Core Academic Faculty
![John Alexander, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/john-alexander.jpg)
- Hometown: San Antonio, TX
- Undergraduate: Texas A&M University
- Medical School: UT Southwestern
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Fellowship: University of Cincinnati (Pain Management)
- Hobbies: Ultramarathons, craft cocktail creator/consumer, historical non-fiction books, sci-fi books
![Aditee Ambardekar, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/aditee-ambardekar.jpg)
- Hometown: Bowie, MD
- Undergraduate: University of Maryland
- Medical School: University of Maryland School of Medicine
- Residency: University of Pennsylvania
- Fellowship: Children's Hospital of Philadelphia (Pediatric Anesthesiology)
- Hobbies: Being a mommy to 2 energetic boys, cooking, tennis, traveling, learning about wines
![Kapil Anand, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/education/residency/assets/kapil-anand.jpg)
- Hometown: Miami, FL
- Undergraduate: University of Florida
- Medical School: UT Southwestern
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Hobbies: Foodie and fitness
![Brenda Anyaehie, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/brenda-anyaehie.jpg)
- Hometown: Houston, TX
- Undergraduate: UT San Antonio
- Medical School: UT San Antonio
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Fellowship: University of Texas Southwestern (Obstetric Anesthesiology)
- Hobbies: African cuisine, traveling, spending time with my 3 boys
![Omaira Azizad, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/education/residency/assets/omaira-azizad.jpg)
- Hometown: Saratoga, NY
- Undergraduate: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
- Medical School: Albany Medical College
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Hobbies: Cooking, baking, traveling, gardening
![Raksha Bangalore, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/default-headshot-256x256.jpg)
- Hometown: Laurel, MD
- Undergraduate: University of Maryland
- Medical School: George Washington School of Medicine
- Residency: Rutgers New Jeresy Medical School
- Fellowship: New York University Langone Medical Center (Critical Care Medicine)
- Hobbies: Exploring the Dallas food scene, cooking, painting, watching crime shows and Cocomelon while running behind my little boy!
![Catherine Barden, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/catherine-barden-256x256.jpg)
- Hometown: Jacksonville, FL
- Undergraduate: Vassar College
- Medical School: Tulane University School of Medicine
- Residency: New York Presbyterian / Weil Cornell Medicine
- Hobbies: Traveling, all things related to active twin boys and my menagerie of a chicken and 3 cats
![Melissa Bellomy, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/melissa-bellomy.jpg)
- Hometown: Arlington, TX
- Undergraduate: Seton Hall University
- Medical School: Harvard Medical School
- Residency: Vanderbilt University
- Fellowship: Vanderbilt University (Critical Care and Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia)
- Hobbies: Family, Peloton, wine, dining, college football, volleyball, mindless spy novels
![Ravi Bhoja, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/ravi-bhoja.jpg)
- Hometown: Macon, GA
- Undergraduate: Emory University
- Medical School: Mercer University School of Medicine
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Hobbies: BBQ, eating in, eating out, strength training, tech, hiking, travel
![Christopher Choi, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/christopher-choi.jpg)
- Hometown: Dallas, TX
- Undergraduate: Rice University
- Medical School: University of Chicago School of Medicine
- Residency: Yale University
- Fellowship: Columbia University Irving Medical Center (Critical Care)
- Hobbies: Hiking, microbreweries, live jazz, Dallas Cowboys (unfortunately)
![Dana Darwish, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/dana-dawish.jpg)
- Hometown: Los Angeles, CA
- Undergraduate: University of California Los Angeles
- Medical School: Toro University College of Medicine
- Residency: Cleveland Clinic College of Medicine
- Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic College of Medicine (Critical Care)
- Hobbies: Traveling
![Akil Farishta, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/akil-farishta.jpg)
- Hometown: Hyderabad, India
- Undergraduate: UT Arlington
- Medical School: UT Southwestern
- Residency: Brigham & Women's Hopsital
- Hobbies: Food, travel, music
![Irina Gasanova, M.D., Ph.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/education/residency/assets/irina-gasanova.jpg)
- Hometown: Baku, Azerbaijan
- Undergraduate: Azerbaijan Medical University
- Medical School: Azerbaijan Medical University
- Residency: SUNY Upstate
- Hobbies: Travel, reading, theater
![Kristina Goff, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/education/residency/assets/kristina-goff.jpg)
- Hometown: Dallas, TX
- Undergraduate: Duke University
- Medical School: UT Southwestern
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Fellowship: University of Washington (Critical Care Medicine)
- Hobbies: Art, photography, travel, horseback riding
![Tally Goldfarb, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/tally-goldfarb-256.jpg)
- Hometown: Plano, TX
- Undergraduate: University of Texas
- Medical School: University of Texas Galveston
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Fellowship: UT Southwestern (Pediatric Anesthesiology)
- Hobbies: Spending time with my husband, 2 children and 3 legged mini schnauzer. Barre classes on YouTube, cooking and traveling
![Megha Patel, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/education/residency/assets/megha-patel-256.jpg)
- Hometown: Toronto, Ontario and Houston, Texas
- Undergraduate: Texas A&M University
- Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
- Residency: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, NY
- Fellowship: Lurie Children’s/Northwestern McGaw, Chicago, IL
- Hobbies: Pilates, Reading, Peloton, Trashy TV, and most recently, Mah Jong!
![Lisa Gu, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/education/residency/assets/lisa-gu.jpg)
- Hometown: Austin, TX
- Undergraduate: Princeton University
- Medical School: Baylor College of Medicine
- Residency: University of Florida
- Fellowship: University of Florida
- Hobbies: Traveling
![Bailor Hardman, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/bailor-hardman.jpg)
- Hometown: Osborne, KS
- Undergraduate: Kansas University
- Medical School: Kansas University School of Medicine
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Hobbies: Golf, travel, travel for golf, mountain activities for summer and winter, Mavericks and Jayhawks basketball, Royals baseball, the Kansas City Chiefs NFL dynasty
![Benjamin Heller, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/benjamin-feller.jpg)
- Hometown: Tenafly, NJ
- Undergraduate: Washington University in St. Louis
- Medical School: UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School
- Residency: Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
- Hobbies: Spending time with my family, sports (go Mets!), golf, cooking, baking
![Ravi Joshi, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/default-headshot-256x256.jpg)
- Hometown: Niskayuna, NY
- Undergraduate: Johns Hopkins University
- Medical School: Harvard Medical School
- Residency: Massachusetts General Hospital
- Fellowship: Emory University (Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesiology)
- Hobbies: Scuba diving, hiking, archery, Arduino and Raspberry Pi electronics, robotics, and playing guitar adequately
![James Kim, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/education/residency/assets/james-kim.jpg)
- Hometown: Philadelphia, PA
- Undergraduate: Williams College
- Medical School: Georgetown University
- Residency: Georgetown University
- Fellowship: Duke University (Regional Anesthesia and Acute Pain Medicine)
- Hobbies: Philadelphia pro sports, dogs, I would like to one day open a non-kill dog shelter
![Lawrence Liang, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/lawrence-liang.jpg)
- Hometown: Ann Arbor, MI
- Undergraduate: University of Michigan
- Medical School: UT Southwestern
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Hobbies: Golf, dogs, connoisseur of fine fast foods, training myself to do virtually anything via YouTube
![Gerald Matchett, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/education/residency/assets/gerald-matchett.jpg)
- Hometown: College Station, TX
- Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin
- Medical School: New York University
- Residency: Loma Linda University
- Fellowship: Stanford University (Pain Management)
- Hobbies: Swimming, sailing
![Jaffer Odeh, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/education/residency/assets/jaffer-odeh.jpg)
- Hometown: Stockbridge, MI
- Undergraduate: University of Michigan
- Medical School: University of Michigan
- Residency: Cleveland Clinic
- Fellowship: Cleveland Clinic College of Medicine (Critical Care and Liver Transplant Anesthesiology)
- Hobbies: Hunting, fishing, baking, cooking, photography, craft cocktails, and ordering way too many things from Amazon that I will never use
![Nich Okoro, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/nich-okoro.jpg)
- Hometown: Dallas, TX
- Undergraduate: Washington University in St. Louis
- Medical School: Harvard Medical School
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Hobbies: Traveling, running
![Bryan Romito, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/education/residency/assets/bryan-romito.jpg)
- Hometown: Pittsburgh, PA
- Undergraduate: George Washington University
- Medical School: George Washington School of Medicine
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Fellowship: University of California Los Angeles (Critical Care Medicine)
- Hobbies: Travel, music, movies, poker
![Eric Siu, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/eric-siu.jpg)
- Hometown: Syosset, NY
- Undergraduate: New York University
- Medical School: SUNY Upstate
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Hobbies: Motorsports, shooting sports, hiking, volleyball, horticulture
![Jesse Stewart, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/jesse-stewart-256.jpg)
- Hometown: Whitsett, TX
- Undergraduate: Texas A&M University
- Medical School: University of Texas Galveston
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Hobbies: New Dallas restaurants, reading, hanging out with my dog Billie
![Devin Trousdale, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/devin-trousdale-256.jpg)
- Hometown: Houston, TX
- Undergraduate: Austin College
- Medical School: University of Texas Galveston
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Fellowship: University of Texas Southwestern (Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia)
- Hobbies: Traveling with family, DIY automotive projects, cooking
![Anupama Wadhwa, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/assets/anupama-wadhwa-256.jpg)
- Hometown: Mumbai, India
- Medical School: BJ Medical College, Ahmedabad Gujarat India
- Residency: BYL Nair Hospital Mumbai
- Fellowship: University of Louisville (Clinical Research)
- Hobbies: Yoga, traveling, meditation, coaching
![Alycia Wanat, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/alycia-wanat-hawthorne.jpg)
- Hometown: Plano, TX
- Undergraduate: Tulane University
- Medical School: UT Southwestern
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Fellowship: University of Texas Southwestern (Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia)
- Hobbies: My two kids (Brady and Easton), running, Peloton'ing, soccer, my dog Mishka
![Charles Whitten, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/chuck-whitten.jpg)
- Hometown: Boonville, MO
- Undergraduate: Southern Methodist University
- Medical School: UT Southwestern
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Fellowship: Baylor University Medical Center (Liver Transplantation)
- Hobbies: Golf, college basketball - Mizzou and SMU, professional hockey (golf on ice!)
![Amy Woods, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/amy-woods.jpg)
- Hometown: Jasper, TX
- Undergraduate: Texas A&M University (WHOOP!)
- Medical School: UT Southwestern
- Residency: UT Southwestern
- Hobbies: I love crafting, solving jigsaw and crossword puzzles, watching ice hockey (Go Stars!). Cheering on my kids is my favorite hobby - my oldest son plays bass in a rock band, my middle son places ice hockey, and my daughter is a dancer and gymnast.
![Ashley Yager, M.D.](/departments/anesthesiology/who-we-are/assets/ashley-yager-256.jpg)
- Hometown: Canfield, OH
- Undergraduate: Youngstown State University
- Medical School: University of Toledo College of Medicine
- Residency: Rush University Medical Center
- Fellowship: The Ohio State University Medical Center (Adult Cardiothoracic Anesthesia)
- Hobbies: Travel, golf, dog park with my miniature schnauzer, college football (Go ND!)