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: Jeff Barnhart, Brian Eastridge, MD, Della Johnson, RN, Alan Tyroch, MD 

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
12/2023
Lori Robb, MHA, BSN, 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, MSN, BSN, RN CHRISTUS Spohn Health System
Vice President of Trauma Services 
Corpus Christi, TX
78414
12/2023
Kevin Cunningham Midlothian Fire Department
EMS Battalion Chief
Midlothian, TX
76065
12/2023
Aileen Ebadat, MD Texas Acute Care Surgery
Trauma Medical Director
Austin, TX
78745
12/2023
Dawn Koepp, MSN CHRISTUS Santa Rosa Health System
Regional Director of Trauma Services 
New Braunfels, TX
78130
12/2023
Timothy Nunez, MD Brooke Army Medical Center
Chief, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care
Fort Sam Houston, TX
78234
12/2025
Shawn Patton, ASN, RN Wise Health System
Trauma Program Manager
Decatur, TX
76234
12/2025
Craig Rhyne, MD Covenant Health Systems
Chief Medical Officer
Lubbock, TX
79410
12/2023
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
12/2023
Kate Schaefer, RN, NREMT Childress Regional Medical Center
Emergency Department Director
Trauma Program Manager
Childress, TX
79201
12/2025
Elizabeth Scherer, MD, MPH UT Health San Antonio
Surgical Trauma ICU Director
Associate Professor
San Antonio, TX
78229
12/2023

Past Meetings 

August 17, 2023 Agenda  
June 8, 2023 Agenda Report
March 8, 2023 Agenda Report

Committee Resources

Best Practice Guidelines

Education


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