Meet Our Team

Our People & Programs

The Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine within The University of New Mexico School of Medicine's Department of Internal Medicine is a center of academic excellence for all students and trainees choosing to extend their education with us. Our experienced faculty and state-of-the-art resources help train our future physicians and care for patients.

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Our People & Programs

Our Staff

Rebecca Torres
Unit Administrator
Email: ReTorres@salud.unm.edu 
Phone: 505-272-3411

Araci Joy 
Medical Education Program Assistant
Office: Pulmonary
Email: aracijoy@salud.unm.edu 
Phone: 505-272-4751

Our Faculty

Name Email Title
Shozab Ahmed SAhmed@salud.unm.edu Critical Care Associate Professor Critical Care Fellowship Director
Nour Assad NAssad@salud.unm.edu Pulmonology, Critical Care Assistant Professor
Sara Assaf sassaf@salud.unm.edu Pulmonology Assistant Professor
Akshu Balwan ABalwan@salud.unm.edu Pulmonology Assistant Professor
Melissa Begay - VA MBegay@salud.unm.edu VA Sleep Medicine Assistant Professor
Doran Bostwick abostwick@salud.unm.edu Pulmonology, Critical Care Assistant Professor
Lee K. Brown LKBrown@salud.unm.edu Pulmonology, Sleep Medicine Professor
Helen Busby HBusby@salud.unm.edu Pulmonology, Critical Care Associate Professor
Betty Chang BetChang@salud.unm.edu Pulmonology, Critical Care Professor
Richard Crowell RCrowell@salud.unm.edu Professor
Lisa Cutchen LCutchen@salud.unm.edu Sleep Medicine Assistant Professor
Nicholas Cutrufello - VA NCutrufello@salud.unm.edu VA Sleep Medicine Assistant Professor
Shanna Diaz ShDiaz@salud.unm.edu Sleep Medicine Assistant Professor
Osman Dokmeci Odokmeci@salud.unm.edu Allergy/Immunology Assistant Professor
Lucie Griffin - VA LSGriffi@salud.unm.edu VA Pulmonology, Critical Care Assistant Professor
Swati Gulati swatigulati@salud.unm.edu Pulmonology Assistant Professor
Michelle Harkins MHarkins@salud.unm.edu Pulmonology, Critical Care Professor
Gary Iwamoto GIwamoto@salud.unm.edu Pulmonology, Critical Care Professor
Erik Kraai EKraai@salud.unm.edu Pulmonology, Critical Care Associate Professor
Jenny Mao - VA JMao@salud.unm.edu VA Pulmonology, Critical Care Professor
Farhad Mazdisnian FMazdisnian@salud.unm.edu Pulmonology, Critical Care Associate Professor
Sarah Medrek - VA SMedrek@salud.unm.edu VA Pulmonology, Critical Care Assistant Professor
Lana Melendres LMelendres@salud.unm.edu Pulmonology, Critical Care Associate Professor
Nathan Nielsen ndnielsen@salud.unm.edu Pulmonology, Critical Care Associate Professor
Ali Saeed - Affiliate Asaeed@salud.unm.edu Pulmonology, Critical Care Associate Professor
Akshay Sood ASood@salud.unm.edu Pulmonology, Critical Care Professor
Joao Pedro Teixeira jteixeira@salud.unm.edu Pulmonology, Critical Care Assistant Professor
Dona Upson - VA DUpson@salud.unm.edu VA Pulmonology, Critical Care Professor
Eleana Zamora EZamora@salud.unm.edu Pulmonology, Critical Care Associate Professor
Felix Zamora - VA FeZamora@salud.unm.edu VA Pulmonology, Critical Care Assistant Professor