2026-2027 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.
2026-2027 Faculty Fellows
Tatiana Cordova, MD
Associate Professor/Clinical
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Project Proposal: Does a structured longitudinal Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) curriculum improve Family Medicine residents’ confidence, attitudes, and intention to use POCUS in future practice?
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
Aditya Raghunandan, MD
Associate Professor/Clinical
Residency Associate Program Director
Department of Rehabilitation Medicine
Project Proposal: Use of ultrasound to improve musculoskeletal palpation skills of medical students
Marcy R Wiemers, MD
Associate Professor/Clinical
Residency Associate Program Director
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Project Proposal: Supporting Growth in Medical Education: Quality Improvement for Evaluation and Feedback
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