Residency Program Faculty & Staff

Our Commitment to You

As teaching physicians, we take our role as Faculty members very seriously. As medicine continues to change, we must keep current with quality measures, patient satisfaction trends and best practice recommendations. In doing so, we are able to provide our Residents with the skills they need to treat and care for their patients and the community.

Our Faculty

	La Toya Jackson, MS, DO, FAAFP	Director, Family Medicine Residency Program
	Undergraduate	Xavier University of Louisiana, New Orleans, Louisiana
	Medical School	University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey – School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, New Jersey
	Residency	Georgia Health Sciences University (Medical College of Georgia) (Fellowship - University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - Department of Family Medicine Faculty Development Fellowship)
	Board Certified	American Osteopathic Board of Family Medicine

	Danielle Andrews, MD, MPH
	Undergraduate	Clark Atlanta University, Atlanta, Georgia
	Graduate	Boston University School of Public Health
	Medical School	Boston University School of Medicine
	Residency	Phoebe Family Medicine Residency, Albany, Georgia
	Fellowship	Behavioral Health at the University of Alabama
	Board Certified	American Board of Family Medicine

	Lauren Carpenter, MD, MDiv
	Undergraduate	University of California, Santa Barbara, Goleta, California
	Graduate	Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California
	Medical School	Loma Linda University School of Medicine, Loma Linda, California
	Residency	University of Missouri Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri
	Board Certified	American Board of Family Medicine

	Ravi Shekarappa, MD
	Undergraduate
	Medical School	Karnatek Medical College, Karnatek University, Hubli, India
	Residency	John H. Stroger Hospital of Cook County Hospital Internal Medicine Residency
	Board Certified	American Board of Internal Medicine

	Christopher D. Watson, MD, MPH
	Undergraduate	University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Alabama
	Graduate School	Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia
	Medical School	Meharry Medical College, Nashville, Tennessee
	Residency	Indiana University - Methodist Hospital Family Medicine Residency - School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
	Fellowship	A.D. Brickler Obstetrics Fellowship at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, Tallahassee, Florida
	Board Certified	American Board of Family Medicine

	Xiaoyun Iris Yang, MD, PhD
	Undergraduate	Tianjin Medical University, Tianjin, China
	Graduate School	Wayne State University, Ph.D of Molecular Biology/Developmental Biology, Detroit, Michigan
	Medical School	Tianjin Medical University (MBBS) - Beijing Institute of Geriatrics and Peking Union Medical College (MS), Beijing, China
	Residency	Detroit Medical Center, Wayne State University, Michigan
	Board Certified	American Board of Internal Medicine

Our Staff

Dawn Carpenter serves as Medical Education Coordinator and has been with Houston Healthcare since 2008. During this time, she has worked with Physician Recruiting, Education and the Residency Program.