GETAC- Trauma Systems Committee

Current Members

The Council appoints committees it considers necessary to perform its duties. Committees meet in conjunction with the quarterly GETAC meetings or as necessary to conduct committee business.

Council Liaisons: Brian Eastridge, MD; Della Johnson, RN; Alan Tyroch, MD 

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Name

Affiliation

Location

Term Expires

Stephen Flaherty, MD
Committee Chair

Envision Physician Services
Regional Medical Director

Del Sol Medical Center
Trauma Medical Director

El Paso, TX
79902

12/2026

Lori Robb, RN
Committee Vice-Chair

Baylor Scott & White
Regional Director - Trauma Services

Waco, TX
76712

12/2024

Raul Barreda, MD

DHR Health
Chief of Acute Care Surgery

McAllen, TX
78504

12/2025

Jennifer Carr,  RN

CHRISTUS Spohn Health System
Vice President of Trauma Services 

Corpus Christi, TX
78414

12/2026

Aileen Ebadat, MD

Texas Acute Care Surgery
Trauma Medical Director

Austin, TX
78745

12/2026

KaLinda Evans, RN

Cook Children's Medical Center
Trauma Program Manager 

Ft. Worth, TX
76104

12/2024

Dawn Koepp, RN

CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System
Regional Director of Trauma Services 

New Braunfels, TX
78130

12/2026

Wesley Milum, RN

Harlingen Medical Center
Trauma Program Manager

Harlingen, TX
78550

12/2024

Timothy Nunez, MD

Brooke Army Medical Center
Chief, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care

Ft. Sam Houston, TX
78234

12/2025

Shawn Patton, RN

Wise Health System
Trauma Program Manager

Decatur, TX
76234

12/2025

Howard Pryor, MD

Texas Children’s Hospital 
Trauma Medical Director 

Houston, TX
77030

12/2024

Craig Rhyne, MD

Covenant Health Systems
Chief Medical Officer

Lubbock, TX
79410

12/2026

Kathy Rodgers, RN

Christus Southeast Texas St. Elizabeth
Trauma Director

Beaumont, TX
77702

12/2024

Scott Sagraves, MD

Baylor Scott & White
Medical Director - Trauma Services
Central Texas Division

Temple, TX
76508

12/2026

Kate Schaefer, RN, NREMT

Childress Regional Medical Center
Emergency Department Director
Trauma Program Manager

Childress, TX
79201

12/2025

Elizabeth Scherer, MD

UT Health San Antonio
Associate Professor, Surgical Trauma ICU Director, Surgical Critical Care & Trauma Fellowships Director

San Antonio, TX
78229

12/2026

Zachary Ward, LP

Memorial Hermann
Program Director, EMS

Houston, TX
77024

12/2024

Past Meetings 

November 19, 2023

Agenda

Report

August 17, 2023

Agenda

Report

June 8, 2023

Agenda

Report

March 8, 2023

Agenda

Report

Committee Resources

Best Practice Guidelines

Education

 

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