Faculty and Staff

Assistant Professor
Division of Hematology/Oncology

Assistant Professor
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Dr. Corral has 21 years of experience in the diagnosis and treatment of solid tumors and blood disorders, and his research interest is in gastrointestinal (GI) malignancies.

Assistant Professor
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Dr. Gaur has been practicing in El Paso since 2005. In addition to solid tumors he has a special interest in diagnosing and treating blood disorders, leukemia’s and lymphoma’s. He has published in multiple peer-reviewed journals.

Associated Faculty Oncology
Nurse Practicioner
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Ms. Heydarian’s clinical experience in oncology includes general oncology with a recent focus on breast cancer. Her current practice involves caring for patients receiving standard of care as well as those enrolled in clinical trials, routine follow up appointments, genetic risk assessment and symptom management.

Ms. Lopez is the medical secretary for the division of oncology, rheumatology, and infectious disease since 2006.

Assistant Professor
Division of Hematology/Oncology
Dr. Maharaj is a hematologist-oncologist with a focus on solid tumors. He is active in clinical research and publications, with special interests in immunotherapy, cancer-associated thrombosis and next-generation sequencing of solid tumors (cancer genomics). Originally from Trinidad and Tobago, his wife is a pediatric oncologist. They have one dog, a Jack Tzu.