Family Medicine Mentoring Program (FMMP)
The Department of Family and Community Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center is dedicated to teaching medicine. Knowing that the first stages for entering a career in medicine begin in undergraduate, they have started a mentoring program to help inform prospective medical students about the role of a physician.
To join the FMMP, Texas Tech students simply need to be an official member of the Dr. Bernard Harris Premedical Society and be within 1 year of making their application to medical school. Membership is available to any and all students at Texas Tech University and/or Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center.
If you are an underclassmen, and are interested in having a mentor, please consider joining the Medical Student Mentoring Program (MSMP). Contact the program advisor, Trevor Yates, at 806.743.2297.
Download 2007-2008 Mentoring Program Guidelines
faculty Mentors 2007-2008
Resident Mentors 2007-2008
Faculty Mentor Backgrounds
Kelly Bennett, M.D.
Medical School: Texas A&M University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, 1994
Residency: Texas Tech University Health Science Center, Department of Family Medicine, 1998
Staff Physician: Texas Tech University Student Health, 1998-1999
Chief of Staff, Student Health, 1999-2002
Medical Director, Texas Tech University Student Health Services, 2002-present
Clinical Assistant Professor, 1999-2005
Assistant Professor, 2005 - present
Co-Founder, Family Medicine Mentoring Program, 2006
Jaye Cole, M.D.
Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, 1981
Residency Training: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine Department of Family Medicine, 1997
Staff Physician, Covenant Medical Group, 1997-2006
Assistant Professor, 2006-present
Assistant Residency Program Director, 2007-present
Tommie Farrell, M.D.
Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 1992
Residency Training: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Clerkship Director: 2003-2007
Assistant Professor: 2003-2007
Kit Linton, M.D.
Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 1981
Residency Training: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Amarillo Department of Family Medicine
Private Practice: 1984-2005
Clinical Professor: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Department of Family Medicine, 1984-2005
Assistant Professor: 2005-present
Fiona Prabhu, M.D., ABFP
Medical School: Texas A&M University School of Medicine, 1995
Residency Training: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Amarillo Department of Family Medicine
Fellowship Training in Academic Medicine, 1999
Director, Pre-Doctoral Program Team, 1998-present
Course Director, Skills for Patient Assessment
Co-Clerkship Director, Family Medicine Clerkship
Medical Director, Carillon Living Center
Assistant Professor: 1998-present
James McDonald, M.D.
Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, 2002
Residency Training: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine, Amarillo
Physician, Texas Tech University, Student Health Services, 2005 - present
Assistant Medical Director, TTU Student Health Services, 2007-present
Clinical Faculty, 2005-present
R. Michael Ragain, M.D., M.S.Ed.
Medical School: University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, 1992
Residency Training: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Masters Training, University of Southern California
Associate Residency Director, 199-1997
Residency Director, 1997-2002
Education Director, 2001-present
Assistant Professor, 1996-2002
Associate Professor, 2002-present
Chair, 2002-present
Resident Mentor Backgrounds
Travis King, M.D., PGY II
Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, 2006
Residency Training: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Undergraduate: B.S. Eastern New Mexico University
Second year mentor, Family Medicine Mentoring Program
Michael Kurz, M.D. PGY I
Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, 2007
Residency Training: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Undergraduate: B.S. Texas A&M University
Joshua Phillips, M.D./M.B.A. PGY II
Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, Rawls College of Business Administration Health Organization Management Program, 2006
Residency Training: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Undergraduate: B.S. Texas Tech University
Jenny Wiggins-Smith, D.O. PGY II
Medical School: University of North Texas Health Sciences Center, UNT School of Osteopathic Medicine, 2006
Residency Training: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Masters: M.S. University of North Texas Health Sciences Center
Undergraduate: B.S. University of North Texas
Marissa Yates, M.D. PGY III
Medical School: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, School of Medicine, 2005
Residency Training: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine
Undergraduate: B.S. University of Texas at El Paso
