Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas
Fort Worth, Texas

Timothy C. Pickering
Traditional Internship
Community Hospital of Lancaster
Lancaster, Pennsylvania

Helene Michele Pinter
Psychiatry
John Peter Smith Hospital
Fort Worth, Texas

Bharath Pola
Internal Medicine
Keesler Air Force Base
Biloxi, Mississippi

Nancy Chacko Rajagiriyil
Internal Medicine
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, Texas

Igor Jacob Rakovchik
Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Alicia S. Reasoner
Internal Medicine
Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas
Fort Worth, Texas

Christopher Andrew Regnier
Family Medicine
North Broward
Fort Lauderdale, Florida

Paula Jean Rossi
Emergency Medicine
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
El Paso, Texas

Mohamad Saad
Surgery
St. John Hospital
Detroit, Michigan

Sohail A. Saeed
Family Practice
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

Christopher Scott Schlottmann
Family Practice
Foundation of the Brazos Valley
Bryan, Texas

Alcario Serros III
Internal Medicine
William Beaumont Army Medical Center
El Paso, Texas

Mansi Shah
Internal Medicine
Reading Hospital
Reading, Pennsylvania

Lori Ann Shahidi
Psychiatry
John Peter Smith Hospital
Fort Worth, Texas

Aaron Ivy Shaw
Internal Medicine
Texas Tech University Affiliated Hospitals
Lubbock, Texas

Turner Slicho
Traditional Internship
Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas
Fort Worth, Texas

Thomas James Sozio
Traditional Internship
Osteopathic Medical Center of Texas
Fort Worth, Texas

Steffini Stalos
Pathology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, Texas

Erin Tews Steidl
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Methodist Hospitals of Dallas
Dallas, Texas

Jeffrey William Steiner
Anesthesiology
University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
Dallas, Texas

Kumi Deanna Swart
Family Practice
The Medical Center
Columbus, Georgia

James Tai
Traditional Internship
North Shore University Hospital at Planview
Long Island, New York

Samuel R. Tredemeyer
Internal Medicine
Genesys Health Systems
Grand Blanc, Michigan

Timothy Talbot Tye
Anesthesiology
University of Oklahoma College of Medicine
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

Jeanette Beth Valdivieso
Psychiatry
Baylor College of Medicine
Houston, Texas

Diane Graham Van Maele
Pediatrics
Driscoll Children's Hospital
Corpus Christi, Texas

Alexandra Juliana von Lindeman
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Grandview Hospital and Medical Center
Dayton, Ohio

Jon Thomas Vu
Transitional Internship
John Peter Smith Hospital
Fort Worth, Texas

Khanh Angelo Vu
Internal Medicine
Plaza Medical Center
Fort Worth, Texas 

Manhan (Andy) Vu
Obstetrics and Gynecology
Christus St. Joseph Hospital
Houston, Texas

Shawna Nicholle Wade
Emergency Medicine
University of Arkansas
Little Rock, Arkansas

Sarju S. Waghela
Internal Medicine
Scott and White Memorial Hospital
Temple, Texas

Bruce M. Weaver
General Surgery
Eisenhower Army Medical Center
Fort Gordon, Georgia

Kristi Marie Whitenton
Pediatrics
University of Texas Health Science Center
San Antonio, Texas

Ruth R. Wiley
Obstetrics and Gynecology
John Peter Smith Hospital
Fort Worth, Texas

Michael James Wofford
Internal Medicine
Lahey Clinic
Burlington, Massachusetts

Jeff X. Zhao
Surgery-Orthopedic
Medical Center of Independence
Independence, Missouri