Faculty & Staff

Psychiatry Faculty

Alcides Amador, MD

Alcides Amador, MD

Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, TCHATT Medical Director
Alcides.Amador01@utrgv.edu
Mercy Azeke, EdD

Mercy Azeke, EdD

Assistant Professor
Mercy.Azeke@utrgv.edu
Diana Chapa, MD

Diana Chapa, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department Chair
Diana.Chapa@utrgv.edu
Dernay Coley Torres, LCSW-S

Dernay Coley Torres, LCSW-S

SOM Instructor
Dernay.Coley@utrgv.edu
Cynthia Garza, PsyD

Cynthia Garza, PsyD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Cynthia.Garza1@utrgv.edu
Alfonso Mercado, PhD

Alfonso Mercado, PhD

Associate Professor
Alfonso.Mercado@utrgv.edu
Rebecca Resendiz Rodriguez, PsyD

Rebecca Resendiz Rodriguez, PsyD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
Rebecca.Resendizrodriguez@utrgv.edu
Ihsan Salloum, MD

Ihsan Salloum, MD

Professor, Interim Psychiatry Residency Program Director
Ihsan.Salloum@utrgv.edu

Psychiatry Staff

Elizabeth Alvarez , CMA

Elizabeth Alvarez , CMA

Medical Assistant
Elizabeth.Alvarez@utrgv.edu
Alma Castañeda, PhD

Alma Castañeda, PhD

Behavioral Health Consultant
Alma.Castaneda@utrgv.edu
Kelsey Finke, MD

Kelsey Finke, MD

Assistant Professor of Medicine
kelsey.finke@utrgv.edu
Thelma Fitzgerald

Thelma Fitzgerald

Nurse Practitioner
Thelma.Fitzgerald01@utrgv.edu
Maritza Fuentes

Maritza Fuentes

TCHATT School Liaison
Maritza.Fuentes@utrgv.edu
Catherine Hernandez

Catherine Hernandez

Research Associate I
Catherine.t.Hernandez01@utrgv.edu
Johanna Nardini, MD

Johanna Nardini, MD

POI SOM Community Faculty
johanna.nardini@utrgv.edu
Jessica Salinas , PHDc, MBA

Jessica Salinas , PHDc, MBA

Department Administrator
Jessica.Salinas05@utrgv.edu
Alma Solis, MSHS-HCA

Alma Solis, MSHS-HCA

Assistant to the Clinical Chair
alma.solis@utrgv.edu
Ivette Torres, BA, CCRP

Ivette Torres, BA, CCRP

GME Residency Program Coordinator
Ivette.Torres@utrgv.edu

Department Chair

Diana Chapa, MD


Diana Chapa, MD