Faculty
Professor
Chairman
Hunt Family Endowed Chair in Psychiatry
Director, Southwest Brain Bank
Program Director- Transmountain Psychiatry Residency Program
Dr. Peter Thompson is a professor and the Hunt Family Endowed Chair of Psychiatry. He also serves as the Director of the Mood Disorders division and the Director of the Southwest Brain Bank. He had established the first brain bank at University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio and now at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso.
Dr. Thompson completed his Psychiatry Residency at Tufts University/New England Medical Center and Psychobiology Fellowship at the University of California at San Diego. Dr. Thompson’s academic career is dedicated to developing improved treatments for moods disorders and educating the next generation of psychiatrists
Assistant Professor , Residency Associate Program Director, Psychiatry
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Associate Program Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship
Director, Child and Adolescent Division, Transmountain campus
Dr. Aisha Shariq is an Assistant Professor in Department of Psychiatry at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso and is a child and adolescent psychiatrist. She is very involved in teaching medical students, CAP fellows and psychiatry residents. She also serves as the psychiatry director at the El Paso County Juvenile Justice Center. Dr. Shariq is involved with the Texas Child Mental Health Consortium on several projects. She provides psychiatric consultation to primary care providers treating children with mental illnesses and treats school children through TCHATT.
She is very involved in teaching medical students, CAP fellows and psychiatry residents. She also serves as the psychiatry director at the El Paso County Juvenile Justice Center. Dr. Shariq is involved with the Texas Child Mental Health Consortium on several projects. She provides psychiatric consultation to primary care providers treating children with mental illnesses and treats school children through TCHATT.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Kristine Munoz Glass was born and raised in El Paso, Texas, and is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. She obtained her medical degree at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. She completed her psychiatry training while active duty in the U.S. Navy and honorably served seven years as a medical officer.
Following active-duty service, Dr. Glass worked as a community psychiatrist in San Diego. She returned to her hometown, serving the veteran population in the El Paso area for eight years. She is currently an assistant professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso.