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Faculty & Staff

Deans

Naomi D'Acolatse, MD, MPH, FAAFP: Associate Dean for Educational Affairs; (956) 296-1923; Naomi.Dacolatse@utrgv.edu

Naomi D'Acolatse, MD, MPH, FAAFP

Naomi D'Acolatse, MD, MPH, FAAFP
Associate Dean for Educational Affairs
Family and Community Medicine
EMEBL 3.143 (Edinburg)
Email: Naomi.Dacolatse@utrgv.edu
Phone: (956) 296-1923

Dr. Naomi D'Acolatse received her undergraduate degree in Biology from Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Prior to entering medical school, she earned a Masters in Public Health with emphasis on Health Education and Disease Prevention. She then earned her medical degree at Wayne State University School of Medicine in Detroit, Michigan where she was elected as a member of The Gold Humanism Honor Society for her leadership and compassion in medicine. Dr. D'Acolatse completed a family medicine residency with a Global Health concentration at St. Mary Mercy Hospital, in Livonia, Michigan. Dr. D'Acolatse joined the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine initially as a Family Medicine residency faculty member and is now serving as Interim Associate Dean of Educational Affairs.

Dr. D'Acolatse is Board Certified in Family Medicine with a long-standing passion and commitment to the care of underserved populations, reducing health disparities, and global health.

Nikita Chavarria, PhD: Assistant Dean for Educational Affairs, Preclerkship; (956) 296-1923; Nikita.Chavarria@utrgv.edu

Nikita Chavarria, PhD

Nikita Chavarria, PhD
Assistant Dean for Educational Affairs, Preclerkship
Email: Nikita.Chavarria@utrgv.edu
Phone: (956) 296-1923

Lori Berry, MD, MPH: Assistant Dean for Educational Affairs, Clerkship; (956) 296-1960; Lori.Berry@utrgv.edu

Lori Berry, MD, MPH

Lori Berry, MD, MPH
Assistant Dean for Educational Affairs, Clerkship
Pediatrics
Email: Lori.Berry@utrgv.edu
Phone: (956) 296-1960

Dr. Lori Acosta Berry received her master’s in public health, with a concentration in health policy and management at Texas A&M University Health Science Center in 2005. Dr. Berry received her medical degree from Texas A&M College of Medicine in 2008. She completed her residency in clinical and anatomic pathology at Texas A&M Health Science Center.

Dr. Berry was a Clinical Laboratory Assistant for clinical pathology at the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Arlington Memorial Hospital. Later Dr. Berry became the Medical Technologist at the Department of Laboratory Medical Transfusion Services, Scott & White Hospital. Dr. Berry then became the Associate Director and Clinical Assistant at the Surgical Renewal & Aesthetics, in Cedar Park, where she provided clinical services.

In 2019, Dr. Lori Acosta Berry joined the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley School of Medicine as an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics.