Michael Garza is a certified Acute Care nurse practitioner specialized in general cardiology. He has worked at UTMB for over 11 years all within the division of cardiology, most notably in the cardiac Cath and EP labs and as a cardiac device specialist working with pacemaker and defibrillator patients. He has a background in psychiatric nursing prior to cardiology. He obtained his MSN from the University of Texas Health Science Center Houston specialized as an Adult Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner and received all his clinical training with UTMB cardiology providers.

Prior to becoming a nurse, he obtained a BS from UHCL in biology / biotechnology and worked in research on the space flight viral immunity team for NASA at the Johnson Space Center. He has lived in Galveston County his whole life and is dedicated to providing the highest quality care to his patients. In his free time, he enjoys spending time with his wife, two sons, family, and friends.

Prior to acquiring her Nurse Practitioner's license in 2015, Adetutu worked as an RN in the TDCJ Women's Unit for nine years. In her role as Nurse Practitioner, she will be working primarily on a grant, "Identifying Therapeutic Targets of Accelerated Sarcopenia".

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Dr. Alkhateeb is a clinical and invasive cardiologist at UTMB. He completed his Internal Medicine residency at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, Cardiovascular Disease fellowship at University of Texas Health Sciences Center in San Antonio. Dr. Alkhateeb is board certified in Cardiovascular Disease, Internal Medicine, Adult Comprehensive Echocardiography and Nuclear Cardiology. He is a Fellow of the American College of Cardiology.

Dr. Alkhateeb’s interests include medical education of students, residents and cardiology fellows. Prior to joining UTMB, he served as the associate director for the Cardiovascular Disease fellowship program at Texas Tech University Health Schiences Center in El Paso. His clinical interests include pulmonary hypertension, heart failure, valvular heart disease, Echocardiography and multi-modality imaging.

Dr. Alwash specializes in cardiology and practices in the Clinical Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory.

Dr. Alwash earned his MD degree from Baghdad University College of Medicine, Baghdad, Iraq (2009). He completed his residency in internal Medicine at Wayne State University-School of Medicine, Rochester, MI (2018), an advanced Heart Failure and Heart Transplant fellowship at UTMB (2019) and a fellowship in Cardiovascular Medicine at UTMB Hospital (2023). Then he completed a fellowship in Interventional Cardiology at UTMB (2024).

Trudy Nguyen is a Nurse Practitioner in Internal Medicine, specializing in Cardiology. She completed her academic training in Massachusetts and was immersed in a wide variety of medical settings throughout the Boston area, including inpatient and outpatient internal medicine, private practice, and community clinics. Trudy is bilingual and speaks fluent Vietnamese.

Trudy graduated from Regis College with a master's degree in nursing, obtaining certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She is also a member of the Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society. Upon graduation, Trudy and her fiancé (along with a dog, cat, bird, and fish) permanently relocated to League City to be closer to family and to pursue her passions in cardiology at UTMB.

Sinju Jacob is a nurse practitioner specializing in general cardiology. She has over 17 years of experience in direct patient care. She graduated in 2003 with a BSN and worked in various cardiac and acute care settings in India and United states. She completed her MSN – NP in 2017 from UTMB school of nursing., and she holds a certification from American Academy of nurse practitioners as an Adult gerontology nurse practitioner. Before becoming a part of UTMB cardiology she has worked in internal medicine setting. she has been taking care of patients in both inpatient and outpatient setting. She has received various awards and scholarships in her academic and professional career. She is passionate about patient education. She believes strongly in preventive medicine.

She is multilingual she can speak Malayalam, and Hindi fluently. She loves to read and travel. Singing is her another passion. She is settled in league city, Texas with her husband and 3 children.

Dr Motiwala is an Interventional Cardiologist with expertise in catheter-based management of coronary, peripheral vascular, and structural heart disease. He has had a strong interest in cardiovascular diseases since the early days of medical school. After medical school he completed residency training in Dallas, TX and then moved to Chicago for his Cardiology fellowship. He moved to Philadelphia for his Interventional Cardiology fellowship and is excited to be back to Texas as Assistant Professor at UTMB. When not working, Dr Motiwala enjoys travelling and spending time with his family. He is also an avid runner and enjoys various sports in his free time.

Sonia Nimtz is a Nurse Practitioner in General Cardiology. She graduated from UTMB with a bachelor's degree in nursing and then worked as an RN in Cardiology. She later went on to obtain certification as a Family Nurse Practitioner from the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners after graduating from UTMB with a master's degree in Nursing. Sonia is a member of Sigma Theta Tau International Nursing Honor Society, as well as a member of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners. She has a passion for cardiology – working with patients to help them achieve maximum cardiovascular health through positive health behaviors and knowledge of their medications and disease process. She loves to garden, cook, and bake. She and her husband love to travel and enjoy spending time with family.

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