STAR Educators Recipients
2024 Fall STAR Educators Recipient Directory
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Jessica Bergden, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell Systems & Anatomy
Rochelle David, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology
Division of Education
Leanna Dolson, MD
Core Clerkship Director
Department of Emergency Medicine
Maxim Eckmann, MD
Professor & Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Ramamurthy Professorship in Pain Medicine
Board of Directors, American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine
Sandra Ehlers, MD
Professor and Division Chief
Department of Pediatrics
Division of General Pediatrics
Stephanie Eizember, MD
Associate Section Chief of APPs and Quality Improvement
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Hospital Medicine
Christopher Frei, PharmD
Adjoint Professor
Program Director
Translational Sciences PhD Program
Department of Medicine
Jay Ferrell, MD, FACS
Associate Professor
Division of Head and Neck Surgery
Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery
Anton Fries, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery
Division of Plastic Surgery
Eva Mercedes Galvan, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Radiation Oncology
Luyang Jin, MD, MPH
Adjoint Professor
Internal Medicine, Veterans Administrative
Maria Del Pilar Montanez Villacampa, MD
Associate Professor
Family Medicine Residency Program
Department of Family & Community Medicine
Neil Newman, MD, MS
Assistant Professor
Medical Residency Program Director
Department of Radiation Oncology
Alicia Parker, MD
Assistant Professor
Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s & Neurodegenerative Diseases
Department of Neurology
Division of Movement Disorders
Rachel M. Pearson, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
Assistant Professor of Medical Humanities
Department of Pediatrics
Division of Inpatient Pediatrics
Kevin Proud, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Pulmonary Diseases & Critical Care Medicine
Barbara S. Taylor, MD, MS
Professor
Assistant Dean for the MD/MPH Program
Department of Medicine
Division of Infectious Diseases
John Walker, PhD
Professor
Department of Radiology
Tiffany Weidner, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Hospital Medicine
Janet F. Williams, MD
Professor
Long School of Medicine Vice Dean for Faculty
UT System Distinguished Teaching Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Division of General Pediatrics




















