GETAC- Pediatrics Committee

Statement of purpose

To work collaboratively with entities involved in prehospital and emergency pediatric care, to promote pediatric injury and illness prevention, and to improve  the outcomes of our vulnerable pediatric patients by developing evidence-based strategies for high-quality practice in order to deliver safe, compassionate, and effective care.


 

Past Meetings

 

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: Cassie Campbell, RN; Katherine E. "Kate" Remick, M.D. 

 

Name Affiliation Location Term Expires
Belinda Waters, RN, CEN, CCRN
Committee Chair
Covenant Children’s Hospital
Trauma Program Manager
Lubbock, TX 
79410
12/2023
Christi Thornhill, RN, DNP
Committee Vice- Chair
Cook Children's Medical Center
Trauma Program Director
Fort Worth, TX 
76104
12/2025
Crystal Bassham, BSN, RN Pecos County Memorial Hospital and Medical Center Health System
Nurse
Fort Stockton, TX
79735
 
12/2023
Sondra Epley, BSN University Hospital Pediatric Burn Program & Trauma Resuscitation Unit
Assistant Director 
San Antonio, TX 
78229
12/2025
Charles Jaquith, LP McLennan Community College
Assistant Professor and Program Coordinator
Waco, TX 
76708
12/2024
Prashant Joshi, MD Texas Tech University HSC El Paso
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
El Paso, TX
79905
 
12/2023
Kathryn Kothari, MD Baylor College of Medicine
Assistant Professor - Pediatric Emergency Medicine

Texas Children's Hospital
Director of EMS
Houston, TX
77030
12/2023
Erin Lincoln, MD, EMT-P Dell Seton Medical Center Leander, TX 
78641
12/2025
Ronald Mlcak, PhD Shriners Hospital for Children
Administrative Director
Galveston, TX 
77563
12/2023
Jessica Naiditch, MD Dell Children’s Medical Center
Trauma Medical Director
Austin, TX 
78723
12/2025
 Karen Rhodes, RN Valley Baptist Medical
Center Harlingen
Harlingen, TX 
78550
12/2025
Crissie Richardson, BSN Premier ER & Urgent Care
Regional Nurse Manager
Temple, TX 
76502
12/2023
Tabitha Selvester, RN Full Spectrum
Emergency Center
San Antonio, TX 
78257
12/2024
Samuel Vance, MHA, LP Baylor College of Medicine
Program Manager - EMS for Children State
Partnership Grant
Houston, TX 
77030
12/2025

 

 


Past Meetings

August 16, 2023 Agenda  
June 7, 2023 Agenda Report
March 7, 2023 Agenda Report

 

Committee resources


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