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Meet the Team
Office of Faculty Academic Affairs
Team Email: dellmedfacultyaffairs@austin.utexas.edu
Name | Title | Contact Information |
Elizabeth Matsui | Associate Dean for Faculty Academic Affairs | elizabeth.matsui@austin.utexas.edu |
Ashleigh Moses | Associate Director for Faculty Academic Affairs | amoses@austin.utexas.edu |
Ana Rubel | Assistant Director for Faculty Academic Affairs | ana.rubel@austin.utexas.edu |
Erika Torres | Administrative Manager | erika.torres@austin.utexas.edu |
Adrienne Copeland | Senior Academic Program Coordinator | adrienne.copeland@austin.utexas.edu |
Irene Cuevas | System Administrator for Faculty Academic Affairs | irene@utexas.edu |
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Associate Chairs for Faculty Academic Affairs
Department | Name, Title | |
Internal Medicine | Sherine Salib, MD, MRCP, FACP | sherine.salib@austin.utexas.edu |
Pediatrics | Daniel Richards, M.D., FAAP
Associate Professor of Pediatrics | daniel.richards@austin.utexas.edu |
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Octavio N. Martinez Jr., M.D., MPH
Professor, Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences | |
Surgery and Perioperative Care | David Ring, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Comprehensive Care | david.ring@austin.utexas.edu |
Faculty Affairs Representatives
Department | Name | Contact Information |
Diagnostic Medicine | Elizabeth Granstrand | elizabeth.granstrand@austin.utexas.edu |
Medical Education | Mackenzie Nunez | mackenzie.nunez@austin.utexas.edu |
Internal Medicine | Cassandra Ryan | cassandra.ryan@austin.utexas.edu |
Neurology | Sarah Sanders | sarah.sanders@austin.utexas.edu |
Neurosurgery | Jen Gilmore Seals | jgilmore@austin.utexas.edu |
Ophthalmology | Nicole Groote | nicole.groote@austin.utexas.edu |
Pediatrics | Juliet Laney | juliet.laney@austin.utexas.edu |
Population Health | Brigid Keenan | brigid.keenan@austin.utexas.edu |
Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences | Lo Guerra | lo.guerra@austin.utexas.edu |
Surgery and Perioperative Care | Mauricio Pajon | pajonma@austin.utexas.edu |
Women's Health | Heather Vacek | heather.vacek@austin.utexas.edu |