Current Fellows

Elissa Foster, DO

PGY-5

  • Hometown: Joshua, Texas
  • Medical School: UNT Health Science Center Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine, Ft. Worth, TX
  • Internal Medicine Residency: MountainView Regional Medical Center, Las Cruces, NM
  • Career Interests: General Nephrology, Home Dialysis
  • Interests: Backpacking/hiking, snow-skiing, and running
  • Where can you be found on a Dallas weekend?   Spending time with my husband and daughter; cookouts with friends; walking trails!

Tanya Geranpayeh, MD

PGY-4

  • Hometown: Tehran, Iran
  • Medical School: Iran University of Medical Sciences
  • Internal Medicine Residency: Jamaica Hospital Medical Center, New York, NY
  • Career Interests: General Nephrology
  • Interests: Learning new instrumental music, watching TV shows
  • Where can you be found on a Dallas weekend?  Eating out or hanging out with friends. Sometimes just need a lazy weekend at home.

Samiya Yasin, MD

PGY-4

  • Hometown: Karachi, Pakistan
  • Medical School:  Dow University of Health Sciences in Pakistan
  • Internal Medicine Residency: LSU, Shreveport, LA
  • Career Interests: General Nephrology
  • Interests: Traveling
  • Where can you be found on a Dallas weekend? Exploring the city with my family, including my 2 beautiful children.

Alumni gallery

NameAdditional FellowshipCurrent Employment
Dr. Lois Damian, MDPrivate Practice, Port Charlotte, FL
Dr. Shilpa Sannapaneni, MDPrivate Practice, Detroit, MI
Dr. Jesse Diaz Perez, MDVeterans Affairs, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Dr. Jasmeet Gill, MD Dallas Nephrology Associates, North Dallas/Texas Health Presbyterian
Dr. Kareem Genena, MDTransplant Nephrology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota 
Dr. Muhammad Ajmal Khan Panezai, MDTransplant NephrologyIndiana University
Dr. Antonio Gabriel De Leon Corona, MDPalliative MedicinePrivate practice
Dr. Salma Elbehary, MD Private practice
Dr. Muthanna Saraireh, MD Private practice
Dr. Jeffrey Klein, MDTransplant Nephrology, University of OregonUniversity of Kansas Medical Center
Dr. Valerie Tan, MD Hawaii Nephrologists, Hilo, Hawaii
Dr. Hamed Pashaei, MD Private practice, Scarborough, Ontario
Dr. Mariana Yager, MD Dallas Nephrology Associates- Ft. Worth
Dr. Catalina Sanchez-Hanson, MDPalliative MedicineDallas Nephrology Associates-Dallas/BUMC
Dr. Tapan Patel, MD Dallas Nephrology Associates, North Dallas/Texas Health Presbyterian, Program Director, IM residency at TH Presbyterian
Dr. Daniel Richey, DO Dallas Nephrology Associates- Ft. Worth
Dr. Ankit Mehta, MD Dallas Nephrology Associates-Dallas/BUMC, Program Director, IM residency, BUMC
Previous fellows of BUMC Nephrology Program