UNM Orthopaedic Faculty | School of Medicine

Welcome to the Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

Orthopaedic Surgery Faculty

The UNM Department of Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation has been leading the way in quality orthopaedic care for New Mexico for over 40 years. We are committed to achieving excellence in health care provider education and musculoskeletal research as we provide patients with the most advanced general and subspecialty orthopaedic care available.

We are the only Level-1 Trauma Center in New Mexico and train future medical professionals in cutting-edge practices. Our mission is to improve education and awareness of orthopaedic conditions and injury prevention.

We also have a high-quality research program to advance our field. Research activities in the department are geared toward instilling a passion in our trainees for advancing the field. The faculty is also engaged in projects with colleagues in the Civil and Mechanical Engineering departments to advance the orthopaedic technology.

Our faculty currently consists of more than 30 orthopaedic surgeons and physical therapists combined. We have 25 residents and 5 fellows specializing in hand, sports, and trauma.

Meet Our Faculty

Foot & Ankle

Katherine Gavin, MD

Title: Assistant Professor
Specialty: Foot & Ankle
Medical School: Medical College of Wisconsin
Residency: University of New Mexico
Fellowship: Foot & Ankle - Rush University

Richard A. Miller, MD

Title: Professor
Specialty: Foot and Ankle Surgery
Medical School: University of California, Los Angeles
Residency: University of New Mexico
Fellowship: Roger A. Mann, Foot and Ankle Fellowship, Oakland, CA

Hand & Upper Extremity

Camille Aubin-Lemay, MD

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Deana Mercer, MD

Title: Tenured Professor
Specialty: Shoulder and Elbow Surgery and Hand Microvascular Surgery
Medical School: University of New Mexico
Residency: University of New Mexico
Fellowship: Shoulder and Elbow; University of Washington
Fellowship: Hand; University of New Mexico

Elizabeth A. Mikola, MD

Title: Professor
Chief, Hand and Microvascular Surgery Division
Specialty: Hand and Microvascular Surgeon
Medical School: University of Missouri- Kansas City
Residency: University of Texas- Houston
Fellowship: University of New Mexico

Moheb S. Moneim, MD

Title: Professor & Chair Emeritus
Specialty: Reconstructive Hand Surgery & peripheral nerve problems.
Residency: Duke University of North Carolina
Fellowship: Hospital for Special Surgery affiliated with Cornell Medical School in New York

Nathan Morrell, MD

Title: Assistant Professor
Specialty: Hand, Upper Extremity, & Microvascular Surgery
Medical School: Stanford University
Residency: University of New Mexico
Fellowship: Hand, Upper Extremity, & Microvascular Surgery - Brown University

Oncology

David H. Chafey, MD

Title: Associate Professor
Specialty: Musculoskeletal Oncology, and Orthopaedic Trauma
Medical School: Ponce School of Medicine
Residency: Orthopaedics; Baylor College of Medicine
Fellowship: Trauma; Sonoran Orthopaedic Trauma Surgeons
Fellowship: Musculoskeletal Oncology; University of Texas MD Anderson

Pediatrics

Patrick Bosch, MD

Title: Staff Physician
Specialty: General Pediatrics and Pediatric Spine
Medical School: University of Iowa
Residency: University of Pittsburgh
Fellowship: Texas Scottish Rite - Dallas

Joanne Abby Marasigan, MD

Title: Assistant Professor
Specialty: Pediatric orthopaedics
Medical School: SUNY - Upstate Medical University - Syracuse, NY
Residency: University of Missouri - Kansas City, MO
Fellowship: Children's Hospital at Westmead - South Wales, Australia

Deana Mercer, MD

Title: Associate Professor
Specialty: Shoulder and Elbow Surgery and Hand Microvascular Surgery
Medical School: University of New Mexico
Residency: University of New Mexico
Fellowship: Shoulder and Elbow; University of Washington
Fellowship: Hand; University of New Mexico

Selina Silva, MD

Title: Associate Professor
Specialty: Pediatric
Medical School: University of Colorado
Residency: University of New Mexico (UNM)
Fellowship:Pediatric Orthopaedic; University of Michigan

Gehron Treme, MD

Title: Associate Professor
Specialty: Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Medical School: Louisiana State University
Residency: University of New Mexico
Fellowship: University of Virginia

Andrew J. Veitch, MD

Title: Associate Professor
Specialty: Sports Medicine
Head Team Physician: UNM Lobos
Medical School: University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Residency: University of New Mexico School of Medicine
Fellowship: University of California at Los Angeles

Podiatry

Attlee Benally, DPM

Title: Assistant Professor
Specialty: Podiatry
Medical School: California College of Podiatric Medicine
Post Medical School: Jerry Pettis Memorial VA Hospital
Post Medical School: Saint Joseph's Hospital

Eric J. Lew, DPM

Title: Assistant Professor
Specialty: Podiatry
Medical School: Des Moines University College of Podiatric Medicine
Residency: Cleveland Clinic - Kaiser Permanente
Fellowship: University of Arizona College of Medicine and the Southern Arizona Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA)

Shoulder & Elbow

Deana Mercer, MD

Elizabeth A. Mikola, MD

Nathan Morrell, MD

Dustin L. Richter, MD

Title: Assistant Professor
Sports Medicine Fellowship Director
Director of Orthopaedics Sports Medicine Research
Specialty: Sports Medicine
Medical School: University of New Mexico
Residency: University of New Mexico
Fellowship: Sports Medicine - University of Virginia

Robert C. Schenck Jr., MD

Title: Professor & Chair Emeritus
Specialty: Sports Medicine
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University
Residency: Johns Hopkins University
Fellowship: Cincinnati Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center
Fellowship: The St. Alphonsus Coughlin Clinic, Foot and Ankle Center of Excellence

Gehron Treme, MD

Title: Interim Chair & Professor
Specialty: Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Medical School: Louisiana State University
Residency: University of New Mexico
Fellowship: University of Virginia

Andrew J. Veitch, MD

Daniel C. Wascher, MD

Title: Professor
Specialty: Sports Medicine
Medical School: St. Louis University
Residency: University of Rochester
Fellowship: UCLA

Spine

Patrick Bosch, MD

Umesh Metkar, MD

Title: Associate Professor
Specialty: Orthopaedic Spine Surgery
Medical School: NDMVPS’s Medical College, Nashik, India
Residency: King Edward VII Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, India
Fellowship: Spine Surgery Research Fellowship Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Fellowship: Pediatric Orthopedics Fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Fellowship: Harvard Combined Orthopedic Spine Surgery fellowship, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Boston, MA
Fellowship: Spine surgery fellowship at SUNY Upstate Medical Center , Syracuse, NY

Urvij Modhia, MBBS, MD

Title: Associate Professor
Specialty: Orthopaedic Trauma & Spine
Medical School: BJ Medical College
Residency: V.S. General Hospital, SMT NHL Municipal Medical College - Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad, India
Fellowship: Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, University of California San Francisco
Fellowship: Orthopaedic Trauma, University of New Mexico
Fellowship: Pediatric Orthopaedics, Johns Hopkins

Andrew J. Paterson, MD

Title: Associate Professor
Specialty: Adult Spine Surgery
Medical School: University of Louisville
Residency: University of New Mexico
Fellowship: Panorama Orthopedics and Spine Center in Golden, Colorado

Sports Medicine

Rebecca Dutton, MD

Title: Assistant Professor
Specialties: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine
Medical School: University of California - San Francisco
Internship Internal Medicine; Kaiser Permanente
Residency: Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation; Stanford University
Fellowship: Sports Medicine; Stanford University

Dustin L. Richter, MD

Robert C. Schenck Jr., MD

Title: Chairman Emeritus
Specialty: Sports Medicine
Medical School: Johns Hopkins University
Residency: Johns Hopkins University
Fellowship: Cincinnati Sports Medicine & Orthopaedic Center
Fellowship: The St. Alphonsus Coughlin Clinic, Foot and Ankle Center of Excellence

Christopher Shultz, MD

Title: Assistant Professor
Specialty: Adult Reconstructive Surgery
Medical School: University of Arizona
Residency: University of New Mexico
Fellowship: Duke University

Gehron Treme, MD

Title: Professor & Interim Chair
Specialty: Orthopaedic Sports Medicine
Medical School: Louisiana State University
Residency: University of New Mexico
Fellowship: University of Virginia

Andrew J. Veitch, MD

Daniel C. Wascher, MD

Title: Professor
Specialty: Sports Medicine
Medical School: St. Louis University
Residency: University of Rochester
Fellowship: UCLA

Total Joints

Samer Kakish, MD

Title: Assistant Professor
Specialty: Adult Lower Extremity Reconstruction, Orthopaedic Trauma
Medical School: Jordan University of Science and Technology
Orthopaedic Training: FRCS (Tr and Orth); Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland
Higher Education: Masters in Trauma and Orthopaedic Surgery; University of Warwick, England
Fellowship: Lower Extremity Reconstruction; University at Buffalo, NY
Fellowship: Orthopaedic Trauma; University of New Mexico, NM

Rick J. Gehlert, MD

Title: Professor
Specialty: Orthopaedic Trauma and the Division of Adult Reconstructive Surgery
Medical School: University of Maryland
Residency: Ohio State University
Fellowship - Trauma: University of Pittsburgh

Christopher Shultz, MD

Title: Assistant Professor
Specialty: Adult Reconstructive Surgery
Medical School:
Residency: University of New Mexico
Fellowship:

Daniel C. Wascher, MD

Title: Professor
Specialty: Sports Medicine
Medical School: St. Louis University
Residency: University of Rochester
Fellowship: UCLA

Trauma

David H. Chafey, MD

Trevor Crean, DO

Title: Assistant Professor
Specialty: Orthopaedic Trauma
Medical School: Michigan State University
Residency: McLaren Health - Michigan State University
Fellowship: Trauma; University of New Mexico

Thomas A. DeCoster, MD

Title: Chief, Division of Trauma
Specialty: Trauma and Sports Medicine
Medical School: University of Missouri Columbia
Residency: University of Vermont
Fellowship: University of Iowa (Trauma & Sports Medicine), AO (Austria and Germany 1986), Pelvic fractures (Letournel France 1990)
Sabbatical: Oxford University, England (1997)

Rick J. Gehlert, MD

Samer Kakish, MD

Gordon Lee, MD

Title: Assistant Professor
Specialty: Orthopaedic Trauma
Medical School:
Residency:
Fellowship: Orthopaedic Trauma, University of New Mexico

Urvij Modhia, MBBS, MD

Title: Assistant Professor
Specialty: Orthopaedic Trauma & Spine
Medical School: BJ Medical College
Residency: V.S. General Hospital, SMT NHL Municipal Medical College - Ellisbridge, Ahmedabad, India
Fellowship: Orthopaedic Spine Surgery, University of California San Francisco
Fellowship: Orthopaedic Trauma, University of New Mexico
Fellowship: Pediatric Orthopaedics, Johns Hopkins

Matthew Wharton, MD

Title: Assistant Professor
Specialty: Orthopaedic Trauma & Adult Reconstruction
Medical School: University of Arizona
Residency: University of New Mexico
Fellowship: University of Kentucky

Orthopaedics & Rehabilitation

Academic Office

1 University of New Mexico

MSC10 5600

Albuquerque, NM 87131

Phone: (505) 272-4107

Fax: (505) 272-8098