Academic Faculty
Interim Chair, Department of Anesthesiology
Assistant Professor
Marc Orlandi, M.D.,is an assistant professor in the department of anesthesiology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso.
Dr. Orlandi is director of pediatric anesthesia for the department at the El Paso Children's Hospital. Before joining TTUHSC El Paso in 2012, he was the director of pediatric anesthesia at Sierra Providence Health Network. He is board certified in anesthesiology and graduated from The Northeastern Ohio University College of Medicine in 1991. He completed his residency at The Cleveland Clinic Foundation in Cleveland, Ohio. Dr. Orlandi completed fellowships in pediatric anesthesia at Children's Hospital Medical Center of Akron, Ohio and in pediatric pain management and pediatric anesthesia at John Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland.
Assistant Professor
Wayde Dirk Miller, M.D., is an assistant professor in the department of anesthesiology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso.
Dr. Miller graduated from The University of Texas Medical Branch in 1992. He received his post-graduate training in anesthesiology at The University of South Florida. He is currently a diplomat of the American Board of Anesthesiology. Dr. Miller completed a fellowship in pediatric anesthesiology at UT Southwestern Children's Medical Center in Dallas, TX. Dr. Miller came to TTUHSC El Paso from Dayton Children's Hospital. His hobbies include reading, skiing, aviation, IFR pilot, aquaria, and scuba diving.
Assistant Professor
Gordon H. Minton, M.D., is an assistant professor in the department of anesthesiology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso.
Dr. Minton specializes in obstetric anesthesia and also is experienced in anesthesia for trauma and regional anesthesia. As a native east Texan, he pursued his undergraduate studies at Texas A&M in College Station, Texas and went on to graduate from Texas Tech University School of Medicine in 1989 after completing his clinical years on the El Paso campus. His post graduate training includes an internship in general surgery at St. Francis Hospital Hartford, Connecticut in 1989 and was followed by residency in anesthesiology from The University Of Connecticut School Of Medicine Farmington, CT in 1990. He maintains licenses with New Mexico, Minnesota, Arkansas, and Texas and has been a practicing board certified anesthesiologist since 1996. He is a member of the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA), New Mexico Society of Anesthesiologists (NMSA), Texas Society of Anesthesiologists (TSA), Society of Obstetric Anesthesia and Perinatology (SOAP), and the American Medical Association (AMA). He has held academic appointments with University of New Mexico School of Medicine from 1993 to 2004 where he achieved the rank of associate professor and has been with TTUHSC El Paso since 2013. He has been a director of obstetrics anesthesia at The University Hospital at Albuquerque, New Mexico as well as performed institutionally sponsored anesthesia locums functions throughout the state of New Mexico. He was in private practice from 2004 to 2013 where he served as the chairman of anesthesiology at John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, Texas from 2004 to 2009. Dr. Minton was voted Physician of the Month Recognition by the board of managers of John Peter Smith Hospital in 2006 and Top Doc for two years in a row by Fort Worth Magazine in 2007-08.
Assistant Professor
Lindsay Caldwell Kendall, M.D., is an Assistant Professor in the department of anesthesiology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso.