2025-2026 Faculty Fellows

Welcome and Congratulations to our 2025 – 2026 Faculty Fellows! All are highly accomplished educators at the LSOM whose educational project proposals were peer-reviewed and accepted for AES new member consideration.

Rachel M Pearson, MD, PhD
Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Distinguished Professor in Bioethics
Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and of the Medical Humanities
Humanities Director, Charles E. Cheever Jr. Center for Medical Humanities & Ethics
Project Proposal: Arts and Humanities Education for Pediatrics Residents

Michael L. Palm, MD, MBA, FAAN
Vice Chair for Education
Neurology Residency Program Director
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
Project Proposal: To Develop a Leadership Track for mid-level residents

Maria Del Pilar Montanez VillaCampa, MD
Associate Professor/Clinical
Residency Associate Program Director
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Project Proposal: Developing a psychotropic elective curriculum that emphasizes key concepts and practical applications of mental health in primary care

Yajaira Johnson-Esparza, PhD
Associate Professor/Clinical
Director of Behavioral Health Education, Family Medicine Residency
Project Proposal: To educate residents on the application of “the biopsychosocial model of health to patients, specifically to assess behavioral, community, environmental, socioeconomic, and family influences on the health of patients, and integrate those with biomedical influences

Melanie Stone, DrPH, MEd, CHWI
Assistant Professor of Family & Community Medicine
Director of Community Engaged Learning
Project Proposal: Development and Evaluation of a Project-Based Service-Learning Micro Course for Community Engagement Preparation

Contact

Sylvia Botros-Brey, MD, MSCI
Executive Director
Email: botrosbrey@uthscsa.edu

Lena Vega
Assistant to the Chair, Department of Medical Education
Email: vegal4@uthscsa.edu