Program Leadership
Meet the faculty dedicated to training the next generation of physicians at Methodist San Antonio.
Bravein Amalakuhan, MD, FCCP
Program Director
Jairo Melo, MD, FCCP
Associate Program Director · Director of Education
Fernando Triana, MD, FACC
Associate Program Director · Director of Strategic Operations
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Shankar Sanka, MD
Associate Program Director · Director of Clinical Operations
Claudia Maidana-Paz, MD, FACP
Director of Outpatient Medicine · Ambassador to the American College of Physicians
Neil Patel, MD
Core Faculty · Director of Scheduling & System Integration
Faraz Fiazuddin, MD
Core Faculty · Director of Culture & Values
Bishal Sinha, MD
Core Faculty · Director of Hospital Medicine
Vamsi Surapaneni, MD
Core Faculty · Director of Quality Improvement
Ali Abedi, MD, FCCP, DAABIP
Subspecialty Director of Pulmonology · Director of Patient Safety
Nandish Thukral, MD, FSCAI
Teaching Faculty · Director of Recruitment & Marketing
Hitesh Gidwani, MD
Subspecialty Director of Critical Care · Director of Simulation & Artificial Intelligence
Ananth Prasad, MD
Subspecialty Director of Cardiology · Director of Innovation
Fernando Vasquez de Lara, MD
Teaching Faculty · Director of Point-of-Care Ultrasound
Marichel Marcolino, MD
Teaching Faculty · Director of Preventative Medicine
Melissa Medley, MD
Teaching Faculty · Director of Value-Based Care
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Sumeet Chavan, MD
Teaching Faculty · Director of Nocturnal Medicine
Jeffrey Jones, MD
Teaching Faculty · Director of Infection Prevention