GETAC- EMS Medical Directors Committee

Statement of Purpose

To promote a robust, responsive, flexible emergency healthcare system that is based on evidence, quality, and safety by board-certified EMS physicians with appropriate authority, compensation, and oversight of all actions of the emergency healthcare system. 


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: Sharon Ann Malone, MD; Taylor Ratcliff, MD; Gerad Troutman, MD

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NameAffiliationLocationTerm Expires
Christopher Winckler, MD
Committee Chair
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio UT Health
Assistant Clinical Professor
EMS Medical Director
San Antonio, TX
78232
12/2026
Elizabeth Fagan, MD
Committee Vice-Chair
Baylor Scott and White McKinney Emergency Department
Medical Director 
McKinney, TX
75071
12/2025
Heidi Abraham, MDAustin Travis County EMS Office of the Chief Medical Officer
Deputy Medical Director
New Braunfels, TX
78132
12/2026
Neil Gandhi, MDHouston Methodist Hospital
Regional Medical Director
Houston, TX
77025
12/2025
Stephen Harper, MDUT Health San Antonio
Deputy Medical Director SAFD
San Antonio, TX
78201
12/2027
Jeffrey Jarvis, MDMetropolitan Area EMS Authority Office of the Medical Director
CMO & System Medical Director
Fort Worth, TX
76116
12/2026
Carlos Palacio, MDSTHS- McAllen 
Trauma Surgeon
McAllen, TX
78503
12/2027
Casey Patrick, MDMontgomery County Hospital District EMS
Medical Director
Conroe, TX
77304
12/2025
Mark Sparkman, MDUniversity of Texas HSC at San Antonio Department of Emergency Medicine
Associate Professor
San Antonio, TX
78229
12/2025

Past Meetings

August 2025AgendaReport
June 2025AgendaReport
March 6, 2025AgendaReport
November 2024AgendaReport
August 2024Agenda 
June 2024Agenda 
March 2024Agenda 
November 2023Agenda 
August 2023Agenda 
June 2023AgendaReport
March 2023Agenda 

Texas Medical Board Rules

Link to view Emergency Medical Service §§197.1-197.6 rule related to providing medical director services

Committee resources


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