Robert Aaronson, M.D., MACP, FCCP, FAASM
Executive Director/DIODr. Robert Aaronson is Director of Medical Education for TMC Health. He is a pulmonary, sleep, critical care and neurocritical care physician, and practices with TMCOne. He received a Bachelor of Arts summa cum laude in English literature from Columbia University and obtained his medical degree from New York University. He completed internal medicine residency at University of California-San Francisco and his pulmonary and critical care fellowship at Boston University. He is a clinical professor of medicine at the University of Arizona and Midwestern University, and an adjunct clinical professor at A.T. Still University.
Sujata Sarkar, M.D., FACR
Internal Medicine Residency DirectorDr. Sujata Sarkar is a board-certified rheumatologist. She completed her residency at MetroHealth Medical Center in Cleveland, Ohio, and a rheumatology fellowship at University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. Prior to joining Tucson Medical Center she was on faculty and served as principal investigator in NIH-sponsored research at the University of Arizona, Division of Rheumatology. In addition to patient care, she enjoys teaching, spending time with her family, traveling and tending to her vegetable garden.
David Teeple, M.D.
Transitional Residency Program DirectorDr. David Teeple is a Tucson native earning his undergraduate degree from the University of Arizona in biochemistry. He attended medical school at Columbia University College of Physician and Surgeons, and subsequently completed his neurology residency and a fellowship in epilepsy at the Barrow Neurological Institute. Dr. Teeple is on faculty at the University of Arizona Department of Neurology and has been the director of the THMEP Transitional Year Program since 2013.
Patricia Eck, D.O.
Pediatric Residency Program DirectorDr. Patricia J. Eck is a Tucson native and an Arizona State University graduate who received her medical degree from Midwestern University and completed a pediatric residency at the University of Arizona. She has worked for El Rio Community Health Center as well as TMC for Children’s Pediatric Emergency Department.
Erika Huston, DPM
Podiatry Residency Program DirectorBorn and raised in Columbus, Ohio, Dr. Erika Huston moved to Tucson in 2006 after falling in love with the mountains and the desert. She obtained both her BS and DPM degrees from Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science in North Chicago, Illinois She completed a three-year residency in podiatric medicine and surgery from the Southern Arizona VA Healthcare System in Tucson. She is board-certified in foot surgery and specializes in wound care and limb salvage.
Samantha Low, PharmD, BCPS
Pharmacy Residency Program DirectorSamantha Low is a clinical coordinator and residency program director at Tucson Medical Center. She graduated from Midwestern University – College of Pharmacy, Glendale, in 2006. She completed her PGY1 at Tucson Medical Center. Sam has varied clinical pharmacy experience, including adult surgery, critical care, nutrition support and most recently, informatics.
Thomas E. Waggoner, D.O.
Structural Heart Fellowship Program DirectorThomas Waggoner, D.O., FACC, FSCAI, FSVM, RPVI is a structural interventional cardiologist, medical director of the structural heart disease program, program director for the structural heart disease fellowship and medical director of the cardiovascular research program at TMC and fellowship. He is the principal investigator in multiple ongoing structural heart clinical research studies as well as a national physician proctor for many of the latest complex trans-catheter cardiac devices. He has performed many first-in-patient cardiac device implants in Southern Arizona and is a leading structural interventional cardiologist in the region.
