Faculty

Faculty of the Department of Family and Community Medicine are listed below, or visit our Faculty Directory to search all faculty at UT Southwestern.

Alison E. Dobbie, MD, Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine; and Perry E. Gross Distinguished Chair in Family Medicine

Nitin Budhwar, MD, Assistant Professor and Director, Residency Clinic

Manjula Cherukuri, MD, Assistant Professor

Nora Gimpel, MD, Assistant Professor and Chief, Community Medicine Division

Parul Harsora, MD, Assistant Professor

Manjula Julka, MD, Assistant Professor; Associate Program Director; Curriculum Coordinator

Rahele Lameh, MD, Assistant Professor

R. Nelson Lea, MD, Assistant Professor and Medical Director, Family Medicine-Primary Care

Tamara McGregor, MD, Assistant Professor

Amimi Osayande, MD, Assistant Professor

Elizabeth Palmarozzi, DO, Professor

Dan Sepdham, MD, Assistant Professor

Amer Shakil, MD, Professor and Program Director, Dr. Bill Ross Professorship in Family Medicine

Zafreen Siddiqui, MD, Assistant Professor

Laura M. Snell, MPH, Associate Professor and Academic Vice Chair

Hong Xiao, MD, Associate Professor

Currently the Department of Family Medicine also has almost 200 faculty members at affiliated institutions, private practice locations, and various agencies and institutions who help to train medical students and residents.

Outstanding Faculty, Recent Honors

Alison Dobbie, MD - appointed to the UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers, the University of Texas Academy of Health Science Education, the Council of Medical School Deans’ Sub Workgroup on Educational Research, and to the UT Admissions Committee
Nora Gimpel, MD - received the prestigious Innovation in Health Science Education Award from the UT Academy of Health Science Education
Elizabeth Palmarozzi, DO - received the Stanley Gilbert, MD, Professorship in Family Medicine and became President of the Texas Osteopathic Medical Association
Dan Sepdham, MD - became a Fellow of the American Academy of Family Physicians
Amer Shakil, MD - received the Special Constituency Leadership Award from the Texas Academy of Family Physicians, was appointed to be the UT Representative to the American Medical Association, and became President of the Faculty Senate
Zafreen Siddiqui, MD, - received the Aesculapius Award for Teaching Excellence
Hong Xiao, MD, - became President of the Texas Chinese Physicians Association
Laura Snell, MPH - appointed to the UT Southwestern Academy of Teachers