2010 - 2011 Medical Residents


Leah Mercado, MD
Chief Resident

Martel Samuels, MD
Chief Resident

William Dirksen, MD
Vice President of
Medical Education

PL 3 Residents


Adikuor Adjetey, MD

Betty Cornelius, MD

Eireen Chua, MD

Jennifer Tidroski, DO

Renu Gandhe, MD

Claudia Gaviria, MD

Jawahar Jagarapu, MD

Gonzalo Ibarra, MD

Abdul Khan, MD

Marco Antonio Lopez, MD

Katrina Marajas, MD

Cheryl Remigio, DO

Ranjana Sarma, MD

Ana Subia Bell, MD

Nianzhou Xiao, MD

Ningxi Zhu, MD

PL 2Residents


Frank Ayestaran, MD

Kristin Fleming, DO

Devasena Iyer, MD

Hongmei Jiang, MD

Sonia Mathew, MD

Ifeanyi Mbadugha, MD

Sabeen Rani, MD

Hellen Rurangirwa, MD

Sabrina Sargado, MD

Piyali Sengupta, MD

Beatriz Teppa, MD

PL 1Residents


Monika Bhagat, MD

Deeni De La Rosa, MD

Santiago Encalada, MD

Fabricio Gerardo, MD

Tariq Khalil, MD

Jyotsna Kuppannagari, MD

Mavie Narcise, MD

Loretta Reyes, MD

Victoria Rodriguez, MD

Sheshashree Seshadri, MD

Khushbu Shukla, MD

Shaye Tegeler, DO

Karen Tuano, MD

Gerson Valencia, MD

Shuya Wu, MD

Contact Information

For further information, please call us at (361) 694-5465 or email us at resapps@dchstx.org

Medical Education Contacts
Last Name First Name Business Phone
Dirksen William (361) 694-5464
Eureste Eva (361) 694-5465
Williams Martel (361) 694-5463
Mercado Leah (361) 694-5463
Rosales Dedie (361) 694-4069
Turner Darleen (361) 694-5444
Vijjeswarapu Daniel (361) 694-5465
Dulaney Michael (361) 694-4069

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