Faculty
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.
Dr. Thompson completed his Psychiatry Residency at Tufts University/New England Medical Center and Psychobiology Fellowship at the University of California at San Diego. Dr. Thompson’s academic career is dedicated to developing improved treatments for moods disorders and educating the next generation of psychiatrists
Instructor
Instructor
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.
Dr. Martin attended the University of California at Santa Cruz, for her bachelor’s degree and after graduation served in the Peace Corps for two years, working as a community services specialist. The US Army then awarded her a Health Professions Scholarship to attend Tulane University’s School of Medicine, and upon graduation from medical school, was commissioned as a captain, and started her residency at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and went on to also complete a fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry there. She was then transferred to Ft. Knox where she served as the Chief of Behavioral Health for four years, as well as a deployment to Camp Bucca, Iraq, a detainee facility. Her last duty station in the Army was here in Texas at Ft. Bliss. After completing her military obligation, she was the Chief of the Child and Family Behavioral Health Service at Ft. Bliss for two years before joining Texas Tech in 2015. Her interests include the integration of psychiatry and primary care and public health.
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.
Originally from Puerto Rico, Dr. Doval considers himself an El Pasoan. Dr. Doval obtained his undergraduate degree from the University of Texas at El Paso. He attended Nova Southeastern University Dr. Kiran C. Patel College of Osteopathic Medicine (NSU-KPCOM) for medical school in Florida. He completed his general psychiatry residency and child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso. His main interests include trauma-informed care (TIC), academic psychiatry, pediatric consult-liaison psychiatry, medical education, and the psychiatric care of LGBT populations. Dr. Doval has dedicated his life to teaching, supervision, and providing care to El Paso as a bilingual physician.
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.
Dr. Tonarelli received her medical education and training in Internal Medicine and Neurology at Cordoba, Argentina. She moved to the USA, did a research fellowship in Stroke, and then she completed her training in the Psychiatry field. She is a board-certified Psychiatrist by The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. She joined the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry of Texas Tech University Medical Center at El Paso in 2015 as Assistant Professor. Her main interests are related to neuropsychiatric manifestations of Traumatic Brain Injuries, Stroke, Seizures, Parkinson disease, Intellectual Disability Disorder, and other cognitive disorders. She is a bilingual physician who is committed to teaching medical students and residents and improve the mental health of the community of El Paso.
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.
Dr. Ortiz is an El Paso native. She received her medical training at the TTUHSC Paul L. Foster School of Medicine, then moved to Washington, D.C. where she completed her psychiatry residency at The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She is a diplomate of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. Dr. Ortiz also completed a fellowship in Forensic Psychiatry at the University of Maryland Medical Center. She returned home to join the Texas Tech Department of Psychiatry faculty as an Assistant Professor in 2020. Her main interests include public psychiatry, adult and juvenile forensic psychiatry, and medical education. She is a bilingual physician who is dedicated to serving the population of El Paso.
Assistant Professor
Program Director -Transmountain Psychiatry Residency Program
Dr. Monroy Tijerina is the program director of the Psychiatry Residency Program at Texas Tech Health El Paso / The Hospitals of Providence at Transmountain. She earned her medical degree from the Universidad de Monterrey and completed her psychiatry residency training at Texas Tech Physicians of El Paso at Alberta.
She’s devoted to making residency training in psychiatry an exceptional and inspiring experience, fostering an environment where residents thrive both professionally and personally. Dr. Monroy Tijerina is especially passionate about shaping future psychiatrists with a strong work ethic and intellectual curiosity, while also encouraging them to find joy and balance in their training. With a commitment to mentorship, wellness and innovation, she ensures that residency is not only rigorous and academically rewarding, but also collaborative, meaningful and enjoyable. Her dedication is centered on preparing the next generation of psychiatrists to serve the community with excellence, compassion and integrity.
Assistant Professor
Dr. Kristine Munoz Glass was born and raised in El Paso, Texas, and is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame. She obtained her medical degree at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago. She completed her psychiatry training while active duty in the U.S. Navy and honorably served seven years as a medical officer.
Following active-duty service, Dr. Glass worked as a community psychiatrist in San Diego. She returned to her hometown, serving the veteran population in the El Paso area for eight years. She is currently an assistant professor at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso.