Faculty

Administrative Number: 915-215-5706

Interim Chairman, Department of Pediatrics

Jose Manuel de la Rosa, M.D.


  • Professor and Vice President for Outreach and Community Engagement Board Certified in Pediatrics

 E-mail: jmanuel.delarosa@ttep.edu

Ambulatory Pediatrics

Maria Theresa M. Villanos, M.D., F.A.A.P.


  • Professor of Pediatrics Division of Ambulatory Pediatrics Director Medical Director of Pediatric Ambulatory Clinic Board Certified in Pediatrics

 E-mail: maria.theresa.villanos@ttep.edu

Cenan Antowan, M.D., F.A.A.P.


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  • Pediatric Residency Site Director, Providence Memorial Hospital
  • Board Certified in Pediatrics

 E-mail: cenan.antowan@ttep.edu

Blanca Garcia, M.D., F.A.A.P.


  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics
  • Board Certified in Pediatrics

 E-mail: blanca.garcia@ttep.edu

Enrique Konstat Korzenny, M.D., F.A.A.P


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Board Certified in Pediatrics

 E-mail: ekonstat@ttep.edu

Julianna M. Khoury-Martin, M.D., F.A.A.P


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Board Certified in Pediatrics

 E-mail: jkhourym@ttep.edu

Sitratullah Maiyegun, M.D., F.A.A.P.


  • Professor of Pediatrics
  • Board Certified in Pediatrics

 E-mail: sitratullah.maiyegun@ttep.edu

Anahi Marquez, M.D., F.A.A.P


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Board Certified in Pediatrics

 E-mail: anahi.marquez@ttep.edu

Carmen Prieto, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P.


  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics Chief Well-Baby Unit University Medical Center Board Certified in Pediatrics

 E-mail: carmen.prieto@ttep.edu

Miguel Sanchez Acosta, M.D., F.A.A.P.


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Associate Program Director- Pediatric Residency Board Certified in Pediatrics

 E-mail: san98979@ttuhsc.ed

Namrata Singh, M.D., F.A.A.P.


  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics
  • Board Certified in Pediatrics

 E-mail: namrata.singh@ttep.edu

Critical Care Medicine

Ankit Agarwal, M.D.


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Board Certified in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Board Certified in General Pediatrics

 E-mail: ankagarw@ttep.edu

Avi Kopstick, M.D.


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Board Certified in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Board Certified in General Pediatrics

 E-mail: avi.kopstick@ttep.edu

Richard P. Lion, D.O., M.P.H.


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Board Certified in Pediatric Critical Care Medicine
  • Board Certified in General Pediatrics

 E-mail: rlion@ttep.edu

Developmental-Behavioral

Anacani Fonseca, M.D.


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  • Board Certified, Pediatrics
  • Board Certified, Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics

 E-mail: anacani.fonseca@ttep.edu

Gastroenterology

Maridine L. Co, M.D.


  • Clinical Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  • Associate Program Director-Pediatric Residency
  • Board Certified, Pediatrics
  • Board Certified, Pediatric Gastroenterology

 E-mail: maridine.co@ttep.edu

Denease Francis, M.D.


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  • Associate Program Director-Pediatric Residency
  • Board Certified in Pediatrics
  • Board Certified, Pediatric Gastroenterology

 E-mail: denease.francis@ttep.edu

 Hematology/Oncology

Benjamin Carcamo, M.D.


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  • Board Certified in Pediatrics and Hematology/Oncology

 E-mail: benjamin.carcamo@ttep.edu

 Hospitalist

Fatima Gutierrez, M.D., F.A.A.P.


  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics
  • Program Director-Pediatric Residency
  • Division of Hospital Medicine Pediatric Hospitalist, El Paso Children's Hospital Board Certified, General Pediatrics and Hospital Medicine

 E-mail: fatima.gutierrez@ttep.edu

Andrew Koltun, M.D.


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  • Pediatric Hospitalist, El Paso Children's Hospital

 E-mail: akoltun@ttep.edu

Aura Naolin Lamas, M.D.


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  • Board Certified in General Pediatrics Pediatric Hospitalist, El Paso Children's Hospital

 E-mail: aulamas@ttep.edu

Carlos Ronquillo, M.D.


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Pediatric Hospitalist, El Paso Children's Hospital

 E-mail: carlos.ronquillo@ttep.edu

Natalia I. Sidhu, M.D., M.S.


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  • Board Certified in General Pediatrics Pediatric Hospitalist, El Paso Children's Hospital

 E-mail: natalia.sidhu@ttep.edu

Stephen Watty, M.D.


  • Instructor of Pediatrics Instructor of Internal Medicine

 E-mail: stephen.watty@ttep.edu

Tanya Alvarez, M.S.N., APRN, RN


  • Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Division of Hospital Medicine

 E-mail: tanya.alvarez@ttep.edu

Anne Jolly, FNP-BC, CPNP-PC


  • Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Division of Hospital Medicine

 E-mail: annjolly@ttep.edu

 Infectious Disease

Glenn J. Fennelly, M.D., M.P.H.


  • Professor of Pediatrics Board Certified in Pediatrics Infectious Diseases

 E-mail: glenn.fennelly@ttep.edu

Gilbert A. Handal, M.D.


  • Professor of Pediatrics
  • Martha Cuellar Chair for Child Advocacy
  • Board Certified in Pediatrics, Infectious Disease and Critical Care

 E-mail: gilbert.handal@ttep.edu

 Neonatalology

Sadhana Chheda, M.D.


  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics
  • Medical Director Neonatal Transport Team,
  • El Paso Children’s Hospital Board Certified, Pediatrics
  • Board Certified, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

 E-mail: sadhana.chheda@ttep.edu

Hugo K. Kato, M.D.


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  • Board Certified in Pediatrics

 E-mail: hkatoben@ttep.edu

Kris Nicole de Guzman Mendoza, M.D.


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Board Certified in Pediatrics

 E-mail: krisnmen@ttep.edu

Sanjeet K. Panda, M.D., M.B.B.S., F.A.A.P.


  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics
  • Board Certified, Pediatrics
  • Board Certified, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

 E-mail: sanjeet.panda@ttep.edu

Zoe Tullius, M.D.


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  • Board Certified, Pediatrics
  • Board Certified, Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine

 E-mail: zoe.tullius@ttep.edu

Leigh Ann Torres, M.S.N., B.S.N.


  • Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

 E-mail: leighann.torres@ttep.edu

Claudia Franco, M.S.N., B.S.N.


  • Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

 E-mail: claudia.franco@ttep.edu

Lucia Fernandez, M.S.N., APRN, NNP-BC


  • Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

 E-mail: lucifern@ttep.edu

Diana Lechuga M.S.N, B.S.N.


  • Neonatal Nurse Practitioner

 E-mail: dilechug@ttep.edu

Kirsten Lopez M.S.N., A.P.R.N., C.P.N.P-P.C


  • Pediatric Nurse Practitioner

 E-mail: kirslope@ttep.edu

 Nephrology 

Ei Khin, M.D., F.A.A.P.


  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics
  • General Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology
  • Board Certified, General Pediatrics and Pediatric Nephrology

 E-mail: ei.khin@ttep.edu

Pulmonary Medicine

Endy Aaron Dominguez Silveyra, M.D.


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  • Pediatric Pulmonary Medicine
  • Board Certified, Pediatrics

 E-mail: endy.dominguez@ttep.edu

Residency Program

Fatima Gutierrez, M.D., F.A.A.P.


  • Associate Professor of Pediatrics
  • Program Director-Pediatric Residency
  • Division of Hospital Medicine
  • Pediatric Hospitalist, El Paso Children's Hospital Board Certified, General Pediatrics and Hospital Medicine

 E-mail: fatima.gutierrez@ttep.edu

Denease Francis, M.D.


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics
  • Associate Program Director-Pediatric Residency
  • Board Certified in Pediatrics
  • Board Certified, Pediatric Gastroenterology

 E-mail: denease.francis@ttep.edu

Miguel Sanchez Acosta, M.D.


  • Assistant Professor of Pediatrics Associate Program Director- Pediatric Residency Board Certified in Pediatrics

 E-mail: san98979@ttep.edu

Research

Marie Leiner, Ph.D.


  • Research Professor of Pediatrics

 E-mail: marie.leiner@ttep.edu

 Faculty Associates

Norma Garcia, R.N.


  • Faculty Associate

 E-mail: norma.garcia@ttep.edu

Department of Pediatrics

Department of Pediatrics
4801 Alberta Ave.
El Paso, TX, 79905

Phone: 915-215-5700