Everett College

Everett College is named after Carl E. Everett, D.O.  Dr. Everett was one of the three founding members of the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine.  As Secretary-Treasurer of the TCOM Board of Directors, Dr. Everett served as the initial fundraiser for TCOM and actively pursued support in the local community and throughout the nation for the new osteopathic medical school.  The medical school went from a written proposal to the admission of its first class in four short years.   During his tenure on the board, the institution was transformed from a private osteopathic medical school into a state-affiliated medical school with North Texas State University (now the University of North Texas).   For more than forty years, Dr. Everett has served as an advisor to the institution in numerous capacities.

His vision along that of his colleagues Drs. Beyer and Luibel ultimately led to the development of one nation’s top osteopathic medical schools and one the nation’s top medical schools for primary care medicine.  The health science center’s main building: the Carl E. Everett Education and Administration Building is named after him.

Dr. Everett passed away August 27, 2012.

Everett College Faculty Director

Yein Lee, DO, MMS, FAAPMR

Assistant Professor
Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Yein.Lee@unthsc.edu

Education/Training

Yein Lee DO, MMS, FAAPMR, is an Assistant Professor at the University of North Texas Health Science Center (UNTHSC) – Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM). She graduated from UMDNJ-SOM, which is now Rowan University of School of Osteopathic Medicine in 2011. She completed her internship at Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago, IL. She then transitioned to Philadelphia for Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation residency at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital. Upon completion of her residency program in 2015, Dr. Lee moved to Fort Worth to complete a Plus One NMM/OMM program, where she then joined as faculty in 2016. At UNTHSC, she has joined the Texas Center for Performing Arts Health and currently treats a variety of neuromusculoskeletal pathologies related to all forms of performing arts. Dr. Lee is one of the course directors at TCOM and regularly teaches student doctors and residents in her outpatient musculoskeletal and performing arts medicine clinic. Dr. Lee is board certified in Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation and Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine/ Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine. She loves her daily teaching and mentoring relationships with student doctors and residents. Dr. Lee is also excited about treating a variety of neuromusculoskeletal pathologies in many different patient care settings. As a lifelong musician, she is passionate about serving the performing arts community by treating their musculoskeletal injuries and coordinating care for this unique population, ultimately helping them to perform at their best.

Everett College Faculty Advisors

Christopher Medina, DO

Assistant Professor
Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Christopher.Medina@unthsc.edu

Education/Training

Christopher Medina DO, is an Assistant Professor at the Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine (TCOM). He graduated from Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine (TOUROCOM) in Harlem, NY, in 2012. He then completed a 4-year Integrated Family Medicine / Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (FM/NMM) residency at Stony Brook Southampton Hospital, obtaining dual board certification in Family Medicine by the AOBFP and in Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine / Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine (NMM/OMM) by the AOBNMM. Upon completion of his residency program in 2016, Dr. Medina continued as faculty at Southampton Hospital, serving for 2 years as Medical Director of Westhampton Primary Care Center and as Curriculum Director for the Family Medicine, FM/NMM, and NMM Plus 1 Residencies. He then transitioned into academia, joining the University of Incarnate Word School of Osteopathic Medicine (UIWSOM) in San Antonio, Texas, where he taught throughout the curriculum and served as the director of the Developing Osteopathic Clinical Skills program- an integrated Physical Diagnosis and OMM clinical skills course for the OMS I and OMS II years. In September, 2020, Dr Medina moved to Fort Worth and joined TCOM and has relished the opportunity to share his passions for health and medical education from physical and virtual classrooms to clinical practice.

Raheela Hafeez, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics and Women’s Health
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
817-735-2363
Raheela.Hafeez@unthsc.edu 

Education/Training

Dr. Raheela Hafeez is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics at HSC. She has been a faculty member at TCOM since 2008. She works part-time in order to balance her professional and family life. During her limited time each week on campus, she provides medical care to her patients and teaches and mentors her students. She won the award of “Teacher of the Year” in 2020-2021. She was also voted among “Top Doctors” by Fort Worth magazine for several years in a row.

Dr. Hafeez is actively engaged in IPE activities. She mentors dietetic students from TCU, TWU and THR, Dallas.. Dr Hafeez pioneered a “Clinical Observership Program” at the pediatric department to allow international physicians to have a shadowing experience at HSC. This helped many foreign graduates advance their medical careers in the United States. Dr. Hafeez served as the director of the Tele-Medicine program for burn patients, in association with Shriners Hospital for Children, Galveston.  She also offers Telemedicine for her patients in the practice.

Nekesha Oliphant, MD, CPE

Assistant Professor
Family Medicine and Osteopathic Manipulative Medicine
Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine
Nekesha.Oliphant@unthsc.edu

Education/Training

Nekesha Oliphant, MD, CPE is board certified in Family Medicine and Psychiatry.  She completed a Family Medicine Residency at UPMC McKeesport and a Psychiatry Residency at Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic in Pittsburgh, PA. She currently serves in the Department of Psychiatry at John Peter Smith Hospital as Vice Chair of Operations, Vice Chair of Inpatient Psychiatry, and Medical Director of Outpatient Services. Additionally, Dr. Oliphant serves as the Medical Director of Grapevine Valley Hope Treatment Center and on the Elsevier Practice Update Primary Care Advisory Board.Dr. Oliphant believes every patient deserves VIP treatment. She emphasizes equitable care delivery in teaching and practice.  She participates in hospital initiatives, education, and community events focused on a diverse medical workforce. She advocates for high-quality patient outcomes by chairing the department’s quality committee and as a member of the medical group’s quality committee.

Dr. Oliphant’s efforts have not gone unnoticed. She was voted Physician of the Year for JPS Health Network in 2023. Other awards include Outstanding Leader, Fort Worth Top Doc, Texas Rising Star, Super Doctor, Department of Psychiatry Educator of the Year and Department of Psychiatry Physician of the Year.