Residents | Resident Program | Pathology
PGY-4
Benjamin Williams, M.D., Chief Resident
- Hometown: Dallas, TX.
- Undergrad: University of Texas at Dallas
- Medical School: UT Health San Antonio
- Favorite Thing About El Paso/Region: The food, mountains, and friendly people
- Hobbies: Reading, piano, and spending time with family
- Areas of Interest: Still not fully decided, but I currently have an interest in hematopathology, molecular pathology, and informatics
Alejandro Partida Contreras, M.D.
- Hometown: Guadalajara, Mexico
- Undergrad: Instituto Tecnológico de Monterrey Campus Guadalajara
- Medical School: Universidad Autónoma de Guadalajara
- Favorite Thing About El Paso/Region: Great variety of outdoor activities, sunsets, friendly people, and food
- Hobbies: Beer and food enthusiast, boxing, playing drums, traveling, hiking, and spending time with my wife and our three cats
- Areas of Interest: Forensic Pathology
PGY-3
John Darcy, M.D.
- Hometown: Tustin, California
- Undergrad: Humboldt State University (Now Cal Poly Humboldt)
- Medical School: California University of Science and Medicine
- Favorite Thing About El Paso/Region: I am looking forward to exploring the hiking, climbing and other outdoor activities in the area.
- Hobbies: Hiking, backpacking, climbing, and woodworking
- Areas of interest: Forensic pathology
Morgan Jones, M.D.
- Hometown: Bozeman, Montana
- Undergraduate: Montana State University
- Medical education: West Virginia University School of Medicine
- Favorite Things About El Paso: All the sunshine and desert trails! Hobbies: Running, hiking, cycling, reading, loving cats
- Areas of interest: Hemepath and blood bank/transfusion medicine
Maha Soliman, M.D.
- Hometown: El Mansoura, Egypt
- Undergraduate: Mansoura University, Faculty of Medicine
- Medical education: Mansoura University, Faculty of Medicine
- Favorite Things About El Paso: The beautiful sky, mountains, variable plants (especially palm trees), and wonderful, very friendly people
- Hobbies: Cooking and spending quality time with my family
- Areas of interest: Breast pathology and soft tissue pathology
PGY-2
Eric Kawana, M.D.
- Hometown: Irvine, California
- Undergrad: University of California, Irvine
- Medical School: University of Nevada, Las Vegas School of Medicine
- Hobbies: Hiking, traveling, exploring new restaurants, and watching movies/anime
- Areas of Interest: Hemepath, GI, Cytopathology
Uttamkumar Savariya, M.D.
- Hometown: Junagadh, India
- Undergrad: Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad
- Medical School: Pramukhswami Medical College, Karamsad
- Hobbies: I love to play golf. I enjoy cooking different Indian dishes and spending time at the beach.
- Areas of Interest: Digital Pathology and Informatics
PGY-1
Richard Kang, M.D.
- Hometown: Chino Hills, California (but moved to Prosper, Texas)
- Undergrad: University of California, Berkeley
- Medical School: Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
- Hobbies: Golf, bowling, martial arts (taekwondo, kendo), cooking (specializes in Korean cuisine), video games (for social recreation with distant friends).
- Areas of Interest: Hematopathology, neuropathology
Gerardo Sanchez, M.D.
- Hometown: Maracaibo, Venezuela
- Undergrad: Universidad del Zulia Facultad de Medicina
- Medical School: Universidad del Zulia Facultad de Medicina
- Hobbies: I enjoy calisthenics and exercising, watching movies and TV series, admiring nature, and trying new things.
- Areas of Interest: Currently interested in surgical pathology and looking forward to exploring different areas through my training.
Jonathan Selub, M.D.
- Hometown: Southwest Ranches, Florida
- Undergrad: Occidental College
- Medical School: Medical University of Gdańsk
- Hobbies:
Running, cooking, traveling, and reading history.
- Areas of Interest: GI and surgical pathology