Faculty

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

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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. 

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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.

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Dr. Kristine Muñoz 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 back 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.

Dr. De Vargas received her medical education at the Universidad del Valle in Cali, Colombia, followed by training in General Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry when she moved to the USA. Dr. De Vargas has Board Certification in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and has been with the department for over twenty years. Dr. de Vargas’ main professional interests include medical and mental health effects of childhood trauma experiences and resilience in pediatric psychiatric groups, mental health problems in unaccompanied minors who migrate to the US, innovative ways to treat children and adolescents with resistant depression and risk for suicide, and evidence- based interventions in children who have been traumatized, among other things. She is passionate about disseminating a trauma-informed care and practice to all trainees to promote a safe, stigma-free, compassionate and collaborative method of caring for the children, adolescents and their families.

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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. 

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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.

Dr. Longhurst is a native El Pasoan. She received a Ph.D. in Psychology from Texas Tech University and M.Ed. in Counseling from the University of Texas at El Paso. She completed a pre-doctoral internship and a post-doctoral fellowship in Primary Care/Health Psychology at the South Texas Veterans Health Care System (STVHCS) in San Antonio. She joined the Texas Tech Health El Paso Department of Psychiatry faculty in 2018. Her primary clinical and research interests include the intersection of physical health and mental health concerns, integrated care, wellness, and multicultural issues, particularly those impacting Mexicans/Mexican Americans. She has a strong interest in training future clinicians in the provision of services to underserved populations, such as the people of her hometown of El Paso. Her longterm career goals include expanding the presence of primary care behavioral health integration services and services for oncology patients in the El Paso community, and building a body of research examining the impact of integrated care and wellness interventions.

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Dr. Christopher Castaneda attended medical school at the University of Chicago Pritzker School of Medicine where he was picked by his peers to be a part of the Gold Humanism Honor Society. He completed his Psychiatry residency at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center and is board certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. He joined the faculty of the Department of Psychiatry in 2020 as Assistant Professor. His interests are Emergency Psychiatry, Schizophrenia, and suicide prevention.