Faculty

Peter Thompson
Peter Thompson, M.D., M.S.

Professor
Chairman
Hunt Family Endowed Chair in Psychiatry
Director, Southwest Brain Bank

Dr. Peter Thompson is a professor and the Hunt Family Endowed Chair of Psychiatry. He also serves as the Director of the Mood Disorders division and the Director of the Southwest Brain Bank. He had established the first brain bank at University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio and now at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. 

Dayle Alonso, M.D.
Dayle Alonso, M.D.

Instructor

Sonia Joutteaux, M.D.
Sonia Joutteaux, M.D.

Instructor

Sarah Martin
Sarah Martin, M.D.

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Division Director,  Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program
Medical Director of Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium Texas Tech El Paso

Dr. Sarah Martin is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry. She is the Division Director of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and supervises residents and fellows in several different rotations. She is also the medical director of Texas Tech El Paso’s area of responsibility in the Texas Child Mental Health Care Consortium, a 16-county region that extends all the way along the border to Eagle Pass. 

Fernando Doval Perez, D.O.
Fernando Doval Perez, D.O.  

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

Associate Program Director, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program

Dr. Fernando Doval is an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. He supervises medical students, residents, and fellows in several rotations. He participates in the Child Psychiatry Access Network (CPAN) and Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT) programs which provide psychiatry consults to pediatric providers and local schools, respectively.

Silvina Tonarelli
Silvina Tonarelli, M.D.

Associate Professor, Psychiatry
Program Director, Department of Psychiatry Residency Program

Dr. Silvina Tonarelli is the Psychiatry Residency Training Program director of the Alberta campus. She is also an associate professor in the Texas Tech Health El Paso Psychiatry Department and supervises residents in the outpatient neuropsychiatric division at Texas Tech Health El Paso and clinical liaison rotation at University Medical Center of El Paso.

Patricia Ortiz, M.D
Patricia Ortiz, M.D

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Clerkship Director

Dr. Patricia Ortiz is the clerkship director and an assistant professor in the Texas Tech Health El Paso Department of Psychiatry. She is also the academic medical director for Emergence Health Network and supervises residents in the outpatient psychiatric clinic at Texas Tech Health El Paso.

Alma Liliana Monroy Tijerina, M.D.
Alma Liliana Monroy Tijerina, M.D.

Assistant Professor

Program Director -Transmountain Psychiatry Residency Program

Kristine Munoz Glass, M.D.
Kristine Munoz Glass, M.D.

Assistant Professor